Brad Lander: “I became the first financial officer in the country to…”

“… elected mayor takes to deal with Trump as he continues to do things that are, in some views, hurting New York City? Yeah. So, one week after he was elected, I became the first financial officer in the country to detail every penny of federal funding and how it flows into the city budget. And I put out a really detailed plan for what we can do to protect reproductive care and abortion and contraception care, to protect the money that flows into our schools.” (04:38–04:46)

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