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City Councilmembers headline rally to protect immigrant’ rights

June 11 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

City Councilmembers Zhuang and Louis held a press conference condemning the Trump...

On Tuesday, a federal judge said she would soon appoint an independent authority to manage major elements of Rikers Island. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Ryan Schwach

Rikers will be taken over by an independent receiver, judge rules

May 15 | Jacob Kaye

A judge stripped NYC of control over Rikers, ruling City Hall can...

​​The relatives of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. who were flown to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government, who alleged they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, protest outside the United Nations building in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Photo: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Federal court in New York blocks removals under Alien Enemies Act

May 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

A federal court in New York has granted a preliminary injunction blocking...

Gary Johnson (pictured to the left with family) and Rohan Bolt (pictured on the right with family) both settled their lawsuits against the city for around $15 million last year. The settlements contributed to the highest payout total seen in New York City in years. Eagle file photos via GoFundMe

Police misconduct settlements totaled $205M last year

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The city paid out over $205 million in police and prosecutorial misconduct...

The City Council, led by Speaker Adrienne Adams, called on a federal judge not to strip the City Council of its powers over Rikers Island and the Department of Correction should the judge choose to put the jail complex into a receivership. Photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit

City Council, in letter to judge, seeks to preserve its power over Rikers

February 13 | Jacob Kaye

Attorneys with the City Council said federal Judge Laura Swain should make...

A new report from the Legal Aid Society claims that the city’s failure to decarcerate its jails led to an increased rate of COVID-19 infections during the first years of the pandemic. Photo courtesy of the Legal Aid Society

Failure to decarcerate led to higher rates of COVID-19 in jails, prisons: Legal Aid Society

February 3 | Jacob Kaye

When the first case of COVID-19 came to Rikers Island nearly...

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City nominates itself to take over Rikers

January 28 | Jacob Kaye, Queens Daily Eagle

City Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look...

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December 2 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

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      ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??”  Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers ... this is 21st Century.”
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    New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral c New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a courtroom.

A reporter with The Associated Press witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan. The person Lander was walking out of the courtroom was also arrested.

Lander had spent the morning observing immigration court hearings and told an AP reporter that he was there to “accompany” some immigrants out of the building.

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    Hundreds marched in Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday Hundreds marched in Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday to mark “No Kings Day,” a national day of protest against the Trump Administration.

Despite the rain, the crowd grew larger as the marchers, almost all local residents, circled around two parks — Korean War Veterans Plaza and Cadman Plaza Park — next to the Federal Courthouse and other Downtown courts.

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Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mary Frost

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    After years behind scaffolding, Brooklyn’s Soldi After years behind scaffolding, Brooklyn’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch is shining once again. 

Built in 1892 to honor Union troops of the Civil War, this iconic Prospect Heights monument stands tall as a symbol of history and pride.

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    The Federal Courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn was ev The Federal Courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn was evacuated for hours on Thursday as FDNY, NYPD, Emergency Services and HAZMAT responded to a report of a delivery of a suspicious package containing an unknown substance.

Courthouse personnel were told to just drop what they were doing and get out.

Police told the Brooklyn Eagle that they received a call of a suspicious package at 10:35 a.m., while an FDNY spokesperson said they received a report of a suspicious substance — a white powder.

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