Gwynne Hogan, Author at THE CITY

Safe Streets Activists Want a McGuinness Redo After Adams Ally Is Charged With Sabotaging Plans

by Gwynne Hogan Aug. 21, 2025, 6:49 p.m.Aug. 21, 2025, 7:20 p.m.

Manhattan District Attorney’s office alleges the influential Greenpoint family the Argentos traded favors with Eric Adams’ former top aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin in exchange for her help blocking DOT street improvements.

Former mayoral aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin is escorted into a Manhattan Criminal courtroom to be arraigned on corruption charges.

Adams World: Investigated

Eric Adams’ Close Advisor and Associates Indicted in Wide-Ranging Influence Schemes

by Greg B. Smith, Yoav Gonen and Gwynne Hogan Aug. 21, 2025, 11:55 a.m.Aug. 21, 2025, 4:33 p.m.

Longtime right hand to the mayor Ingrid Lewis-Martin, city official Jesse Hamilton and Greenpoint film and TV studio owners are among those charged by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in alleged cash-for-favors exchanges.

Ingrid Lewis-Martin is escorted into a Manhattan courtroom for an arraignment on bribery charges.

Adams World: Investigated

Eric Adams Aides and Donors Expected to be Indicted by Manhattan DA

by Greg B. Smith, Gwynne Hogan and Katie Honan Aug. 20, 2025, 4:56 p.m.Aug. 21, 2025, 8:37 a.m.

Ex-senior advisor to the mayor Ingrid Lewis-Martin faces anticipated influence-peddling charges, alongside official Jesse Hamilton and mayoral donors who rolled back a Brooklyn road-safety project.

Trump Administration

6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported

by Gwynne Hogan Aug. 19, 2025, 3:40 p.m.Aug. 20, 2025, 9:57 a.m.

The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.

Martha, her 19-year-old son Manuel and her 7-year-old daughter are seen celebrating her daughter's birthday.

Trump Administration

ICE Ships 6-Year-Old Queens Student and Mom to Texas Detention, Prompting School Principal’s Plea for Their Release

by Gwynne Hogan Aug. 15, 2025, 3:27 p.m.Aug. 19, 2025, 2:04 p.m.

An older brother is detained in Newark while two other siblings remain in New York, “unprotected and traumatized” after arrests at immigration check-in.

Masked federal agents wait to detain people outside immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza.

Immigrants

Arrests Nearly Halt at Immigration Court. One Reason: Fewer People Are Showing Up

by Gwynne Hogan Aug. 15, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 15, 2025, 6:42 p.m.

Asylum-seekers are avoiding formerly routine hearings for fear of being detained, as a court order takes hold discouraging mass detention inside a lower Manhattan office building.

A dozen people with their faces blurred sit and lay side by side on a concrete floor. A door with a glass window can be seen on the far side. Multiple people on the floor lay on thin emergency blankets.

Immigration

Judge Orders ICE to Improve Squalid Manhattan Lockup Conditions

by Gwynne Hogan and Haidee Chu Aug. 12, 2025, 5:53 p.m.Aug. 12, 2025, 6:08 p.m.

The temporary order at 26 Federal Plaza will require the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions there.

A federal agent tries to blocks the new of agents detaining a person after their immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza.

Trump Administration

Judge Mulls Stepping In as Detainees Detail ‘A Lot of Blood’ and ‘Terrible Smells’ at Federal Plaza

by Gwynne Hogan Aug. 11, 2025, 6:50 p.m.Aug. 12, 2025, 9:09 a.m.

Immigrants rights groups and the Trump administration will have their say before District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday about ICE’s shadowy detention floor.

A court observer tries to comfort a woman who was detained by federal agents after her immigration hearing inside 26 Federal Plaza.

Trump Administration

NYC Is the Nation’s Capital of Immigration Courthouse Arrests, New Data Analysis Shows

by Haidee Chu and Gwynne Hogan Aug. 11, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 11, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Half of all immigration courthouse arrests earlier this summer were in Manhattan, as the Trump administration has mostly kept ICE enforcement off of the streets, in stark contrast to Los Angeles and other cities.

Rep. Daniel Goldman (left) faces off with Bill Joyce, deputy director of the New York ICE field office, in the lobby of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, June 18, 2025.

Immigration

Members of Congress Sue ICE to Access Shadowy Federal Plaza Lockup

by Gwynne Hogan July 30, 2025, 6:27 p.m.July 30, 2025, 6:28 p.m.

New York Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat join 10 other members of Congress in lawsuit after being barred from inspecting ICE detention facilities that include a Manhattan office building where immigrants are held in crowded conditions.

Gwynne Hogan

Safe Streets Activists Want a McGuinness Redo After Adams Ally Is Charged With Sabotaging Plans

Eric Adams’ Close Advisor and Associates Indicted in Wide-Ranging Influence Schemes

Eric Adams Aides and Donors Expected to be Indicted by Manhattan DA

6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported

ICE Ships 6-Year-Old Queens Student and Mom to Texas Detention, Prompting School Principal’s Plea for Their Release

Arrests Nearly Halt at Immigration Court. One Reason: Fewer People Are Showing Up

Judge Orders ICE to Improve Squalid Manhattan Lockup Conditions

Judge Mulls Stepping In as Detainees Detail ‘A Lot of Blood’ and ‘Terrible Smells’ at Federal Plaza

NYC Is the Nation’s Capital of Immigration Courthouse Arrests, New Data Analysis Shows

Members of Congress Sue ICE to Access Shadowy Federal Plaza Lockup

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