Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Kevin Frey | February 23, 2024 | Spectrum News NY1 Gov. Kathy Hochul is welcoming the prospect of President Joe Biden taking executive action on immigration. Hochul, who spoke to Spectrum News while at the White House Friday, simultaneously offered criticism of congressional Republicans. Just weeks ago, a […]
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take urgent action to address the potential dangers of the asthma and allergy drug montekulast, known by the brand name Singulair. Singulair has been linked to harmful behavioral and mental health issues among children who use the drug […]
By Karen Aho | Immigration Impact A report released this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that refugees and asylees have generated tens of billions of dollars more in local, state, and federal tax revenues over the last 15 years than they have cost in direct government services—ultimately representing a net […]
A mop buckets sits at the 8th Avenue L train terminus, Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Jose Martinez | February 22, 2024 Contractors paid big bucks by the MTA to bring in subway car cleaners during the pandemic are accused of stiffing close to 400 workers of more than $2.5 million, a pair of […]
By Jeff Coltin | Politico NEW YORK — A state appeals court ruled that a New York City law that would allow non-citizens to vote in local elections is unconstitutional — marking a win for the Republican elected officials who sued to block it. “We determine that this local law was enacted in violation of the […]
Editorial credit: Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | February 21, 2024 Vanessa Cárdenas on a new WaPo mass-deportation article and Niskanen Center analysis of Heritage Project 2025 immigration plans: “What’s at stake goes well beyond immigration policy and is instead central to larger questions of who we are as a country and our […]
Migrants sleep in makeshift shelters overnight outside the St. Brigid reticketing site in the East Village, Dec. 11, 2023. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | February 16, 2024 Nearly a thousand migrants waiting for a new shelter cot spent a recent night on the streets or in trains, according to an internal poll conducted by […]
By Pew Research Center The growing number of migrants seeking entry into the United States at its border with Mexico has strained government resources, divided Congress and emerged as a contentious issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. Americans overwhelmingly fault the government for how it has handled the migrant situation. Beyond that, however, there are deep differences – […]
Dozens of migrants waited in the cold outside the St. Brigid re-ticketing site in the East Village, Nov. 28, 2023. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | February 14, 2024 The Adams administration intends to close by Feb. 26 the five overnight waiting rooms where hundreds of adult migrants have spent nights on the floor or in […]
By Gwynne Hogan Rachel Holliday Smith | February 13, 2024 The January brawl between NYPD officers and migrants in Times Square that went viral has sparked a national firestorm over long-standing sanctuary city policies that restrict cooperation between federal authorities and local law enforcement. Republicans seized on the attack to argue that sanctuary laws should be changed. […]