Extra: As Brad Lander Talks Guns Fed Cases and FBI Sovereign District Raised by Inner City Press

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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

NYC CIVIC CENTER, Feb 25 – With NYC Mayor Eric Adams still under indictment, with DOJ's motion to dismiss still pending, Comptroller and candidate Brad Lander held a press conference about public safety on February 25 in front of One Police Plaza.

Lander's plan says he would "work with DAs to scale out Manhattan DA Bragg's targeted approach of prioritizing prosecutions of gun traffickers."

Inner City Press asked Lander if he thought more or fewer gun cases should be Federalized, and about the FBI.

Lander spoke about cooperation across states. Many in-state gun cases are brought into SDNY, and EDNY, under trigger-lock programs, as felon in possession of a firearm charges. Often at the presentments are HSI and sometimes FBI agents, working with the so-called Sovereign District, the title of an Inner City Press book, along with City of Maybe.

Lander emphasized that he would keep Commissioner Jessica Tisch. He was asked, off-topic, about Andrew Cuomo and spoke about Cuomo's legal team's discovery strategy, on which Inner City Press has reported in SDNY.

The legal aspects of the campaigns continue to come into focus, and Inner City Press' coverage is ramping up.

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