New York City’s comptroller is supposed to keep an eye on the books, but Brad Lander only has an eye on his own future as a progressive (he hopes) superstar.
So on Monday he was out protesting Mayor Adams’ about-to-kick-in rule requiring migrant families to re-apply for shelter after 60 days; he has tweeted that “cruelty is the point” of the policy.
No, the point is to limit the unsustainable costs that Lander admits account for one-third of the city’s coming budget gap ($13 billion out of $38 billion over four years).
Admits, before turning around to insist the migrants shouldn’t be blamed for cuts to vital services to balance the budget.
When Adams was rallying local elected officials to join him in pressuring the White House for assistance, Lander was AWOL: “Brad Lander, the loudest person in the city, has yet to go to Washington to deal with the No. 1 issue that the city’s facing,” mocked a clearly frustrated Adams in June.
Only after City Hall released its proposed budget cuts in November did Lander finally head to DC to push for more migrant funding — on his own, to no effect at all.
Lander acts more like a city-funded political activist opposing city policies than a public servant dedicated to overseeing city finances and pension funds.
Heck, his introduction of the lefty Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance “strategy” led to the loss of nearly $30 million in pension funds tied to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
It’s all about politics, not his sworn duties: The only part of the job he cares about is how it could be his stepping-stone to higher office.
The thought that he could earn greater responsibility by handling his current ones competently plainly never crosses his mind.
This story originally appeared on NYPost
