NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday demanded that federal immigration agents stop using New York City-owned parking lots to stage enforcement operations, warning that the city would take legal action if the activity continues.
In a Nov. 2 letter to Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, Mamdani said agents had reportedly parked vehicles and held meetings at unstaffed city-owned lots in the Bronx and Queens without authorization. He described the use of the properties as illegal and demanded that ICE issue instructions prohibiting agents from staging or conducting enforcement operations at city-owned parking lots…