Posted inImmigration
Judge Orders ICE to Improve Squalid Manhattan Lockup Conditions
The temporary order at 26 Federal Plaza will require the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions there.
Haidee Chu
Haidee Chu is a Queens-based reporter for THE CITY. She writes human-interest features and combines data analysis with shoe-leather reporting to document the way public policies and programs impact everyday New Yorkers.
Posted inTrump Administration
NYC Is the Nation’s Capital of Immigration Courthouse Arrests, New Data Analysis Shows
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.
Posted inSummer & THE CITY
Is the water fine in your local park? Tell us!
☀️ The best of summer, by and for New Yorkers ☀️ Hey New Yorkers, On a recent visit to Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a music festival, I noticed that the magical, ethereal, $6.8 million “mist garden” in front of the iconic Unisphere was not working (again!). Mother Nature was serving up another heat wave […]
Posted inVendors
Adams Vetoes Bill to Decriminalize Street Vending
The mayor acted at the last possible moment to strike down, for now, a bill the City Council had passed with enough votes to override his veto.
Posted inSummer & THE CITY
We’re sailing away: Boat ride edition
☀️ The best of summer, by and for New Yorkers ☀️ Hey New Yorkers, Have you ever met the Tooth Ferry or the Ferry Godmother? Well, this is New York City. Anything is possible. I am, of course, talking about the NYC Ferry, whose vessels are named by second graders across the five boroughs, including […]
Posted inAdams World: Investigated
New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign
The campaign sought public matching funds from donors who insist they didn’t give, just weeks after a judge dropped his corruption case.
Posted inICE
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lockup Inside 26 Federal Plaza
An analysis of ICE data by THE CITY shows that dozens of people have packed into locked rooms and increasingly held for days inside a Manhattan building the feds say isn’t a detention site.
Posted inSummer & THE CITY
A leafy canopy census
☀️ The best of summer, by and for New Yorkers ☀️ Hey New Yorkers, Earlier this week, the city’s millionth tree — a Lacebark Elm rooted in Joyce Kilmer Park in the South Bronx — officially became the first leafy giant to be recorded into the Parks Department’s fourth decadal tree census. To kick off this […]
Posted inICE
NYC Immigration Arrests Just Shot Through the Roof, New Data Shows
Newly obtained federal records offer the clearest picture yet of how aggressively the Trump administration has pursued its mass deportation agenda — with a sixfold increase in arrests in early June.
Posted inZohran Mamdani
A Wave of Asian Votes Helped Propel Zohran Mamdani’s Trailblazing Win
New Yorkers who felt heard by a politician for the first time, including people who aren’t citizens and couldn’t vote, found ways to register their support and spread the word.