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November 29, 2020 at 2:36 PM

UPDATE: AOC's right-wing challenger might run for Comptroller

The New York Post just broke this news: Dear John, The New York Post just broke this news: If you’re not familiar with Caruso-Cabrera, here are some facts you should know: • In her campaign against AOC, Caruso-Cabrera raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wall Street giants and Donald …

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November 26, 2020 at 12:05 PM

Next year’s Thanksgiving

Overwhelming gratitude for everyone stepping up for their communities this year. Dear John, If I’m being fully honest with you, I’m struggling this Thanksgiving. I’m usually pretty good at finding the bright side of things. I love being with Meg and Marek and Rosa, and we have blessings beyon…

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November 24, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Governor Cuomo is out of excuses

Albany leaders need to hear from us NOW! John, Albany leaders need to hear from us NOW! SIGN ON to tell Gov. Cuomo and the NY legislature: Raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy and fund COVID relief → Dear John: It’s official: In 2021, for the very first time, Democrats will have a veto-proof SUPER…

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November 22, 2020 at 2:39 PM

Tiffany Cabán is on our team, are you?

The pettiness and short-term political thinking we've seen in the last week alone show how much we need bold, progressive leaders like Brad and Tiffany to lead us into the future! Hey John! We wanted to make sure you saw this message from Tiffany Cabán about the NYC that she and Brad are fightin…

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November 21, 2020 at 4:18 PM

I'm proud to support Brad Lander for Comptroller

We have to create a New York City where working people can not just survive, but thrive. Dear John: We have to create a New York City where working people can not just survive, but thrive. Building a New York City where we can all live and thrive is a big challenge -- and getting it done will …

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November 20, 2020 at 5:15 PM

COVID-19: Finding gratitude in the darkest times

Updates and resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, We’ve faced Thanksgiving in dark times before. After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, 500 frail elderly were still our guests in cots on the floor of the Park Slope Armory, and our city was shaken by devastation and vulnera…

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November 19, 2020 at 7:15 PM

Our team is growing (Endorsement update!)

This week’s public school debacle is an infuriating reminder that our city needs new leadership that puts bold, long-term progress over short-term, petty politics. Dear John: The Freelancers Union, an organization of thousands of gig and contract workers, has joined our movement to bring NYC i…

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November 18, 2020 at 9:45 PM

COVID-19: NYC Schools Close Again

Updates and resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, Like so many of you, I am beyond frustrated by the Governor and Mayor’s dueling egos over decisions about our schools during this pandemic.  Today really takes the cake for insensitive decision-making and communicati…

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November 15, 2020 at 9:04 PM

We all want safer streets

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, I’m announcing a plan to transform traffic safety, to make our streets safer for ALL New Yorkers: Dear John: 2020 is on track to have the highest number of deaths and injuries from traffic violence in NYC in a decade. While we’ve made l…

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November 13, 2020 at 3:59 PM

"People shouldn't have to risk the public's health because they can not afford to stay home."

Here are just a few of the messages we’ve received from Citizen Co-Sponsors so far: Dear John: It’s common sense: Gig workers like Uber and Lyft drivers need to be able to take time off when they get sick -- all the time, but especially in a pandemic! We’re halfway to our goal of 1,000 Citizen …

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November 12, 2020 at 10:01 PM

COVID-19: Prioritize the Schools

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, We have to get our priorities straight.  Schools are essential spaces for learning, community building, and services for all of our students. They should not be the first thing to close as the second wave of COVID-19…

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November 10, 2020 at 4:32 PM

Where California failed, New York City can lead

John, I need you to co-sponsor this bill → Dear John: Even as I’m celebrating the massive turnout and resounding victory for Biden-Harris, I’m discouraged about one significant setback this election handed to working people. In California, app companies like Uber and Lyft funded a $200 million …

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November 9, 2020 at 6:38 PM

COVID-19: The second wave test is here, we have to pass.

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, I hope everyone enjoyed the disturbingly gorgeous weekend and spontaneous collective celebration. After everything New Yorkers have been through these last months (and last four years) we sure needed it.  Even as man…

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November 8, 2020 at 6:58 PM

Our future is brighter, NYC. Let's keep winning.

