The U.S. Department of Justice is suing New York City over its sanctuary laws, claiming they block ICE from detaining undocumented immigrants with criminal records.

The State Supreme Court decision, overturning an earlier ruling, will allow the New Jersey attorney general to maintain control over the troubled Paterson Police Department.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced a lawsuit against New York City’s so-called sanctuary city policies, days after the Trump administration blamed those policies for the shooting of an off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer in Manhattan.

The New York Civil Liberties Union and the New York State Police have been fighting for years over misconduct records that the state legislature made public in 2020.

New York mandates police departments release misconduct records. But smaller NY police departments struggle to comply, due to staff resources.

An off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said.

A Manhattan judge agreed Wednesday to release on bail two men charged with torturing a man in a luxury SoHo townhouse to obtain his cryptocurrency.

NYC, alongside Los Angeles and Chicago police departments, is leading the nation in using drone units, which are viewed with suspicion by civil rights groups.