Rebecca Rodriguez · [email protected]

March 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Hi John!

  Hi John! Okay, so – we have a very important campaign finance deadline coming up on Thursday, March 13. I was up all night looking through ActBlue to see who of Brad’s supporters might be able to step up, and here’s what I found for you! (If this doesn’t look right, just reply to…

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  Brad’s iPhone · [email protected]

March 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM

fwd: Can we send you a sticker?

Want to make sure you got in on this, John. We’re working on getting a merch store up and running. Are you interested? But for now we’re just sending these stickers out for free to anyone who contributes $5 or more -- see the email I forwarded below. Thx so much. And if stickers aren’t your thing…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

March 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM

I will declare a housing emergency on Day One of my administration

  John, Everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to call home. But in New York City, rent is too high, people are being displaced, and no one can afford to own a home. That’s why today, as reported in the New York Times, I announced the most common-sense, comprehensive solution t…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Can we send you a sticker, John?

  Hi John! Can we send a FREE Lander for Mayor sticker to your address?* Make a contribution of $5 or more to Brad’s campaign, and we’ll send a sticker directly to your door. We’re offering this deal to supporters first – before we launch our web store. Will you pitch in right now …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

March 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM

Andrew Cuomo on Stephen A. Smith

  Dear John, In his first interview as an official candidate for Mayor, Stephen A. Smith asked disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo how to protect New York City under a Trump administration. I was stunned by Cuomo’s reply. Instead of condemning Donald Trump for his illegal, autho…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

March 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Andrew Cuomo owes New Yorkers $28 million

  John, Today I was honored to stand alongside Erica Vladimer from the Sexual Harassment Working Group and call on Andrew Cuomo to return $28 million in taxpayer dollars he’s using for his personal legal defense, after 13 women accused him of sexual harassment. If you agree, add y…

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  Brad's iPhone · [email protected]

March 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM

fwd: Stop Andrew Cuomo NOW

Hi, it's Brad. Just wanted to make sure you saw this, John: Andrew Cuomo is running for Mayor. At his campaign launch event today, we heard a lot of fear mongering and self-aggrandizing – but not once did he address his history of sexual harassment or cutting Medicaid by the billions. You can rea…

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  Rebecca Rodriguez · [email protected]

March 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Welcome, Andrew!

  John, If Andrew Cuomo truly cared about New York City – where he hasn’t lived for decades – over his own personal revenge fantasies, he’d focus on atoning for his many misdeeds, prepare his legal defense, and leave us all alone. Instead, Andrew just announced that he is running f…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

March 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM

Stop Andrew Cuomo NOW

  Breaking news, John: Disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo just announced that he is running for Mayor of New York City. A poll just yesterday showed that I can beat Andrew Cuomo by shaving off one or two percentages of support, John. Right now, I need every last ounce of suppo…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Black History is American History

As Black History Month comes to a close it is important that we use this moment to recommit to the work – and the fight – for equity and inclusionDear John,  As Black History Month comes to a close it is important that we use this moment to recommit to the work – and the fight – for equity and inclu…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Short

  John, February is the shortest month of the year – great news if you’re fed up with the long New York City winter. But when you’re fundraising for a grassroots campaign like Brad’s, having a few less days in the month can have a negative impact. Right now, Brad is just $2,321 sho…

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  Rebecca Rodriguez (via Lander 2025) · [email protected]

February 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM

NEW: Lander for Mayor stickers!

  John, A big box of Lander for Mayor stickers just arrived at the campaign office – and you can claim one today before we officially launch them online in a few weeks! Make a contribution of $5 or more between now and March 13, and we’ll send a limited-edition Lander 2025 sticker …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM

My solution for public safety

  Every single New Yorker deserves to be safe, and to feel safe – taking the subway to work, walking home at night, or sending their kids to school. But right now, far too many don’t. John, Mayor Eric Adams promised to keep New Yorkers safe – but failed. He allowed cronyism and cor…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM

re: Pressure

  NYC sues Trump admin over FEMA funds for migrants: Where does this leave Mayor Adams? — Fox 5, February 22, 2025 “Mayoral candidate and City Comptroller, Lander, was outraged after discovering FEMA had access to the city’s bank account without his office’s knowledge. He …

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  Rebecca Rodriguez · [email protected]

February 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM

What we have on file for John

  John, since Brad launched his campaign for Mayor of New York City, we’ve seen an outstanding response from New Yorkers in all five boroughs who are hungry for new leadership. Momentum is on Brad’s side — and a recent poll shows him as the best candidate to take on disgraced Gover…

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  Ronald Holmes · [email protected]

February 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM

The energy is palpable

We’re building the campaign we need to win.   Hi John, I’m Ron, Brad’s new Finance Director. My job is to make sure we’re raising enough money to build the campaign we need to win. That means hitting key fundraising benchmarks. We’re talking daily, weekly, and monthly – like next …

