Community Board 6’s January meeting continued conversations around humanity’s never-ceasing concern: safety.
“We need to make sure that we pass legislation that gives immigrant New Yorkers both legal counsel as well as stop any local or state actors participating in ICE’s actions,” said District 44 New York State Assemblymember Robert Carroll, calling those actions morally and legally “out of bounds.”
Carroll urged input from his constituents on how they’d like their tax dollars spent, given the upcoming state budget vote in April. Echoing Carroll, Council Member Shahana Hanif also acknowledged tensions with ICE in New York, highlighting the detainment of a City Council staffer during a routine immigration appointment…