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• Man shot in neck by ICE in Marble Hill urgently needs surgery, lawyers say in bid for release

  14-10-2026 23:30 via amny.com
  
  Attorneys for the man shot in the neck by an ICE agent in Marble Hill last week are asking a federal judge to order his immediate release, arguing that his arrest was unlawful and that he remains in a Brooklyn detention center without receiving surgery that his doctors recommended.The Legal Aid Society filed a 58-page petition Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court on behalf of Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old father of two who was wounded Oct. 8 when federal immigration agents opened fire on his vehicl
  
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• Judge blocks deportation of Marble Hill man shot by ICE as lawyers seek release for surgery

  14-10-2026 23:30 via amny.com
  
  A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to explain why a man shot in the neck by an ICE agent in Marble Hill last week should not be immediately released from custody, while barring his deportation as his attorneys fight to secure his release and urgently needed surgery.U.S. District Judge Hector Gonzalez gave federal prosecutors until 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, to justify the continued detention of Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old father of two who was wounded Oct. 8 when immigratio
  
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• Brooklyn rally calls for Oscar Belgal’s release, end to ICE detentions at MDC

  14-10-2026 21:31 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  Protesters gathered outside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center on Oct. 13 to condemn ICE’s treatment of immigrants in federal custody, rallying in solidarity with Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old father who was shot in the neck by an ICE agent while his 5-year-old son sat in the back of his car. Now held in solitary confinement at the Sunset Park prison, Belgal has a bullet lodged in his neck and, according to immigrant advocacy groups, has been denied adequate medical care.MDC bega
  
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• Brooklyn shooting: Man wounded in daytime attack near apartment building

  14-10-2026 20:50 via amny.com
  
  Cops in Brooklyn are looking for the suspect who shot a man in broad daylight on Wednesday near an apartment building.Police said the gunfire erupted at about 1:40 p.m. on Oct. 14 in front of 8817 Bay Pkwy., near Cropsey Avenue, in Bath Beach.Officers from the 62nd Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call about the incident. When they arrived, they found the victim, a 32-year-old man, with gunshot wounds to his left hand and left leg.EMS rushed him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brook
  
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• Sunset Park federal prison officer indicted in alleged bribery scheme to smuggle contraband

  14-10-2026 20:41 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A federal correctional officer at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center has been indicted on charges of accepting bribes from inmates and their associates in exchange for allegedly smuggling contraband into the facility, according to federal prosecutors.
  Melissa Brooks, who has worked for the federal Bureau of Prisons since July 2024, was arrested on the Wednesday morning after an indictment charging her with bribery as a public official and conspiracy to commit bribery was unsealed, th
  
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• Brooklyn federal prison officer indicted in alleged bribery scheme to smuggle contraband

  14-10-2026 20:41 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  A federal correctional officer at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center has been indicted on charges ot accepting bribes from inmates and their associates in exchange for allegedly smuggling contraband into the facility, according to federal prosecutors.
  Melissa Brooks, who has worked for the federal Bureau of Prisons since July 2024, was arrested on the Wednesday morning after an indictment charging her with bribery as a public official and conspiracy to commit bribery was unsealed, th
  
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• Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Amtrak Board Chair Anthony Coscia

  14-10-2026 16:00 via politicsny.com
  
  PoliticsNY’s latest special edition, Inside Government: Transportation features the government officials shaping New York’s transportation landscape. Today’s Q&A is with Chair of the Amtrak Board of Directors Anthony Coscia. Amtrak is the national passenger railroad company of the United States and connects passengers to 500 destinations across 46 states and parts of Canada.How has your career up until your appointment prepared you for your role as board chair of Amtrak?
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• Hochul keeps Trump center stage as Blakeman softens praise in lone governor debate over ICE, crime and affordability

  14-10-2026 14:10 via amny.com
  
  Four days after Bruce Blakeman stood onstage with President Donald Trump declaring “we love Donald J. Trump,” Gov. Kathy Hochul spent their lone debate Tuesday night pressing her Republican challenger over that alliance — prompting him to explain his rally rhetoric as an effort to get the crowd “worked up” and revise his answer on the greatest president of his lifetime.Throughout campaign season, Hochul has tried to make Blakeman answer for his ties to Trump, while
  
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