Overview
- NYPD officers were conducting a routine vendor enforcement near Canal Street and Broadway on Saturday morning, seizing more than 25 bags of counterfeit items before noon.
- ICE agents arrived around noon in a separate operation, prompting the NYPD to leave the area and avoid any interaction with federal officers, according to a police statement.
- At least one person was arrested by ICE, and vendors fled the area when agents appeared, local reports and officials said.
- City Councilmember Christopher Marte went to the scene after constituent calls and urged residents to alert officials quickly to future federal actions.
- ICE later said it arrested a man allegedly selling counterfeit goods and criticized the NYPD over prior releases in related cases, as reported by the New York Post.