Congressional candidate Brad Lander, a Democrat, stands outside Manhattan federal court on Wednesday after testifying that he wasn't acting illegally when he was arrested at a protest against immigration detentions last September. Photo: Larry Neumeister/AP

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The Lede: Good morning. A judge on Thursday found former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander not guilty in a trial over his arrest at 26 Federal Plaza, the city’s immigration court and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility.

The Rundown

  • Free tickets to Brooklyn’s FIFA World Cup Fan Zone will be released today: Tickets are free to reserve, but do not guarantee entry, with admission granted on a first come, first served basis, according to adidas.

  • Lander found not guilty in 26 Federal Plaza ICE protest trial: Brad Lander was arrested with 10 other officials in September 2025 while demanding access to 10th floor detention facilities where immigrants were being held in allegedly appalling conditions.

  • The Finals are about moments, and in Game 4 the Knicks had one that’ll last forever: It’ll take one more win for the story to truly be finished. That will be the ultimate moment, if it happens. Knicks fans have waited 53 years for that celebration.

  • Court orders NYC to alert residents when raw sewage is dumped into waterways: Though the city discharges over 20 billion gallons of polluted water each year into waterways around all five boroughs through its Combined Sewer Overflow system, the city hadn’t been notifying the public every time one of these discharge events occurred.

  • CVS ordered to pay $36.5 million for defrauding Medicaid: New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a bipartisan coalition of 36 other attorneys general and the United States Department of Justice in securing $36.5 million from CVS Pharmacy Inc. for fraudulently overbilling Medicaid for insulin prescriptions.

  • Williamsburg’s I.S. 318 Chess Team wins multiple titles at national chess championship: Middle school students from Intermediate School 318, the Eugenio Maria de Hostos School in Williamsburg, have once again demonstrated their dominance in the chess rankings.

  • New York’s hottest club right now? A Knicks watch party: Thousands of fans turned out for watch parties across the city for the NBA Finals. Will it be “Knicks in 5?” (The City Reporter)

  • Our world in photos: Sunsets, soccer players, signatures and more.

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BARCELONA — Antoni Gaudí’s Basilica of the Sagrada Família stands at dusk as seen from the Mirador Torre Glòries in Spain. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

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The Wrap

⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1946, the Eagle reported, "WEST ORANGE, N.J. (U.P.) — Police Sgt. Benjamin Dangler offered his parrot for sale today. During the war, when alarm clocks were scarce, Dangler taught the parrot to awaken him each morning by screaming, ‘Are you up yet, Sarge?’" Click here to see what else happened on this day in history. 

📔 IMPRINT
American actor Norman Reedus poses for Foxes Magazine. 

👑 ROYAL WATCH
"Prince William comforts PTSD sufferer at men’s mental health group" (The Telegraph)

🏀 SPORTS
Stewart leads streaking Liberty into Atlanta (Brooklyn Eagle)

  • NBA player Jrue Holiday

  • Country singer Chris Young

  • Musician Ben Blackwell (The Dirtbombs)

  • NFL player Dallas Clark

  • NHL player Mathieu Schneider


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