City Hall’s plan to reopen a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island could take longer than expected.

“The executive order expressly limits the cooperation to federal criminal investigations and federal criminal charges being brought, not civil matters,” First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro said on Thursday.

On Monday, a state judge issued an interim temporary restraining order against the plan.

The ruling specifically prohibits City Hall from “taking any steps toward negotiating, signing or implementing any Memoranda of Understanding with the federal government regarding federal law enforcement presence on Department of Corrections property.”

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