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John –
As we reach the end of this challenging year, we are reflecting on what we’ve accomplished together in the last 12 months. It’s been one of the hardest in our city’s history – but so many of you stepped up to care for neighbors, fight for frontline workers, and lay the groundwork for our shared recovery.
Brad reflected yesterday on how our community’s creativity, dedication, and fierce generosity of spirit have come out more strongly in the face of adversity. [[link removed]]
Thanks to all of you, of course, we had one very big win together in 2021, as we elected Brad to citywide office!
We won the race for NYC Comptroller with a campaign that prioritized workers rights, affordable housing, and climate justice – with a vision of a dynamic and effective city government, and a thriving future for ALL New Yorkers.
It took all of you to make that happen. Every email, every text, every donation, every house party, every rally, every Zoom meeting helped move us one step closer to coming out on top on June 23rd (even if it took another few weeks of anxious counting and re-counting to be sure).
But we didn’t just run to win. Brad’s campaign, – like his work in government over the past 12 years – was about working together to win progressive policies that bring that vision of a more just and sustainable city for all New Yorkers to life. Together, this year we:
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Helped
hundreds
of
our
neighbors
get
vaccinated
–
and
hundreds
more
avoid
the
loneliness
of
social
isolation
–
through
the
calls
of
the
Neighbor
Network.
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Passed
a
first-in-the-nation
law
guaranteeing
minimum
pay
for
delivery
workers
organizing
alongside
Los
Deliveristas
Unidos.
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Implemented
a
“just
cause”
firing
law
for
fast-food
workers
to
prevent
unfair
firing
–
last
month
the
first
two
workers
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were
protected
by
it
–
that
can
serve
as
a
model
for
all
workers.
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Created
a
bold
and
achievable
plan
for
publicly-owned
solar
power
on
the
rooftops
of
homes
across
NYC.
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Developed
a
policy
agenda
to
advance
permanently-affordable,
social
housing,
including
legislation
to
ensure
public/city-owned
land
goes
to
public
and
non-profit
uses,
not
developer
giveaways.
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Organized
listening
events
to
hear
from
New
Yorkers
across
the
city
about
their
needs
and
goals
for
local
government.
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And
much
more.
And we did it all amidst an unprecedented public health crisis that has taken a toll on all our communities and driven many of us to step into new forms of action, care, and solidarity.
As Brad takes office as NYC’s next Comptroller, you know this work and this community will continue. But the job of Chief Accountability Officer isn’t one he can do alone – the task of democratic accountability requires listening to the opinions and experiences of New Yorkers, and engaging together in the work of ensuring local government is living up to its promises.
Brad’s public inauguration, planned for tomorrow (along with Mayor-elect Eric Adams and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams), had to be cancelled as part of our efforts to keep each other safe.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t participate. As Brad gets ready to take the oath of office alongside his family, we’re asking you to send him a good luck message to share your hopes for his tenure as Comptroller [[link removed]] – for how he can lead our collective accountability efforts to build a future New York City that all our families deserve.
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Thanks for everything you did over the past year; it truly humbled us. And we really can’t wait to work with you in the year to come.
Happy New Year!
Team Lander
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