Hundreds of residents opposing the Bensonhurst homeless shelter hold a peaceful rally on Saturday March 28, 2026. Photo: April Xu for Documented. The contentious, two-year-long battle over a proposed ...

Inside Delaney Hall, immigrant detainees are holding a hunger strike to demand more humane treatment. Outside, protesters are facing off with ICE agents to amplify that message. A protester faces off ...

Workers on H-2A agricultural worker visas from Jamaica hold a press conference at their housing quarters at Wafler Nursery, an apple producer, where they work in Wolcott, New York, on Tuesday, ...

New Yorkers cast ballots ahead of Primary Day at a polling sites at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. Photo: Marina Roman for Documented On a recent sunny morning in New York City, New ...

Ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival, we asked our readers where to find the best mooncakes in the city — here's what they said.

An estimated 2.7 million naturalized U.S. citizens in New York will be eligible to cast their ballot in the November midterm elections — but not everyone may feel safe enough to vote as the Trump ...

In scores of cases reviewed by Documented, federal courts found flawed proceedings, disregarded instructions and other ...

In at least four cases, Judge Shana W. Chen accused immigration lawyers of wasting her time, and then rushed into making a ...

In a 125-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Luis A. Kaplan issued a permanent injunction against DHS to improve inhumane ...

Bangladeshi storeowners in Jackson Heights have complained that residents have stayed inside due to fear of ICE raids, impacting business in the neighborhood. Photo: Biplob Kumar Das for Documented.

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