Cartoon Sketchbook: June 29
June 29, 2026
Editorial cartoons depict political reactions to Trump, U.S. policy, immigration and Supreme Court decisions in satirical illustrations.
Editorial cartoons depict political reactions to Trump, U.S. policy, immigration and Supreme Court decisions in satirical illustrations.
CITYWIDE — A new report from New York City Comptroller Brad Lander analyzed the cost of hotel rooms contracted by the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to house
CITYWIDE — NYC IS PAYING REASONABLE hotel-room prices for asylum seekers housed by the Department of Homeless Services (DHS), City Comptroller Brad Lander concluded in
Brad Song thought he was about to get his e-bike stolen a second time in a less than a month after delivering an order for
A judge ordered New York City and advocates for the homeless to enter mediation on Thursday. The court’s order comes as the city seeks relief
Hours before a top operative for Mayor Eric Adams got into a physical altercation with migrant shelter guards in Midtown Tuesday while attempting to enter
This article is part of an ongoing collaboration between Chalkbeat and THE CITY. Mayor Eric Adams announced two striking policy shifts for migrant families with
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days, bidding to ease pressure on a city housing
MARINE PARK — Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park, in its 92-year history has contained many things: A commercial airport, a staging point for many record-breaking solo flights, a U.S.
Commissioner Manuel Castro of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) announced the creation of the Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network (ASLAN) on Thursday. This $5 million
WILLIAMSBURG — The city is set to house approximately 80 asylum seekers in one wing of the McCarren Recreation Center in Williamsburg’s McCarren Park as early as this weekend, and
In an effort to address a backlog of more than 700,000 unheard asylum applications, Legal Services NYC and WilmerHale have filed lawsuits against the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services
During a visit to the Texas border city of El Paso, New York Mayor Eric Adams offered up a blistering criticism of the federal government’s response to the influx of immigrants
At the request of Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, City Councilmembers Joseph Borelli, David Carr and Kamillah Hanks, the Independent Budget Office examined the costs that the city will
As New York City grapples with how to better support the influx of students from asylum-seeking families hailing from South American countries, schools are looking for more bilingual educators and
Weary of Venezuela’s autocratic government and the pittance he earned in the military, Dario Maldonado deserted and fled with his family to neighboring Colombia. But life remained hard — money
As New York City sees a surge of new immigrants seeking asylum from Central and South American countries, officials announced Friday that they will provide extra enrollment help to hundreds
An anti-immigration group scored a legal victory in its federal lawsuit arguing that the Biden administration violated environmental law when it halted construction of the U.S. southern border wall and sought to undo other immigration policies by former President Donald Trump.
This article was originally published on Aug 8 8:04pm EDT by THE CITY On Friday afternoon, the Bronx Library Center on Kingsbridge Road was mostly empty — except for people