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26 Federal Plaza Evacuated After Suspicious White Powder Found
Hazmat teams responded after suspicious white powder was found in envelopes at a federal building housing ICE, with no injuries reported and an investigation ongoing.
- On Thursday, August 14, 2025, envelopes with white powder were found at 26 Federal Plaza’s ninth floor, prompting evacuation of ICE's New York field office.
- Inside the mailroom of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Office, five letters of white powder were found at about 4 p.m., with sender and motive unknown.
- Hazmat teams responded, and FBI Assistant Director Christopher Raia said, “We are working to assess the potential threat,” during a Thursday evening briefing.
- Testing has begun as the NYPD confirmed no injuries at this time, and results are pending.
- This building is under scrutiny as envelopes containing white powder were opened below a 10th-floor facility where a judge this week ruled ICE must end detentions, near the 12th-floor hearings site.
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Envelopes with white powder found in NY federal ICE facility
Envelopes with white powder were discovered Thursday in New York City in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, according to the Big Apple’s Mayor Eric Adams. “New Yorkers, I have been preliminarily briefed on the matter unfolding at 26 Federal Plaza where envelopes containing white powder were discovered,” Adams said in a Thursday post…
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