Julianne Welby

Marysol Castro is the first woman and Latina to be a stadium announcer in all of Major League Baseball.

Just one Iraqi arrived in New York and no Syrians resettled in New Jersey last year, a big drop from the previous year. The number of Russian refugees doubled in the two states.

Young anti-gun violence activists marked one year since the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history with a rally in New York City.

The jail in Goshen is one of five local facilities that detain immigrants, and it's holding more of them during the Trump Administration, just not as many as those in NJ.

On the recording, Sheriff Saudino criticizes Murphy's diversity agenda, saying it will "let the blacks come in," and that Attorney General Grewal was appointed "because of his turban."

The sheriff who runs the jail only allows lawyers to meet with ICE detainees in person. He's solely responsible for contracting with ICE and stands firmly behind the decision.

The City's Department of Consumer Affairs was seeking $1.3 million from Carlos Davila for selling phony ID cards to immigrants, but he was ultimately fined much less.

The Riders Alliance looked at the MTA's own alerts to find the problem on all but Aug. 23, and even that day had issues.

A lawsuit claims New York's Family Court routinely allows child support cases to drag out, putting families in financial peril. 

Freeholders will not vote, as planned, Thursday night on ending a lucrative contract with ICE to detain immigrants at its county jail by 2020.

Detained immigrants no longer go to court in person in New York City. Instead, they remain jailed in a detention center and participate by video monitor.

Challenger Cynthia Nixon accused Gov. Cuomo of rushing a bridge opening to get votes. And Cuomo denied knowing anything about a campaign mailer that associates Nixon with anti-semitism. 

With Hudson County, New Jersey moving to cancel its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York City Council wants to send a similar message. 

The agency will get booted from a local jail in New Jersey, following pressure from immigrant advocates.

Advocates want to know: Why has it taken so long for New Jersey's Democratic governor to pay out $2.1 million to provide legal help for detained immigrants?

Classes begin Wednesday for the largest school system in the nation, and some kids told WNYC what they're looking forward to this year.

A new law requires New York City landlords to post smoking policies in all residential buildings with more than three units. 

The governor issued a conditional veto calling for braiders — many of them African immigrants — to take 40 hours of cosmetology classes instead of 1,200. Backers are pushing for none.

The plaintiffs say Hudson County, New Jersey, is detaining immigrants for ICE under a fraudulent deal.

For years, nearly 80 percent of unaccompanied minors were represented in New York's immigration court but it's now less than 60 percent because immigration lawyers are so busy.