Eastchester, Bronxville and Scarsdale police departments hold no active agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and face no termination deadline under New York's new immigration law.

The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on May 27, bans all New York law enforcement agencies from entering into or maintaining 287(g) agreements with ICE. Those agreements deputize local officers to perform federal immigration enforcement. The law sets an Aug. 25 deadline for agencies with existing contracts to terminate them.

But none of the three local departments are among the 12 agencies statewide that received compliance letters from the state's new Office of Immigrant Trust on July 24, according to a letter from the Attorney General's office.

No Westchester agency is on the list. The 12 are concentrated upstate and on Long Island, including Nassau County Police Department, Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office and several smaller departments in Broome, Niagara, Madison, Cattaraugus, Steuben and Otsego counties.

The Yonkers Times reported that no Westchester agency has cooperated with ICE since the county passed its own Immigrant Protection Act in 2018, which barred officers from honoring immigration detainers without a judicial warrant or sharing individuals' immigration status with federal authorities.

The 2026 state law supersedes that county framework and goes further, permanently prohibiting any New York police department from entering a new 287(g) agreement.

What the law means locally

While local departments have nothing to unwind, the law still applies going forward. Eastchester, Bronxville and Scarsdale police are now barred by state statute from entering any future ICE cooperation agreement.

None of the three departments have commented publicly on the new law. The Bronxville Police Department, led by Chief Christopher Satriale, has not addressed the legislation on its official channels. No public statements from Eastchester or Scarsdale police leadership were found.

The law faces pushback elsewhere in New York. The Times Union reported that Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault has said he will not comply and plans to file a lawsuit. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has also vowed to fight the mandate in court.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued New York over the law. On Aug. 3, U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino blocked a separate provision banning ICE agents from wearing masks but left the 287(g) ban in place.

Hochul and James said in a joint statement that the ban on cooperation agreements is legal and will protect communities.

Meanwhile, ICE activity has been documented across Westchester in recent months, including in Port Chester, Ossining, White Plains, New Rochelle, Mt. Kisco and Yonkers.

Closer to home, Mt. Pleasant Town Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi said on Aug. 4 that his town's officers "will continue to work with federal authorities when necessary to identify, apprehend and remove convicted individuals who are in the country illegally and who pose a threat to our community."

What comes next

The state law now permanently bars all New York police departments from signing 287(g) agreements. For the 12 agencies that hold active contracts, any agreements not terminated by Aug. 25 will be deemed void. Attorney General James has said the state expects to seek court enforcement against agencies that refuse to comply.

Residents who believe a local agency has violated the new immigration law can file a complaint with the Office of Immigrant Trust at 1-800-771-7755.