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Hochul endorses legislation to allow New Yorkers to sue ICE agents: 'Power does not justify abuse'
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting legislation that would allow state residents to sue ICE agents for violating their constitutional rights.
The governor said on Tuesday during her State of the State address that she wants to allow New Yorkers to "hold ICE agents accountable in court when they act outside the scope of their duties."
"This doesn’t interfere with lawful enforcement or public safety," Hochul said. "It simply affirms a core truth: Power does not justify abuse. And if someone’s constitutional rights are violated here in the state of New York, I say they deserve their day in court."
Last year, New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblymember Micah Lasher proposed measures to allow private citizens to file lawsuits against federal officials who violate their constitutional rights.
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Lasher’s version cites Title 42, Section 1983 of the U.S. Code, which allows people to sue state and local officials for violating their rights. The proposal highlights that New York does not have a law in place allowing citizens to sue federal officials.
"Every day, ICE is terrorizing our communities & violating our civil rights. We must be able to hold them accountable," Lasher, who is running for Congress, wrote on X, adding that he is glad Hochul is taking up his legislation.
Multiple states, including California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, have implemented similar laws allowing residents to sue federal officials.
Hochul also proposed other immigration guardrails, including a measure to require judicial warrants before ICE can conduct raids in sensitive locations like schools, churches and hospitals.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration reversed a Biden administration policy barring immigration arrests in these sensitive locations.
The governor also announced that New York "will not allow the use of state resources to assist in federal immigration raids on people who have not committed serious crimes."
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin alleged in a statement to The Hill that Hochul "continues to smear law enforcement who are simply enforcing the rule of law and are putting their lives on the line to remove violent criminals from New York."
McLaughlin also argued that there has been an increase in threats against federal law enforcement officers who she purports have shown "incredible restraint and professionalism in exhausting all options before any kind of non-lethal force is used."
This debate has intensified after a recent incident in Minneapoliss, where Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by an ICE agent during an enforcement action. Protests followed in multiple cities, and Democrats and local residents have condemned the shooting and urged charges against the agent.
The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have defended the incident by arguing that it was a justified shooting.
Officials are also investigating a second ICE-involved shooting that happened in Minneapolis on Wednesday, as the mayor continues to demand that the agency leave the city and state.
Mamdani housing czar called ‘White, middle-class homeowners’ a ‘huge problem' during 2021 podcast appearance
The housing official appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lead New York City’s newly revived Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants previously said, "White, middle-class homeowners are a huge problem for a renter justice movement" and argued organizers must "undermine the institution of homeownership," during a 2021 podcast appearance.
Cea Weaver, who was named director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants on Jan. 1 through an executive order signed by Mamdani, made the remarks during a September 2021 episode of the "Bad Faith podcast" while discussing eviction policy and renter organizing strategies.
The comments have drawn renewed attention as Weaver now holds formal executive authority over tenant policy and enforcement in New York City.
Her appointment was announced on Mamdani’s first day in office as part of a slate of executive actions reviving the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, according to City Hall.
During the podcast, Weaver argued that resistance to progressive reform often comes not from large corporate landlords but instead from homeowners.
"I think the reality is that a lot of the people who are pushing back on the eviction moratorium and more rental assistance are not corporate landlords," Weaver said. "They are homeowners who feel as though an eviction moratorium is an attack on their rights as a property owner."
She added that this opposition presents a challenge for housing organizers, saying "White, middle-class homeowners are a huge problem for the renter justice movement."
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Later in the conversation, Weaver said homeownership has become the primary source of stability in the U.S. because of gaps in social programs, but argued that structure itself poses an obstacle to housing activism.
"Unless we can undermine the institution of homeownership and seek to provide stability in other ways, it’s a really difficult organizing situation we find ourselves in," she said.
Weaver framed evictions as a matter of power rather than economics, saying landlords resist the idea that tenants could remain in properties they "consider themselves to own."
In the same podcast, Weaver endorsed policies including universal rent control, the right to form tenant unions, blocking evictions, and funding rental assistance through higher taxes on the wealthy. She also argued that broader government programs could "chip away at homeownership" by providing stability through other means.
Weaver has also drawn scrutiny for past social media posts criticizing white homeownership. In an August 2019 post on X which was later deleted but resurfaced by Fox News Digital, Weaver wrote that "private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as ‘wealth building’ public policy."
On her first day in office, Weaver joined Mamdani in announcing city intervention in the bankruptcy proceedings of Pinnacle Group, a landlord tied to housing violations and complaints, according to City Hall.
