A Rush for Birth Certificates, as Immigrants Try to Hold Families Together
Undocumented parents were lining up to get copies of records for their American-born children, fearing they may be separated by deportation.
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CreditDeborah Acosta/The New York Times In Line for Paperwork, Immigrants Are ‘Scared They’ll Take Away Our Children’
Immigrants have rushed to the city’s Bureau of Vital Statistics to collect their children’s birth certificates. The Times spent a week in line listening their stories.
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CreditTodd Heisler/The New York Times Since Trump, Quiet Upstate Road Becomes a Busy Exit From U.S.
Residents of Champlain, N.Y., watch as migrants, both adults and children, use a country road to reach Canada, where they can seek asylum.
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Credit They Helped Look for Her. Now They’re Accused in Her Murder.
The killing of Sarah Stern, 19, was the result of a six-month plot, prosecutors say, including plans to rob her of $7,000.
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CreditVictor J. Blue for The New York Times De Blasio and Cuomo United Amid Wave of Anti-Semitic Threats
The mayor and the governor both point to the 2016 election as a factor in the increase in hate crimes.
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About New York
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CreditBrian Harkin for The New York Times For Years, City Spent $300 an Hour Looking for $5,000
The tab for a special prosecutor in a criminal inquiry that eventually yielded no trial is just a fraction of the public and private money involved.
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CreditMartayan Lan Rare Maps & Books Some Credit for Henry Hudson, Found in a 380-Year-Old Map
A map from about 1740, believed to be the first to credit Hudson with navigating the river named for him, will be on display in New York this weekend.
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CreditGregg Vigliotti for The New York Times Mayor of Paterson, N.J., Is Indicted in Corruption Probe
Jose Torres, the mayor of New Jersey’s third-largest city, was accused of asking city employees to work on personal projects while on the city’s payroll.
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CreditNicole Bengiveno/The New York Times Con Man’s Lawyer Says He’s Not Guilty (at Least in New York)
Nothing is run-of-the-mill about Jeremy Wilson’s life, and that was reflected in the closing arguments during his trial in Manhattan.
