Julianne Welby

Senior Editor, NYC Recovery/Education/Transit, WNYC News

Julianne Welby appears in the following:

NY Courts Slow Down Operations As More Employees Test Positive for COVID-19

Friday, November 13, 2020

Starting next week, courts throughout the state are taking new steps to decrease foot traffic and stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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Trump Supporters Say He's Down, But Not Out

Sunday, November 08, 2020

The president's faithful followers insist he can turn it around.

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Champagne and Soft Serve Ice Cream Flow in NYC Following Biden's Election

Sunday, November 08, 2020

A random poll of New York City businesses found high demand for the two commodities after the election was called for the Democrat.

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A Planned March Turns Into a Parade in Midtown as Residents Celebrate Trump's Defeat

Saturday, November 07, 2020

Hundreds of activists from unions and progressive groups gathered to celebrate.

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Released by New Jersey Due to Covid, and Immediately Re-Arrested by ICE

Thursday, November 05, 2020

Of the more than 2,000 New Jersey state prisoners released Wednesday as a way to ease crowding due to Covid, 88 were immediately re-arrested by ICE agents.

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As Election Nears, ICE Looks For New Detention Centers in NY and NJ

Sunday, November 01, 2020

Some existing ICE detention contracts in New York and New Jersey may end in the coming months. 

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QAnon Lurks Behind The Election, From Your Family Text Chain to a New Jersey Congressional Race

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Here’s how QAnon has become the dark phenomenon behind an election already marked by fear of a dystopic near future. 

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Immigration Arrest Tactics Come Under Scrutiny for Mimicking NYPD

Monday, October 26, 2020

Despite New York City's sanctuary law, ICE agents are accused of increasingly suggesting they’re NYPD to deceive immigrants into letting them into their homes.

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Released From ICE Detention Due To COVID, NJ Green Card Holder Is Detained Again

Monday, October 19, 2020

ICE didn't deny agents lured Julio Colcas back to detention by claiming they had to swap out his ankle monitor.

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Federal Prosecutors Say They’ll Investigate NYC Shootings with More Aggressive Approach

Thursday, October 15, 2020

They are teaming up with the NYPD and other law enforcement entities to do it.

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City Beefs Up Capacity to Enforce New COVID-19 Restrictions In Targeted Neighborhoods

Thursday, October 08, 2020

The city must enforce the state's new rules, which apply to areas with surging infection rates. But what if communities resist?

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Newark Immigration System Sets up Video to Avoid In-Person Appearances

Thursday, October 08, 2020

The Justice Department says it's now allowing video conferences at the immigration court in Newark, following complaints over the resumption of in-person hearings over the summer.  

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Chris Christie Is Still Hospitalized With COVID

Thursday, October 08, 2020

The former governor and Trump aide is on his sixth day at Morristown Medical Center after announcing his positive COVID test.

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It's Not Just Boys Who Are Eagle Scouts Anymore

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Sydney Ireland is in the first cohort of girls to achieve the Eagle rank with the Boy Scouts of America. 

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Plaintiffs in Long Island Voting Rights Case Claim Latino Votes Mean 'Nothing'

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

A group of Latino residents in Suffolk County claim the Town of Islip is violating their voting rights in a trial that opened Wednesday. 

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Held By ICE Longer Than Any New Yorker, Bronx Man Is Finally Freed

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Ousman Darboe, believed to have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement longer than any New Yorker, was freed Tuesday after a judge ordered bond.

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Murphy Doubles Funds for Lawyers for ICE Detainees

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Until last year, immigrants picked up by ICE in New Jersey did not have access to government-funded attorneys, as they do in New York.

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Out-of-Work Street Vendors Found Income By Feeding Food Insecure New Yorkers

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

A 7-week grant paid street vendors—many of them immigrants—to cook free food for vulnerable New Yorkers, but it's ending this week.

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ICE Deports 54 Immigrants From New Jersey

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

It's an unusually high number of immigrants to be removed from the Essex County jail in one day.

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Pandemic Endangers Program That Provides Support For NJ’s Most Vulnerable Kids

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The program to help vulnerable kids has been around for decades, but it attracts little attention in the media or in budget discussions.

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