National 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.

The Department of Education said it will resume student loan debt collection on May 5. Loan holders will need to sign up for a repayment plan, as some defaulted loans will otherwise be sent to debt collectors.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the cameras are staying on.

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction on Empire Wind 1, a wind farm project off the coast of Long Island. This directly affects the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, the project's offshore wind hub.

New York Attorney General Letitia James was hit with a federal criminal referral for instances of alleged mortgage fraud, according to a letter obtained by the New York Post.

A new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Found that U.S. consumer sentiment is starting to fall.

The Social Security Administration will perform anti-fraud checks on all claims filed over the telephone and flag claims that have fraud risk indicators starting Monday, April 14.