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Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security plan to hold a forum in Newark on Wednesday highlighting conditions inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center.

A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday cleared former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander of charges he obstructed an elevator at a downtown immigration detention center last year, handing the congressional candidate a legal victory only three days before the start of early voting.

The new owner of more than 5,000 mostly rent-stabilized apartments says it has agreed to waive millions of dollars in unpaid rent that tenants owed in the years before a high-profile bankruptcy sale targeted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

LGBTQ+ advocates are pressing Mamdani to put up the $65 million for gender-affirming care he pledged on the campaign trail.

Sgt. Darryl Brown is accused of stealing a bag with $10,000 worth of equipment that Angelina Katsanis, a photographer on assignment for the Associated Press, dropped at the scene near the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark on Saturday night. Brown was charged with third-degree theft on Wednesday, the state attorney general’s office said.

New Jersey’s lawsuit comes after GEO Group officials denied state health inspectors entry to Delaney Hall last Wednesday “because GEO already had too many visits scheduled with congressional delegations for the day,” according to court filings.

The NYPD plans to hire 580 additional uniformed officers by the end of the year, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday, revealing an unexpected staffing increase, given Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to keep police headcount flat.

When Rebecca Figueroa gave birth to her fourth child, her right leg was chained to the hospital bed so tightly that the shackle left cut marks on her skin, she said.

The putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted nearby resident Elizabeth Perez, who began documenting it last summer. She said the tepid water remains on the pavement even when it hasn’t rained for days.

New Yorkers are eligible for a Fair Fares discount if their household makes no more than 150% of the federal poverty line — or $22,600 a year for a single person. The CBC argued that raising the threshold to 250% of the poverty line, or $39,900 for a one-person household, would do more to help the poor than making the buses free. The nonprofit estimated increasing the income limit would cost taxpayers $232 million a year, up from the $86 million the program currently spends annually.

New Yorkers are eligible for a Fair Fares discount if their household makes no more than 150% of the federal poverty line — or $22,600 a year for a single person. The CBC argued that raising the threshold to 250% of the poverty line, or $39,900 for a one-person household, would do more to help the poor than making the buses free. The nonprofit estimated increasing the income limit would cost taxpayers $232 million a year, up from the $86 million the program currently spends annually.

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In order for an app-based ride to be legal in the five boroughs, the platform must register for a “base” with the TLC — a facility where cars are dispatched to passengers and operated by the company. Empower doesn’t have one. The company is supposed to pay a $1,500 application fee to secure the base, and insure each of its vehicles.

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Rosenberg said he spoke privately with his wife, his daughter and other close friends before recording the message and said he “didn’t sleep last night.”

After arriving at 26 Federal Plaza at 7 a.m., Ingrid said, she and her children were detained in hold rooms for 12 hours, along with three other families. She said her family received just one meal and that her daughter — who had a fever — was denied medicine.

Mamdani’s preliminary budget proposal, which he introduced earlier this week, includes a $29 million cut to the city’s three major library systems. The proposal represents a reversal of one of his campaign promises and is another example of how the new mayor is backtracking on policy commitments as he faces financial and political pressure. The mayor on Wednesday announced he would resume homeless encampment sweeps, despite his earlier pledges to end the practice.

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Basically, it takes a lot more renewables, and Federal roadblocks mean they (or the needed transmission) likely can’t be built fast enough.

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The MTA is expanding its automated camera enforcement of bus stops and double parking to 20 more bus routes across the five boroughs this month.