NYC comptroller Brad Lander: Meet the Democratic candidate for mayor

The race for NYC mayor: Meet Brad Lander

Meet the candidate, Democrat Brad Lander, who's in the NYC race for mayor.

NEW YORK CITY - Democratic candidate and current New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is running to be the city's next mayor, aiming to succeed incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who's running for re-election as an Independent.

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Lander is advocating for police reform, affordable housing and better management of the migrant crisis.

Who is Brad Lander?

Dig deeper:

The 55-year-old Missouri native is a progressive who, during his time in City Council, focused largely on police reform.

Lander, who announced his run for mayor last year, was first elected to the City Council in 2009, later serving as the deputy leader for policy. In 2021, he was elected as the 45th City Comptroller and assumed office in January 2022.

NYC Comptroller and Democratic NYC Mayoral candidate Brad Lander speaks during a press conference outside of immigration court on June 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

According to his campaign website, Lander is a "dad, a Brooklynite, and a lifelong public servant who has spent his career solving New Yorkers problems."

He has a wife and two children, his campaign website says.

What are his key policy stances?

What they're saying:

Lander says he's focused on making New York City safer, solving the affordability crisis and delivering a better-run city government. His top priorities as mayor are to "get seriously mentally ill people off the streets and subways and build affordable housing. He will do that by bringing competence and integrity back to City Hall."

"New Yorkers deserve a safe city on the subways in their neighborhoods, so we're going to recruit, retain and support officers to confront violent crime and get illegal guns off the street," Lander said on Good Day New York.

'Don't wanna replace one corrupt mayor with another corrupt mayor': Brad Lander talks NYC mayoral race | FULL VIDEO

Lander tells FOX 5 NY's Morgan McKay there's a coalition of people who do not want to "replace one corrupt mayor with another corrupt mayor.

According to his website, Lander's blueprint for public safety includes "reducing crime, confronting the staffing crisis at the NYPD, focusing on solving gun crimes, and keeping Jessica Tisch as NYPD commissioner."

"At the same time, if we want homeless mentally ill folks off the subways and the sidewalks, we have to connect them to housing with support services," Lander said.

For a closer look at Lander's stance on all issues, click HERE.