New York

Hakeem Jeffries Pushes New York to Join Redistricting Battle

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has dispatched a familiar face to enlist New York lawmakers into the national redistricting fight. U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle met with Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic leaders of the State Legislature during a trip to the state Capitol on Tuesday. Morelle, a […]
Hakeem Jeffries Pushes New York to Join Redistricting Battle

Siena Poll: Hochul’s Approval and Popularity Are Down But Lead Over Blakeman is Up

Buffalo Toronto Public Media | By BTPM Staff Governor Kathy Hochul, who is seeking re-election this November, gets mixed results in the latest Siena Research Institute survey, released Tuesday morning. Her favorability and job approval ratings have both fallen four points since Siena’s last poll in March. Those responding to the latest survey give Hochul a […]
Siena Poll: Hochul’s Approval and Popularity Are Down But Lead Over Blakeman is Up

Impact of Local Police Cooperation on Immigrant Communities in New York

As New York lawmakers debate how far to go in limiting cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities, a key fault line has emerged: whether any exceptions should exist at all. Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed a package that would generally bar local law enforcement from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in civil cases, […]
Impact of Local Police Cooperation on Immigrant Communities in New York

Judge Orders ICE to Return Farmworker to New York

WXXI News | By Brian Sharp A Wayne County (NY) farmworker must be brought back to Western New York from an ICE detention facility in Louisiana by May 12, a federal judge ordered Thursday. But the government wants the go-ahead to deport her first. Lawyers for 54-year-old Dolores Bustamante had tried to block her transfer out […]
Judge Orders ICE to Return Farmworker to New York

Farmers Facing Increased Costs Because of Iran War

New York Public News Network | By Cara Chapman Farmers are feeling the effects of increased fuel and fertilizer prices due to the Iran war. A survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation in early April found that almost 70% of farmers in the Northeast can’t afford to buy all the fertilizer they need. “It’s not a […]
Farmers Facing Increased Costs Because of Iran War

New York Nears Prohibition on Renting Jail Space to ICE

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind Local jails across New York state would be barred from holding people for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under an immigration package taking shape as part of state budget talks, three people familiar with the negotiations said. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrats who lead the state Legislature […]
New York Nears Prohibition on Renting Jail Space to ICE