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Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda and a portrait of the real Alexander Hamilton

America 250: Alexander Hamilton’s role as a foundational New Yorker

Posted on July 3, 2026 Conversation…

advocates for immigrants celebrate supreme court ruling on birthright citizenship

Law

NYC immigrants, legal advocates say they’re breathing a cautious sigh of relief as U.S. Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

Posted on June 30, 2026 Conversation…

man detained by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan

Mullin’s remarks that Haitian and Syrian immigrants ‘can choose to go back’ further outrage New York advocates after Supreme Court TPS ruling

Posted on June 29, 2026 Conversation…

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New York

Mamdani, NY pols condemn U.S. Supreme Court stripping legal status for thousands Haitians, Syrians in city

Posted on June 25, 2026 Conversation…

Masked ICE agents hover over immigrants appearing for routine court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza.

Law

Legal Aid files brief supporting New York law to bar feds from making courthouse arrests of immigrants

Posted on June 18, 2026 Conversation…

Joseph A. Gonzales (pictured) and Ralph Magnus donated a huge collection of 500 antique maps and historic documents to CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute at City College.

CUNY receives massive donation of historical maps of the Dominican Republic

Posted on June 17, 2026 Conversation…

people hold up signs exposing vehicles believed to be used in ICE raids

EXPOSED: Activists in Manhattan identify ICE agent vehicles parked on street in warning effort

Posted on June 16, 2026 Conversation…

FILE - ICE agents make an arrest during a protest in New Jersey.

Politics

Hochul says NYC is ready for threatened ICE surge — but has no details on federal plan

Posted on June 11, 2026 Conversation…

Council Member Alexa Avilés speaks outside City Hall on Wednesday in support of a bill requiring multilingual immigration enforcement know-your-rights signs at city buildings.

Politics

New bill would put NYC’s immigration enforcement rules on the wall

Posted on June 11, 2026 Conversation…

Trump border czar Tom Homan speaking at microphone

‘It’s coming’: Trump Border Czar Tom Homan vows largest-ever ICE surge in NYC

Posted on June 8, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents clash with protesters outside Delaney Hall

News

Delaney Hall chaos returns: ICE clashes with protesters, photographer hit by security staff driver outside immigrant detention center

Posted on June 6, 2026 Conversation…

A member of the press is struck with a flash bang during ICE protest at Delaney Hall

News

Delaney Hall ICE protest: New Jersey cop cuffed for allegedly stealing injured photographer’s pricey camera during chaos

Posted on June 4, 2026 Conversation…

Protesters outside Delaney Hall

Curfew lifted around Delaney Hall, anti-ICE protesters allowed back in front of immigrant detention facility in New Jersey

Posted on June 3, 2026 Conversation…

female protester stands off with federal agent in armor outside Delaney Hall

Nation

Delaney Hall protests see women emerge as leaders of resistance over immigrant detention and ICE efforts to squash demonstrations

Posted on June 2, 2026 Conversation…

rogue protesters at Delaney Hall fight with police amid riot

‘This is not America’: Delaney Hall sealed off after night of tear gas-filled riots between rogue protesters and police outside immigrant detention center

Posted on May 31, 2026 Conversation…

demonstrators and police clash outside Delaney Hall

Tensions continue at Delaney Hall as pro-immigrant and pro-Trump demonstrators duel each other near detention facility

Posted on May 30, 2026 Conversation…

Gov. Kathy Hochul holding up bill signed banning masks in law enforcement with immigrants standing behind her

New York bans masked law enforcement under Hochul immigration package aimed at curbing ICE tactics in state

Posted on May 29, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents raining pepper spray onto photojournalists and protesters outside Delaney Hall

Broken fingers and busted cameras: Photojournalists say ICE targeted them during wild clash outside Delaney Hall

Posted on May 29, 2026 Conversation…

Delaney Hall detainee hospitalized after hunger strike

Delaney Hall detainees hospitalized amid week-long hunger strike as clashes between ICE agents and protesters continue outside facility

Posted on May 28, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agent firing pepper spray at demonstrators and reporters outside Delaney Hall in New Jersey.

Night of chaos at Delaney Hall as ICE agents shove protester into path of oncoming truck, beat and pepper-spray others

Posted on May 28, 2026 Conversation…

A man is detained by ICE inside 26 Federal Plaza.

Judge weighs whether permanent court order necessary to ensure humane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza

Posted on May 27, 2026 Conversation…

standoff between protesters and armed ICE agents at Delany Hall

Standoff at Delany Hall: ICE clashes with protesters outside New Jersey facility as detainee hunger strike reaches fifth day

Posted on May 26, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents pack into an elevator at 26 Federal Plaza.