Fox News Digital contacted the mayor’s press office with questions about whether Mamdani stands by Weaver’s 2021 remarks but did not receive a response by publication.
Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
Parents erupt into massive brawl during Catholic youth basketball game in Staten Island
Footage has captured the disastrous moment when multiple parents erupted into a massive fight during a Catholic youth basketball game last month in Staten Island, New York.
The violent courtside brawl unfolded on Dec. 20 at St. Teresa in Castleton Corners during a 6th grade boys game between the school and Saint Clare, according to SILive. It was monitored by the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), which oversees the parish-based sport.
Video obtained by the Staten Island Advance initially shows two moms locked in a heated exchange that quickly escalated. Tensions boiled over when one shoved the other, sparking a furious exchange of chaotic punches.
Spectators, other parents and school staff then rushed to the scene in an attempt to separate the two mothers, who had begun clutching each other by the hair, with one landing a relentless barrage of punches at the other’s head.
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After several men finally pulled the two women apart, a separate fight erupted during the disruptive melee, the video shows. Chaos reignited as the women returned to each other, continuing their violent struggle amid the ongoing turmoil.
According to CYO County Director Michael Neely, the two women were parents, and some of those who became involved in the altercation were their family members, SILive reported.
Neely added that the two women, along with the family members who became involved, have been suspended indefinitely from attending CYO games.
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"Two families got involved and, in the end, their families have been banned from CYO indefinitely," Neely said.
Until now, leaders reportedly said altercations at Catholic Youth Organization games are typically handled on a case-by-case basis.
However, the fight has prompted officials, including Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella and CYO, to announce new rules on Tuesday aimed at preventing spectators from acting out of bounds.
Spectators ejected by a referee for disruptive behavior at a CYO basketball game will now face a one-year ban.
"The mission was about the kids," Fossella, whose children reportedly played CYO basketball, said during a press conference. "The mission was about teaching them responsibility. The mission was about them having a good time: the kids. The kids are the center of this universe here. And every once in a while some spectators get out of control and ruin it for the kids and ruin it for everybody else."
ICE agent shoots Venezuelan national in Minneapolis after shovel attack during ambush: DHS
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is in the hospital after being ambushed during an attempt to arrest a Venezuelan national in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The agent was ambushed by two people while attempting to conduct a traffic stop on an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, DHS said, adding that the agent fired his gun during the alleged attack because he was "fearing for his life and safety."
One Venezuelan suspect was shot, but is reported to be stable and is now in custody, DHS said.
The incident began at about 6:50 p.m. local time when federal law enforcement attempted to make a traffic stop, according to DHS, who added that the suspect was released into the country under the Biden administration in 2022.
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The suspect attempted to evade arrest by driving off, but crashed into a parked car, DHS said. He then fled on foot.
According to DHS, when an officer caught up to the suspect and attempted to take him into custody, the suspect resisted and "violently assaulted the officer."
DHS said two additional individuals came out of a nearby apartment while the officer and suspect were engaged in a "struggle on the ground," and attacked the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle.
The original suspect broke free during the altercation and also began striking the officer with a shovel or broom handle, according to DHS.
The officer fired defensive shots to "defend his life," DHS said, and the suspect was hit in the leg.
All three suspects then barricaded themselves inside the apartment before being taken into custody, DHS said.
"This attack on another brave member of law enforcement took place while Minnesota’s top leaders, Governor Walz and Mayor Frey, are actively encouraging an organized resistance to ICE and federal law enforcement officers," DHS said in a statement.
The department added that the two leaders' "hateful rhetoric and resistance against men and women who are simply trying to do their jobs must end."
"Federal law enforcement officers are facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest criminals and lawbreakers," DHS said.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a crowd was gathering at the scene and committing "unlawful acts," including throwing fireworks at police officers. He urged people to "leave immediately."
"This is already a very tense situation, and we do not need this to escalate any further," he said, adding that authorities had deployed gas in the crowd multiple times.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the ongoing situation in his city "not sustainable."
"This is an impossible situation that our city is presently being put in," he said at a news conference Wednesday evening, adding that the presence of roughly 3,000 ICE agents in Minneapolis and statewide was "creating chaos."
"It's certainly not creating safety when a huge percentage of the shootings that have taken place so far this year in Minneapolis have been by ICE," he said. "So let's be very clear. I've seen conduct from ICE that is disgusting and is intolerable."
