Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

October 29, 2022 at 1:20 PM

10 years after Superstorm Sandy, the work continues

10 years after Superstorm Sandy, the work continues Neighbors helping neighbors during and after disaster Dear New Yorkers,  Ten years ago today Superstorm Sandy slammed into our shores. Taking the lives of 43 New Yorkers and causing over $19 bi…

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October 24, 2022 at 9:31 PM

[you’re invited] GOTV with me in the homestretch to the midterm elections

  John — With less than three weeks to go until the November midterm elections, the threats to our democracy, our planet, the right to choose, and our civil rights could not be clearer. This is it: now is the time for us to do everything we can to support Democratic candidates for …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

October 22, 2022 at 1:33 PM

Take advantage of student loan forgiveness programs

Take advantage of student loan forgiveness programs The deadline to apply for public service loan forgiveness is Oct 31! Dear New Yorkers,    An estimated one million New Yorkers have student loan debt -- debt which puts a burden on living costs,…

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October 18, 2022 at 12:47 PM

Putting stolen wages back in workers hands

Putting stolen wages back in workers hands Our Bureau of Labor Law enforces the law to ensure workers are paid their due Dear New Yorkers,  It is a good day when workers get paid their due and cheaters are held accountable.   Earlier this month, …

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October 14, 2022 at 5:57 PM

We are not ready for the next Superstorm Sandy

  John — We are approaching the 10 year anniversary of when Superstorm Sandy hit New York’s shores – flooding homes, displacing families, and killing forty-three New Yorkers. I remember those days and weeks afterwards when we came together to help elderly neighbors evacuated to the…

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October 11, 2022 at 3:45 PM

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook By NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Krista Olson, Deputy Comptroller for Budget Steven …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

October 3, 2022 at 5:46 PM

WATCH: Council Member Kevin Riley explains property tax inequities

WATCH: Council Member Kevin Riley explains property tax inequities Homeowners in the northeast Bronx pay 4x brownstone Brooklyn Dear New Yorkers, My friend Council Member Kevin Riley lives in and represents the Northeast Bronx, and his in-laws l…

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September 23, 2022 at 3:03 PM

How can a shareholder proposal combat gun violence?

How can a shareholder proposal combat gun violence? Or uplift workers? Or fight climate change? Dear New Yorkers, The Comptroller’s Office wears a lot of hats. Investment adviser to the pension funds. Auditor of City agencies. Registerer of contr…

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September 22, 2022 at 9:00 PM

How to support asylum seekers

  John — Over the past few weeks, thousands of asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, and they are in need of resources and compassion from all across the five boroughs. Can you make a donation to Make the Road New York’s Asylum Seekers fund? Your contribution will be used t…

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September 12, 2022 at 5:20 PM

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook By NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Krista Olson, Deputy Comptroller for Budget Steven …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

September 8, 2022 at 6:38 PM

Public schools are essential to our democracy

Public schools are essential to our democracy My visit to Arts and Letters 305 United in Brooklyn on the first day of school Dear New Yorkers,  Nearly one million New York City public school students entered classrooms today, kicking off a school…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

September 2, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Lessons from Hurricane Ida

NYC has work to do to protect New Yorkers from climate disasters  John — A year ago this week, Hurricane Ida hit the Northeast, bringing damage, destruction and death in its wake. Eleven New Yorkers drowned in their unregulated basement apartments. As climate change causes increasingly…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

September 1, 2022 at 5:42 PM

Bringing basement apartments into the light

Bringing basement apartments into the light Hurricane Ida was a wakeup call for the City Dear New Yorkers, One year ago today, Hurricane Ida revealed the deadly cost of a decade of inaction to ensure basement and cellar apartments are safe place…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

August 29, 2022 at 11:23 PM

Transparency is key to accountability on Rikers Island

Transparency is key to accountability on Rikers Island My office has a new tool to help hold DOC accountable. Dear New Yorkers,  What we can’t see, we can’t fix.  Years of increasingly alarming headlines have made clear that management problems …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

August 19, 2022 at 1:20 PM

Do you have a plan to vote next week?

Do you have a plan to vote next week? The health of our democracy has never been more important Dear New Yorkers,     As some of you may know (all too well) there is an election next Tuesday, August 23rd. It’s been a confusing year with redistric…

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August 15, 2022 at 7:07 PM

Andrew Gounardes

I’m voting for Sen. Andrew Gounardes for State Senate on 8/23 — here’s why  John, it's Brad Lander. I’m reaching out in support of my friend State Senator Andrew Gounardes, who is running for re-election in Brooklyn’s newly-drawn District 26. His primary is coming up in just a few…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

August 14, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Kristen Gonzalez

  Hi John — I recently endorsed my friend Kristen Gonzalez’s campaign for state senate in the newly-drawn District 59, which now spans across three boroughs. I know that Kristen will be a champion for all of the different communities that it encompasses, and will fight tirelessly t…

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August 8, 2022 at 4:36 PM

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook By NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Krista Olson, Deputy Comptroller for Budget Steven …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 9:04 PM

How can we beat the heat?

