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Brad Lander: “I've said, I think progressives were slow to respond to the…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Interview with NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander on Housing, Public Safety, and Leadership

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

Can you acknowledge if there was? You're an elected official. You respond to the times. Sure. 2015 was different from 2020 is different from 2024. And I do think. Look, I've said, I think progressives were slow to respond to the sense of disorder that rose up in the pandemic. Mental health, crime. The pandemic broke some things, and we have to fix them. That's why I've got the most detailed plan to end street homelessness for people with serious mental illness, make the subway safer, make our neighborhood safer. (03:45–03:52)

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