New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a Democratic candidate for mayor, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Tuesday after obstructing their attempt to detain a criminal defendant who was leaving court.

Mamdani said racist and Islamophobic threats are not new for him but they recently reached a “new level of specificity.”

Brad Lander was arrested for assaulting a law enforcement officer, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security.

Brad Lander was escorting a defendant out of immigration court in Manhattan when he was "taken by masked agents and detained by ICE," his campaign spokesperson said.

It matters whose voices we platform, and having Sneako broadcast from the people’s house in the most Jewish city in America is unacceptable," said Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda.

A panel of New York Times opinion experts has picked NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as the top overall choice for mayor.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani is surging and voters can rank five candidates in the crowded field. But will the anti-Cuomo candidates cooperate?

​Last week Times Opinion published The Choice, a new project to help voters think through their options in high-stakes elections. We brought together 15 New Yorkers of varied backgrounds and expertise to assess the nine leading Democratic candidates for mayor of New York and choose which one would make the best leader for the city.