Batavia detention center expansion, fatal Gates shooting investigation, and state's abortion pill stockpile expiring
New documents show ICE's planned expansion of the Batavia detention center has grown to a $17 million project that would include housing women in a new tent-like facility. Authorities have released few details following a fatal police shooting in Gates, leaving unanswered questions about what led to the encounter and the identity of the person who was killed. New York is preparing to destroy 150,000 abortion medication pills purchased during legal uncertainty in 2023 after a feared shortage never materialized and the entire stockpile expired without being used.
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