New York AG Orders 12 Jurisdictions to Terminate ICE 287(g) Agreements by August 25; Madison County Sheriff Publicly Defies

New York’s Attorney General’s Office of Immigrant Trust sent formal termination letters to 12 local law enforcement agencies under the “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act” (signed May 2026), ordering full termination of 287(g) ICE agreements by August 25. Broome County announced compliance; Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood publicly announced his office will continue contacting ICE regardless of the state order, directly defying state law and setting up a confrontation with the AG’s enforcement authority. Madison County had formally terminated its 287(g) contract on July 8 but the sheriff is now pledging informal cooperation with ICE anyway — a distinction between paper compliance and operational continuation.

This is the first major test of New York’s 287(g) ban enacted via Governor Hochul’s May 2026 signature (2026-05-29–hochul-signs-ny-ice-cooperation-limits-287g-ban-mask-ban), and parallels the New Mexico IGSA-defiance pattern seen at Otero County (2026-07-01–otero-county-nm-renews-igsa-defies-state-detention-ban) — county-level law enforcement asserting continued federal cooperation despite state prohibition.