#brad-lander

#brad-lander

You can fight harder, win more, and build a broader coalition when you approach politics as a team sport. When I joined the City Council, we teamed up with the Working Families Party and other allies to create the Progressive Caucus-to bring in the workers, tenants, and community leaders that did not previously have a home in the Council to partner in campaigns for dignity for all New Yorkers. And we did well. We banned stop-and-frisk and strengthened protections for tenants against eviction.

"I want a trial," said Lander, the city's comptroller and an ally of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. He spoke after emerging from a federal courtroom in Manhattan, where he'd waited to hear what action authorities would take over his Sept. 18 protest alongside several lawmakers. He vowed to keep protesting the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and said a trial would "bring to light" what federal authorities are doing.

Brad Lander is one of New York City's most prominent progressive elected officials. He became the city's Comptroller in 2022 after serving on the City Council for a dozen years, representing Park Slope and other parts of brownstone Brooklyn. He ran for mayor as a Democrat this year, finishing third behind Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo. Shortly before Election Day, Lander and Mamdani cross-endorsed one another, forming a left wing bulwark against Cuomo in the city's ranked-choice voting.

Comptroller Brad Lander leads incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman by 19% in a new progressive poll of a potential Democratic primary matchup in the deep-blue NY-10 district spanning lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn. Lander, who is enthusiastically backing Zohran Mamdani's mayoral candidacy, leads Goldman by 52%-to-33% in the poll of a hypothetical one-on-one 2026 primary matchup. Goldman, a two-term pro-Israel moderate who hasn't endorsed Mamdani yet, says he and Lander are allies in the fight against President Trump and he welcomes competition in a potential primary face-off.

The video footage taken of Lander's arrest shows a chaotic scene where he hangs onto ICE agents, demanding to see a judicial warrant for the arrest.

First, we had a wonderful Election Night party in Brooklyn with a few hundred people and a ton of cameras and obviously my family, my loved ones, my kick-ass campaign team, so many volunteers.

I lost a button, joked Lander after being released from detention, cutting through the anxious mood as his arrest sparked major reactions among activists and politicians.

We will all be worse off if we let Donald Trump and his fascist regime undermine the rule of law.

ICE arresting Brad Lander for asking questions is a stunning abuse of power and a threat to our democracy.

In her endorsement, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emphasized that progressives must unite to defeat former Governor Andrew Cuomo, indicating a strategic alliance among candidates.

"As the Chief Financial Officer of New York City, it is my duty to stand against these life-altering cuts to Medicaid - which will be disastrous for our economy and leave the families, veterans, disabled and elderly New Yorkers in Bay Ridge without care," said Lander. "See you there, Congresswoman."

In the coming weeks, I'll be releasing my LGBTQ+ platform to ensure New York City remains a beacon and safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community, especially in the face of national heightened bigotry.

Lander emphasized that the revival of SBS is crucial for enhancing public transit efficiency, addressing the needs of hundreds of thousands of bus riders left stranded by funding cuts.