The father of two NYC public school graduates, Brad knows that public schools are central to our families’ and our city’s future.

In the City Council, Brad invested millions in his communities’ public schools. He led the campaign that secured air-conditioning in all NYC school classrooms, after working with students on a policy report showing that 25% of classrooms did not have air conditioning.

Brad led the effort to enact the School Diversity Accountability Act, requiring the Department of Education to report annually on their plan to fight student demographics and pushing the Department of Education to produce a plan to confront school segregation and improve school quality.

He worked closely with parents, students, and educators to adopt a bold integration plan for the middle schools of Brooklyn’s District 15, in the heart of his own district as a Council Member, that is showing encouraging signs of success. A recent report from the Comptroller’s office shows how inclusive school mergers can simultaneously reduce class sizes, advance integration, and improve student outcomes.

As Comptroller, Brad helped lead the successful fight against Mayor Adams when he proposed to cut the budgets of 77% of the city’s public schools – as they were still reeling from the pandemic – and against his cuts to 3K, Pre-K, and CUNY. He identified comprehensive strategies to simultaneously better serve students with disabilities while saving hundreds of millions of dollars on due process claims.