Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social

SDNY and NYSS courts reporter, New York Daily News. Irishwoman. https://mollycranenewman.com/About

Statement from Khalil: “I have committed no crime. I have broken no law. The only thing I am guilty of is speaking out against the genocide in Palestine — and this administration has weaponized the immigration system to punish me for it…”
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The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a final administrative removal order against Mahmoud Khalil. His lawyers, who anticipated this, said it didn’t impact the status quo, they’ll appeal to the 5th Circuit, & that he cannot be detained while his habeas case is pending.
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Around and around we go… Judge Carro just rescheduled Mangione’s state trial for Sept 8, a month before jury selection in his federal trial. Chaos!
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He couldn’t storm out of the criminal trial, though frequently disengaged by falling asleep
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Trump also timed dramatic exits during Robbie Kaplan’s closing at one of E Jean Carroll’s trials and when Cohen testified in the fraud case
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Day 3: addressed editors in my morning email as “fools” just to feel something. I have also become an aggressive cyclist, dominating streets I was too scared to ride on mere days ago
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Judge Garnett pushed back the schedule for the federal trial, with jurors now expected to begin hearing evidence on 10/26 or 11/2. She said it was necessary amid Mangione's dueling cases and that his right to a fair trial was “paramount.”
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At Luigi Mangione's hearing this AM, the feds indicated they were eager to show their evidence to people who think he's a hero

“Your honor need only look out the window to see the people who follow this defendant and believe that what he did was right,” AUSA Dominic Gentile said
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Wow. THANKS EVERYONE! I am overwhelmed by the response and truly excited to be joining this wonderful community. Anyone thinking about quitting should bookmark this thread.
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I am smoking my last cigarette. There can be no going back. I’ve heard it all before but will accept any tips from former Serious smokers who kicked it.
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Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight
Red sky in morn, shepherd’s warn
Red sky over 26 Federal Plaza?
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An NYPD officer got a DAT for pulling a gun on another cop at 1PP yesterday
www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/27/nypd-cop-busted-after-pulling-gun-on-fellow-officer-at-1pp-headquarters-sources/
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Rep. Dan Goldman has this morning requested a full accounting from ICE and DHS of everyone arrested and targeted for deportation in immigration courts, following the revelation that ICE provided the DOJ with false info to justify the practice www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/27/ny-rep-goldman-demands-ice-turn-over-full-account-of-migrant-arrests-fueled-by-false-justification/
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Noteworthy that prosecutors characterized this as a regrettable, singular “error,” while also saying they discussed and obtained approval from ICE before filing every brief and making oral representations, and sent over orders, court transcripts, and other relevant paperwork during the litigation
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Alerting the court, AUSA Tomoko Onozawa wrote that the error was not due to a lack of diligence on prosecutors’ part.

“The undersigned were specifically informed by ICE that the 2025 ICE Guidance applied to immigration courthouse arrests.”

Story: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/25/ice-provided-false-information-to-justify-taking-migrants-into-custody-in-nyc-federal-plaza-deportation-court-filings/
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“It is yet again another example of ICE’s brazen disregard for the lives of immigrants in this country,” NYCLU attorney Amy Belsher said.

“It is now clearer than ever that there is no justification for ambushing and arresting people who are showing up to court.”
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ICE has been citing a May 2025 memo to justify arrests in immigration courts. An agency lawyer told prosecutors yesterday that it doesn’t include such authorization.

This means ICE has not provided any legal justification for the mass arrests at EOIR courts in NY or other states.
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ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts, according to the Manhattan US Attorney's office—which is withdrawing briefs that relied on bad info and has told a judge he will need to revisit past orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.77.0.pdf
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Inspector Scheublin has been stripped of his gun and shield and placed on modified assignment, according to DCPI
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Shoutout to my truly tough-as-nails grandmother, Lily Newman (née Brew), born 100 years ago in Kilrush, County Clare. She got a letter as Gaeilge and a check from President Connolly, but was most pleased with her banoffee birthday cake.
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A Harlem man died Sunday waiting to be arraigned on a low-level charge for allegedly stealing incense from CVS. Vincent Thoms “spent his final moments languishing in a jail cell,” Legal Aid said in a statement calling on city leaders to meaningfully address in-custody NYPD deaths.
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An NYPD inspector under criminal investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a subordinate remains on the job with a gun and authority over his accuser, 1+ years after facing accusations, per new filings requesting that he be disarmed and demoted
www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/20/nypd-inspector-remains-armed-on-duty-amid-sexual-assault-probe/
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I didn’t realize spring had a precise start time. It begins in 7 minutes!
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Reposted by Molly Crane-Newman
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social
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The MTA filed suit today in the Court of Federal Claims, demanding the ~ $60 million in congressionally-promised funds for the Second Avenue Subway that the Trump administration has withheld since October.

w/ @mollycranenewman.bsky.social

www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/17/mta-sues-trump-administration-for-holding-back-60-million-in-second-avenue-subway-funds/
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Woke up with this journalist’s serenity prayer in my head
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know which bracket private equity’s destruction of local journalism falls into
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It’s coming…
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“When you put it all together, you can’t help but think Superman would have been laid off by Alden. Clark Kent would not have been offered a buyout or a pension even after all those years of dedicated service to the good fight in local news.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlessennott/p/clark-kent-wouldnt-have-a-job-today?r=29xz0&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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More from the sky
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