President Donald Trump has wasted little time in aggressively flexing the powers of the executive branch since returning to the Oval Office 100 days ago.

Many of his policies — including cracking down on undocumented immigrants, penalizing universities and seeking to end congestion pricing — have affected his native New York in profound ways. 

His Department of Justice has sued New York State over its “sanctuary” policies. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has detained undocumented immigrants across New York, including a mom and her children from Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario — a move that prompted protests in the local community. They were later released.

His administration has also detained a former Columbia graduate student named Mahmoud Khalil, who was part of last year’s protests at the university over the war in Gaza. 

Meanwhile, Trump has taken aim at some New York universities, accusing them of tolerating antisemitism. He has frozen hundreds of millions of federal dollars for Columbia and Cornell. 

In New York City, the president has sought to end congestion pricing in Manhattan, sparking an ongoing battle between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the city over the toll’s future. Gov. Kathy Hochul has pledged the toll will continue. 

Also in the five boroughs, Trump’s Department of Justice moved to have the federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams dropped, allegedly in return for Adams supporting the president’s agenda, particularly on immigration. A judge eventually dismissed the charges and Adams denies any quid pro quo. 

Economically, the White House’s moves on tariffs, particularly on imports from New York’s Canadian neighbors, have left small businesses and farmers in the lurch. 

Still pending is what the president may do with the CHIPS and Science Act, a Biden-era, bipartisan law that has spurred major investments across upstate New York, including Micron’s $100 billion announced semiconductor facility outside Syracuse. 

Throughout his first 100 days, Trump has repeatedly criticized the program, calling it “horrible” and a “tremendous waste of money.” 

This week, a group of business associations sent a letter to the New York congressional delegation, demanding that they do all they can to “protect” the law. 

Democrats and Republicans who spoke with Spectrum News offered distinctly different reviews of Trump’s first 100 days. 

“People expected more,” said Rochester Democratic Rep. Joseph Morelle. “They expected lower costs, they expected to feel safer, and they expected to build an economy that works for everyone. You haven’t seen any of that, and instead you’re just seeing chaos and disruption.”

“He's doing what needs to be done to clean up New York City, to hold institutions allowing antisemitism to fester accountable, to clean up the streets and deport the illegal gang members and drug traffickers that have been wreaking havoc on our city at taxpayer expense,” Staten Island Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said.

In the coming weeks, much attention will turn to Capitol Hill, where the fate of the president’s legislative agenda hangs in the balance. 

He has expressed an interest in raising the cap on the state and local tax deduction, or SALT, as part of it. That cap, which was instituted as part of the 2017 GOP tax rewrite that Trump himself signed, disproportionately hurts taxpayers in blue states like New York, where property and state income taxes are relatively high.

Some House Republicans from New York have warned they will not vote for the president’s budget unless it contains that tax relief.