{"id":2968,"date":"2025-09-08T18:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:34:23","slug":"joint-statement-from-speaker-adrienne-adams-deputy-speaker-diana-ayala-criminal-justice-chair-sandy-nurse-and-immigration-chair-alexa-aviles-on-new-york-state-supreme-courts-final-ruling-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/09\/08\/2968\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, Criminal Justice Chair Sandy Nurse, and Immigration Chair Alexa Avil\u00e9s on New York State Supreme Court\u2019s Final Ruling Blocking Trump\u2019s ICE Office on Rikers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today, New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado issued a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/09\/ICE-on-Rikers-Final-Order-and-Judgment-1.pdf\"><em>final decision<\/em><\/a><em> declaring Mayor Adams\u2019 administration\u2019s Executive Order 50 illegal, blocking the reopening of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Rikers Island. Judge Rosado previously issued a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/06\/13\/2905\/\"><em>preliminary injunction<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/04\/25\/2854\/\"><em>Interim Temporary Restraining Order<\/em><\/a><em> prohibiting the execution and negotiation of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the executive order. In response to the final decision, <strong>New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, Criminal Justice Committee Chair Sandy Nurse, and Immigration Committee Chair Alexa Avil\u00e9s <\/strong>issued the following joint statement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s final court decision rejecting Mayor Adams\u2019 corrupt bargain with Trump to open an ICE office on Rikers Island as illegal is a major win. It strengthens public safety in our city and the Constitutional rights of all New Yorkers. Trump\u2019s political agenda of using ICE to disappear residents without due process and separate families harms our communities and undermines our collective safety. We\u2019re pleased that the court recognized Mayor Adams and Randy Mastro\u2019s attempt to do Trump\u2019s bidding and betray their obligation to New Yorkers as unlawful. This decision protects the civil rights of all New Yorkers from being violated and makes our city safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today, New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado issued a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/09\/ICE-on-Rikers-Final-Order-and-Judgment-1.pdf\"><em>final decision<\/em><\/a><em> declaring Mayor Adams\u2019 administration\u2019s Executive Order 50 illegal, blocking the reopening of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Rikers Island. Judge Rosado previously issued a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/06\/13\/2905\/\"><em>preliminary injunction<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/04\/25\/2854\/\"><em>Interim Temporary Restraining Order<\/em><\/a><em> prohibiting the execution and negotiation of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the executive order.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2025\/09\/08\/2968\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}