Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has mandated over two dozen policy changes aimed at bolstering New York City’s sanctuary laws protecting immigrants, including requiring city agencies to provide more training for workers and stepped-up reporting of interactions with federal immigration officials, according to a new city report.
The policy changes include requiring the city’s child welfare agency to conduct an audit of its court reports, following concerns from outside attorneys that the reports improperly mention family members’ immigration status.
Another change calls on the Department of Correction to stop sending daily reports to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about noncitizens in DOC custody who have been convicted of certain violent and serious crimes, “because this reporting is not required by federal, state or local law or regulation.” City officials say the correction department has been sending such reports since about 2015…