Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said talks with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the NYPD were not productive and, while defending ICE, touted 54 recent arrests in New York under Operation Salvo.
- On CNN, Mamdani repeated his description of the shooting as murder and called it a glimpse into what he labeled a year of cruelty under the Trump administration.
- Mamdani said New York City will uphold its sanctuary rules and that city agencies, including the NYPD, will not assist ICE operations.
- DHS maintains the ICE officer acted in self-defense and followed his training, a position echoed by Vice President J.D. Vance and President Donald Trump.
- The death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, captured on widely shared video, has driven protests in New York City and demonstrations across the country.