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New York City Mayor Mandani accused ICE of using city-owned properties without permission to deploy the operation. They have sent a letter to DHS demanding it be stopped and warning that if it happens again, a lawsuit will be filed. Also, they issued new guidelines to strengthen park and parking lot control.
mayor of new yorkMandani (Zohran Mamdani) warned on the 2nd that if federal immigration enforcement officers continue to use city-owned parking lots to deploy operations, the city government will file a lawsuit. he has writtenDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS), calling for an immediate injunction against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (snow ) The agent used city property without permission.
The city government recently received reports that ICE agents had parked vehicles and held crackdown meetings in unmanned parking lots on 111th Street west of Corona Park in Flushing Meadows, Queens, and in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The Queens site is adjacent to city-run kindergartens and several cultural institutions frequented by children.
In a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, ICE Acting Director David Venturella and New York Field Office Director Kenneth Genallo, Mandani pointed out that ICE has never been authorized to use the above locations. “ICE has no right to use our property as a basis to separate families,” he said. “If they come back again and again, we will see them in court.”
The executive order signed by Mandani in February this year states that non-city law enforcement officers are not allowed to use city parking lots as deployment locations without a judicial warrant or other legal basis. Steven Banks, director of the city’s legal department, said the Department of Homeland Security has now been formally notified that it is prepared to take legal action if the city continues to foreclose on city property.
The city government announced new guidelines for the parks department the same day. If federal agents request to enter a parking lot or non-public area at a park, employees must check their identification and submit the warrant to legal counsel for review; No entry will be allowed without legal authorization.
The guidance also states that if agents trespass in restricted areas, employees should call 911 under safe circumstances and record the incident without confronting them. Supervisors are also required to be notified when federal law enforcement activity is discovered in public areas and the scene will be documented as appropriate. Applications made by Federal agencies to use Park Service parking lots must be reviewed and approved by legal counsel.
Last month, Mandani and more than 100 elected officials also called on private parking lot owners to deny ICE access. Earlier, federal agents shot and killed a man with his 5-year-old son in his car while pursuing law enforcement in northern Manhattan; It was reported that agents had deployed to a nearby private parking lot.
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The city government received reports that ICE agents were using city-owned parking lots in the Bronx and Queens to conduct operations without permission. Mandani has sent a letter to DHS demanding that this type of behavior stop immediately, otherwise the city will take legal action.
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ICE agents parked and held crackdown meetings in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx and in an unmanned parking lot at 111th Street, west of Corona Park in Flushing Meadows, Queens, the report said. The latter is also close to a municipal kindergarten and several institutions that children frequent.
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The new guidelines require staff to first verify the identity of federal agents and submit the warrant to legal counsel for review; They will not be released without legal permission. If agents encroach on restricted areas, they will have to call the police under security and record the incident. Supervisors in public areas should also be informed.
