A reporter with The Associated Press witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan. The person Lander was walking out of the courtroom was also arrested.

New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to “accompany” a person out of an immigration courtroom.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.

Lander is a candidate in the city's Democratic mayoral primary. Early voting in the contest is underway. Attanasio writes for the Associated Press. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

A reporter with The Associated Press and other journalists witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan, the latest confrontation between U.S. agents and a Democratic politician ...

In the moments before Lander was handcuffed, agents could be seen trying to physically separate Lander from the man they had come to detain, whom lander was linking arms with, the Associated Press ...

A reporter with The Associated Press witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan. The person Lander was walking out of the courtroom was also arrested.

A reporter with The Associated Press and other journalists witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan, the latest confrontation between U.S. agents and a Democratic politician ...

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander speaks during a press conference after being released from arrest outside federal immigration court on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.