A federal judge ordered New York City to provide shelter resident details to ICE
A federal judge ordered New York City to give ICE names and birth dates of certain male residents at a Bronx shelter, plus records that could help identify them. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said the city had not shown the request was unduly burdensome. Gothamist reported a special master will limit the list to residents with “serious criminal histories.”
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A federal judge directed New York City to provide ICE with identifying details, including names and birth dates, for selected male residents at a Bronx shelter, as well as related identifying records. The court ruled Friday that the city must comply with a subpoena concerning residents of the Bruckner Boulevard shelter. ICE sought information about all residents, but a special master will identify only those with “serious criminal histories,” Gothamist reported. ICE submitted four separate subpoena requests for shelter residents’ information beginning in August 2025, and the city fought them. The shelter sleeps more than 2,000 people. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in February he planned to phase it out by year’s end.
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