Today, New York State Supreme Court Judge Mary Rosado preserved a temporary restraining order (TRO) after hearing arguments for a preliminary injunction to further halt Mayor Eric Adams’ administration from implementing Executive Order 50 that would facilitate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to establish a center on Rikers Island. This follows a previously issued interim Temporary Restraining Order on April 21 prohibiting the execution and negotiation of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the executive order. Judge Rosado then extended the TRO on April 25. In response to today’s court hearing and continued TRO, Speaker Adrienne Adams issued the following statement:

“We are pleased by the Court maintaining the TRO in our hearing for a preliminary injunction against Mayor Adams’ illegal executive order to protect public safety in New York City and New Yorkers’ Constitutional rights from Trump’s extreme overreach. Over the past months, we’ve witnessed the Trump administration repeatedly disregard the U.S. Constitution, disappearing residents within our country without due process and wrongfully arresting local government officials. New Yorkers are counting on our city to protect their civil rights, and yet, Mayor Adams has attempted to betray this obligation by handing power over our city to Trump’s ICE because he is compromised. This attempted corrupt deal to allow ICE to set up a center on Rikers would only make our city, and all New Yorkers, less safe. The Council will continue to use our power and resources to protect New Yorkers from the Trump administration’s harmful agenda, and we look forward to the court’s decision on the preliminary injunction.”

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