The city council asked on Tuesday that the Stadswaakhond opened an investigation into how the police among mayor Eric Adams shares information with federal authorities in the midst of President Trump’s immigration content.
In a letter, the city council quoted News reports of cases that the Council said that concern was reflected in the question of whether the police, intentionally or not, had violated New York City Laws By sharing information with federal authorities used in civil matters with regard to enforcement of immigration.
The letter to the New York City Department of Investigation was the last escalation by the municipal council because it examines the mayor’s immigration policy and his support for some deportation efforts of the Trump government. Under the city charter, the Ministry of Investigations are required to perform assessments requested by the city council.
The laws of New York City limit cooperation between the city and the federal government on most immigration issues, which are largely civil matters. But the police often help federal law enforcement agencies with criminal cases, usually in joint investigations into sex trade, drug trafficking and terrorism.
In One thing That was supervised, the police provided federal researchers information about Leqaa Kordia, 32, who was arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia University. Mrs. Kordia, who is Palestinian, was not a Columbia student; Federal agents told the police that they were investigating her for money laundering after they held her because she had her visa excess.
“New Yorkers must trust that their own city administration will not participate in their civil rights that are being violated, and these recent episodes make serious doubts that are urgently needed,” said the letter from the city council. “It is therefore necessary that all potential infringements are investigated objectively and transparently through the administration of mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD.”
In internal memos for officers and in public speeches, Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch repeated that the police are not working with the federal government in enforcement of civil immigration. She has rejected phone calls to limit the cooperation of the department with federal agencies in the midst of worries From civil libertarians and the critics of the mayor that federal authorities may be misleading local law enforcement officials if they want to increase deportations.
Last month, commissioner tisch announced That the Department investigated the information exclusion that took place in the case of Mrs. Kordia, including a sealed arrest. Authorities are prohibited by the State Act to share the content of sealed data.
The letter sent on Tuesday was signed by Adrienne Adams, the chairman of the city council, and Gale A. Brewer, a councilor who leads the Supervisory and Investigation Committee. The Ministry of Research, led by Jocelyn E. Strauber, a mayors approved by the municipal council, conducts independent supervision of city authorities, including investigations into corruption, fraud and abuse of power.
Mrs Adams, who is not a family of Mr Adams and also for Mayor Rent, has accused the mayor of being on Mr Trump after being the Ministry of Justice Federal corruption charges rejected against the mayor. The federal government had argued that the prosecution hinded the cooperation of Mr Adams with the immigration realing of the White House.
The city council is at a distance with Mr Adams about his efforts to allow the immigration and customs enforcement agency of the federal government To open offices at the Rikers Island Jail Complex After Mr Adams met several times with the border of Mr Trump, Tsar, Thomas Homan, to discuss the plan.
The council sued The town hall in April on the plan, leading a constitutional judge To temporarily pause its implementation. The judge, Mary Rosado of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, said she could decide as quickly as possible whether this week allow federal agencies to open offices at Rikers.
In the letter on Tuesday, the city council asked for ‘an extensive and independent assessment’ of the Department of Investigation and a written report with the results.
“These laws are not optional; they are binding,” said the letter, referring to the laws of the sanctuary. “When they are ignored or bypassed, the consequences outdoors, the destabilizing cooperation with law enforcement, argue, Civic Trust and the undermining of public safety in the five districts.”
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