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Hours Before Expected Release, Rikers Detainee Dies After Apparent Seizure
Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in Brooklyn court Friday morning. The judge was then expected to release him from Rikers Island into some type of program, according to a source familiar with his case. He died a few hours […]
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NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
The NYPD confirmed its involvement in an FBI investigation that included surveillance of a private Signal chat of volunteer courtwatchers monitoring ICE activity inside New York City’s immigration courthouses. An NYPD spokesperson told THE CITY on Friday that surveillance of the Signal chat was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation” into “a range of possible […]
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Out of the Spotlight, Actors Teach Child Welfare Workers How to Balance Safety With Sensitivity
Ms. Paula Hargrove was reading a book with her school-age daughter on a recent Tuesday morning when, outside her apartment, two rookies from the Administration for Children’s Services prepared to pay her a visit. Child welfare worker Meileth Nunez rang the doorbell. Ms. Hargrove answered, while a colleague, Amna Moona, braced to utter words no […]
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Plumbers Propose Emergency Inspection of All NYCHA Boilers Post-Explosion
In response to the recent boiler explosion and chimney collapse at a Bronx public housing development, an association representing licensed plumbers is calling for an emergency inspection sweep of all New York City Housing Authority boilers to be conducted by its members. NYCHA’s boilers are supposed to be inspected annually by the Department of Buildings […]
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Mamdani and Trump White House Meeting Set for Friday
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani plans to address affordability concerns in his Friday White House sitdown with President Donald Trump, his first meeting with the man who labeled him “my little communist mayor” and threatened to deport him and pull federal funding to New York City. Mamdani said his team asked for the meeting to discuss his […]
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