New York City police are investigating a potential policy violation after the NYPD shared a report about Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman arrested at a protest, with federal immigration authorities. Kordia, who has faced deportation due to her protests against the Gaza war, had her private information shared despite her arrest records being sealed. This has prompted scrutiny over the legality of such information sharing between police and immigration services, particularly concerning noncitizen activists.
That charge - a summons for disorderly conduct - was dismissed and the case sealed, meaning it should not have been accessible for law enforcement purposes, according to legal experts.
How it is that summons information was provided that is associated with a sealed arrest is what we are looking into now, said the city's police commissioner, Jessica Tisch.
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