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Federal agents have arrested hundreds of immigrants off New York and New Jersey streets in recent months in a stealth enforcement campaign that disproportionately targeted people from Latin American countries.
More than 93% of the people grabbed off area streets who filed suit were Latinos, although they make up only 66% of immigrants without legal status in the region.
“The data confirms what all New Yorkers know, which is that ICE engages in racial profiling when carrying out street arrests,” said Elora Mukherjee, a law professor at Columbia University and the director of their Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, in response to THE CITY’s findings.
Known as habeas corpus petitions, the lawsuits have skyrocketed during President Donald Trump’s second term. Many of them offer rich details about the arrests, including the locations, circumstances and demographics of people arrested, information unavailable in data released by ICE.
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. A chance of rain throughout the day.
MTA 🚇
In Brooklyn, the L train runs every 16 minutes between Canarsie Rockaway Parkway and Broadway Junction. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
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It’s suspended today, May 27, for Idul-Adha.
By the way…
Free yoga in Bryant Park kicks off today with a weekly evening class on the lawn and Tuesday morning classes on the Upper Terrace.
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After a two-year delay, the Trump administration has released $156 million dollars that will be used to upgrade subway stations in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan. New elevators are on the horizon.
Peeved librarians and school kids told Mayor Mamdani to honor his campaign pledge to allocate 50 cents of every $100 budgeted to the city's libraries. The mayor’s current proposal promises a smaller share of the budget to the three library systems than what Eric Adams allocated.
Reporter’s Notebook
NY OK’s Costly Pension Fix
Thousands of teachers will see their retirement age reduced from 63 to 58 after 30 years of service after Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers approved changes to the state pension system as part of the governor’s long-delayed budget.
The changes impact workers hired after April 2012, who belong to a pension category known as Tier 6. In addition to lowering the retirement age for teachers, lawmakers also approved modest pension boosts for all state employees in that category, including police, firefighters and healthcare workers at public hospitals. Newsday first reported that a deal was in the works, which lawmakers made official on Monday. The changes are projected to cost taxpayers $557 million a year.
The pension sweetener is a compromise. Labor groups, led by the United Federation of Teachers, sought more sweeping changes to Tier 6 that would have cost taxpayers $1 billion per year.
The mayor promised $5.6 billion for major building upgrades over five years — a boost from past administrations. Under a 2019 deal with the federal government, for instance, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio committed $1.2 billion to NYCHA over five years.
The rest of his plan, however, relied on embracing programs initiated years ago by Mamdani’s predecessors, including the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) protocol de Blasio debuted in 2018 in which private developers manage and pay for upgrades to buildings that NYCHA continues to own. He also touted the Preservation Trust program that began in 2023 under Mayor Eric Adams that allows NYCHA to float billions of dollars in bonds to pay for desperately needed repairs.
Mamdani also promised to expand an existing hotline for mold and leak repairs under a court-monitored agreement — an expansion championed by the housing group Metro IAF for over a year. The Mamdani hotline tasks a full-time ombudsman to field and shepherd a variety of calls, including for heat outages, elevator breakdowns and vermin.
— Greg B. Smith
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Wednesday, May 27: Busta Rhymes, known for ’90s and 2000s rap hits, performs at Hudson Yards for the Free Live Music on Wednesdays series. Free, doors open at 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 28: The exhibition SCNY Humans26 features contemporary art focused on the human figure and face at the Salmagundi Club, an art organization in Greenwich Village. Free, opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. RSVP here.
Thursday, May 28: The band Red Baraat led by dhol Sunny Jain blends Punjabi rhythms with hip hop, jazz and punk music outside at Wagner Park. Free, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. RSVP here.
THE KICKER: We're tempted by this unofficial Knicks merch ahead of the Finals next week. One "Please Win Before I Die" T-shirt, please.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Wednesday.
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