Julia Rock
@jul1arock
Reporter at New York Focus [email protected]
"Personally, I find it abhorrent," Gov. Hochul says of ICE agents wearing masks that help hide their identities, while declining to opine specifically on newly introduced legislation that would ban ICE from wearing masks in NY
exclusive: @Instacart is vowing to sue the city unless @NYCMayor vetoes the bill expanding a $21 minimum wage to grocery delivery workers, which passed the council last week. Instacart claims the bill was tied to a settlement with rival apps like Grubhub: crainsnewyork.com/politics-polic…
U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz filed legislation Monday that would revamp a temporary worker program to help ease farm labor shortages largely provoked by recent ramped-up immigration raids targeting undocumented workers. Via @Berenice__G texastribune.org/2025/07/14/sou…
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein hired private investigators to intimidate the FBI agents investigating him
Kyra is one of dozens of constituents my office has helped to get UI benefits this year. The single most common reason people call me is that they qualified for UI but can't get through to a human at @NYSLabor. Something has to change! @jul1arock nysfocus.com/2025/07/14/new…
BREAKING: Metadata shows the FBI’s ‘raw’ Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified. wired.com/story/metadata…
ICE uses Nassau jail to detain 1,400 people — many arrested in NYC — under Blakeman program newsday.com/long-island/po…
USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins vows "no amnesty" for immigrant farm workers from Trump administration's mass deportations. She also said Medicaid recipients who will have to meet new work requirements under the GOP reconciliation package can do the work. politico.com/live-updates/2…
Ritchie Torres: “I'm unlikely to run for governor.”