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‘On Day 1’: Lander Vows To Finish McGuinness Safety Redesign that Eric Adams Botched
The mayoral hopeful advances a plan abandoned by the current officeholder.
March 10, 2025
Algorithms for Safety: Comptroller Seeks New Rules for Delivery Tech Companies
City Comptroller Brad Lander wants to make app-companies get licensed to operate in NYC.
October 30, 2024
Exclusive: Legal Team Announced for Suit Against Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’
Attorneys from three firms have inked a joint defense agreement to fight "the governor’s illegal decision to cancel congestion pricing," Comptroller Brad Lander said.
July 17, 2024
Labor Gains: Judge Tosses App Giants’ Suit to Stop Deliverista Minimum Wage
Justice Nicholas Moyne cleared the way for a long-delayed wage hike for workers who brave dangerous roads to bring food directly to New Yorkers.
September 29, 2023
Analysis: ‘Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program’ is a Failure By All Measures
The Department of Transportation wants the Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program to simply expire in part because it did not dramatically improve safety among these worst-of-the-worst drivers and led to a tiny number of vehicle seizures.
September 22, 2023
Dangerous Vehicle Seizure Program’s Future Uncertain as City Fails to Release Required Report
The Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program requires motorists who repeatedly speed or break red lights to take a safe driving course, or else have their cars impounded.
August 4, 2023
Comptroller Lander: Make City Drivers Safer By Punishing Agencies for Crashes
The comptroller says that settlements to victims of crashes caused by city workers in city vehicles should be paid for by the agency whose worker caused the damage — instead of from the general city budget — as a way to get agency brass to incentivize safety.
February 12, 2023
Comptroller Lander: Ferry System Needs Pricing that Soaks Casual Users and Protects Commuters
Now, sit right back and you'll hear a tale ... a tale of a highly subsidized ferry system that can be saved.
July 7, 2022
Comptroller: Here’s How DOT’s $425M Brooklyn Bridge Project Became a $657M Brooklyn Bridge Project
That's 55 percent more than the original cost estimate — and not something that city bean counters were likely to miss.
July 5, 2022
Crashes By City Workers — Especially Cops — Are Still Costing Taxpayers Dearly
Injury and property damage from crashes represent the largest cause for payouts by the city — even ahead of police brutality, slip and falls on sidewalks, or misconduct in the city's jails.
June 22, 2022
