India, June 17 -- Brad Lander, the mayoral candidate and comptroller of New York City, was handcuffed by masked federal authorities inside an immigration tribunal in Manhattan on Tuesday.

"While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE," Lander's wife, Meg Barnette, said in a post on X.

"This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely," Barnette wrote.

As the city's elected financial inspector, who is one of the Democratic mayoral contenders, approached the public facility to monitor immigration proceedings, he was confronted by disguised Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, as well as face-covering FBI and Treasury Depar...