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New York City and state’s sanctuary laws limit cooperation with President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, but two ...

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Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York acknowledged that people were “concerned” about President Donald Trump’s “influence” ...

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Career criminal Sundance Oliver was already dubbed “a one-man crime wave” while he was on the streets of the Big Apple — and ...