New York City Council leaders demand 'Hands off, New York City' as they condemn federal deployments and ICE actions

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and council members addressed a gathering calling on the Trump administration to stop deploying federal forces and ICE operations that they say have disrupted neighborhoods and harmed immigrant communities.

"We don't want or need a military or federal occupation," Adams said, identifying herself as New York City Council Speaker and warning that deployments "would threaten public safety and hurt our city's economy, small businesses, and workers." She told the assembled officials and advocates that the council had gathered "in unison to send a clear message to the Trump administration: Hands off, New York City."

The event came, Adams noted, "two days away from early voting," and framed the federal…