As a taxi lender seizes medallions, cabbies are caught in the carnage | Crain’s New York Business

Cab drivers and owners get caught in the headlights of a troubled taxi lender As Melrose Credit Union looks to seize assets instead of refinancing medallion loans, individual owners fear for their future Photo: Buck Ennis THE ROAD AHEAD Drivers such as Medina are 
weighing whether to stay 
 in the business. inheritedlink: /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170709/SMALLBIZ/170709944&template=rwd& morning10:…

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ICE Raids Detain Bushwick, Elmhurst and Staten Island Residents: Advocates – Bushwick – DNAinfo New York

NEW YORK — Immigration officials arrested 41 undocumented people last week in the New York City area, 38 of whom had criminal convictions, including residents from the North Shore of Staten Island, Bushwick and Elmhurst, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and advocates. The raids were part of “routine, daily targeted operations to arrest criminal aliens and…

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1 Person Still Detained at JFK Under Trump Refugee Ban, Lawyers Say – Jamaica – DNAinfo New York

QUEENS — One person was still detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport under President Trump’s refugee ban after thousands of people protested the executive order over the weekend, immigration lawyers said Monday morning. Lawyers at #NoBanJFK still going strong. #NoBanUSA #NotOnOurWatch pic.twitter.com/AfMh3LU112 — NoBanJFK (@nobanjfk) January 30, 2017 The executive order, which the president…

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