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A masked ICE agent grabs a person as he leaves ICE immigration court docket in Decrease Manhattan on June 26, 2025. Picture by Dean Moses US Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-Brooklyn/Manhattan) rallied with advocates outdoors the ICE workplace and immigration court docket in Decrease Manhattan on Saturday pushing for passage of federal laws to forestall ICE brokers from carrying masks throughout arrests. Velázquez was joined by US Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) and varied organizations outdoors the Jacob Ok. Javits Federal Constructing, at 26  Federal Plaza, and residents with indicators saying “Dissent is Patriotic” and “Unmask ICE now.” Laws referred to…

A 12 months and a half in the past, SUNY Downstate’s future was deeply unsure. Its hospital was in bodily disrepair, dealing with a $100 million annual deficit, and projected to expire of money to proceed to function by the summer time of 2024. For an establishment so vital to the neighborhood—and the place most sufferers are low-income and other people of shade—the stakes couldn’t have been larger. At present, because of a historic $1 billion-plus funding secured by Governor Kathy Hochul and the devoted efforts of the Downstate Neighborhood Advisory Board, we now have a path ahead: A daring,…