October 22, 2025 An immigration enforcement sweep targeting vendors on Manhattan’s famed Canal Street turned chaotic on Tuesday after droves of angry New Yorkers surrounded federal agents and attempted to block them from driving off, prompting arrests and fierce standoffs along a bustling downtown corridor. The confrontation began shortly after 4 p.m., as federal agents […]
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Masked Federal Agents Storm Canal Street in Raid Targeting Immigrant Vendors
October 21, 2025 Dozens of federal agents, mostly masked, swarmed into downtown Manhattan near Chinatown on Tuesday afternoon, stepping out of unmarked vehicles and detaining several New Yorkers around the busy commercial area in a hectic raid that targeted people who fit the profile of a counterfeit goods vendor. At one point early in the […]
New York officials among dozens arrested at anti-ICE demonstration
September 19, 2025 New York City and state officials were among dozens of people arrested at a demonstration opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Downtown Manhattan on Thursday. It happened at 26 Federal Plaza, an ICE holding facility that has been a source of controversy over the past several months. Protesters chanted during an outside […]
Five envelopes containing suspicious white powder discovered at NYC ICE field office, building evacuated
August 15, 2025 Five envelopes containing a suspicious white powder were discovered at New York’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Manhattan Thursday afternoon – prompting first responders to evacuate the federal building, according to authorities. Fire officials responded to 26 Federal Plaza on Foley Square just before 4 p.m. after personnel found the menacing […]
Finance CEO, cop, security guard, and a real estate employee killed
July 28, 2025 A Blackstone executive who oversaw Blackstone’s real estate fund, an NYPD officer working a paid detail, an employee of real estate firm Rudin Management, and a security officer. LePatner joined Blackstone in 2014 after more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, according to Blackstone. While overseeing BREIT, a trust with a real […]
Federal agents briefly detain aide at New York Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office during nearby protests against migrant detentions
June 1, 2025 Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security handcuffed and briefly detained a staff member in New York Rep. Jerry Nadler’s Manhattan district office on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the congressman. Video taken by a person inside Nadler’s office shows one of his aides being handcuffed by an agent […]
Police and anti-ICE protesters clash outside immigration court in New York
May 29, 2025 The Department of Homeland Security said a demonstrator attempted to disrupt a federal immigration arrest in New York City on Wednesday. Nearly two dozen anti-ICE protesters were also detained in another part of the city later that day. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told [news source] that ICE agents contacted Federal Protective Service […]
ICE detention of New York City public school student sparks protests
May 30, 2025 There is growing outrage over the detention of a young Venezuelan immigrant who advocates say was duped into giving up his asylum status. The 20-year-old New York City public school student named Dylan was taken into custody by ICE agents who were waiting after a hearing in federal immigration court. The outrage […]
NYPD arrests pro-Palestinian protesters after Columbia University library takeover
Police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who took over part of Columbia University’s main library on May 7. Ahead of finals week at the Ivy League campus, student activists clashed with campus public safety officials and contracted security guards inside and outside Butler Library. Videos posted to social media showed confrontations between university officials at […]
Security Checkpoint Vandalized at Columbia University
April 30, 2025 Overnight, an autonomous group acted against Amerika’s repression of the Palestine movement. The group attacked one of Columbia University’s border checkpoints — structures created to surveil and suppress the student momvement. Security equipment was dismantled and stolen. Infrastructure was vandalized. These checkpoints materially link Columbia to the zionist occupation through an identical […]