Mamdani leads New York Democrats in demanding parking lot owners ban ICE

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, along with other New York Democrats, asked the owners and operators of parking garages and lots in New York City to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using their private property as “staging areas” for operations.

The request was made in a letter on Friday, over one week after an ICE officer shot a 28-year-old Dominican immigrant in Manhattan’s Marble Hill neighborhood. A privately owned parking lot near the scene of the shooting was being used by ICE, which had reportedly concerned local residents and elected officials for months.