MaryKatherine, Lander for NYC · [email protected]

February 23, 2021 at 5:31 PM

I’m a bit intimidated, but I know I can count on you

To meet our big goal by the public deadline, we have to raise $20K by February 28. Dear John, I’ll be fully transparent, when we decided to set this big goal, I was a little intimidated.  But, I think we can do it if we work together. To meet our ambitious $47,363.14 goal for the March 11 pub…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 22, 2021 at 11:07 PM

Re: I think we can do it together

Since Brad emailed this morning, New Yorkers have contributed an auspicious average of $36.06. Can you join them with a contribution of $36 right now? Hi John-- Since Brad emailed this morning, grassroots supporters have contributed an average donation of $36.06, a powerful and auspicious numb…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 22, 2021 at 2:01 PM

I think we can do it together

Election day is just 4 months away – we’re setting an ambitious fundraising goal today to get there. Dear John, When we started this campaign, I worried that it would be hard to build a citywide grassroots base for an obscure, boring-sounding role, no matter how many ways we tried to explain …

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  Steph, Team Lander · [email protected]

February 21, 2021 at 4:14 PM

Sign up to help Brad get on the ballot!

We have to collect thousands of signatures from New Yorkers to get Brad on the ballot -- can you help? Hi John-- NYC’s byzantine election rules are slowly improving, thanks in large part to the reformers we helped elect to Albany in 2018. But some aspects of NYC elections remain the same, even …

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  Chris, Lander for NYC · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 5:44 PM

Falling short of our goal

Brad is a rare politician who makes a priority of working in partnership with and being accountable to community members -- exactly what we need in city leadership now. Dear John, It’s pretty rare in politics to find a politician or elected official who makes a priority of working in coaliti…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 18, 2021 at 11:02 PM

COVID-19: Expanded Eligibility for Vaccines

COVID-19: Expanded Eligibility for Vaccines This week vaccine eligibility was expanded to include adults under 65 with certain medical conditions! View this email in your browser Dear neighbor,  Winter hasn’t let go of…

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  Antonio Reynoso · [email protected]

February 18, 2021 at 7:03 PM

Brad is the leader we need for a just recovery

Brad and I have been partners in the Council on environmental justice and housing rights -- that work is more urgent than ever. Dear John, I’m Antonio Reynoso, City Council Member running to represent Brooklyn as the next Borough President. Over the last 8 years, Brad and I have been partners…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 17, 2021 at 3:22 PM

Participatory budgeting -- VOTE NOW! (but only if you’re age 9 to 24)

Participatory budgeting -- VOTE NOW! (but only if you’re age 9 to 24) Participatory budgeting is back!  View this email in your browser Participatory budgeting is back! Here in our district, we’re in the middle of Cycl…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 16, 2021 at 5:55 PM

Jamaal Bowman is on our team!

Congressman Jamaal Bowman is joining Team Lander Dear John, When I first met Jamaal Bowman, it was immediately clear to me that he was a leader who could bring transformative change to our politics.  When we hit the streets together last spring, talking to voters in Riverdale, barnstorming on…

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  MaryKatherine, Lander for NYC · [email protected]

February 15, 2021 at 6:37 PM

Re: Double

I’m bumping up Brad’s last email today because we’re already halfway through the month of February, but not where we need to be in our fundraising. Hi John -- I’m bumping up Brad’s email today because we’re already halfway through the month of February, but not where we need to be in our fundr…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 14, 2021 at 1:13 PM

We ❤️ NYC!

