Newsweek reports Brad Lander said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who participated in his June 17 arrest at 26 Federal Plaza — from which he was released the same day with charges dropped — asked about Zohran Mamdani and was considering ranking him and Lander in the mayoral race, quoting the officer: "What's Mamdani like? He's been to my mosque a couple of times, and I'm thinking of ranking you guys." Lander also described the arrest as "pretty rough" and the agents as immigrants who removed their masks, while Governor Kathy Hochul called the arrest "bull****" and Homeland Security's Tricia McLaughlin defended the officers, citing a 413 percent increase in assaults against them.