Caption Brad Pander annoying a commuter on the day of the mass shooting

This guy is an asshole

The other dope from Park Slope wins comptroller seat

 

Brooklyn Paper 

Brooklyn Councilmember Brad Lander officially secured his role as the city’s next comptroller, cruising to a a commanding 70-30 percent margin in the Nov. 2 general election against Republican long-shot candidate Daby Carreras. 

At an Election Night watch party at Threes Brewing in Gowanus, Lander thanked supporters and vowed to carry out his campaign promises of fighting for a more equitable city. 

“New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for a just and equitable recovery, a thriving city that works for all neighborhoods, and one that’s more prepared for crises to come. As New York City’s next Comptroller — our budget watchdog, pension fiduciary, and chief accountability officer — I’ll fight hard every day to build that city,” Lander said in a statement. 

Lander also used his speech to vow to divest city pension funds from fossil fuels, bring accountability to city agencies, and ensure COVID-19 economic aid was spent equitably in every corner of the city.

“New Yorkers in every single neighborhood can go to sleep at night knowing they’ve got a New York City that looks out for them,” he said.

Lander, 52, has represented Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Cobble Hill, and parts of Kensington and Borough Park in the City Council since 2010, garnering a reputation as one of the most far-left elected officials in New York City. He ran on progressive credentials in the crowded primary race for comptroller with endorsements from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New York Times Editorial Board, trouncing other candidates who emphasized their financial expertise rather than ideological politics. 

Vallone still pandering to illegals

For someone who's positioned himself as tough on illegal immigration, Peter Vallone, Jr. sure has an interesting mailer to the Hispanic community.

Let the pandering begin!

What can be said about this Photoshop nightmare?  Too many layers of stuff here.  The American flag, the Statue of Liberty, an Ellis Island ledger and not one, but two shots of the Queensboro Bridge.  We're laying it on a bit thick here.  On top of all that, a Vallone with some kind of blotchy skin condition, slicked back hair and his shirt open, revealing a gold chain.  Is this what turns on Hispanic voters?  I don't think so.

And here's a photo of him actually talking to them, too!  Somehow I doubt that this conversation resulted in them telling him that their number one concern was funding for the Vallone Scholarship, but that's the first bullet point under "what matters to our immigrant communities."

It seems to me that immigrants aren't so much concerned with what the Borough President can do about immigration reform (which is nothing) as they are with making sure their kids get into the local school and that the neighborhood is clean, quiet and safe.  Just like what the native population wants.  And why the focus on keeping people labeled as "immigrants?"  Immigrants don't vote.  American citizens vote.  Once they are naturalized, most non-natives I have come in contact with say, "I am an American," not "I am an immigrant."  If you're sending this out to voters, they are American citizens.

7 more weeks of this crap...