Federal judge refuses 15 sheriffs’ bid to block New York’s law limiting local police cooperation with ICE
U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino ruled Nov. 4 that the sheriffs had not shown they can sue the state, leaving the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act in force while the case continues. She did not rule on whether the law is constitutional.
By Bushwick Daily News Desk
Nov. 9, 2026 · 4 min read
U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino at her Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing (file image), and her Nov. 4 order denying the sheriffs' motion. Image: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Order: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Image: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (public domain, file image). Order: U.S. District Court, N.D.N.Y. Composite by Bushwick Daily
Federal judge refuses 15 sheriffs’ bid to block New York’s law limiting local police cooperation with ICE
U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino ruled Nov. 4 that the sheriffs had not shown they can sue the state, leaving the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act in force while the case continues. She did not rule on whether the law is constitutional.
A federal judge on November 4 denied a request from 15 New York county sheriffs to block the state’s law barring local police from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ruling that the sheriffs had not shown they can sue the state over it. U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino, of the Northern District of New York in Albany, denied the sheriffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, leaving the law in force while the case continues.
The ruling keeps the law in effect during the litigation. D’Agostino did not decide whether the law is constitutional. She denied the sheriffs’ emergency application on the…
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