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  Here’s a guide to the policies that together define a “sanctuary city” — and what that could mean during a potential mass deportation effort. This article originally appeared in The City. By  Gwynne Hogan ,  Rachel Holliday Smith , and  Rachel Kahn NEW YORK - Throughout the election, Donald Trump promised to enact an unprecedented campaign of mass deportations , saying he wants to remove “as many as 20 million” people from the United States during his second administration. A trio of early personnel choices — Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for homeland security secretary and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Tom Homan as “border czar” — indicate that the incoming president is very serious about following through with his pledge. In New York, advocates have called for Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams to institute policies that protect immigrants within New York’s borders before T...

  The only subway line out of the peninsula is scheduled for a 17-week shutdown for post-Sandy rehab — and riders are extremely vexed about it. This article originally appeared in The City. By  Haidee Chu QUEENS - Cheryl Motley, 62, rises at around 5 a.m. every weekday to make her two-hour commute from Far Rockaway, Queens to her office in Brooklyn on the A then R train. Come the new year, though, she will have to wake up even earlier as an upcoming service outage to the A train is set to shake up her routine. Starting in mid-January, service for the A train will end at Howard Beach for 17 weeks until May — disconnecting over 9,000 daily commuters on Broad Channel and the entire Rockaway peninsula from the only subway service that carries them to the mainland.  “Oh my god, it’s devastating,” Motley, a 30-year Rockaway resident, told THE CITY while riding the Rockaway-bound A train home from work during rush hour Thursday. She recalled when Superstorm Sandy cut off trai...

Crashes Stolen Car The NYPD is searching for this woman who alledly attacked an Uber driver and stole his vehicle. -Photo by NYPD  By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice October 18, 2024 QUEENS - A deranged woman attacked an Uber driver by beating and biting him before stealing his car, cops said.  At around 11:20 pm on October 10, a 52-year-old Uber driver pulled up in front of 241-27 86 Avenue, in Bellrose waiting for a passenger. Cops said suddenly a woman climbed into the passenger seat and began attacking the driver.  The woman repeatedly punched the driver in the face and throughout the body, cops said. She then bit him in the back and pushed the driver out of the car.  The attacker then got behind the wheel of the Uber and drove off.  However, the would be carjacker did not get far. Cops said the attacker struck multiple parked cars before slamming into a tree.   The driver was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center where he was treated and was listed in ...

Subway Passenger Takes Beating After Trying to Record Thief The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a Queens subway car. Cops said the suspect used a skateboard (Far Left) to assault a man he was allegedly trying to rob. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice October 16, 2024 QUEENS - A brazen thief beat a straphanger in the head with a skate board when the man tried to stop him from robbing him on a Queens train, cops said.  At around 3 am on September 16, a 36-year-old man was riding a southbound E Train that was approaching the 71 Ave-Forest Hills subway station. Cops said a man walked up to him and started to rummage through the straphanger’s pockets trying to steal his property.  The victim pushed him off and then pulled out his cellphone to record.  Unafraid, the suspect walked over to another passenger and took his skateboard. He then walked back over to the victim and bashed him in the head with the skateboard.  The attacker ...

Teen Charged in Robbery, Assault on Subway A 15-year-old male has been arrested in conenction with a mugging on a Queens subway. A second suspect is being sought. -File Photo By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice February 8, 2024 QUEENS - Cops arrested a Queens teenager in connection with the vicious mugging on a subway platform.  The NYPD announced the arrest of a 15-year-old male. He was charged with two counts of robbery. Police would not release the suspect’s name because he is a minor.  At around 3:40 pm on January 8, a 17-year-old male was standing on the platform for the L Train when he was approached by two males. Cops said without warning the two males began wailing on the victim.  The attackers repeatedly punched the victim while trying to remove his cellphone. Instead, cops said, the robbers only managed to remove $12 from the victim before running off.  Cops said another suspect is being sought in the mugging.  Anyone with information in regard to this incid...

Police are searching for this man in connection with an attack on a bus rider in which the attacker tried to remove the victim's turban. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice October 17, 2023 NEW YORK - The NYPD’s Hate Crime Unit is investigating the beating of a man on a Queens bus who was wearing a turban, cops said.  Police are looking at the assault on a bus in Richmond as a possible hate crime after the suspect shouted about the victim wearing a turban and tried to rip it off the man’s head. At around 9 am on October 15, a 19-year-old man wearing a turban was riding a shuttle bus in the vicinity of 118th Street and Liberty Avenue. Cops said another passenger suddenly began yelling at him unprovoked.