While Frey praised those protesting peacefully, he warned that others were "taking the bait."
"We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos," he said.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a statement early Thursday morning that state investigators were at the scene in North Minneapolis.
"I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets," Walz wrote in a post on X. "But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Don’t give him what he wants."
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche reacted to the shooting Wednesday evening, assigning blame to Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
"Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement," he wrote in a post on X. "It’s disgusting. Walz and Frey — I’m focused on stopping YOU from your terrorism by whatever means necessary. This is not a threat. It’s a promise."
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung slammed Walz on X following the incident.
"Thugs assault a law enforcement officer with a shovel after a traffic stop in Minneapolis of an illegal alien RELEASED BY BIDEN," he stated. "Perhaps they took some inspiration from Loser Tim Walz continually going after officers day in and day out."
The incident comes less than one week after Renee Nicole Good, 37, was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis after she allegedly attempted to run him over with her car.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Mayor Frey and the office of Gov. Walz for comment.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Taxpayer-funded Minnesota charter school shuts down in-person learning amid ICE raids
A taxpayer-funded Minnesota charter school moved classes online this week citing safety concerns, while a community organization advised illegal immigrants to stay home amid reported U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and warned of widespread fear and disruption in the local Myanmar community.
Sejong Academy, a public charter school in St. Paul, announced it would move to online learning for the remainder of the week after citing concerns for the "safety and well-being" of its school community, according to a notice posted on its website.
"Sejong Academy will proceed with online learning for the remainder of this week (January 14 and 15)," the school’s website read. "Thank you for your continued support and cooperation as we prioritize the safety and well-being of our school community."
The school said students would attend classes remotely Wednesday and Thursday before a previously scheduled day off Friday for staff professional development. The announcement did not specify the nature of the safety concerns prompting the decision.
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The shift came as Urban Village, a Minnesota-based community organization, released a video and posted statements on Instagram addressing immigration enforcement activity and urging illegal immigrants to remain at home.
In the video, a representative of Urban Village said the organization was communicating urgent information "regarding ICE," while another speaker advised people without a green card or proof of citizenship to stay home and avoid opening their doors to people they do not recognize.
The video also referenced schools offering online learning options for families concerned about sending children to school.
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In a separate Instagram post, Urban Village said members of Minnesota’s Myanmar diaspora had been detained by ICE and U.S. Border Patrol and transferred to detention centers outside the state.
The organization claimed some detainees were pressured to sign documents waiving legal rights and alleged enforcement actions that may have violated policies or laws, citing information obtained from a public official.
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Urban Village said it was advising noncitizens and non-green card holders to remain home, avoid driving and limit contact amid what it described as heightened enforcement, adding that the guidance had caused parents to miss work, medical appointments to be skipped and children to miss school and activities.
Sejong Academy did not reference immigration enforcement or ICE in its online learning announcement, and it is unclear whether the school coordinated with Urban Village or adjusted operations in response to the organization’s guidance.
According to IRS filings reviewed by ProPublica and verified by Fox News Digital, Sejong Academy reported receiving more than $7 million in government grants, underscoring its status as a publicly funded charter school.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Sejong Academy and Urban Village for comment.
Mike Tomlin’s exit was unexpected as Steelers begin rare coaching search, team president says
Mike Tomlin’s decision to step away after a blowout AFC wild-card loss pushed the Steelers into an uncharacteristic coaching search.
Tomlin did not specify a reason for stepping away in a statement released Tuesday, but he thanked owner Art Rooney II and the late Ambassador Dan Rooney for their trust over nearly two decades.
"While this chapter comes to a close, my respect and love for the Pittsburgh Steelers will never change. I am excited for what the future holds for this organization, and I will forever be grateful for my time coaching in Pittsburgh," Tomlin said in the statement.
Rooney II and Omar Khan will oversee the coaching search. Rooney called Tomlin’s decision unexpected but not surprising.
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"It was his decision, and I will say that I wasn’t shocked, but I wasn’t expecting that conversation yesterday either," Rooney said. "I was certainly willing to take another run at it next year with Mike, and that was what I was expecting to talk about yesterday, but it went in another direction."
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Tomlin has two years left on his Steelers contract, and any team seeking to hire him before 2027 would need to compensate Pittsburgh. Rooney acknowledged the slim prospects of Tomlin coaching later this year and provided additional context on his departure, saying it was centered on his personal life.
