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Brad Lander: “The New York Times Opinion Choice feature...selected me as…”

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Brad Lander Discusses Immigration Court Experiences and New York City Mayoral Race

Published June 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:49

Okay, switching topics. Thank you all for being here. I have to say it was a great feeling this morning to wake up and read The New York Times Opinion Choice feature...selected me as the best choice for mayor of New York City. The New York Times has long been the gold standard for civic life, providing scrutiny on candidates looking at the issues, looking at people's leadership and management experience and whether … (03:49–03:59)

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“There are masked FBI and ICE agents in the elevator banks waiting for people.”
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“Andrew Cuomo now acknowledges that he did personally alter the New York State Department of Health report to lie, to hide, to undercount the…”
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“Abu Bakr...is seeking asylum here. He lives in Anchorage, Alaska. But somehow his case was assigned here [New York City].”
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“The immigration courts are very chaotic right now.”
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“Some people are seeing the due process that everyone deserves for a credible fear hearing.”
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“We heard many reports...of people where...their asylum applications were dismissed and where ICE agents detained them on the way out of the…”
Brad Lander Discusses Immigration Court Experiences and New York City Mayoral Race | Uploaded June 12, 2025 | 01:00-01:16
“His [Andrew Cuomo's] track record of corruption, of sexual harassment, of lying to nursing home families, of screwing New York City render…”
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“ICE moved for the dismissal of his [Abu Bakr's] opportunity to seek asylum, and the judge denied it.”
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“Donald Trump is trying to strike fear into the heart of immigrant communities and erode the due process protections.”
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“Andrew Cuomo is unfit to be mayor of New York City.”
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“The New York Times opinion panel overwhelmingly recommends that I should be the first choice for people's first choice for mayor of New York…”
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