City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander lied about how quickly he paid off his traffic tickets, downplaying The Post’s reporting on the mayoral candidate’s scofflaw behavior, records show.
The speed demon Democrat claimed he “paid every single ticket on time,” after being asked several times on Fox 5 New York on July 30 about the 133 tickets, totaling $6,010, including fees, he amassed over 11 years of zipping through school zones and blowing past red lights, among other infractions.
“I pay every one on time, and I plan on continuing to do so,” Lander claimed.
But Department of Finance records show the avowed socialist incurred a total of $45 in late fees, according to agency spokesman Ryan Lavis.
The most recent penalty stemmed from a $65 summons in 2022 for an alternate side parking violation near his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, costing Lander $10 in additional fees.
The year before, Lander coughed up an extra $25 on top of a $50 fine for speeding in a school zone — which he only paid after The Post reminded his campaign at the time about the outstanding fine.
He also paid $10 each in late fees for an alternate side parking fine in 2016 and for not displaying a parking meter receipt in 2018, according to city records.
“Scofflaw Speedster Wannabe Mayor Brad Lander, the do-nothing, performative comptroller, has been caught in yet another lie. What a surprise!” Councilman Bob Holden (D-Queens) told The Post.
“Comrade Lander is a disaster who should never be allowed near Gracie Mansion.”
Following The Post’s initial 2021 exposé about Lander’s checkered history behind the wheel, the then-Brooklyn councilman pledged in an essay on the Streetsblog NYC website to “make public how many parking or moving violations I get” on a monthly basis.
Lander, who has continued to back legislation such as congestion pricing — aimed at driving cars off the road — posted his violations on his council office’s website until November 2021, when he was elected as comptroller.
Asked by NY1’s Errol Louis on July 30 about his broken pledge, Lander whined that the all of his tickets “are online for people to see” — but didn’t mention that one needs his license plate or a ticket summons number to look up the violations.
“He’s not just breaking the law — he lied about his traffic violations, so what else is he lying about?” said Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf.
A Lander spokeswoman slammed The Post’s story as a hit piece.