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Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani sued all the way up to the Supreme Court to defend the city's sanctuary policy against a 1996 federal law decreeing that cities could not prohibit their employees from cooperating with the INS. "Oh yeah, said Giuliani, just watch me". The INS, he claimed, with what turned out to be grotesque irony, only aims to "terrorize innocent people." Though he lost in court, he remained defiant to the end. On September 5, 2001, his handpicked charter-revision committee ruled that New York could still require that its employees keep immigration information confidential to preserve trust between immigrants and government. Six days later, several visa-overstayers participated in the most devastating attack on the city and the country in history.

I didn't know New York City levied a city income tax...Do they?

My State doesn't even levy a tax on income. It was mentioned in Tallahassee once(and critters started crawling out of the swamps) and we never heard another word about it again.

Six days later, several visa-overstayers participated in the most devastating attack on the city and the country in history.

They weren't staying in NYC before the attacks; they were in Florida. In January, our local GOP hosted a luncheon and the issue of state vs. federal responsibility as it relates to illegals was discussed at length. The reigning concensus seemed to be the feds weren't doing much to deal with this problem, and the states literally can't afford to deal with it on their own. For instance, the thousands of dollars to incarcerate, prosecute or return each illegal captured were head-exploding. It would literally bankrupt small towns and small cities to fully go after these people.

I didn't know New York City levied a city income tax...Do they?

They do, from 3% to about 3.7%. Which they actively pursue on income earned in the city by nonresidents. That's why I wondered about the enforcement of city laws as pertains to employers of illegals.