New York City Council – Progressive Caucus | April 24, 2025
We write this letter as the New York City Council Progressive Caucus representing over 3 million
people, many of whom are students, faculty and staff at your institutions. As federal authorities
carry out an extreme MAGA agenda that threatens to re-segregate and defund our institutions
and disappears countless students, we call upon you to step up and defend our constituents.
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City Limits – By Daniel Parra | April 17, 2025
During a city council hearing, immigrants and their advocates shared stories of fraud, much of which is conducted over social media.
During a New York City Council hearing about immigration services fraud on Tuesday, one asylum seeker testified about how he had been tricked by someone who claimed to be his attorney.
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Gothamist – By Samir Ferdowsi | April 14, 2025
Two bills aimed at protecting against immigration services fraud will be up for debate in the City Council next week.
The City Council Committees on Consumer and Worker Protection as well as Immigration will have a joint hearing to crack down on fraudsters looking to prey on the influx of migrants in New York City.
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Mayor Eric Adams has used a spreadsheet to flag agency statements that may cause potential problems with the Trump administration.
The New York Times – By Emma G. Fitzsimmons | March 24, 2025
On the day after President Trump’s inauguration, Mayor Eric Adams’s deputy mayor for communications assembled officials from across city government to let them know that change was coming.
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Who’s up and who’s down this week?
City & State – By City & State Staff | March 14, 2025
“A” is for apple. Federal immigration czar Tom Homan came to Albany and ate an apple amid protests from Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and others. We’re sure New York City Council Member Gale Brewer, a
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PIX11 – By Dominique Jack | Mar 14, 2025 12:52 PM EDT
The New York City Council passed legislation on Wednesday that will allow for same-day and walk-in appointments at certain IDNYC service enrollment centers. It was one of many changes to the system to improve the application process.
The bill, sponsored by Councilmember Shahana K.
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Gothamist – By Karen Yi | Mar 13, 2025
Signing up for New York City’s popular municipal ID program will soon become easier for city residents due to a City Council bill passed on Wednesday.
The measure will resume some same-day walk-in appointments for people registering for the IDNYC photo ID card.
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Legislation would improve the program by reintroducing walk-in appointments, codifying a streamlined appointment scheduling system, adding training for staff, implementing a denial review process, and adding an issue date to the card
Press Contacts:
Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov, (646) 353-4549
Alex Liao | aliao@council.nyc.gov, (973) 647-5001
New York, NY | Today, the City Council voted to pass Council Member Shahana Hanif’s Intro 216-A, the Access to IDNYC Act.
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SAFE Podcast – SAFE Podcast host Edward Hung interviews New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif, who represents the 39th District in Brooklyn. The daughter of Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants, Council Member Hanif discusses her priorities as she chairs the Council’s Committee on Immigration [Listen Here].
Gotham Gazette – “This is absolutely critical for us to center immigrant communities especially through…the impact that the pandemic has had on our immigrant communities,” said City Council Member Shahana Hanif, a Brooklyn Democrat who chairs the Council’s immigration committee. Hanif also co-chairs the Council’s progressive caucus, for whom implementing the law is a top priority. “We ought to be a city that is forthright about expanding democracy and making it more representative and ‘Our City, Our Vote’ is the path forward,” she said [Read More].
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