NYC Now: Newark Airport Upgrades, Student Detained by ICE, Congressman Nadler's Office Incident

Newark Airport Air Traffic Control Upgrades

• ✈️ Newark Liberty International Airport has completed critical updates to its outdated air traffic control systems, following a recent outage.
• 💡 U.S. Transportation Secretary Shawn Duffy stated that Verizon has replaced old communication cables with modern fiber optic wires.
• ⚠️ The previous outages had led to several air traffic controllers taking trauma leave.
• 🚧 Additionally, the Travel Hub has reopened a runway that was closed for construction.

Support for Detained Bronx Student

• 🗽 New York City is supporting legal efforts to release Dylan Contreras, a Bronx high school student detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
• ⚖️ The city filed a legal brief, arguing that Contreras's arrest discourages immigrants from attending mandatory court appointments.
• 🚫 Contreras, who has no criminal history, was taken into custody during a routine immigration court appearance and is being held in western Pennsylvania.

Incident at Congressman Nadler's Office

• 🏛️ Congressman Jerry Nadler is calling for a congressional investigation into an incident where Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police handcuffed one of his staffers.
• 📹 Video evidence shows a DHS officer handcuffing a staffer while another officer attempted to enter a private office area.
• 🗣️ DHS stated officers were responding to information about protesters and aimed to ensure safety, but Nadler and witnesses claim the officer pushed the staffer, not the other way around.
• 🚨 Nadler described the incident as