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Ex-NYPD officer Atickul Islam pleads guilty to impersonating ICE agent to threaten woman who rebuffed him romantically (opens the original)
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A former NYPD officer pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning to impersonating a federal ICE agent to intimidate and threaten an immigrant woman from Queens and her family. Atickul Islam, 30, an eight-year veteran of the department who attained the rank of sergeant, appeared before U.S. District Judge Dora Irizarry to admit to sending multiple text messages on March 29, 2025, from his own phone and another phone to a woman who had romantically rebuffed him. "ICE will come get you and your family and
Nina Varrino, of Glen Cove, pleads guilty in motorcycle crash that killed couple (opens the original)
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A Glen Cove woman who killed a couple on a Harley Davidson while high on cocaine and Xanax in 2025 pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault and driving under the influence of drugs, officials said. Nina Varrino, 52, admitted running down Lisa Pelaez, 58, and her husband, George Pelaez, 64, on their motorcycle as they drove on the South Service Road of the Long Island Expressway in North Hills. Under the negotiated plea agreement, Varrino is expected to be sentenced to 7 to
Federal judge orders ICE to improve conditions for immigration detainees at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan (opens the original)
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A U.S. district judge on Thursday ordered federal officials to provide immigration detainees sufficient space, food, hygiene and access to legal and medical assistance while they’re in custody at 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a permanent injunction, instructing the Department of Homeland Security to prevent overcrowding at 26 Federal Plaza, where most New York City asylum and removal proceedings are held. The order came as a result of a lawsuit brou
Hempstead schools assistant clerk plans to sue district over alleged voter fraud (opens the original)
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An assistant clerk with the Hempstead school district, suspended amid allegations of election rigging during the last school board election, plans to sue the district and the superintendent for implicating her in an alleged voter fraud scheme. Lottie Whitehead, district clerk pro tempore, filed a notice of claim on Aug. 21 against the district and the superintendent, Gary Rush, accusing them of bullying and scapegoating her in the discredited May election. Alleged impropriety in the school board
Gov. Hochul at rehabbed, over $400 million Belmont Park opening says Triple Crown 'stays' (opens the original)
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At the grand opening of a top-to-bottom renovation of Belmont Park on Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to preserve the Triple Crown. Hochul appeared with local Assemb. Michaelle Solages touting the future of horseracing out of the rehabbed, $445 million track that took three years to renovate. The reopening of the oval, where the final leg of the Triple Crown is customarily run, comes as rivals Churchill Downs and the New York Racing Association have teamed up to present a six-race Championship S
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