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New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say their GOP counterparts have the political leverage to restore funds to the World Trade Center Health Program if they deny President Trump their budget vote.

The lawmakers warn that shutting down the FDA’s San Juan Medical Products Laboratory would compromise public health, weaken national emergency preparedness, and eliminate over 20 specialized jobs in Puerto Rico critical to drug safety and pharmaceutical oversight.

Brooklyn and western Queens delivered protest votes in sizable numbers, sending a message to former President Joe Biden’s support for Gaza war efforts, The City reported.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warns that recent federal funding cuts and pauses could leave the city's budget short by over $500 million through FY 2026. The city’s reliance on federal aid for education, housing and social services leaves its most vulnerable residents at risk.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in opposing the Trump administration’s attempt to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants of their legal status.

President Donald Trump signed three new executive orders on Monday aimed at reshaping immigration, law enforcement practices, and language requirements for commercial drivers, reported NBC News .

A state judge on Friday continued to prohibit Mayor Eric Adams’ administration from allowing federal immigration authorities to re-establish offices on Rikers Island.

Approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration has turned slightly negative since the beginning of his second term, a poll by ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos found. Deporting international students who criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East is less popular.

New York and 11 other states sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday, saying the various tariffs imposed on foreign goods coming into the U.S. amount to a tax hike on Americans.

The three remaining federal prosecutors who brought criminal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned in protest on Tuesday, saying the Justice Department pressured them to admit wrongdoing when they refused to drop the case, Reuters reported.