Queens, NY—In a new report, Streets for People, unveiled on a popular Open Street in Jackson Heights, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander advocates to strengthen and expand the Open Streets program with concrete steps that the City should take to ensure open streets are a vibrant fixture of New York City’s urban landscape, and that all communities can have access to them. “Open Streets breathe life into our neighborhoods,” said Comptroller Brad Lander. “Across the five boroughs, every kid...
New York, NY— New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement in response to reports that the federal government is replacing their own lawyers after their previous lawyers misfiled an internal memo to the courts. The memo casts serious doubts on the strength of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s case against New York State and the MTA over congestion pricing. “The misfiled memo written by U.S. Attorneys in the Southern District shows that even Trump and Transportation Secretary...
New York, NY – After reviewing the data, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander called for a rent freeze for the following year in his testimony to the Rent Guidelines Board. Comptroller Lander's testimony as prepared for delivery is below here: Good morning, Chair Apple, Executive Director McLaughlin, and Members of the Rent Guidelines Board. Thank you for convening this hearing and for the opportunity to give testimony today. Thank you to the RGB for your research, which provides important data...
New York, NY — Comptroller Lander released the following statement in response to Tesla, Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings Report: “With profits plummeting by more than 70% in the last quarter, Tesla is on the wrong track and needs to divorce itself from Elon Musk, who is too busy clear-cutting the federal government and playing buddy to EV-hater Donald Trump to focus on his duties to shareholders as Tesla’s CEO. “That’s why today I am renewing my call to the Adams...