Brad Lander

Bradford S. Lander is an American politician, urban planner, and activist serving as a member of the New York City Council for the 39th District. He is a progressive politician, supports defunding the police, and a core ideal of his is to "comfort... the afflicted and afflict... the comfortable." He has been a leading advocate of a program that has moved over 9,500 homeless people to vacant hotel rooms across New York City. Politico described Lander as "one of the most left-leaning politicians in the city."