Public Safety & Justice : Homeland Security & Disasters



  • Utah Immigration Court Backlogged for Over a Year
  • Utah’s immigration court has been stretched so thin since Judge Dustin Pead left in August to become a federal magistrate, several local attorneys say their pending cases have been pushed back well into 2014.


  • Obama Selects HUD Director to Lead Sandy Recovery
  • Housing and Urban Development Director Shaun Donovan has been chosen to lead the federal government's assistance to states rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, President Obama announced after touring parts of New York.

  • Federal Illegal Immigration Strategy Shifting
  • Federal officials are scaling back a program that enlists the aid of local police and sheriff’s offices to identify people who are in the country illegally, in favor of a national program that uses fingerprints collected by the FBI.


  • In Wake of Sandy, New York Gov. Orders Investigation of Utilities
  • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered an investigation into how utility companies prepared for and reacted to Superstorm Sandy, which knocked out power to more than 2 million customers and left some without electricity for two weeks and counting.

  • New York Gov. Cuomo to Seek $30B for Storm Relief from Feds
  • Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s request would exceed the roughly $12 billion in federal disaster aid available without action from Congress, where there is likely to be opposition to additional spending.

  • Gas Rationing Begins in New York City
  • The city and Nassau and Suffolk counties today joined New Jersey in an odd-even system for fueling based on license plate numbers.



  • New York, New Jersey Rush to Help Storm Victims Vote
  • New Jersey and New York both said they would allow voters uprooted by Hurricane Sandy to cast provisional ballots anywhere in their states. But the provisional ballots could not be used in local and Congressional races.

  • Gas Rationing Plan Draws Praise in New Jersey
  • Under the rationing system, motorists whose license plates end with an even number fill up on even-numbered days, and the opposite is true for those whose plates end with an odd number.

  • New Jersey to Allow Storm Victims to Vote by E-mail, Fax
  • Using a system already accessible to military members deployed overseas, hurricane-damaged New Jersey will allow displaced residents to cast their votes using e-mail or fax on Election Day.

  • New York State Senate Races Tighter After Sandy
  • The fight for control of the New York State Senate has grown unexpectedly competitive in the final moments of this year’s campaign, with Hurricane Sandy adding a large dose of uncertainty to the vote.


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