Nydia Velázquez: “As New Yorkers, we have worked hard to find other energy sources.”

We need to bring a national standard to ICE agents, and we need to bring transparency and accountability.

We must abolish ICE.

Today’s groundbreaking is the culmination of years of organizing by residents and community leaders for solutions to North Brooklyn's housing crisis.

We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges—and we shouldn't accept it from ICE either.