Trial centers on whether Brad Lander blocked an elevator but hints at deeper issue
Brad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building after demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on 18 September 2025. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBrad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building after demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on 18 September 2025. He did not block an elevator bank.”Lander, he said, went to the 10th floor to inspect ICE’s “makeshift” detention facility.
- ▪Brad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building after demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on 18 September 2025.
- ▪Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBrad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building after demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor
- ▪He did not block an elevator bank.”Lander, he said, went to the 10th floor to inspect ICE’s “makeshift” detention facility.
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Brad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building after demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on 18 September 2025. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenBrad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building after demanding access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding area on the building’s 10th floor on 18 September 2025. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNew YorkTrial underway for ex-NYC comptroller Brad Lander after immigration court arrestBrad Lander and 10 other elected officials were arrested by federal agents at ICE facility last SeptemberVictoria Bekiempis in New York Wed 10 Jun 2026 11.01 EDTFirst published on Wed 10 Jun 2026 07.00…
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