"Mike indicated that he did not anticipate coaching in the near future," Rooney said. "I think he wants to spend time with his family and do the things he hasn't been able to do for the last many years. So, if something like that comes up, we'll deal with it when it comes up, but it doesn't seem like something on his radar."
Rooney said he, Khan and other key decision-makers will take an open-minded approach to the rare coaching search.
"I've been involved in a number of searches going back to coach [Bill] Cowher and GM searches," Rooney said as he recalled past coaching search experiences. "I think if I've learned anything about searches it's to have an open mind. We had Mike in for his first interview, certainly wasn't expecting him to be our head coach. I think you go through the process and be diligent and hopefully come out with the right guy."
When asked about the qualities he will look for in candidates, Rooney said leadership is at the top of the list.
"I think there are a lot of things that go into being a successful head coach," Rooney said. "No. 1 in my mind is leadership and trusting this person can step up in front of the team day in and day out and hold their attention and have them motivated to do what they do. That's the most important."
After defeating the Baltimore Ravens in Week 18 to clinch the AFC North and the final spot in the NFL playoffs, the Steelers scored just six points in Monday’s loss to the Houston Texans.
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Private jet skids 300 yards off Colorado runway, sustains severe damage in violent crosswind
A private business jet carrying three people onboard was violently thrown off a Colorado runway Tuesday after a sudden, brutal gust of wind slammed the side of the plane as it landed, officials announced.
The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office said the plane, which had two pilots and one passenger onboard, skidded roughly "300 yards off the runway" and sustained substantial damage in multiple areas of the aircraft.
The jet lost directional control around 12:15 p.m. at Telluride Regional Airport in western Colorado, the sheriff's office announced later in the afternoon.
"The pilot told deputies that just after the plane's wheels touched down that a strong, gusting-crosswind hit the plane's profile, shoving it off the runway," the authorities said in a post on Facebook. "The plane skidded approximately 300 yards coming to rest off the runway on its collapsed landing gear."
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) noted Wednesday that the midsize Cessna 750, which is primarily used for long-range business or corporate travel, sustained substantial damage, beginning with the collapse of its left landing gear upon touchdown. The sheriff’s office added that the nose wheel and one of the plane's wings were also damaged during the slide.
Photos provided by the sheriff's office show the Cessna off a paved runway, resting on snow-dusted grass at what appears to be a rural mountain airport. One wing appears to be touching the ground, suggesting possible landing gear damage or collapse.
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No injuries were reported after the incident, and Telluride fire crews responded to examine the passenger and crew members, according to authorities.
"All occupants were able to self-extricate, and there are no reported injuries," the sheriff's office said.
Officials said there was no fire or smoke, but the airport was closed after the crash.
According to the FAA’s aircraft registry, the Cessna is owned by Mach .92 Leasing LLC out of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Federal agents from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA will be investigating.
Minnesota Dem compares ICE operations to 1930s Germany, adding 'nothing should be off the table' to stop it
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations to images out of 1930s Germany while discussing efforts to potentially defund the agency on Wednesday.
Craig's home state of Minnesota has been at the center of recent tensions involving the agency after the ICE-involved shooting of a woman in Minneapolis last week.
MS NOW's Ana Cabrera asked Craig on "Ana Cabrera Reports" what Democratic lawmakers like her could do to "rein in" the Trump administration's immigration enforcement.
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"Well, there’s no way in hell I’m voting to give one cent to Trump and Kristi Noem’s ICE. I won’t send one penny to these people who are terrorizing the people of Minnesota," Craig responded, adding that there needs to be a bill to prevent ICE agents from entering schools and churches.
Cabrera then asked Craig if she would support an effort to shut down the government over ICE funding.
"Look, I’m not in the room with leadership, but what I can tell you what is happening in America, the path that we are traveling, certainly reminds me of many of the images that we saw in the 1930s in Germany, and we should stand up to this lawless administration. And right now, nothing should be off the table," Craig said.
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In a comment to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson denounced the comments as "dangerous, untrue smears."
"ICE officers are facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them because of dangerous, untrue smears from elected Democrats. ICE officers act heroically to enforce the law and protect American communities with the utmost professionalism. Anyone pointing the finger at law enforcement officers instead of the criminals is simply doing the bidding of criminal illegal aliens," Jackson said.
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Ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline to avert a partial government shutdown, some progressive Democratic lawmakers have suggested using the latest government funding round as potential leverage to defund ICE operations.
"We should use every means at our disposal to do it, including the appropriations process," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Friday.
There have also been growing calls from Democratic lawmakers to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem over the Minnesota shooting.
