A New York Supreme Court judge, has Indefinitely barred Mayor Eric Adams (I) from allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from Re-Opening an Office on Rikers Island. In a Scathing Decision published Friday afternoon, Judge Mary Rosado sided with many of the City Council’s Arguments in its Lawsuit against the Mayor, including that the Executive Order signed by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, appeared to be a Deal with the Federal Government, in Exchange for Leniency in Adams’s Federal Corruption Case, and thus likely Violated the City’s Conflict-of-Interest Law. Rosado First issued a Preliminary Injunction in April, and Her Ruling Friday, extends that Injunction Indefinitely, as the Case continues.
The City Council “has shown likelihood of success in demonstrating, at a minimum, the appearance of a Quid-Pro-Quo, whereby Mayor Adams publicly agreed to bring ICE back to Rikers Island in exchange for dismissal of His criminal charges,” Rosado wrote. “Although the defendants-respondants deny any quid pro quo in conclusory fashion, this is insufficient, and almost expected,” the 18-page Decision continued.
Rosado’s Order, is the latest Blow for Adams as He faces a Bruising path to Re-Election this November, with Primary Voting beginning Tomorrow for the Democratic Party Nomination, Adams became an Independent so He will be in the Primary, and not take part in the Democrate Party Rank-Choice Primary.
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D), another Mayoral Hopeful, called Rosado’s Injunction “another victory to protect public safety in New York City and New Yorkers’ Constitutional rights from Trump’s extreme overreach. Our courts have recognized the dire threat it poses, and today’s decision marks the third time the court has ruled against Mayor Adams’ illegal executive order to conspire with Trump,” She said. “The Council will continue to use our power and resources to protect New Yorkers from the Trump administration’s harmful agenda.”
The City Council First Sued Adams Two months ago, Arguing that allowing ICE to eopen an Office at the Rikers Island Jail Complex would Funnel Thousands of Undocumented Immigrants into Deportation Proceedings often before they had been Convicted of any Crime, while Immigrants with Legal Status could be set on a Path of Deportation for even Minor Offenses.
ICE was Booted from the island Jail after a 2014 Law Shut their Office there Down. The Department of Correction still has the Power to Transfer Detainees to ICE Custody, if the Person has been Convicted of certain “violent or serious” offenses within a five-year span. In Her Decision Friday, Rosado also Agreed with the Council’s Argument, that while Mayor Adams said He had Delegated the Decision to Mastro, that was likely Insufficient to Fend-Off concerns about a Conflict-of-Interest.
“First Deputy Mayor Mastro reports directly to Mayor Adams, is appointed by Mayor Adams, and can be fired by Mayor Adams,” She wrote. “He is Mayor Adams’ agent.” The Ruling was hailed by the Legal Aid Society, the City’s Largest Public Defender Organization. “This preliminary injunction is a critical victory for all New Yorkers amidst an unprecedented, nationwide assault on immigrant families and their communities, and it is a strong rebuke of the Adams administration’s unlawful and dangerous Executive Order 50,” said Meghna Philip, Director of the LAS’ Criminal Defense Practice’s Special Litigation unit.
In Her Friday Opinion, Rosado Rebuffed that Contention, citing Evidence that the Trump (R) Administration has Ignored Court Orders Nationwide regarding Immigration Enforcement and made Mistaken Deportations. “It is akin to the police telling a 9-1-1 caller that they will not assist a victim who calls while a burglar attempts to enter her house,” She wrote. “The harms to individuals, government institutions and New York City imposed by the issuance of Executive Order No. 50 and the alleged quid pro quo are real, ongoing and imminent.”
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