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Brad Lander and the Changing Face of the Democratic Party
A little over a year ago, I saw what is easily my favorite election polling graphic of all time. The picture showed the results of a citywide poll on the mayoral election in New York. Conducted by Emerson College Polling, the survey measured support for three candidates, with their percentages reflected in the snapshot. At the time (May 23-26, 2025) former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo led the field, with 54% of voters. State Assemblyman (and eventual winner) Zohran Mamdani followed closely with 46%. And New York City Comptroller Brad Lander trailed with an embarrassing 0%.
Now, the hilarity of the graphic was undermined a bit by the fact that it was somewhat misleading. Those results represented the final (10th) round of the poll’s ranked-choice voting simulation, after all other candidates had been eliminated and undecided voters had been excluded. That is to say that Lander’s goose egg at that point was a foregone conclusion of the polling methodology, not a reflection of his actual support.
That said, the first round of the simulation was embarrassing enough for Lander, albeit not as embarrassing as the results showing that not even his mom would waste her vote on him. Cuomo led Mamdani 35% to 23%. Lander followed in a distant third, with just 11%.
Either way—0% or even 11%—the results of the polling (and then of the election itself) were just desserts for Lander. As the city’s comptroller, Lander was “by law the custodian of City-held trust funds and the assets of the New York City Public Pension Funds,” served “as Trustee on each of the funds,” and was “delegated to serve as investment advisor by all five pension boards.”
In other words, then, he was the guy in charge of deciding how and where the city’s public pensions funds were invested.
With a master’s degree in Anthropology and Urban Planning and a professional background as an advocate for “affordable housing,” one might wonder what made Lander think he was qualified to handle the management of the city’s nearly $300 billion in pension assets.
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