How can we beat the heat? Our new cooling center analysis highlights existing cooling infrastructure across NYC, the inequities that lie and how they can be addressed.   Dear New Yorkers,  It’s HOT in NYC today and a heat advisory is in effect th…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

July 21, 2022 at 9:49 PM

What we’re auditing

What we’re auditing Check out our new Audit Recommendations Tracker and make a suggestion for what we should bring our oversight power to Dear New Yorkers,  Oversight and accountability are at the heart of our work here at the Comptroller’s Offi…

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July 14, 2022 at 12:31 PM

Meet the hardest working people at the Comptroller’s Office

Meet the hardest working people at the Comptroller’s Office Shining a spotlight on our Ambassadors of Service. Dear New Yorkers,  From comprehensive property tax reform to New York City’s Green New Deal, we spend a lot of time talking about the b…

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July 11, 2022 at 4:19 PM

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook By NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Krista Olson, Deputy Comptroller for Budget Andrew …

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  Jenny Galvin and Cameron Hellerman · [email protected]

July 8, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Everything is under Comptrol

Join us to celebrate Brad Lander on Monday, July 11th at 5:30 PM at City Vineyard rooftop! Did you see Brad’s email earlier this week? We’re having a birthday celebration on Monday and we’d love for you to join! Whether he’s making dad jokes about the fiscal new year, or marching in the …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

July 5, 2022 at 5:50 PM

Celebrate with me next week?

Join me Monday, July 11th at 5:30 PM at City Vineyard rooftop! Join me for a birthday celebration next Monday, July 11th at 5:30 PM at City Vineyard rooftop to cheer some recent wins and strategize for the future.  I couldn’t be more grateful to head to the Municipal Building every day to…

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June 30, 2022 at 9:04 PM

Raising Our Voices as Shareholders for a Better Economy

Raising Our Voices as Shareholders for a Better Economy Updates on the NYC Retirement Systems’ work to #DeliverAccountability at Amazon and through shareholder advocacy Dear New Yorkers,   As the stewards for the retirement savings of New York Ci…

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June 28, 2022 at 10:03 AM

Polls are open! Vote for the NY leaders we need

Look up your poll site at findmypollsite.vote.nyc John-- Today’s the day! Polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm, find yours at FindMyPollSite.Vote.NYC.  On the ballot today are candidates for Governor, Assembly Members, District Leaders, and Judicial Delegates and Alternates (the primaries for C…

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June 27, 2022 at 3:03 PM

Pushing back against cuts to our public schools

Pushing back against cuts to our public schools Our public schools are the best hope we have to build the multiracial democracy that we strive to be Dear New Yorkers,   Like many of you, I’ve been attending school graduations over this past week.…

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June 24, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Overturning Roe jeopardizes the lives and futures of millions of people

New Yorkers are gathering 6:30 PM Washington Square   The Supreme Court has turned back the clock on abortion access despite broad nationwide support for abortion rights. We knew this was coming, but that does not make this day any less heartbreaking and enraging.  Overturning Roe jeopardiz…

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June 23, 2022 at 12:03 PM

Join me Saturday to get out the vote for Ana Maria, Jumaane and Phara!

Come talk to voters Saturday morning in Fort Greene park Hi John, Ana Maria Archila is fighting to take our movement to Albany and as last week’s debate showed, she is the candidate New York needs at this moment.  That's why AOC endorsed her yesterday, bringing momentum to the growing cho…

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June 18, 2022 at 3:04 PM

Kicking off a broad coalition for property tax reform

Kicking off a broad coalition for property tax reform We rallied with elected officials from all five boroughs this week. Dear New Yorkers,  It’s not every day that people from the north Bronx and the South Shore of Staten Island stand together …

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June 18, 2022 at 12:33 PM

Early Voting starts today!

Here’s who I’m supporting Hi John, It’s hard to believe it's been a whole year since you voted me in as NYC Comptroller, but it has!  We’re busy putting the tools of the office to work for New Yorkers – but we can’t win the just recovery NYC needs alone. We need progressive elected official…

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  Jenny Galvin and Cameron Hellerman · [email protected]

June 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Save the Date for Brad Lander’s Birthday Celebration!

Monday, July 11th at 5:30 PM at the City Vineyard rooftop! Mark your calendars for Brad’s birthday celebration on Monday, July 11th at 5:30 PM at the City Vineyard rooftop!  We have a lot to celebrate this year, and we hope you can join us. Click here to RSVP and for more details.  Brad h…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 2:52 PM

Unpacking the FY 2023 City Budget

Unpacking the FY 2023 City Budget Some good steps forward, but work remains. Dear New Yorkers,  Last night, the New York City Council voted to approve the FY 2023 budget. In this critical moment for our recovery amid economic uncertainty, New Yo…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

June 11, 2022 at 1:18 PM

Cleaning up our act [sanitation survey results and updates!]

