Mamdani Calls NYPD’s Role in FBI Probe of Court Observers ‘Deeply Troubling’

Mamdani Calls NYPD’s Role in FBI Probe of Court Observers ‘Deeply Troubling’

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said that he and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch will discuss the NYPD’s role in an FBI investigation that included surveillance of a private Signal chat among volunteer observers at immigration courthouses, which was reported Friday by THE CITY.  “That’s deeply troubling to me,” he said Monday about the surveillance of the encrypted chat among volunteer courtwatchers monitoring ICE activity inside courthouses.  The …

Mayor-Elect Mamdani Says NYPD Spying on ICE Courtwatch Group Under Commissioner Tisch Is 'Deeply Troubling'

Since this summer, dozens of volunteers, including New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, have been sitting in on immigration court hearings in Lower Manhattan, bearing witness to ICE's kidnappings of immigrant New Yorkers. In addition to documenting the proceedings inside and outside of courtrooms, these courtwatchers aim to peacefully prevent ICE agents from detaining New Yorkers and separating families, by accompanying them out of courtrooms …