Activists celebrate getting ICE kicked out of a West Village parking garage

Posted on May 22, 2026 Conversation…

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Bronx Times

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Bronx orgs rally against ICE activity in Norwood

Mayor Zohran Mamdani holding up executive order on audit of NYC interactions with ICE

NYC audit finds daily Correction Department reports to ICE dating to 2015; Mamdani moves to end practice, adopt reforms

Posted on May 22, 2026 Conversation…

One day after ICE agents seemingly disobeyed a judge’s order by detaining a man inside 26 Federal Plaza, Brad Lander showed up to immigration court on Wednesday with a copy of the legal document, determined to confront the Feds.

ICE in courts: Lander attempts to bring copies of judge’s order to agents a day after they violated arrest ban

Posted on May 20, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents arrest man in violation of court order at Federal Plaza

Immigrant man detained by ICE at Federal Plaza despite judge’s order is released hours later

Posted on May 20, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents arrest man in violation of court order at Federal Plaza

‘We don’t care’: ICE agents flout the law as they detain man at Federal Plaza after judge’s order bars arrests

Posted on May 19, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agent in mask at federal plaza standing near flags and chair

Federal judge bars ICE agents from arresting immigrants attending court-ordered hearings at Federal Plaza and other facilities

Posted on May 19, 2026 Conversation…

EMS members tend to injured journalist L. Vural Elibol after an ICE agent apparently shoved him hard to the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 30, 2025.

‘It’s perjury’: Witnesses condemn ICE for lying in court filing about assaulting reporters documenting Federal Plaza operations

Posted on May 15, 2026 Conversation…

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MOIA Commissioner Faiza Ali visits 26 Federal Plaza, calls ICE presence ‘deeply unsettling’

Posted on May 14, 2026 Conversation…

Tom Morello sings with guitar at rally against ICE operations

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine protests ICE outside of 26 Federal Plaza

Posted on May 12, 2026 Conversation…

married couple kisses after reunion following ICE detention

Home free at last: Married couple celebrates reunion at Manhattan church after husband’s 150 days in ICE detention

Posted on May 5, 2026 Conversation…

An investigation is underway Sunday after chaos erupted outside a hospital in Brooklyn late on Saturday night when masked ICE agents brought a man there after arresting him in an apparent enforcement operation.

Brooklyn

ICE at hospital: Masked agents drag man from medical center in Brooklyn, New Yorkers and cops injured in pepper spray chaos

Posted on May 3, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents in East Harlem arresting immigrant

Detained at the doorstep: ICE snatches Guatemalan delivery worker outside East Harlem home, terrifying neighbors

Posted on April 21, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agent holds immigration advocate at Federal Plaza

Immigration advocates fume after Hochul says ICE can can cooperate with local police on criminal cases

Posted on April 16, 2026 Conversation…

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Bronx Times

South Bronx clinic staffer deported to Venezuela after routine immigration check

Congressman Dan Goldman faces off with a masked ICE agent inside 26 Federal Plaza.

Dan Goldman’s five-bill blitz: How and why the New York congressman is fighting to rein in ICE

Posted on April 7, 2026 Conversation…

Protesters arrested at rally against ICE

15 arrested in anti-ICE Passover protest takeover of Palantir’s Manhattan lobby

Posted on April 7, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agents detain immigrants at Federal Plaza

An ICE-cold lie: Bombshell court filing says agency falsified its authority to detain immigrants at Federal Plaza

Posted on March 26, 2026 Conversation…

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New Yorkers ask ‘What are ICE agents doing?’ at airports as elected officials demand removal

Posted on March 25, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agent observing passengers at JFK Airport

ICE at JFK: Unmasked agents jostle with press in attempt to hide their faces as airport travelers express concern

Posted on March 23, 2026 Conversation…

people standing outside holding protest signs

‘A new low:’ New York politicians and advocates sounds off as ICE to be sent into packed airports to aid TSA

Posted on March 22, 2026 Conversation…

Dylan Lopez Contreras hugs mom after reunion with her following 10 months in ICE custody

Coming home: Dylan Lopez Contreras’ emotional return and reunion with family in Manhattan after 10 months in ICE detention

Posted on March 19, 2026 Conversation…

man detained by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan

ICE agents seize man inside Manhattan immigration court, wife left weeping in aftermath

Posted on March 18, 2026 Conversation…

City Council Speaker Julie Menin.

City Council staffer detained by ICE ordered deported; Speaker Menin vows to continue legal battle to keep him here

Posted on March 18, 2026 Conversation…

Dylan Lopez Contreras, first New York City high school student detained by ICE, released after 10 months

Posted on March 18, 2026 Conversation…

ICE agent holds immigration advocate at Federal Plaza

FIRST on amNY: Immigrant advocates take Trump admin to court over ICE activity inside 26 Federal Plaza, claims First Amendment rights violated

Posted on March 17, 2026 Conversation…

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