Ben Feuerherd
Articles by Ben Feuerherd
Organizers have planned demonstrations on Saturday in Midtown, Park Slope, Staten Island, Fresh Meadows, Queens, the South Bronx and various other locations.
"Border czar" Tom Homan said on Sunday that the immigration officers would help guard exits at the airports, which would free up more TSA agents to staff screening areas. At JFK and LaGuardia airports, that didn't appear to be happening.
The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who attacked her in Crown Heights in 2025.
The new office will be led by Renita Francois, who served in the de Blasio administration's Office of Criminal Justice for years, a source familiar with the plan told Gothamist.
Tisch was responding to questions from Council Speaker Julie Menin about a Gothamist story that included concerns from experts about a shift in the NYPD's reporting method.
Some hate crime experts say the new reporting method is less transparent and less accurate.
The two attorneys laid out their dueling theories of the case to a courtroom packed with NYPD officers and members of Diller’s family.
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, professed support for ISIS after their arrest, the complaint says.
The criminal complaint says that a day before the fire, their print shop filed an emergency application to avoid eviction, but it was denied by a judge.
Agents are permitted to use "ruses" in enforcement actions, but they can bump up against constitutional protections.
Influencer Gusmane Coulibaly now faces a misdemeanor count of obstructing government administration and a harassment violation, not assault, in the viral park incident.
Mamdani said Thursday that President Trump assured him that a Columbia University student detained earlier in the day “will be released imminently.”
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