For Valentine’s Day, share with us what you love about NYC Dear John, Despite the many, many challenges of this year, the pandemic has made us fall in love with NYC again and again.  We love the diversity of its neighborhoods, the resilience and creativity oozing out of its side walks, the sno…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 12:59 PM

Double

This race is getting more crowded and expensive -- so we’re doubling our grassroots fundraising goal for the month of February Dear John, My team emailed yesterday about one of the new candidates jumping into our race. The bottom line is that this race is getting more crowded and expensive -- …

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 1:16 PM

First she challenged AOC, now she’s challenging us

A new Wall Street-backed candidate in the Comptroller race is giving us a run for our money. Dear John, No matter what happens in Washington this week, the battle for the future of New York City is well under way.  Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, the Wall Street-backed, former Republican who switche…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 5:44 PM

COVID-19: Valentine's Day Love of our Small Businesses

COVID-19: Valentine's Day Love of our Small Businesses Another of the treasures of our community has long been our small businesses.... View this email in your browser Dear Neighbor, I hope you are staying warm and wel…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 9, 2021 at 10:17 PM

The NYC subway should be open tonight

I'm fighting to bring back 24/7 subway service for our city. The NYC Subway is essential -- for frontline workers, for people seeking shelter, for vaccine distribution, and for our city’s recovery. Dear John, We all know that the NYC subway is essential -- for frontline workers, for vaccine di…

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  Steph, Team Lander · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 3:14 PM

How we're going to get Brad on the ballot:

We need your help to collect thousands of signatures to get Brad on the ballot. Hi John, There’s still snow on the ground, but the June primary elections that will shape the future of NYC are coming up quicker than we think!  Under New York’s current election rules, we have to collect thousan…

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  Chris, Lander for NYC · [email protected]

February 6, 2021 at 2:14 PM

Let me catch you up

There’s a LOT happening over here to elect a progressive champion as our next Comptroller Dear John, Things are moving quickly in our campaign to elect Brad Lander as NYC’s next Comptroller. So quickly in fact, that I’m a little late in introducing myself! I’m Chris, and I’m thrilled to be jo…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 4, 2021 at 2:27 PM

An economy where workers are valued

I’m deeply honored to receive the endorsement of Teamsters Local 202 members, fresh off their strike victory for a fair contract. Dear John, On January 17th, the first day that workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market walked off the job to demand a fair contract, I went to the Bronx to stand …

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 3, 2021 at 10:21 PM

COVID-19: Vaccine equity, and continued vigilance

COVID-19: Vaccine equity, and continued vigilance Unfortunately, it has become very clear that the vaccination of New Yorkers hasn’t been an equitable endeavor thus far. View this email in your browser Dear Neighbor, …

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 2, 2021 at 5:04 PM

Did you catch the debate?

Brad called for investments in our future and pushed back on cuts to education in the first debate of the Comptroller race. Dear John, When Brad took the virtual stage on Sunday night for the first debate of the Comptroller race he laid out a clear vision for investing in our collective futur…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 1, 2021 at 6:44 PM

On this Snow Day: Introducing and Appreciating our New Team!

On this Snow Day: Introducing and Appreciating our New Team! I hope you are all doing OK in this blizzard! View this email in your browser Dear Neighbor,  I hope you are all doing OK in this blizzard! If you are fortu…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 31, 2021 at 11:03 PM

I’ll keep this short (or, at least, try)

For too long, our leaders have put profit, ego, or short-term politics ahead of our long-term, collective well-being -- and we’re all experiencing the results. John, I’ll try to keep this short. (I know, I know...not my strong suit!)  Our end-of-month deadline is at midnight, and as of right n…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 31, 2021 at 1:55 PM

We're falling behind

Brad is the only candidate in the race refusing donations from Wall Street, police unions, and corporate interests. We’re counting on grassroots supporters like you (and emails like this one!) to help stay competitive. FIRST: We got numbers back showing that two of our opponents outraised us b…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 29, 2021 at 5:03 PM

Our next Comptroller must be a climate champion

Brad is the only candidate with a comprehensive climate plan, using every tool as steward of NYC’s finances to grow green jobs, clean our air and water, and protect our city from climate disaster. John, did you see this news? Reuters: “NYC pension funds vote to divest $4 billion from fossil fue…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 27, 2021 at 10:30 PM

