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With ICE Detentions Rising, Immigrant Orgs Are Learning to Adapt 
Fewer people have also been coming forward to report cases of wage theft or immigration fraud. Since May of this year, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office told Documented that they have seen a 48% decrease — from 87 to 45 — of calls made to the Immigrant Affairs Unit hotline which investigates a wide range of scams and conduct, such as wage theft or fake immigration services. With immigrants less likely to report to governmental agencies due to fear of sharing their personal information, it enables bad actors to exploit them — especially at a time when immigration scams have been on the rise, as Documented reported.
Subway attack: Man indicted for stabbing straphanger during vicious assault in Harlem train station
“As alleged, Victor Solis brutally attacked a man who was just trying to make his way home after a day of hard work,” Bragg said in a statement. “This attack caused significant, life-threatening injuries that were thankfully nonfatal.”
Manhattan DA To Target Wage-Fixing With Antitrust Laws
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wednesday that his office plans to be the first to use New York's criminal antitrust laws against companies that collude to keep workers' wages low.
UES Apple Store Assault Suspect Indicted by Grand Jury: Prosecutors
A Manhattan grand jury has handed up a two-count indictment against the homeless man accused of randomly assaulting an elderly man inside the Upper East Side’s busy Apple Store in a shocking, unprovoked, broad daylight attack, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
Midtown rape attempt: Man indicted for choking woman unconscious in street attack
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted a 37-year-old man accused of choking a woman until she lost consciousness and sexually assaulting her on a Midtown sidewalk last month, District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Wednesday.
Sicko who tried to rape 21-year-old woman near Times Square told pals he was ‘in a bind’ as cops looked for him: DA
A sicko who tried to rape a 21-year-old woman near Times Square told pals he was “in a bind” and needed to hide out after he caught wind that cops were searching for him, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.
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