NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander's Plan for Housing, Child Care, and Safer Streets

Lander's Vision for New York City

• 🎯 Brad Lander, current NYC Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate, outlines his priorities for running the city if elected.
• 💡 His core focus areas are ensuring safer streets, increasing affordable housing, and improving schools for all children.

Housing Initiatives

• 🏗️ Lander proposes creating half a million new homes over the next decade.
• ⛳ A significant part of this plan involves converting city golf courses into sites for affordable housing, new parks, and schools.
• 🤝 He highlights the success of public-private partnerships, citing the redevelopment of the Gowanus Canal area which resulted in 8,000 homes, with 3,000 designated for low-income and working-class families.

Enhancing Child Care and Education

• 💰 Lander aims to make child care more accessible and affordable, with a goal of providing free seats for all three-year-olds by next year, and subsequently for two-year-olds.
• 💸 This initiative could save families up to $25,000 annually.
• 📊 Drawing on his experience as Comptroller, Lander believes his understanding of the city budget can optimize spending, particularly in education.

Leadership and Experience

• 🧠 Lander emphasizes his decades of experience and deep love for the city as foundational to his mayoral approach.
• ✅ He pledges to be a no-nonsense, no-scandal leader dedicated to making the city safer, more affordable, and better run.