Comptroller Brad Lander Cracks Joke When Asked About Mayoral Opponents Condemning His Arrest

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During a press briefing on Tuesday, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander cracked a joke when he was asked about five of his mayoral opponents calling for his release.

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00:00Fellow mayoral candidates came here within 90 minutes of you being arrested.

00:05I thank all of them.

00:07What does that say about the tenor in the mayor's race that here we are?

00:11Voting has already begun. We're a week from the election.

00:13And people are embracing down to your friends.

00:16Was one of them Andrew Cuomo?

00:19Imagine that.

00:21Look, I mean,

00:22this is a critical time to have a mayor who will stand up to ICE and stand up to Donald Trump

00:32and insist on due process and the laws of this city.

00:36This is a sanctuary city.

00:38I was proud to co-sponsor those laws.

00:40And I'm going to show up and defend them.

00:43And partly why I'm running for mayor is that New Yorkers deserve better than a mayor like Eric Adams

00:50who sold New Yorkers out in a deal for his own pardon with Donald Trump.

00:56And New Yorkers deserve better in a mayor than Andrew Cuomo,

00:59who on that debate stage last week, when I asked him,

01:04why did you deny those immigrant subway cleaners who risked their lives during COVID

01:08the prevailing wage and the health care they deserved?

01:11All he could think about was, hey, were they,

01:16and I couldn't believe he called them illegal.

01:18And you could tell in his head, all he was worried about was,

01:23would it reflect badly on him?

01:25And what New Yorkers are deciding right now is,

01:29will we have a mayor who stands up for the traditions of this city,

01:33who protects immigrant New Yorkers and who protects all New Yorkers?

01:37I am very grateful to the other mayoral candidates who came out here to call for my release,

01:43to stand up for those traditions.

01:46And I really hope New Yorkers will elect one of us.

01:49Courtney!

01:51Courtney right here!

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