Federal agents, led by new DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, made a high-profile arrest in New York City on Tuesday as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul defended the operation, emphasizing its focus on violent offenders while reaffirming sanctuary policies.

Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have announced budget proposals for the coming year that are remarkably similar. They both used unexpectedly strong revenues to increase spending and avoid cuts to popular programs.

Federal agents, led by new DHS secretary, made heavily publicized arrest in country’s biggest sanctuary city Tuesday.

And he has declined, repeatedly, to criticize Trump when pressed by reporters. He has expressed no qualms with Trump’s executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and end birthright citizenship. In fact, it’s hard to remember when he last offered a negative word for the incendiary president.

Voters can rank five candidates in order of their preference. In 2021, two candidates — Kathryn Garcia and Andrew Yang — forged an alliance, and he encouraged his supporters to put her second on their ballots. When he finished fourth and was eliminated, many of his votes went to Garcia. Adams beat Garcia by only about 7,200 votes.

An invitation from the Trump Administration to attend the presidential inauguration arrived for Mayor Adams sometime after midnight and he headed to DC overnight.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, an unabashed fan of the Buffalo Bills, was perhaps never more popular than on Sunday in downtown Albany.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state is willing to cooperate with the Trump administration's efforts to deport undocumented migrants suspected of entering the country illegally — but only under certain circumstances.

Over the course of the 46-minute interview on Carlson’s streaming platform, the former Fox News personality repeatedly challenged Democratic dogma — at one point saying he’s against “all immigration right now” — as the Democratic mayor at turns laughed, emphatically agreed or stayed quiet as Carlson dominated much of the talk.

Kathy Hochul proposed a $252 billion budget on Tuesday that calls for extending a tax hike on millionaires and increasing spending on Medicaid. But her plan omits specifics about how she will work with lawmakers to shore up the finances of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and declines to send the city any new funding for the migrant crisis.

The $77 million strategy will put 750 more police officers on platforms and in stations and 300 more officers on overnight trains.

At the beginning of his mayoralty, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was no stranger to critics calling him a “Republican,” among other things.