Housing is a public good

… and we should invest in it as such. Here’s my plan: Dear John, The pandemic has deepened the crises of housing affordability and homelessness facing our city, even as it showed us just how critical stable housing is for public health. We will need many tools to prevent a massive wave of evi…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 27, 2021 at 5:51 PM

COVID-19: A race we need to win

COVID-19: A race we need to win  A high-stakes race is on: between ramping up distribution of the virus  and the spread of new coronavirus variants. View this email in your browser Dear Friend,  After the joy of watchi…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 26, 2021 at 11:36 PM

A huge development in our race

John, we're bumping MaryKatherine's message from this morning because we should received breaking news: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, who ran against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress in 2020, just filed to enter the race for NYC Comptroller. John, we're bumping MaryKatherine's message from this…

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  MaryKatherine, Lander for NYC · [email protected]

January 26, 2021 at 2:55 PM

Grassroots fundraising is how we will win

 Brad is running a campaign aligned with our values, accountable only to New Yorkers.  Dear John, I’m MaryKatherine, Brad’s grassroots fundraising director. I don’t usually write to you -- I spend most of my time working with our peer-to-peer grassroots fundraising team, and making sure we dot…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 24, 2021 at 2:39 PM

Let me quickly explain

In the next few months, we’re going to be talking to as many New Yorkers as possible about tackling the climate crisis, supporting our essential workers, and put our long-term well-being over short-term profit.  Dear John, I’m reaching out to ask you to chip in for the first time and own a pie…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 1:12 PM

Our priorities for 2021

We want to hear your priorities as we gear up for the next phase of the fight for our collective future here in NYC. Dear John: The new President and Vice President are inheriting massive challenges. Yes, some challenges are a direct result of Donald Trump’s four years of bigotry and incompete…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 20, 2021 at 10:52 PM

A fighting chance

Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman said it best today: “We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it Dear John, Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman said it best today: “We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it….This effort very nearly succeeded.” We’re st…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 20, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Covid-19: Inaugurating a new pandemic response

Covid-19: Inaugurating a new pandemic response In a few short hours, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take their oaths of office View this email in your browser Dear Friend, In a few short hours, Joe Biden and Kamala …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 19, 2021 at 3:25 PM

We mourned. And organized.

But our work does not stop here. We have a fighting chance to save our democracy. Dear John, Around midnight on November 8, 2016, as we were processing our shock that Trump had won, I tweeted the refrain ascribed to labor organizer Joe Hill, when he had been sentenced to death: “Don’t mourn, …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 18, 2021 at 2:59 PM

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

There’s no guarantee the Biden era will herald bold progress for racial justice, its on all of us to continue that organizing. Dear John, On this pandemic MLK Day -- after a year of profound racial justice reckoning -- I called up my friend Mark Winston Griffith to talk about the urgent organi…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 14, 2021 at 6:07 PM

You can represent NYC or support insurrection. You can't do both.

ADD YOUR NAME: Nicole Malliotakis must resign Dear John: When the House voted to impeach Donald Trump for the second time yesterday, most of NYC’s Congressional leaders did us proud. Led by NYC’s own Rep. Jerry Nadler (with Zabar’s babka and the Constitution in tow), our representatives, inclu…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 13, 2021 at 10:12 PM

COVID-19: Vaccine FAQ

COVID-19: Vaccine FAQ The Council held an oversight hearing on the vaccine roll out yesterday  View this email in your browser   Dear Friend, As I write, the U.S. House of Representatives is gearing up to pass Articles…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 12, 2021 at 9:35 PM

Thank you

I am so grateful for your commitment to working together to bring about the change we need in NYC. Dear John, I wanted to write to thank you so much for your support ahead of this week’s reporting deadline. Not only did we hit our grassroots goals, we surpassed them!  Running a citywide campa…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 12, 2021 at 1:08 AM

One more time

Together, we can break from the failed policies of the past and come out of this pandemic stronger, fairer, and more equitable than before.  Dear John, I’m reaching out one last time before midnight. With just a few hours before our campaign’s most important deadline yet, we are still $721 sho…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 11, 2021 at 8:46 PM

