Brad Lander
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Former New York City comptroller
- Lives in
- Brooklyn
Background
- New York City comptroller from January 2022 to December 2025. source: en.wikipedia.org
- New York City Council member, 39th District, 2010 to 2021. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, a Park Slope affordable housing nonprofit (1993-2003), and director of the Pratt Center for Community Development (2003-2009). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Bachelor's degree, University of Chicago (1991); master's in anthropology, University College London (Marshall Scholar); master's in urban planning, Pratt Institute. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Won the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary for New York's 10th District over incumbent Dan Goldman. source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Housing, health care and protecting immigrants (as reported by NY1) source: ny1.com
- Vote "only" for a budget "that restores those healthcare subsidies, so people can afford their lives better" source: ny1.com
- "Stay focused on what matters most to your neighbors" source: ny1.com
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