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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Trial centers on whether Brad Lander blocked an elevator but hints at deeper issue

Brad lander, man in a suit, stands surrounded by police officers in a hallway near door number 10
Brad Lander is arrested inside lower Manhattan’s federal building in September last year. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The trial against senior New York City Democrat Brad Lander, stemming from his arrest during an attempt to inspect rooms holding detained immigrants, involved six hours of litigating elevator logistics in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.

Lander, the former city comptroller now vying for Democratic incumbent Dan Goldman’s congressional district, which encompasses lower Manhattan and north-west Brooklyn, was taken into custody on 18 September last year at 26 Federal Plaza.

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