An Azerbajani undergrad at Columbia was arrested by DHS agents who lied their way into her campus housing, according to acting prez and legal filings seeking her release reviewed by @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/26/e...

ICE has doubled its capacity to hold immigrants at MDC, while federal filings from immigrants held there reveal frequent lock downs, inedible food, and difficulty accessing medical care.

"A Colombian man with HIV, referred to in legal filings as O.F.B., went more than a week without access to his preventative HIV medication despite asking staff at the prison for them multiple times each day." — @gwynnefitz.bsky.social and @rosalindadams.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/18/i...

“‘I hope they don’t arrest us because the 13th is Valentine’s Day, and I want to be there,’” a son told his mother ahead of an recent ICE check in at 26 Fed. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/c...

ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today: www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...

The City Council staffer arrested by ICE at an asylum interview was denied bond by an immigration judge this morning. “There’s pressure in this case to not release my client because he works for the City Council,” attorney Roger Asmar told THE CITY. “It’s all political.”

A mother and her 2 young kids, including her US citizen 4-year-old daughter, were trapped in a hotel room for weeks without contact from the outside world as the Trump administration sought to deport them. "We were experiencing a nightmare," she told @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/28/i...

NYPD's Strategic Response Group is on scene, protesters are being walked out of Hilton lobby from back door marched to bus.

Anti-ICE protesters outside a Hilton in Lower Manhattan, where a group of demonstrators inside the lobby, dozens of NYPD SRG on site, some have entered hotel through a back door.

Thousands marching in solidarity with Minneapolis against ICE in NYC. @thecity.nyc

The @hudsonriverpark.bsky.social Trust is ending contract with ICE to stash vehicles at Pier 40 parking lot. The 150K a year contract ends in June, but @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social whose district oversees the park, is calling for the trust to cut out early. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/i...

NYSNA nurses go wild as Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at the picket line in Washington Heights @thecity.nyc

As Noem spoke, a crowd of dozens of protesters marched from Foley Square to rally outside One World Trade Center, denouncing Good’s killing and ICE’s efforts more broadly. from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:

Presser has begun, DHS is announcing "Operation Salvo" where they've arrested 54 people since the shooting of an Off-duty CBP officer over the summer, 30 ppl have already been deported, the rest are in ICE custody, officials say.

A day after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected in NYC to discuss enforcement efforts here. reporting for @thecity.nyc

Hours after this story went out yesterday, workers outside Delaney Hall enclosed the open air waiting room, giving families a little more protection from the elements during the long wait outside the facility to see loved ones.

“For me, this is a joke. You don’t even treat an animal this way.” I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/22/d...

The father and son whose separation at 26 Federal Plaza last month drew widespread outrage have been deported to China. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/19/f...

In immigration court today DHS lawyers moved to toss peoples' asylum claims en masse, arguing they should seek asylum in countries they may have never set foot in instead. h/t to @hellgatenyc.com who first reported on the Trump administration's latest tactic. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...

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NYC shelter staff violated city sanctuary laws at least three times earlier this year -- according to lawyers who reviewed incident reports I obtained. Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...

The aunt of Adama Bah, a prominent New York immigrant activist and advocate, was freed from ICE detention today. She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...

The latest ICE arrest data crunched by data wiz @haidee.bsky.social who found 70% of people arrested by ICE in NYC had no criminal arrests or convictions, a much larger share than the rest of the country. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...

NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY. buff.ly/hbjzh2q

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...

NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...

NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...

Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.

Crowd still gathering, several more NYPD arrests, protesters chant "you don't work for ICE you work for us"

One arrest now.

Feds have retreated into the parking garage, NYPD now warning of arrests.

"all of you are immigrants," one man yells at the agents, he was in SoHo doing some shopping when he heard ICE was here.

Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc

NYPD officers arriving now.

"I hope you get the worst fucking hemorrhoids and can never sit down," one protester says heckling the masked feds staring down from the parking garage above.

Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.

“I considered myself a strong person, a resilient person, but I’ve never gone through something like this... Leave your family out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s going to happen to you." www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...

The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...

VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...

ICE whistles have made their way to New York. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...

The actual most detailed map on how every neighborhood voted via @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...

you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:

Mamdani's speech ends and Steinway goes wild.

Steinway freaks out at mention of Steinway in Mamdani's victory speech. @thecity.nyc

Astoria is overflowing with Mamdani supporters as he clinches a historic win, read out first draft of that history at @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/m...

Crowd of Mamdani. supporters overflowing on Steinway in Astoria, @thecity.nyc

By noon, with nine hours left of voting, we've already surpassed the number of New Yorkers voting in a mayoral election going back two decades. Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...

Several hundred gather in Jamaica to see Mamdani speak before they head out to knock on doors. Crowd drowns a heckler out with chants of Mamdani.