ICE Nets 2,197 in NYC Sweep

ICE Nets 2,197 in NYC Sweep

Steven Paiva
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September 4, 2026
Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled more than 2,100 people off New York streets in a monthlong operation, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin accused Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering public safety with sanctuary policies. Secretary Mullin announced Tuesday that Operation Rotten Apple resulted in 2,197 arrests across New York City, […]
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Mamdani’s City-Run Grocery Plan Is Now Headed to Court

Mamdani’s City-Run Grocery Plan Is Now Headed to Court

Steven Paiva
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August 26, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants New York City to get into the grocery business. Now, New York's grocers are fighting back. A coalition representing roughly 1,000 minority-owned bodegas, supermarkets and small grocery businesses has filed legal challenges aimed at stopping Mamdani's plan to establish five city-run grocery stores, one in each borough. The proposal is one […]
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Sheriffs Launch Legal Challenge to Hochul’s Anti-ICE Law

Sheriffs Launch Legal Challenge to Hochul’s Anti-ICE Law

Steven Paiva
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August 26, 2026
Fifteen New York sheriffs are taking Gov. Kathy Hochul to federal court over a new state law that bars local law enforcement from entering into certain agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The law, dubbed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, took effect this week after Hochul signed it in May. It prohibits local agencies […]
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Democrat Donor Breaks Ranks, Backs Blakeman as Hochul's Lead Shrinks

Democrat Donor Breaks Ranks, Backs Blakeman as Hochul's Lead Shrinks

Steven Paiva
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August 19, 2026
A longtime Democratic donor is now raising money for Kathy Hochul's Republican challenger, a defection that lands as new polling shows the New York governor's race tightening with fewer than three months to Election Day. Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, has crossed party lines to support […]
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Bronx Man Faces Federal Hate Crime Charges After Central Synagogue Attack

Bronx Man Faces Federal Hate Crime Charges After Central Synagogue Attack

Steven Paiva
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August 18, 2026
A Bronx man who disrupted Shabbat services at Manhattan's Central Synagogue now faces federal hate crime charges, escalating a case that began with state-level charges last week. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a criminal complaint Tuesday charging Larry Montes, 46, with two counts of committing hate crimes and […]
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Hochul’s Lead Collapses as Blakeman Makes New York Governor’s Race Competitive

Hochul’s Lead Collapses as Blakeman Makes New York Governor’s Race Competitive

Steven Paiva
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August 12, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican Bruce Blakeman, but a new Siena poll shows the Republican closing the gap and exposing vulnerabilities for the Democratic incumbent. Hochul leads Blakeman 49% to 39% among likely voters, according to Siena’s first likely-voter poll of the 2026 election cycle. Her lead has been cut to 10 […]
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