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM

re: Outdoor dining

  Dear John, I fall in love with New York City every day in part because of the delicious food served up by tens of thousands of restaurants across all five boroughs (have you ever tried fuchka?). But as the New York Times recently covered, my Comptroller’s office found that only 4…

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  Rebecca Rodriguez · [email protected]

February 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM

[Photos] Out here organizing, John

  Hi, John! A huge thank you to the hundreds of Team Lander volunteers who have come out in the February cold to knock doors and talk to voters this month! (If you haven’t completed a shift yet, will you please consider contributing a few bucks today so we can keep growing on-the-g…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM

What I told Chris Hayes

  Dear John, Did you catch me on All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC last night? I walked Chris through how our office uncovered the unconscionable fact that Elon Musk and Donald Trump stole $80.5 million in federal funding from New Yorkers. Here’s what I told Chris: “It is unpreceden…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Breaking news about Elon Musk

Trump and Musk stole $80.5 million from hard-working New Yorkers   Wow, John. I called out Elon Musk for swiping $80.5 million from New York City’s bank account, and now he’s Tweeting at me. Rush a contribution of any amount to my campaign right now. This is not a joke. You can't s…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM

My op-ed in the New York Daily News

  Dear John, Mayor Adams’ administration recently said it is too hard for them to get homeless people off the street into stable housing – complaining about “bureaucratic inefficiencies.” No more excuses. When I’m Mayor, I will end street homelessness for people with serious mental…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM

ICYMI: DOJ moves to drop Adams’ corruption charges

  Just making sure you saw this update, John: Trump’s Department of Justice is dropping Mayor Adams’ federal corruption charges “without prejudice,” meaning they can resume charges against him at any time. In other words, Mayor Adams’ personal and legal fate is now completely beh…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM

NYC'S UNBANKED: February Economic Newsletter

Analyzing bank account ownership in New York and the high cost of non-bank financial services. New York by the Numbers  Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook   No. 98 - February 11, 2025 READ MORE Photo Credit: James Andrews1/Shutterstock A Message from the Comptroller Dear New Yorkers,If you looked o…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM

Mayor Adams is only fighting for one New Yorker: Himself

Eric Adams is more focused on winning a pardon from Donald Trump than fighting for New Yorkers.   Today Mayor Adams gathered his senior officials, commissioners, and deputy mayors in the Municipal Building – and instructed them not to criticize Donald Trump. And John, now we know wh…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM

We can’t trust Eric Adams

  John, Donald Trump and his extreme administration are unfairly demonizing immigrants and attacking vibrant immigrant communities of hard-working people, like those in New York City. Trump has ordered ICE agents to arrest people at churches, schools, and restaurants with no consi…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Real people, not special interests

  John, Did you know that Brad Lander is the ONLY candidate for NYC Mayor who has pledged not to accept contributions from real estate developers? That means when you make a contribution of any amount to Brad’s campaign, you can rest assured that he’s 100% beholden to YOU and the…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM

NYT: Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing

  John, New Yorkers successfully implemented congestion pricing before Trump took office. And the numbers plainly show it’s working – traffic is down, public transportation is more consistent, and commutes are shorter. Working families and New Yorkers everywhere are reaping the re…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

February 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Major news

No one in the race for Mayor is better positioned to take on Andrew Cuomo than Brad.   We have breaking news today, John: A new campaign poll shows that Brad Lander is the strongest challenger to Andrew Cuomo – both in initial voting and ranked choice. The new poll from independent…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM

My plan to end street homelessness for people with serious mental illness

A crisis of people with serious mental illness falling through the cracks, cycling from street to subway to hospital to jail and back again.   John, violence in the New York City subways has dominated the news. The stories are horrific and tragic, and they deserve our attention. Bu…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM

This is illegal

  Dear John, Last night, Donald Trump's budget office ordered all federal agencies to freeze federal loans and grants that cover the things that hundreds of millions of Americans need. We're talking about money that pays the rent for low income families, child care, health care, fe…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM

I'm fed up with our city's corrupt leadership. Are you?

  John, are you fed up with our City’s corrupt leadership? Are you tired of a Mayor whose deputy mayors and commissioners give contracts to cronies and their own family members? Or politicians like Andrew Cuomo who block ethics reforms, get caught lying to Congress, sue to shut dow…

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  Rebecca Rodriguez, Lander for Mayor · [email protected]

January 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM

$5 for five months

  Hi John,! It’s Rebecca from Team Lander. As of today, we are less than five months out from New York City’s primary election. It’s been a busy January, and it’s not even over yet. While Mayor Adams cozies up to Trump in search of a pardon, and while Andrew Cuomo pretends like he’…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Mayor of Mar a Lago?