Real quick (midnight deadline)

Send a strong message that you want new leadership to put people before profit and bring NYC into a brighter future →  John, we know Brad sends long emails, full of detailed information and analysis of the world and city we are grappling with, and ways to take action to make them better. We’ll…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 11, 2021 at 3:30 PM

Take a moment to imagine

In 2021, we have a unique opportunity to turn the page on the failed policies of the past and elect bold new leaders across the city. Dear John, Take a moment to imagine living in a city that cares for all of us. Where New Yorkers, regardless of who they are or where they come from, can walk t…

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  Jerry Nadler · [email protected]

January 10, 2021 at 6:47 PM

Brad is the leader we need to win a just recovery for NYC

I am excited for Brad to bring his powerful combination of vision and action to the work of NYC's next Comptroller. Dear John, NYC's election this June is a historic opportunity to elect new leaders and help our city emerge from this crisis fairer, more resilient, and more prepared for the fu…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 9, 2021 at 6:25 PM

If everyone reading this email gave $5, we'd hit our goal instantly

We’re 2 days from the first filing deadline of 2021 -- and it’s one of the ONLY times before the June primary that we can show the strength of our grassroots campaign. If you’re able, please contribute $5 or any amount to support this bold, progressive campaign today →  Dear John: The most sig…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 8:56 PM

3 days left

Let this sink in: Dear John: In a moment, we’re going to ask you to make an 8-to-1 matched contribution to our campaign. But first, let us explain why this request is so important. In just a few months, NYC will nominate a new mayor, a new comptroller, and city councilmembers for most of the c…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 7, 2021 at 6:46 PM

We're still gathering tonight

Join Cynthia Nixon, WFP’s Sochie Nnaemeka, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, and more. Dear John, Yesterday was a tumultuous day. Democrats won both Senate seats in Georgia, and an armed, angry mob stormed the Capitol and attacked our democracy.  We were already planning to gather tonight with a great…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 7, 2021 at 12:18 AM

The most volatile day for our democracy

We didn't need to see today’s violence to know how under threat our democracy is. But we have a fighting chance (for today, let’s say an organizing chance) to win it back and build something better. Dear John, What we saw today in Washington, DC was a terrifying assault on our democracy, fomen…

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  Council Member Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 5, 2021 at 5:01 PM

COVID-19: Dramatically ramping up vaccine mobilization

COVID-19: Dramatically ramping up vaccine mobilization the most urgent task as we begin the year is a massive ramp-up of vaccine distribution. View this email in your browser Dear Friend,  Happy New Year. I hope that 2…

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  Cynthia Nixon · [email protected]

January 5, 2021 at 4:33 PM

Why we need Brad Lander as our next NYC Comptroller

Join me, Brad Lander, WFP’s own Sochie Nnaemeka, and other special guests for a virtual Election Year Kickoff on January 7 at 7 PM in support of Brad’s campaign. Finally, John, it’s 2021! This is the year we transform New York City. In just a few months, we will nominate a new mayor, a new com…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 4, 2021 at 8:42 PM

Still time to move the needle in Georgia →

The New Georgia Project Action Fund, co-founded by Stacey Abrams, is doing critical work to get out the vote in Georgia. Tomorrow's Senate elections in Georgia could decide whether or not NYC receives tens of billions of dollars in COVID relief that our communities desperately need. Just like i…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 3, 2021 at 4:11 PM

2021 will be our year.

Join us on Thursday to kick off the citywide election year with Cynthia Nixon, WFP’s Sochie Nnaemeka, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, and more. Dear John, 2021 is finally here.  This will be the year that we will beat back the pandemic ravaging our city. The year that Donald Trump leaves the White …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 10:32 PM

We asked about your hopes for 2021. Here's what you said:

No matter our background or our zip code, we're united by common hopes for the new year -- a just recovery, relief for our neighborhoods, and a brighter future for ourselves and loved ones: John, my team and I are reading through your hopes for 2021. No matter our background or our zip code, we…

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