Cleaning up our act [sanitation survey results and updates!] We heard from over 3,000 New Yorkers. Dear New Yorkers,   Over the past month we heard from over 3,000 of our neighbors regarding the quality of sanitation services in their neighborhoo…

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June 7, 2022 at 3:19 PM

REMINDER: Last Chance(s) to Talk Trash and Taxes

REMINDER: Last Chance(s) to Talk Trash and Taxes How would you rate your street’s cleanliness? Dear New Yorkers,      Tonight’s the night for our virtual Sanitation and Property Taxes Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. with Councilmember Sandy Nurse. Join us…

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  Press Office of the NYC Comptroller · [email protected]

June 6, 2022 at 5:04 PM

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook By NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Krista Olson, Deputy Comptroller for Budget Andrew …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

May 31, 2022 at 10:35 PM

Last Chance(s) to Talk Trash and Taxes

Last Chance(s) to Talk Trash and Taxes How would you rate your street’s cleanliness? Dear New Yorkers, How would you rate your street’s cleanliness? Do you think you’re paying above average in property taxes compared to neighboring boroughs?    …

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

May 26, 2022 at 1:18 PM

Healing and action after yet another tragedy

Healing and action after yet another tragedy The heartbreaking news of Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas is yet one more gut punch in already-painful times. Dear New Yorkers,  The heartbreaking news of Tuesday’s mas…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

May 24, 2022 at 12:03 PM

Weathering future fiscal storms

Weathering future fiscal storms NYC’s budget needs robust savings for a rainy day Dear New Yorkers,  NYC is entering budget season from a position of strength. Property values have rebounded, job growth continues, personal and business income tax…

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May 22, 2022 at 10:45 PM

How we can hold the nation’s second largest employer accountable on workers rights

Join our campaign to #DeliverAccountability at Amazon   John,  In 2021, injuries at Amazon warehouses and logistics facilities in New York climbed 64%, according to a new report from the National Employment Law Project. Over the last few years, board members of the nation’s second largest e…

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May 19, 2022 at 12:23 PM

Less than a week to #DeliverAccountability at Amazon

Less than a week to #DeliverAccountability at Amazon The momentum is growing Dear New Yorkers,  Last month, we launched our campaign for shareholders to #DeliverAccountability at Amazon—and the momentum is growing.  Amazon’s board has not stepp…

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May 12, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Spending for our students

Listen to what Brad and education leaders had to say about how the DOE is using federal recovery funds for our schools   John,  As budget watchdog for the City of New York, Brad is focused on ensuring that public dollars are used effectively and accountably to achieve our shared priorities.…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

May 9, 2022 at 2:14 PM

REMINDER: Spending for our Students Virtual Town Hall

REMINDER: Spending for our Students Virtual Town Hall Come discuss how DOE is spending the $7B in federal stimulus funding Dear New Yorkers, Just reaching out to remind you that our virtual town hall on Department of Education federal stimulus s…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

May 6, 2022 at 9:22 PM

every step, you’ve been there

  The first 100 days in office passed in the blink of an eye. Every step of the way – from our campaign victory to listening tours and town halls to helping my new campaign committee get off the ground – your support and trust have carried us through. And I am so grateful. This weekend, …

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May 5, 2022 at 9:58 PM

YOU’RE INVITED: Spending for our Students Virtual Town Hall

YOU’RE INVITED: Spending for our Students Virtual Town Hall Come discuss how DOE is spending the $7B in federal stimulus funding Dear New Yorkers, New York City has received an unprecedented influx of $7 billion in federal recovery aid for our s…

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May 3, 2022 at 2:01 PM

Rally to Defend Roe at 5 PM

We are not backing down on defending health, autonomy, and democracy.   This is a moment we have feared for so long. The Supreme Court is drafting an opinion that could strike down Roe v. Wade, making abortion care illegal overnight in some places and threatening health care access and au…

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  Press Office of the NYC Comptroller · [email protected]

May 2, 2022 at 5:52 PM

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook

New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York By The Numbers: Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook By NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Krista Olson, Deputy Comptroller for Budget Andrew …

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  Lander, Brad · [email protected]

April 30, 2022 at 9:40 PM

update for John

I just got an update from Jenny and Cameron and needed to connect quickly – we only need about 15 more donations to hit our internal goal for our end of month fundraising deadline tonight! Could you be one of them? Here’s a link to give right now: http://secure.actblue.com/donate/lander_e…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

April 30, 2022 at 4:06 PM

SURVEY: tell us about sanitation services in your neighborhood!

SURVEY: tell us about sanitation services in your neighborhood! Getting the basics right is essential for NYC’s recovery Dear New Yorkers,    A just recovery for New York City requires getting the basics right. We need our city government to prio…

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  Cameron Hellerman · [email protected]

April 30, 2022 at 3:29 PM

Brad and Jenny asked about you

  Brad and Jenny just asked me to bump Jenny’s message from yesterday. We are still waiting for all our records to update but I think we haven’t heard from you yet about our end of month fundraising deadline tonight. If you haven’t had a chance to chip in, here’s a link to do so now: http:…

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