New York, NY — In response to Judge Lewis Liman’s ruling to block the federal government from withholding funds and grant the MTA a temporary restraining order against the Trump Administration’s illegal attempts to stop congestion pricing, New York City Brad Lander released the following statement: “Today’s ruling is a promising outcome for New Yorkers who are already experiencing the benefits of a city with less traffic, cleaner air, and faster transit service. Because of the tireless efforts of straphangers,...
New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and trustees of the five public pension systems announced the successful completion of a landmark $5 billion private equity secondary sale across the City’s systems today. This transaction, initiated in December 2024 and finalized this month, represents one of the nation’s largest ever pension-led secondary sales. Importantly, the sale was not liquidity driven, but rather a strategic realignment of the New York City pension systems’ private equity portfolio to position...
Today in a new audit, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander exposed that tens of thousands of mental health calls were never routed to the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (B-HEARD) pilot program, as they were supposed to be. Rather than sending police officers to a scene with an emotional distressed person without weapons or imminent risk of harm, B-HEARD is a program designed to better connect individuals in crisis to mental health services: a Health and Hospitals (H+H)...
New York, NY — In the early hours of the morning, the House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill by the thinnest of margins—a single vote—to deliver on the Trump Administration’s spending and tax cuts. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander issued the following statement to highlight its impact on the daily lives of New Yorkers: “Donald Trump and House Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful’ budget will make working class New Yorkers sicker, hungrier, and more vulnerable. Slashing Medicaid, gutting SNAP,...
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