Brad Lander, New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate, not charged following arrest at immigration court
Federal prosecutors are still investigating the incident.
ByMeredith Deliso
June 17, 2025, 3:48 PM
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and a candidate for mayor, said he has not been charged following his arrest for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer while at an immigration court on Tuesday.
Lander, a Democrat, was escorting a defendant out of immigration court in Manhattan on Tuesday when he was "taken by masked agents and detained" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his campaign spokesperson, Dora Pekec, said in a statement.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said that federal prosecutors are still investigating the incident.
"I'm grateful to hear that the charges are not being brought, but if they are, I've got a lawyer. I don't have to worry about my due process rights," Lander said during a press briefing following his release from custody, while comparing his case to that of a man named Edgardo that he met earlier Tuesday who is in ICE detention. "He's not going to sleep in his bed tonight. So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights by a government and a judge that owe him a credible fear hearing before they deport him."
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