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Mayor Should Recuse Himself from Defending Sanctuary City Policies Against President, Says Comptroller

April 29, 2025, 6:22 p.m.April 29, 2025, 6:22 p.m.

With the Trump istration seeking local compliance with its mass deportation agenda, Brad Lander wants Eric Adams to appoint an independent party to handle the matter.

Students and visitors wait to through security at the gates of Columbia University.

Higher Ed

The Protests Shook Columbia To Its Core. Now Trump Is Trying to Upend the University Altogether.

April 28, 2025, 5:10 a.m.April 30, 2025, 11:11 a.m.

More than a year after pro-Palestine protests changed everything on New York City’s only Ivy League campus, the White House is trying to crush that movement, control the university and change everything again.

Trump istration

ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds

April 25, 2025, 4:19 p.m.April 25, 2025, 4:46 p.m.

The lawyer representing the City Council, which sued to block Mayor Adams from allowing ICE an office on Rikers, blasted the arrangement as a “corrupt deal.”

Pro-Palestinian students protest at City College, April 24, 2025.

CUNY

City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

April 24, 2025, 8:15 p.m.April 24, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

The police quickly forced the students off of the CUNY campus in Harlem, and the school is now checking IDs before letting people enter.

Mourners pray for Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Religion

New Yorkers Mourn Pope Francis, the ‘Pope of the People’

April 21, 2025, 3:28 p.m.April 21, 2025, 6:17 p.m.

"Until the last day of his life he was a messenger of hope,” said Bishop Robert Brennan speaking to an afternoon crowd of churchgoers in Brooklyn Monday.

Demonstrators rally outside City Hall against Mayor Eric Adams' executive order allowing ICE and other federal agencies back onto Rikers Island.

Immigration

Judge Temporarily Blocks ICE’s Return to Rikers Island

April 21, 2025, 3:18 p.m.April 21, 2025, 3:18 p.m.

The move came after the City Council sued to stop City Hall’s executive order allowing federal authorities to return to the jail a decade after they departed.

A migrant shelter resident reviews a notice from Customs and Border Patrol warning them to leave the country within seven days.

Migrant Crisis

Migrants in City Shelters Make Tough Decisions as Feds Warn: ‘It Is Time for You to Leave’

April 17, 2025, 2:02 p.m.April 17, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Countless residents of city shelters, including many who had been here lawfully until the Trump istration changed the rules, were told to self-deport within a week or take their chances.

City Hall

City Council Sues Eric Adams Over Executive Order Allowing ICE Back Onto Rikers Island

April 15, 2025, 1:49 p.m.April 15, 2025, 1:50 p.m.

Council attorneys argue that in inviting immigration enforcers the mayor violated conflict of interest laws that bar public servants from getting benefits from their job, citing his deal with Trump’s Department of Justice.

Trump istration

Columbia Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Federal Immigration Judge Rules

April 11, 2025, 5:50 p.m.April 13, 2025, 5:13 p.m.

But his attorneys say that a federal judge in New Jersey is still weighing whether or not the grounds of the State Department’s arguments violate the Constitution.

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks at a rally outside City Hall against Mayor Eric Adams' executive order allowing ICE and other federal agencies back onto Rikers Island.

Immigration

City Council Gears Up for Sanctuary City Fight

April 10, 2025, 6:36 p.m.April 10, 2025, 6:39 p.m.

Lawmakers signed a resolution Thursday allowing Speaker Adrienne Adams to sue Mayor Eric Adams and the Trump istration.

Gwynne Hogan

Mayor Should Recuse Himself from Defending Sanctuary City Policies Against President, Says Comptroller

The Protests Shook Columbia To Its Core. Now Trump Is Trying to Upend the University Altogether.

ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds

City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

New Yorkers Mourn Pope Francis, the ‘Pope of the People’

Judge Temporarily Blocks ICE’s Return to Rikers Island

Migrants in City Shelters Make Tough Decisions as Feds Warn: ‘It Is Time for You to Leave’

City Council Sues Eric Adams Over Executive Order Allowing ICE Back Onto Rikers Island

Columbia Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Federal Immigration Judge Rules

City Council Gears Up for Sanctuary City Fight

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