A United States federal judge has said the Trump administration must pause its deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, a setback for the president's push to send the military into cities across the country. US District Judge Jia Cobb temporarily suspended the deployment in a ruling on Thursday, responding to a lawsuit filed by city officials who said Trump had usurped policing powers and was using the military for domestic law enforcement.
As a result, the roadway is a confusing mess featuring a protected bike lane on one side of 31st Street between Broadway and 30th Avenue that isn't technically in effect. As a result drivers mostly leave the future bike lane clear on the east side of the street between Broadway and 31st Avenue, but have turned the block between 31st and 30th avenues into a default double-parking lane: Drivers are parking along the curb and in the offset parking lane DOT painted over the summer.
A federal court extended an order blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting millions in anti-terrorism funding for the MTA on Wednesday. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York extended the order on Oct. 16, which prevents DHS from clawing back more than $33 million in anti-terrorism funding meant for the state-run agency's sprawling transportation system in a city that suffered the country's worst terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
A state Supreme Court judge in Albany on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction blocking New York's cannabis regulators from enforcing a stricter interpretation of how dispensaries must measure their distance from schools a move that, cannabis entrepreneurs had argued, threatened to wipe out their businesses and undermine the state's equity goals. The order, signed by Judge Keri Savona, requires the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to revert to its previous standard of measuring from a school's entrance,
Homeless families and individuals in NYC shelters waiting for permanent homes won a victory in court on Thursday that requires landlords to hold their apartments while tenant casework is being processed. The ruling upholds a temporary restraining order barring Mayor Eric Adams and the city's Department of Social Services (DSS) from eliminating the unit hold incentive one-month rent payments to landlords that ensure apartments are held for prospective tenants while their housing paperwork gets processed.
Planned Parenthood expressed gratitude that the court recognized the "harm" caused by defunding efforts while also noting disappointment over the members losing funding, which could disrupt patient care.
