“His innovative investment in purchasing the loan portfolio of the failed Signature Bank protected nearly 35,000 rent-stabilized apartments in New York City while delivering strong returns for pensioners.”
“He led the community planning effort to shape and pass the Gowanus Rezoning, generating over 8,000 units of new housing, over 3,000 of them affordable to low-income and working-class families, with investments in open space, arts, environmental remediation, stormwater protection, and NYCHA — one of the few large-scale rezonings to win overwhelming support from its community board.”
Reform zoning rules to allow more homes to be built
“He led the community planning effort to shape and pass the Gowanus Rezoning, generating over 8,000 units of new housing, over 3,000 of them affordable to low-income and working-class families, with investments in open space, arts, environmental remediation, stormwater protection, and NYCHA — one of the few large-scale rezonings to win overwhelming support from its community board.”
“In the 1990s and 2000s, Brad led two not-for-profit, affordable housing and community development groups, the Fifth Avenue Committee and the Pratt Center for Community Development, where he organized tenants to prevent evictions, built and preserved thousands of affordable homes, and created job training programs that have helped over 10,000 New Yorkers find living-wage jobs.”
“From preventing evictions in Brooklyn, to winning groundbreaking protections for fast-food workers and freelancers in the City Council, to taking on the Adams administration as Comptroller, to being arrested by federal agents while defending immigrants from ICE, Brad has spent his career taking on bullies and showing up for New Yorkers.”
“In June 2025, Brad was handcuffed and detained by masked federal agents at 26 Federal Plaza while escorting an asylum seeker out of immigration court. He has continued to accompany immigrants to their court dates alongside fellow elected officials, clergy, and community members, because no New Yorker should have to face Trump's deportation machine alone. For Brad, defending our immigrant neighbors isn't a slogan — it's something you do with your body, in the building, when it counts.”
“Brad sounded the alarm on Mayor Adams's rampant use of emergency procurement, forcing the cancellation of a $432 million no-bid contract with the unqualified vendor DocGo.”
“In the 1990s and 2000s, Brad led two not-for-profit, affordable housing and community development groups, the Fifth Avenue Committee and the Pratt Center for Community Development, where he organized tenants to prevent evictions, built and preserved thousands of affordable homes, and created job training programs that have helped over 10,000 New Yorkers find living-wage jobs.”
Other things the site says about labor and employment (3)
“He passed the first laws in the country to guarantee a living wage for Uber and Lyft drivers and deliveristas, to shield fast-food and retail workers from abusive scheduling, and to protect freelancers from wage theft.”
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“He led the campaign that secured air-conditioning in every NYC public school classroom, after working with students on a report showing that 25 percent of classrooms had no A/C — making it #TooHotToLearn for kids and teachers.”
Block and reverse government actions against LGBTQ people
“In Congress, Brad will be a relentless check on Trump — fighting his attacks on immigrants, on trans kids, on the rule of law, on health care, on Social Security, and on the working- and middle-class families who make this country run.”
“In Congress, Brad will be a relentless check on Trump — fighting his attacks on immigrants, on trans kids, on the rule of law, on health care, on Social Security, and on the working- and middle-class families who make this country run.”
“He led the nation in responsible investing — divesting $4 billion dollars from fossil fuels, and pressing Starbucks and Amazon to respect workers' rights.”
