I Want What They Have, Friendship Edition: Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander

I Want What They Have, Friendship Edition: Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander

Am I at an age where I can wholeheartedly believe in any politician? Not really—but I respect how deeply Mamdani and Lander seem to believe in each other.

Brad Lander, Unfiltered and Unplugged

Brad Lander was on stage at his mayoral primary watch party Tuesday night when he found out that Andrew Cuomo had conceded the race. The City comptroller stepped back from the podium, slid off his taupe-colored jacket, unbuttoned and slowly rolled up his sleeves, and then directed his son to begin a crowd chant: "Good-bye Cuo-mo! Good-bye Cuo-mo!" Earlier that night, as it became clear Cuomo was losing, Lander dropped an indulgent F-bomb into th…

Brad Lander opens up about the Zohran alliance, and his own future

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral primary has electrified people across the country and stirred hope in the dark. So today we talked to three experts — messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio, strategist and writer Waleed Shahid, and New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander — to understand what happened in the race and what it bodes for the future of the Democratic Party.ShareShenker-Osorio talked to us about ho…