Overview
- Kathy Hochul said she challenged an ICE officer outside 26 Federal Plaza last year, telling him he was terrorizing people after questioning why he wore a mask.
- She announced she will include a measure in her 2026 State of the State to offer New Yorkers a way to seek recourse for harms tied to ICE actions, with specifics still undisclosed.
- Hochul provided no further details about the New York encounter, describing only that it occurred in Lower Manhattan and involved a masked agent.
- The governor said New York will cooperate with federal authorities to deport violent criminals while opposing masked or militarized ICE tactics that she says separate families.
- Coverage connects her remarks to the Minneapolis incident, where DHS says Renee Nicole Good used her vehicle as a weapon before an agent fired; the officer has not been publicly identified and the probe continues.