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Dear New Yorkers,

City Comptroller Brad Lander was detained inside a Lower Manhattan immigration court building Tuesday morning by masked federal agents as he attempted to escort a man from his court appearance.

Moments ahead of his detention, Lander had linked arms with the man leaving an immigration courtroom on the 12th floor, refusing to let go as masked federal agents pushed into the crowd, attempting to pull the man away.

In the chaotic scene at around noon, Lander asked the agents repeatedly to show a judicial warrant. Our reporter Gwynne Hogan and photographer Ben Fractenberg were there when it happened. Read about what they saw here.

Federal Agents arrest Comptroller Brad Lander while was escorting a person from immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, June 17, 2025.

Gwynne has been following immigration enforcement actions for weeks, including when the NYPD arrested dozens of protesters outside of an immigration facility last week and when members of Congress were barred from visiting an ICE lockup in Manhattan earlier this month. Those incidents followed ICE agents breaking apart families outside the Lower Manhattan courthouse as agents have also begun using previously routine immigration check-ins to detain people.

Thanks, as always, for reading.

Love, THE CITY

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