Bradford S. Lander (born July 8, 1969) is an American politician, urban planner, and community organizer who currently serves as the New York City Comptroller.

[9] From 1993 to 2003, Lander was the executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC), a Park Slope not-for-profit organization that develops and manages affordable housing.

In 2013, Lander played a key role in a campaign to pass paid sick leave over Mayor Bloomberg's veto, telling the Brooklyn Reporter the legislation would "make our city a fairer, more compassionate place to live and work.

"[35] In May 2016, Lander upset Asian community groups by calling supporters of Chinese-American Yungman Lee (a challenger of Representative Nydia Velázquez) "scumbags.

[37] In June 2018 he was arrested for blocking traffic, disorderly conduct, and failing to disperse at a protest outside the office of State Senator Martin Golden.

[40] In addition, Lander played a role in helping shepherd the Community Safety Act to passage, with councilmember Jumaane Williams.

[44][45] Lander also sponsored a successful bill to prevent fast food workers from being fired without just cause and to allow them to appeal terminations through arbitration.

[50] In November 2018, New York State Assemblymember Dov Hikind urged Lander to speak out against Lander's friend, pro-Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour, for what Hikind described as her anti-Semitic views, criticisms of Israel, and reluctance to denounce Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan, and "Show us that the progressive movement is not a safe haven for haters.

"[8][7][51] Lander had defended Sarsour the year prior when some urged that she not be allowed to be the commencement speaker at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health.

[55][56][57][58][59][60] In 2019 Lander admitted to an ethics violation for using his official government position to solicit monetary donations for a progressive non-profit he helped to create, and of which he was Chairman.

[2] In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic began, Lander urged that the police suspend criminal arrests, summonses, warrant enforcement, and parole violations for low-level offenses, and release most of the over 900 people incarcerated at Rikers Island who were over 50 years old.

Lander said that if elected he would expand the office to conduct equity audits to reduce disparities across race, gender, and ethnicity, including in how city agencies hire contractors.

[73] Lander received endorsements from the Working Families Party, unions including Communications Workers of America District 1, and various Democratic clubs and community organizations.

[76][77][78]Lander defeated Speaker Corey Johnson in the Democratic primary for comptroller and won the general election over Republican candidate Daby Carreras.

[79] In 2022, Lander called for ending 421a, a program that provided tax incentives for developers of market-rate apartments who also added below-market rentals.

[80] In March 2022, Lander called on Mayor Eric Adams to abandon his effort to shift retired municipal workers onto a new Medicare program and comply with a court order declaring the move illegal.

[82] Lander is a member of the Vote Blue Coalition, a progressive group and federal PAC created to support Democrats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania through voter outreach and mobilization efforts.

[84] Lander lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Meg Barnette, a former executive at Planned Parenthood, now president of Nonprofit New York.