Mayor Mamdani demands ICE stay out of city-owned property in letter to DHS

To the Department of Homeland Security, Mayor Zoran Mamdani claims there have been reports of ICE agents using city-owned property, writing that if agents continue the unauthorized use of these lots, New York City will take legal action to prevent it. We're being clear about this because we do not want any complicity in these immigration enforcement actions. The New York Immigration Coalition claims it's not the first time it's happened, and multiple recent incidents sparked the letter. Just over the past couple of weeks, we've seen... Five different instances of ICE using parks, parking lots to actually use as staging facilities to go after our neighbors, families, and community members. The Department of Homeland Security disputes the city's position. A spokesperson told News 12 that its use of public parking lots is authorized under federal law, saying in a statement in part, quote, Mayor Mamdani should be grateful to our brave law enforcement officers for cleaning up the streets of New York City since he won't. We need New Yorkers to cooperate with our officers and stop releasing criminals from their jails into New York's neighborhoods. City officials responding to that. ICE using New York City's parking lots, including parks, department parking lots. They're violating our city's sanctuary policies. Mayor Mamdani says New York City park workers have been given guidance on what to do and who to call if they see ICE agents. In Brooklyn, Julia Burns, News 12.