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Stanley Richards, rights, speaks after Mayor Mamdani, announces his appointment as the city’s new Department of Correction commissioner at a press conference in the Bronx on Saturday. (Mayor’s Office of Photography)

Mamdani names Stanley Richards, formerly incarcerated criminal justice reformer, to run NYC jails

February 4, 2026 at 6:53 a.m.

Mamdani entrusted Stanley Richards, who was formerly incarcerated and executive vice president at The Fortune Society, with overseeing the Big Apple's jails, aiming for both a safer jail system and...

ICE agents arrest street vendors in lower Manhattan

October 30, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

ICE agents rounded up people along several blocks of Canal St., from Church St. to Lafayette St., shutting down the area as they conducted a raid targeting illegal street vendors.

Protestors confront Federal agents as they walk down Lafayette Street after an immigration sweep on Canal Street through Chinatown, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)

ICE agents arrest street vendors along Canal St. in lower Manhattan

October 22, 2025 at 11:08 a.m.

ICE agents rounded up people along several blocks of Canal St., from Church St. to Lafayette St., shutting down the area as they conducted a raid targeting illegal street vendors.

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