2 w. ago NYC mayor candidate Brad Lander trots out Cuomo’s harassment accusers in final campaign push after ICE arrest

Accuser says former governor has ‘made it clear that he’s fine to destroy my life’

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2 w. ago New York mayoral candidate arrested by Ice: ‘Trump is looking to stoke conflict, weaponize fear’

Brad Lander was manhandled and marched out of the courthouse after trying to shield a man from arrest – but, he tells the Guardian, he’s not backing downAs New York city comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was hauled away by masked Ice agents on Tuesday, all he could think about was whether there was anything more he could do for the man he was trying to help, an immigrant New Yorker named Edgardo.Both men ended up detained, but unlike Edgardo’s, Lander’s ordeal was over after a few hours. By the time New York governor Katy Hochul marched him out of the courthouse – after proclaiming, of his arrest: “This is bullshit” – videos and photos of the officers manhandling him had gone viral. The arrest of yet another elected official prompted widespread condemnation of another sign of the US’s steady slide into authoritarianism. A host of New York politicians, along with a swelling crowd of angry New Yorkers, awaited Lander outside the courthouse in downtown Manhattan. (Andrew Cu...

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3 w. ago New York City might elect a truly progressive mayor – thanks to ranked

Mamdani’s campaign deserves credit for offering a clear, inspiring, progressive message. But ranked-choice voting is also helping make him competitiveWith a week left until New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, one might have thought that the former governor Andrew Cuomo would be measuring the drapes at Gracie Mansion. Real estate developers, corporations like Doordash, a smattering of billionaires and even Billy Joel have shoveled cash into his campaign, with his Super Pac spending more money than any other outside force in the city’s political history. This is on top of his entering the race with major name recognition advantage, amounting to a 20- or 30-point lead as recently as May.But according to a new poll, Zohran Mamdani – the insurgent state assemblyman and democratic socialist whom the Nation recently co-endorsed along with fellow mayoral candidate and New York City comptroller Brad Lander – has pulled ahead of Cuomo for the first time.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editorial d...

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3 w. ago New York mayoral candidate Brad Lander released after arrest sparks outcry – US politics live

New York politicians condemn arrest as ‘fascism’ and ‘political intimidation’New York’s Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearingA memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read “in honor of our beloved Melissa”. On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested at immigration court

Lander, also the city’s comptroller, was ‘arrested for assaulting law enforcement’, says DHSBrad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, was arrested by masked federal agents while visiting an immigration court and accompanying a person out of a courtroom.In a statement to the Guardian, assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin from the Department of Homeland Security said Lander “was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by masked agents at immigration court

The city’s elected financial watchdog was accosted by masked officers in Manhattan

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3 w. ago Top New York official Brad Lander’s arrest is ‘fascism’, says mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani – US politics live

Arrest by masked federal agents at a New York immigration court draws immediate condemnationA memorial outside the Minnesota house chambers displays a photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman behind a table where people are dropping off flowers, notes, a hard hat, a plaid shirt. Signs in front of it read “in honor of our beloved Melissa”. On her desk, a photo and a bouquet of roses.On Monday afternoon, the skies darkened, spilling sheets of rain across the Minneapolis suburbs Melissa Hortman represented. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander says ‘nobody’s safe right now’ after arrest by masked agents at immigration court

The city’s comptroller was grabbed by masked officers and accused of ‘assault’ days after US Sen. Alex Padilla was handcuffed at a Kristi Noem event on ICE enforcement in California

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3 w. ago New York City comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearing

Mayoral candidate was detained by Ice as he escorted an immigrant out of court, says his wifeNew York City’s comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested by masked federal agents while visiting an immigration court and accompanying a person out of a courtroom.Lander’s campaign spokesperson confirmed to Fox5NY that Lander was indeed arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) at immigration court. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court

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

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3 w. ago DoJ sues New York for blocking immigration arrests near court

Pam Bondi says state employing policies similar to those used by California amid immigration crackdownThe US justice department said on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against New York state, challenging state policies that blocked immigration officials from arresting individuals at or near New York courthouses.“Specifically, the complaint challenges a law, called the Protect Our Courts Act, that purposefully shields dangerous aliens from being lawfully detained at or on their way to or from a courthouse and imposes criminal liability for violations of the shield,” the justice department said in a statement. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say

Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California’s high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influxLA protests – live updatesAs federal agents rushed to arrest immigrants across Los Angeles, they confined detainees – including families with small children – in a stuffy office basement for days without sufficient food and water, according to immigration lawyers.One family with three children were held inside a Los Angeles-area administrative building for 48 hours after being arrested on Thursday immediately after an immigration court hearing, according to lawyers from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), which is providing non-profit legal services in the region. Continue reading...

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