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Gwynne Hogan
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Reporter covering immigration, homelessness, other stuff, for THE CITY
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 11
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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say

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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
he father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...
www.thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Crowd still gathering, several more NYPD arrests, protesters chant "you don't work for ICE you work for us"
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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One arrest now.
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Feds have retreated into the parking garage, NYPD now warning of arrests.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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"all of you are immigrants," one man yells at the agents, he was in SoHo doing some shopping when he heard ICE was here.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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NYPD officers arriving now.
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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"I hope you get the worst fucking hemorrhoids and can never sit down," one protester says heckling the masked feds staring down from the parking garage above.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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“I considered myself a strong person, a resilient person, but I’ve never gone through something like this... Leave your family out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s going to happen to you."

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.”

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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While state officials were courting a talented cannabis grower to join the legal market, her uncle was a former top DEA official who threatened her for growing plants at home. Then police and firefighters swarmed her house in a raid that would shatter her family.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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VIDEO: Federal Agents Bust Into Queens Apartment, Pointing Guns at Mother and Her Four Kids www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/19/q...
On Camera, Fed Agents Point Guns at Mother and Four Kids in Queens
The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived in the apartment, the shellshocked mother told THE CITY. Days later, her children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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ICE whistles have made their way to New York.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The actual most detailed map on how every neighborhood voted via @haidee.bsky.social.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Mamdani's speech ends and Steinway goes wild.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Steinway freaks out at mention of Steinway in Mamdani's victory speech. @thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Astoria is overflowing with Mamdani supporters as he clinches a historic win, read out first draft of that history at @thecity.nyc

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/m...
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Crowd of Mamdani. supporters overflowing on Steinway in Astoria, @thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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By noon, with nine hours left of voting, we've already surpassed the number of New Yorkers voting in a mayoral election going back two decades.

Here's @thecity.nyc's first pass from the polls.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/n...
New Yorkers Flock to the Polls as Combative Mayoral Race Concludes
It’s Election Day in the greatest city in the world. New Yorkers are deciding on the city’s next mayor and a host of other races and ballot questions. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Several hundred gather in Jamaica to see Mamdani speak before they head out to knock on doors. Crowd drowns a heckler out with chants of Mamdani.
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM