New York City Comptroller Announces 2025 Run Against Mayor Adams

Published on July 30, 2024

NEW YORK CITY—New York City Comptroller Brad Lander formally announced on Tuesday that he plans to run for mayor next year in a bid to unseat incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. Mr. Lander’s website touts the comptroller as a “big-hearted, tough-minded citywide leader” who can unite disparate and often antagonistic interests by making the city safer while promoting environmentally sustainable policies, affordable housing, and job training programs. It highlights his background as a community organizer and planner who led efforts behind the Gowanus Rezoning, an urban restoration effort that generated thousands of new housing units in a long-blighted area of Brooklyn. The website also pitches Mr. Lander as an investment-savvy leader who has markedly increased city pension funds’ returns and championed socially responsible investing....

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