Woeltz and Duplessie have remained in custody since their arrest in May. They both pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges, including kidnapping, assault and coercion, during their arraignment last month.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams praised the Trump administration's efforts to secure the southern border and claimed that those efforts have provided the city "real relief."

Michael Gann, 55, of Inwood, New York, was charged with manufacturing at least seven improvised explosive devices, prosecutors said on July 22.

A man accused of building explosive devices and stashing them on Manhattan rooftops and the Williamsburg Bridge has been indicted on weapons-related charges, authorities say. Michael Gann allegedly made at least seven improved explosive devices (IEDs) using precursor chemicals — chemicals that can be combined into an explosive mixture — that he bought online.