ICE resolution

A Newburgh trustee for an organization supporting the city, he backed the ICE resolution and a charter review grant for transparency of the debate.

Lifelong Ward 3 resident supporting the resolution; asked the council to confirm officers could not pass immigration information to ICE or DHS.

Ward 1 resident, a retired computer professional, backed the ICE resolution and warned facial recognition is error-prone especially for Black and brown faces.

Ward 1 resident urging the council to uphold sanctuary-style commitments, arguing ICE cooperation undermines trust and community safety; also opposed Clearview AI.

Supported Resolution 46 and attacked Resolution 44 as a Fourth Amendment threat and an environmental burden, calling AI a continuation of an Orwellian surveillance state.

Ward 1 resident reported her group's know-your-rights trainings reached about 100 people in March, urged voting on the resolution, and asked the council to reject the Clearview contract citing NPR reporting on ICE's surveillance web.

Ward 1 tech worker supporting Resolution 46 and opposing Clearview because the company scrapes web data without consent and can't be trusted as custodians of identity.

Supported the ICE resolution for the trust it builds, and asked the council to place a citizen-led charter review commission on the next work session agenda.

Lifelong Ward 2 resident urged the city to stand against ICE and against Clearview AI, calling AI dehumanizing and a violation of privacy.

First Street resident thanked the council for acting on the ICE resolution, opposed Clearview AI, and asked for a special commission to review the city charter with voter decision in November.

Ward 1 resident spoke against Clearview AI over privacy, environmental harms, and impacts on Black and brown communities, and supported the welcoming-city resolution.

Ward 4 resident supported the ICE resolution, opposed Clearview, and praised Channel U fishing as a family-engagement program the city should support fully.

Ward 1 resident supported Resolution 46, questioned how Clearview reached the agenda, and backed a charter review commission without getting bogged down in petition mechanics.

Grand Street resident opposed ICE cooperation and Clearview, supported charter review, and advocated tenant opportunity to purchase if the Kensington complex receivership is granted.

Resident who works with immigrant families, whose own parent was deported, supported the ICE resolution and raised facial recognition concerns; asked leaders to back the New York for All Act.

Ward 4 native questioned why Clearview was on the agenda and argued immigrants have repeatedly revitalized Newburgh, supporting the resolution.

Temple Beth Jacob's rabbi invoked family lost in 1944 Slovakia and the contrast between Thessaloniki and Athens during the Holocaust, urging the council to protect the community.