Nancy Mace rips trans athlete's attorney for refusing to define sex at SCOTUS women's sports hearing
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., called out American Civil Liberties Union attorney Joshua Block for refusing to define sex after arguing against considering its definition during a Supreme Court hearing on trans athletes in women's sports.
Block, who represents transgender athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson of West Virginia, urged the nine justices not to consider the definition of sex when ruling on Pepper-Jackson's case, saying, "I don't think the purpose of Title IX is to have an accurate definition of sex."
Block later conceded, "I think for this case, you can accept for the sake of this case that we're talking about what they've termed to be biological sex."
The attorney then refused to give his definition of sex after the hearing when asked by Fox News Digital and avoided further questioning.
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Mace shared footage of Block dodging the question on X, condemning the ACLU for refusing to define ‘sex.’
"If the ACLU can’t even define what sex is, they have no credibility lecturing anyone about sex discrimination, which is the whole basis of their argument," Mace wrote.
John Bursch of Alliance Defending Freedom, the law firm representing female athletes and the state of West Virginia, said Block's insistence on not defining sex was "completely bizarre."
"That's completely bizarre. I don't know how you can decide a case interpreting sex under Title IX and under the equal protection clause by not defining sex," Bursch told Fox News Digital after the hearing.
"Sex, when Title IX was passed, meant biological sex. The entire statute was written with biological distinctions. It even refers to each of the sexes. I don't know how the court can do that, and it says a lot that he felt and the ACLU felt they had to tell the court not to define sex in order for them to survive this case."
Earlier in the hearing, Block minimized the impact Pepper-Jackson's presence on a girls cross-country team had on other girls, arguing that cross-country is a sport that doesn't have cuts. Justice Neal Gorsuch responded, saying many sports do have cuts, and those sports are affected by the ruling in this case as well.
Block responded by arguing plenty of female athletes don't make the cut on their team due to being outperformed by other female athletes and then admitted that if a female athlete is displaced by a trans athlete it is "unfortunate."
"No one likes to lose. No one likes to not make the team. People often don't make the team. Cisgender girls don't make the team when competing against other cisgender girls all the time, and I think the question … is whether it's an unfair advantage because a transgender girl participated," Block said.
"And if there is no sex-based biological distinction there, then I think it's an unfortunate situation. But I think it's the unfortunate situation that comes with having a zero-sum game, not with inherent unfairness."
At one point, Block, referring to trans athletes like Pepper-Jackson, argued, "There's a group of people who are assigned male at birth, for who being placed on the boy's team is harmful."
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Ravens owner talks possibly hiring former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: 'Wouldn't that be interesting'
Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti found out during his news conference Tuesday that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin had stepped down.
Bisciotti was stunned upon hearing the news, saying, "Holy s---," while talking with reporters.
The owner was then asked if Tomlin would be considered as a head coaching candidate for the Ravens, replacing John Harbaugh after being on the opposite end of a bitter rivalry for 19 seasons.
"Holy s---, Mike, wouldn’t that be awesome? Only if John takes the Pittsburgh job," Bisciotti joked.
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"Wow, wouldn’t that be interesting? I don’t know," Bisciotti said. "That thing last week (Bisciotti imitated Tomlin pounding his chest after beating the Ravens in Week 18) maybe disqualified him from my opening after our kicker missed a kick to let them advance. Good for Mike.
"Yeah, I don’t know. Talk to (general manager Eric DeCosta) I love Mike. I mean, I’ve admired Mike for 18 years, and that’s really shocking that he did it that way. That’s kind of crazy."
As of two weeks ago, Tomlin and Harbaugh were the two longest-tenured coaches with their respective teams. Tomlin spent 19 seasons with the Steelers while Harbaugh spent 18 with the Ravens.
Harbaugh, who was fired last week, immediately became the top head coaching candidate in this year’s cycle and is reportedly the favorite to land the New York Giants job.
It is unclear if Tomlin wants to coach next season or if he wants to take a season off. The 53-year-old is coveted by a litany of TV networks who have shown interest in hiring him as an analyst, according to The Athletic.
The Ravens underperformed this season, going 8-9 and missing the playoffs in heartbreaking fashion, prompting Bisciotti to make a change. In 18 seasons under Harbaugh, 63, the team went 180-113 and won six AFC North titles, appeared in four AFC championship games and won a Super Bowl.
In 19 seasons, Tomlin went 193-114-2 and won the AFC North eight times, making the Super Bowl twice and winning once.
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