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   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   NEW YORK — A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt   
   a plan allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers   
   Island jail complex ahead of a hearing later this week.   
      
   In a written order Monday, Judge Mary Rosado barred the city from “taking   
   any steps toward negotiating, signing, or implementing any Memorandum of   
   Understanding with the federal government” before an April 25 hearing in a   
   suit challenging the plan.   
      
   That hearing will focus on a lawsuit brought last week by the New York   
   City Council against Mayor Eric Adams that seeks to block his recent   
   executive order permitting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and   
   other federal agencies to maintain office space at the jail complex.   
      
   The suit accuses Adams, a Democrat, of entering into a “corrupt quid pro   
   quo bargain” with the Trump administration in exchange for the Justice   
   Department dropping criminal charges against him.   
      
   Adams has repeatedly denied making any deal with the administration over   
   the criminal case. He has said the presence of ICE and other federal   
   agencies within the jail complex will allow them to assist in gang and   
   drug-related investigations but that they would have no role in civil   
   immigration enforcement.   
      
   A spokesperson for Adams said the city would not execute any agreement   
   with the Trump administration ahead of the hearing.   
      
   Adams previously announced he would deputize his first deputy mayor, Randy   
   Mastro, to handle all decision-making on the return of ICE to Rikers   
   Island in order to “ensure there was never even the appearance of any   
   conflict.”   
      
   Mastro said last week that discussions with the federal government over   
   the plan were ongoing.   
      
   ICE agents previously had a presence at the Rikers Island facility, which   
   is on a hard-to-reach island in the East River. But they were effectively   
   banned from operating there in 2014 under New York City’s sanctuary laws   
   limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement.   
      
   “The Council stands firm in our efforts to protect the rights and safety   
   of all New Yorkers against attacks by the Trump administration and its   
   agents,” said Julia Agos, a spokesperson for City Council Speaker Adrienne   
   Adams, who is running for mayor. “We appreciate Judge Rosado’s decision to   
   prevent any negotiation or execution on an agreement between the   
   administration and federal agencies until this Friday’s hearing to ensure   
   communities are protected.”   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-temporarily-blocks-nyc-mayor-   
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