STATEWIDE — NEW YORK’S PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS are protected according to the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, assert Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration.
Hochul and James seek to protect a newly-signed package of state laws establishing accountability measures concerning immigration and law enforcement operations in New York. One of these laws, becoming effective this Friday, prohibits local, state and federal law enforcement officers from concealing their identities with masks while interacting with the public and requires all officers to display clear identification.
Another of the laws, the Local Crimes Act, bars local governments and law enforcement from agreeing to operate as immigration officers or from detaining people solely for federal civil immigration violations.
The federal government’s response to this bill package was to announce intention to sue New York and to deploy a surge of federal immigration agents here. Hochul and James petition the court to affirm New York’s rights under the 10th Amendment to enact laws that protect public safety, promote transparency and regulate conduct within its borders, as well as to prevent the laws from being counteracted.
These laws aim to ensure that local police can focus on safety within their communities, say Hochul and James.
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