New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is seeking a federal trial for a charge he was hit with during an act of civil disobedience against immigration agents inside 26 Federal Plaza in September, rejecting an offer to drop the case.

Lander was arrested with 10 state lawmakers on Sept. 18 by Department of Homeland Security Police after an hour-long standoff in the elevator bank of the 10th floor of the building, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement has several holding cells for recently detained immigrants.

Following an appearance in federal court Tuesday morning, federal prosecutors offered Lander and the other elected officials a deal to drop the obstruction charges against them if they avoid being arrested inside a federal building for six months, the lawmakers said.

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