department of homeland security

The Democratic candidate for NJ governor says the government's case, since dropped, was the product of political malice.

The Democratic lawmaker also disputed DHS's account of what transpired.

Two dozen demonstrators were later arrested outside the building in Lower Manhattan.

The center opened Tuesday at John Jay College and is staffed by city, state and federal employees.

An undersheriff for the Orange County jail called the allegations about poor conditions ‘lies,’ and said specific accusations of racism and abuse will be investigated.

The Attorney General is also seeking a judgement that would prevent the Department of Homeland Security from imposing a similar ban on New Yorkers in the future.

Existing recipients will also need to re-apply yearly instead of every two years.

“You can't use the Department of Homeland Security as a political tool," Governor Cuomo said Friday.

"I knew it was going to be something shady like that," said Radames Mateo, a social worker from the Bronx, who had been waiting for his Global Entry interview since August and said he's given up hope of ever getting his money back.

After the meeting, Cuomo's administration said kicking New Yorkers out of Trusted Traveler Programs "was politically motivated and unwarranted."