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.

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:

Helped hundreds of our neighbors get vaccinated – and hundreds more avoid the loneliness of social isolation – through the calls of the Neighbor Network.
Passed a first-in-the-nation law guaranteeing minimum pay for delivery workers organizing alongside Los Deliveristas Unidos.
Implemented a “just cause” firing law for fast-food workers to prevent unfair firing – last month the first two workers were protected by it – that can serve as a model for all workers.
Created a bold and achievable plan for publicly-owned solar power on the rooftops of homes across NYC.
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.
Organized listening events to hear from New Yorkers across the city about their needs and goals for local government.
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 – for how he can lead our collective accountability efforts to build a future New York City that all our families deserve.

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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