Eric Adams deputy signs order allowing ICE post in Rikers to avoid quid pro quo allegations

New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro signed an executive order Tuesday allowing federal immigration enforcement officials to operate on Rikers Island.

Mastro said the order would re-establish office space at the prison island for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, and other federal agencies “solely for criminal investigations, consistent with New York City law, after Mayor Adams delegated all powers and responsibilities related to this topic to me.”