Right after we hit send on our email yesterday (21 minutes later, to be precise), the networks officially called the election for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Right after we hit send on our email yesterday (21 minutes later, to be precise), the networks officially called the election for Joe Bi…

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November 7, 2020 at 4:03 PM

Our next steps together

Please take some time in the coming days to celebrate, recharge, and regroup. Because our work is far from finished. Dear John: As the ballots keep coming in, it is now clear: Voters chose Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as our next President and Vice President of the United States! Thank goodness.…

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November 5, 2020 at 9:00 PM

TONIGHT @ 6 PM: Join Brad, Ady Barkan, Jumaane Williams, and more on next steps >>

We will be joined by visionary organizers and leaders to help us make sense of the political moment and chart a path forward, including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, WFP's Nelini Stamp and Sochie Nnaemeka, Ady Barkan, Linda Sarsour, and AnaMaria Archila. Dear John, Tonight at 6 PM, we're p…

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November 5, 2020 at 5:05 PM

COVID-19: The pandemic is very much still here

Updates and Resources from the Office of Councilmember Lander Dear John, The votes are still being counted in the presidential and local elections, but we are beginning to get a clearer picture of where things stand. One thing that couldn’t be clearer: the pandemic is very much still here.  Th…

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November 4, 2020 at 2:40 PM

Now, we organize to protect our democracy

Join the rally today at 4 pm and join our call tomorrow night. Dear John, This much is clear: Democracy means counting every vote. Our responsibility now is to organize to make sure that happens. When it does, I firmly believe that Biden/Harris will win the White House. So let’s take a deep b…

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November 2, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Tomorrow. And after that.

What happens next, is up to us. Dear John: We’ve called and texted voters, written postcards, donated, marched, rallied, retweeted, and called and texted some more to defeat Donald Trump, flip the Senate, and hold the House.  TOMORROW is the last day to vote, and encourage others to vote, in wh…

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October 30, 2020 at 4:43 PM

First we win in 2020. Then we win in 2021.

Here’s the problem, John: Dear John: This past week, we held our 8th weekly phone bank and surpassed 150,000 phone calls together to get out the vote in this critical election. Here’s the problem: We’ve been focused on winning this year that we’re behind on our goal of winning NEXT year! With t…

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October 28, 2020 at 6:56 PM

An election unlike any other: Vote. Keep phone-banking. And get ready.

No matter what happens, we will come together to process, take care of each other, and keep organizing. Dear John, It is no understatement to say it feels like the fate of our country (and honestly, our planet too) is on the line this week. The most important election of our lifetimes is well u…

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October 27, 2020 at 2:55 PM

COVID-19: Spooky Season

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, It's a spooky time for our families all around, with a presidential election looming amid a deadly pandemic, a Supreme Court now poised to impose minority rule and steal away health care and civil rights, colder weat…

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October 26, 2020 at 8:06 PM

We won't let Lindsey Graham win

"I want you to use my words against me." Dear John: Tonight, instead of voting on a COVID relief passage that the House passed 164 days ago, Senate Republicans are expected to ignore RBG’s dying wish and confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has led the c…

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October 25, 2020 at 5:58 PM

The most comprehensive NYC climate proposal

Here's what HuffPost said: “The most comprehensive climate proposal so far is from Brad Lander.” (10/22/20) Dear John: This week the HuffPost did a deep-dive into what NYC candidates are saying about climate change eight years after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, and this line says it …

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October 24, 2020 at 12:39 PM

Early Voting Starts Today!

