A New York City Council employee detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, according to a court petition seeking his release

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who disclosed that the man’s name is Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, condemned a “criminal illegal alien” with an assault arrest on his record and a tourist visa that expired in 2017. “He had no legal right to be in the United States,” McLaughlin said.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded the release of a City Council employee detained by federal immigration officials during routine appointment on Monday.

The new City Council speaker squashed a plan by lefty council members to give themselves a big fat pay raise — but the pols aren’t giving up their dreams of bigger salaries just yet,

The New York City Council made history on Wednesday by electing Julie Menin as its first Jewish speaker. Menin said it's an opportunity to bridge the divides that have been so prevalent of late in the city.

Zohran Mamdani faced scrutiny after unilaterally appointing radical housing activist Cea Weaver, whose appointment to a city commission in 2021 was blocked by city council.

The new head of the NYC Council’s sparse Republican delegation says he’s committed to leading the fight to block Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda and prevent the Big Apple from becoming the