About Brad
Brad Lander is a big-hearted, tough-minded citywide leader who’s devoted his life to fighting for New York City — and has a record of results to prove it.
A bold government reformer, innovator, husband, and dad, Brad works every day to make our city safer, our neighborhoods more livable and affordable, our government more effective, and our future more sustainable. The New York Times said Brad is “among the hardest-working and most effective public servants in the city,” and praised his “prudence and competence.”
Brad’s Priorities
Stronger Leadership
NYC’s future demands better management from City Hall to solve the problems we face. Brad has the public sector management experience and effective track record we need today.
See his plans and record on Education, Government That Works, Health Care, Housing, Public Safety, Public Transit & Safe Streets, An Economy That Works For All, Immigration
Safer & More Secure
New Yorkers are feeling anxious and unsafe. Brad will take decisive action that makes the city safer and addresses the unease New Yorkers are feeling — by confronting the mental health crisis, through more effective and fair policing, and by improving quality-of-life across NYC’s neighborhoods.
See his plans and record on Public Safety, Government That Works, Housing, Health Care, Public Transit & Safe Streets
More Affordable & Livable
NYC faces an affordability crisis that is crushing families and straining the city’s economy. Brad has been an affordable housing leader for decades. With Brad as Mayor, New York City will build more housing, make sure it is genuinely affordable to working families, invest once more in affordable homeownership, and protect tenants. Brad is also deeply committed to expanding child care and afterschool for working families.
See his plans and record on Housing, Child Care, Government That Works, Health Care, Public Transit & Safe Streets, An Economy That Works For All
Focused on the Future
Coming out of the pandemic, and with a lack of leadership at the top, NYC feels stuck, with little vision for the future. We’re failing to prepare for the climate emergencies we know are coming. With good leadership and thoughtful long-term investment, we can turn NYC around, strengthen our resolve for what lies ahead, and make our future brighter than ever.
See Brad’s plans and record on Climate, Education, Child Care, Immigration, Government That Works, Public Transit & Safe Streets, An Economy That Works For All, Immigration
Bringing New Yorkers Together
New Yorkers have faced crises before — the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, 9/11, Superstorm Sandy, COVID-19 — and we prevailed by coming together across lines of difference to serve and protect each other, and to insist on a shared future. Brad knows that the best way to lead is to tap into the resilience, the grind, the diversity, the not-always-polite but still overwhelming generosity of spirit that makes New York the best city on the earth. His leadership and policies will be a covenant with New Yorkers to tackle tough problems and write the next great chapter on the sidewalks of New York.
See Brad’s plans and record for Fighting for Our Democracy, An Economy That Works for All, Government That Works, Housing, Education, Immigration, Public Transit & Safe Streets