Make your plan to vote. Dear John, Today is the first day of early voting!  I’m planning to vote this afternoon at my early voting poll site: the Park Slope Armory. Your early voting poll site is not necessarily the same as your regular polling place, so double check your early voting location…

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October 22, 2020 at 5:48 PM

My plan to confront the climate crisis:

We weren't prepared for Sandy. We'll be ready for the next storm. Dear John: One grim thing we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is just how deadly it can be when we fail to prepare for a crisis.  The anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is a powerful reminder that climate change presents the …

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October 22, 2020 at 11:41 AM

COVID-19: Yellow and Orange and Red All Over

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, With COVID-19 cases on the rise around the country, there are now more than 40 states on the list for mandatory quarantine if you travel back to New York. Health officials are strongly discouraging “non-essential” tr…

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October 20, 2020 at 2:19 PM

Will you call Pennsylvania voters with us on Wednesday?

Calling all volunteers! Dear John: There are just 14 days left of this election season – it's all hands on deck to make sure we defeat Trump and win the Senate. On Wednesday evening, we’re teaming up with Make the Road Action for a Get Out the Vote Phone Bank to call voters in Pennsylvania. We’…

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October 19, 2020 at 3:38 PM

At long last, plastic bags are banned in New York!

It's a huge win for our health, our oceans, and our planet. Dear John: Today’s the day! At long last, plastic bags are banned across New York. You’ll still be able to walk into a store in NYC, buy items, and take them home if you forget a reusable bag, but you’ll be charged five cents for a pap…

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October 16, 2020 at 4:29 PM

New Yorkers have a job this election

Our mission: Contact New Yorkers who are already voting for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and make sure they do so on the WFP line. “When New Yorkers cast their ballots for president, they won’t just be picking a candidate. They’ll also be voting on whether state government will continue on a p…

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October 15, 2020 at 5:30 PM

COVID-19: Doing Our Part to Keep Everyone Healthy

Updates and resources from the office of Council Member Brad Lander Dear John, This is an anxious time for all of us, and one of the hardest parts is how much is outside of our control. Like many of you, I’m focused on concrete things I can do, like wearing a mask, phonebanking, pushing for re…

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October 14, 2020 at 6:08 PM

Organizing for 2020, preparing for 2021

We can elect a new generation of leaders who understand that the people of NYC are in charge. Dear John: We’ve recruited hundreds of volunteers and made tens of thousands of phone calls to defeat Trump and flip the Senate in 2020. But we still need massive change here in NYC, which is why I’m …

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October 9, 2020 at 2:54 PM

Ady Barkan is phone banking with us next week!

We're making calls for Sara Gideon with Ady Barkan and Liuba Grechen Shirley >> Dear John: The latest polling shows a deadheat in the Maine Senate race, where Democrat Sara Gideon is running to oust Republican Susan Collins. This race could decide control of the U.S. Senate -- and the fat…

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October 8, 2020 at 12:24 PM

COVID-19: Updates on School and Business Closures

New Searchable Map to Understand the New COVID Zones Dear John, I don’t need to tell you how absurd and unhelpful it is for the details about targeted school, child care, and business closures to be announced in such a haphazard and illogical way. But I do want to do my best to make sure you h…

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October 7, 2020 at 2:08 PM

COVID-19: Cartography, Confusion, and Closures

Here’s what we know about the Governor’s “plan:”  Dear John, After I wrote yesterday about the school closures in 9 zip codes, the Governor threw the plan into confusion and uncertainty with the announcement of a new plan for targeted closures based on a color-coded map that wasn’t made availa…

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October 6, 2020 at 2:48 PM

COVID-19: Targeted (But Very Partial) Closures

Updates and resources from the office of Council Member Brad Lander Dear John, Today, at last, was my daughter Rosa’s first day of her senior year in high school. It’s an understatement to say that it’s not what she expected. An even bigger one to say that we’re immensely grateful to her teach…

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October 4, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Stay focused: Phone bank with us for Jackie Gordon, Jaime Harrison, and Sara Gideon!

