Sleazy failed mayoral wannabe Brad Lander earned himself the title of absolute worst politician in New York on Wednesday when he suggested, evidence free, that Mayor Eric Adams was an associate of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
The remark came totally out of the blue, with Comptroller Slander — er, Lander — saying Adams’ criticism of ICE arrests was a ploy.
“I have heard some people say maybe the mayor is in the Epstein files, and he’s just trying to distract,” smirked the ethics-challenged fiscal watchdog.
“I have heard some people say”? Who, Brad?
Don’t throw the slime if you won’t drop the dime.
Lander’s poo-flinging insinuation that Adams is a pedophile is a new low, even for this morally bankrupt poltroon.
Now he disingenuously claims it was just a joke, but that damage is done.
In any event, it’s unseemly for him to be indulging in blatant electioneering on behalf of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign instead of focusing on his day job — the city’s shaky finances — in the hope of winning a spot in a Mamdani administration.
And consider Brad Pander’s own slimy record:
- He’s carved out a niche as a token Jew whom rank antisemites can rely on to deflect criticism.
Any time Jew-haters like, say, Mamdani, activist Linda Sarsour, Council Member Shahana Hanif or principal Debbie Almontaser need a “Jewish” ally to pull their feet out of their antisemitic mouths, it’s Lander to the rescue.
While he claims to support Israel, he’s strives to be one of its loudest critics, and even divested all city pension funds from Israel Bonds in 2023.
- As comptroller, he signs off on city payments to nonprofits. Meanwhile, his wife, Meg Barnette, was the CEO of Nonprofit New York, an umbrella and advocacy group for the same nonprofits that need her husband’s signature. Convenient, no?
- He was also eyeball-deep in the Working Families Party’s campaign-finance scandal. His longtime chief of staff, Rachel Goodman, was named in a 2015 indictment as a participant in a conspiracy to defraud the Campaign Finance Board.
- In one of his races for a City Council seat, he self-righteously slammed his opponent for sending his kid to a special-needs private school while he sent his own children to public school.
In a city filled with vile politicians (Mamdani himself is a sure contender for Worst-of-All-Time), Lander clearly leads the pack.
He’s been a smug blot on the city ever since he showed up as a St. Louis-bred carpetbagger soiling Gotham with his smarmy socialism.
Now he shows us he’s also a dirt merchant.
Charmed, we’re sure.