A New York Democrat hasn’t sold out his party this bad since Andrew Cuomo formed the IDC.   John, With all of the headlines Mayor Adams is making lately, you might forget that he’s a Democrat. Or that he’s the Mayor of New York City – not Mar a Lago. In the past week alone, Mayor A…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Like Airbnb, but for tenants, not tourists

  I don’t have to tell you that the rent is too damn high in New York City, John. We’ve got young people who can barely afford to rent a room here (on average, Gen Z renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs). And we’ve got a generation of retirees and empty nest…

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  Meg Barnette · [email protected]

January 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM

Roe v. Wade

Cecile Richards fought fiercely to make this a world where all our kids can thrive.   Hi, John, it’s Meg Barnette. (For anyone here who doesn’t know me, Brad has the good fortune to be my husband.) It’s been a hard week already, in so many ways. For me personally, the loss of Cecile…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM

ICYMI: Fighting for solidarity dividends

Brad’s first Substack (learn more here!)   ICYMI, John: Brad just launched his new Substack newsletter, the Lander Lens. Read Brad’s first Substack post about MLK Day and fighting for solidarity dividends below: Martin Luther King Day this year was obviously darkened by the inaugur…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM

NEW: Substack

Paying more for less content.   Dear John, There’s a lot going on today. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day – a day to honor Dr. King’s legacy both by standing up for our values, and by doing more as a city to live up to them. We just learned of the passing of Cecile Richards, form…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM

Protecting New York City in the days to come

Compelled by what Dr. King called “the fierce urgency of now”, we are called to fight Dear John,  Make no mistake, Donald Trump’s presidency presents grave risks for New York City.  As he is sworn in today to serve as the 47th President of the United States – on the very day set aside to honor the l…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM

A much better inauguration

  Dear John, I’m sick to my stomach thinking about tomorrow’s inauguration – and committed to keeping my focus for the day on honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr, and how we fight to protect it in the challenging days to come. But on Friday, I was thrilled to attend a ver…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Want to see a magic trick?

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨   Dear John, Want to see a magic trick? ✨ Donate $10 to our campaign today, and it will become $540 by June 2025 ✨ Ok, it’s not exactly magic. It’s just the power of the NYC Campaign Finance Board’s public matching funds program, combined with the power of a monthly recurr…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM

My head almost exploded

  John, When I learned that our current Mayor flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald Trump last night, my head almost exploded. I mean, it is not surprising. Mayor Adams has been pleading for a pardon for a long time now, and is clearly willing to sell out our neighbors and our cit…

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  LanderforNYC.com · [email protected]

January 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM

John, did you see Brad’s latest plan?

  Hi John — Mayor Adams has had three years to “do the work” of keeping people with serious mental illness from cycling from street to subway to hospital to jail. But under the Adams Administration, homeless New Yorkers with serious mental illness sleep on the streets and subways —…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM

The High Cost of Child Care: January Economic Newsletter

Taking a look at the impact of child care costs on income, labor supply, and population in New York City New York by the Numbers  Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook   No. 97 - January 15, 2025 READ MORE Photo Credit: Jim_Brown_Photography/Shutterstock A Message from the Comptroller Dear New Yorkers…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM

We raised $5.4 MILLION, John

  Dear John, Thank you for supporting our campaign to build a safer, more affordable, and better-run city for all New Yorkers. I’m deeply appreciative of your generous contribution. Today we’re announcing some really exciting news: Our campaign unlocked public matching funds, brin…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM

New York Times: Lander Vows to End Street Homelessness for Mentally Ill People as Mayor

A ground-breaking blueprint to end street homelessness for people with serious mental illness in NYC.   John, Right now, New York City is experiencing a crisis of people with serious mental illness cycling between the city subways, streets, hospitals, and jails — and back again. An…

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  Comptroller Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM

Ending Street Homelessness for People with Serious Mental Illness

This tried and tested solution can effectively end street homelessness for the people cycling through New York City subways, streets, hospitals, and jails. Dear John,  The city that never sleeps shouldn't have our most vulnerable New Yorkers sleeping on the streets or subways. That’s why today, I un…

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  Team Lander · [email protected]

January 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM

Our final pitch

Brad’s first fundraising deadline of the year is tonight.   John, This is your very last chance to contribute before Brad’s first public disclosure deadline of the citywide election year — so here’s our final pitch: New Yorkers need effective, honest leadership to solve our problems…

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  Alison Hirsh (via Lander 2025) · [email protected]

January 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM

deadline TONIGHT

  Hi John, it's Alison Hirsh (Brad Lander’s campaign manager). In a couple hours I’m meeting with Brad to discuss tonight’s CFB fundraising deadline. Small dollar donations have been coming in, but right now we’re still a bit short of where we need to be. Fundraising slowed down si…

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  Rosa B. Lander · [email protected]

January 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM

Paddling down the Gowanus with Brad Lander

  Hi John! It’s Rosa Lander. Did you go to my dad’s campaign kick off? The new campaign colors look great and the photos looked so fun (you know Brad Lander loves live music). I’m back on campus already so I sadly couldn’t attend. To make up for it, though, I want to tell you a lit…

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  Brad Lander · [email protected]

January 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Last night

City government must work better for New Yorkers — and it can.   Dear John, Last night was our campaign kick off, and I woke up this morning feeling so incredibly inspired. I’m grateful to our incredible host committee — including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams for his kind intro…

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