We can’t take our eye off the ball: We must elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, flip the Senate, hold the House, and set the stage for 2021. Dear John: We have only a few weeks left until Election Day, and October already has thrown us some surprises.  But we can’t take our eye off the ball: We …

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October 2, 2020 at 7:07 PM

COVID-19: Amidst it all, gratitude to our educators

It feels like we are living inside a fictional world. Dear John, I’ll be honest: I don’t really know how to write to you today. More than ever, it feels like we are living inside a fictional world. On top of the grim pandemic, toxic politics, and widening economic depression, the level of maca…

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October 1, 2020 at 7:24 PM

The best way to send a progressive message with your ballot

Dear John, The biggest election of our lifetimes is underway. Voting out Trump is the top priority, of course, more clear than ever after a toxic debate in which he acted not only with contempt for democracy, but like the commander-in-chief of white supremacist violence.   But we know we need…

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September 30, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Quickly, before midnight

From Day One, this campaign has been of, by, and for the people of New York City. Dear John: I just double-checked our numbers, and we’re just $1,377 away from our end-of-month goal.  Every $1 you give will be matched by $8 in public financing -- can you chip in $20.20 or any amount today? DONA…

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September 29, 2020 at 6:03 PM

Absentee Ballot Mistake

If you received an absentee ballot with the wrong name on the return envelope, the BOE says you should reach out to them via email at [email protected] or call 1-866-VOTE-NYC. Dear John, The NYC Board of Elections and their mail vendor mailed absentee ballots with the wrong return envelop…

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September 25, 2020 at 4:31 PM

COVID-19: A Patchwork of Protections

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, If our current dystopian present wasn’t bad enough already, let me introduce you to Civvl: a gig economy company advertising freelance work helping to evict people from their homes. They tout the benefits of “flexibl…

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September 24, 2020 at 9:16 PM

30,000 phone calls and counting

"Hope isn’t a lottery ticket that you sit on the sofa and clutch, it's an ax that you break down doors with in an emergency."   Dear John: First off, WOW! As of last night, 231 of us have come together to make more than 30,000 phone calls to voters in swing states. Talk about turning anxiety in…

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September 23, 2020 at 4:01 PM

COVID-19: From Quarantine

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, I hadn’t seen my mom and dad (who live in St. Louis) since the pandemic began. We were supposed to be there for Passover, as we always are, but of course we had to cancel that trip. So my daughter Rosa and I drove ou…

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September 22, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Why we're calling Pennsylvania this week:

We’re teaming up with Make the Road Action to call Pennsylvania voters tomorrow night -- join our phone bank now in this must-win state → “Trump campaign goes all-in on Pennsylvania” (Axios, 9/20/20) We’re teaming up with Make the Road Action to call Pennsylvania voters tomorrow night -- join o…

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September 20, 2020 at 2:07 PM

May her memory be for a revolution

We are going to fight like hell for the living. Dear John: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (z’’l) transformed our lives again and again: With her victories for women’s rights, with her galvanizing dissents on behalf of workers, with her guts and fortitude -- and, this weekend, with her loss.  I learned the…

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September 18, 2020 at 1:51 PM

"The single most important state of the 2020 election"

We’re teaming up with Make the Road Action to call voters in Pennsylvania → Dear John: Everything about campaigning is different this year, but one thing is clear: Talking directly to potential voters is still the best tool we have to win. Thanks to those of you who joined us this week to make …

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September 17, 2020 at 4:06 PM

COVID-19: Last Minute Changes to Pandemic Schooling

Updates and Resources from the office of Councilmember Brad Lander Dear John, You’ve probably seen the news already: with just two days to go before students were supposed to be in classrooms, the Mayor and Chancellor announced today that in person learning will be phased in by grade.  Here’s …

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September 16, 2020 at 7:39 PM

Should the ultra-wealthy pay more in taxes?

To take New York City into the future, we need leaders who don’t take big checks from the ultra-wealthy -- and don’t take their orders either.  Dear John: I’m emailing to ask you to donate $10 or any amount to our campaign to elect new, bold, progressive leadership to bring New York City throug…

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September 14, 2020 at 1:48 PM

We have a special guest joining us to help turn Texas blue!

On Wednesday, we’re teaming up with Persist Brooklyn to make thousands of calls to TEXAS voters -- sign up now → Hi John, I'm excited to share that my friend and Austin City Council member Greg Casar will be joining our phonebank for Texas Democrat MJ Hegar on Wednesday this week!  Sign up to p…

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