Brad Lander
Progressive
Democrat
N/A
New York
Current Position: Former Comptroller of New York City
Running For: House Representative - District 10
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For building more affordable housing through the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, restricting private equity ownership of housing
- For federal incentives to reform zoning and streamline housing production
- For a "Social Bonds for Social Housing" program using Treasury bonds to finance affordable housing
- For "Street-to-Home" vouchers to house unhoused individuals with serious mental illness
- For repealing the Faircloth Amendment to allow new public housing construction
- For national "Responsible Property Management Standards" to protect tenants in investor-owned housing
- For protecting ACA enhanced premium tax credits including abortion coverage
- For a wealth tax on ultra-millionaires, including Senator Warren's Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act
- For the Equal Tax Act to equalize capital gains and ordinary income tax rates above $1 million
- Against cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
- For expanding and improving New York City public transit funding
- For congestion pricing in New York City
- For rebalancing federal transportation funding toward public transit
Business & Labor
- For the PRO Act to strengthen union organizing rights
- For protections for gig, app, and freelance workers, including fair scheduling and living wage requirements
- For federal regulation of powerful AI models including a licensing framework
- For increased funding to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation
- For worker protections and safety net expansion in response to AI-driven job displacement
- For a moratorium on new data center construction pending AI regulation
- For controlling AI chip exports to countries lacking adequate safeguards
- Against federal preemption of state and local AI regulation
Health Care
- For Medicare for All
- For restoring ACA marketplace subsidies cut by Republicans
Education
- Against federal efforts to restrict education about gender identity in schools
- Against cuts to and privatization of public K-12 education
- For rebuilding the Department of Education
- For canceling student debt and expanding higher education affordability programs
- For protecting academic freedom against political pressure on universities
Environment
- For a Green New Deal and rapid transition away from fossil fuels
- For expanding renewable energy including public solar programs
- Against accepting donations from fossil fuel companies
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; supports codifying the right to abortion and repealing the Hyde Amendment
- For rolling back TRAP laws restricting abortion providers
- Against warrantless government surveillance of American citizens
- For ending discriminatory stop-and-frisk policing practices
- For the Mercy in Reentry Act expanding social program access for formerly incarcerated people
- For LGBTQ+ rights including marriage equality, banning conversion therapy, and gender-neutral facilities
- For protecting gender-affirming care for transgender youth
- For combating antisemitism and Islamophobia through practical safety and education measures
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For investigating Trump administration financial corruption and officials who violated their oaths of office
- For the For the People Act to reform campaign finance and strengthen ethics rules
- For the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
- For rejecting corporate PAC money and AIPAC funding
- For overturning Citizens United
- For banning congressional stock trading
- For closing the revolving door between Congress and lobbying
- For public matching funds programs for federal campaigns
- For expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices
- For Supreme Court term limits or staggered appointments
- For the Freedom to Vote Act establishing national standards for early voting, automatic voter registration, and same-day registration
- Against new bureaucratic barriers to voter registration
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For abolishing ICE and reforming the immigration system
- For House Oversight Hearings on ICE conduct
- For supporting a humane, comprehensive path forward on immigration policy
- For repealing the AUMF and passing a war powers resolution to limit presidential war-making authority
- Against the U.S. military conflict with Iran
- For rebuilding USAID
- Against U.S. military aid to Israel while it violates the Leahy Law and international law; describes Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide
- For the Block the Bombs Act and the Ceasefire Compliance Act
- For ending Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and removing Israeli settlements
Public Safety
- For the People's Justice Guarantee to end mandatory minimum sentences and abolish the death penalty