City Comptroller Brad Lander is cheerleading a new bill that would prohibit Big Apple businesses from firing employees without just cause – but critics say he doesn’t practice what he preaches.
In a series of social media posts this week, the far-lefty pol boasted he’s working with Democratic Socialists of America-backed Queens Councilwoman Tiffany Caban to promote legislation that would legally protect workers from losing their jobs unless their bosses can demonstrate economic hardship or unsatisfactory work performance.
Caban’s bill, introduced Wednesday, dramatically expands on laws approved last year – and spearheaded by Lander when he was then a Brooklyn councilman – that protect fast-food workers from being fired without cause
“Workers shouldn’t be fired on a whim,” Lander tweeted Wednesday. “Proud to support @CabanD22’s @SecureJobsNYC Act to protect workers, building on our #justcause protections for fast-food workers. Hopeful that other cities, states & eventually Congress will follow suit.”
Lander was slammed by critics for firing two well-respected staffers in his own office last month without hinting their jobs were in jeopardy or providing any examples of just cause.
“Brad Lander, like many progressives in this city, are hypocrites,” said Queens Councilman Robert Holden, a moderate Democrat. “They live by the motto: do as I say, not as I do. New Yorkers deserve elected officials who advocate for common sense measures, not social experiments that they themselves disregard.”
Veteran photographer Susan Watts said she was blindsided during an impromptu Nov. 3 office meeting with a human resources staffer where she fired as the comptroller’s director of visual content. Only hours earlier, she had a pleasant conversation with Lander after photographing him at a rally, Watts recalled.
“I’m not upset for being let go, but I’m baffled with the way this was handled,” said Watts, whose resume also includes working more than two decades as a Daily News staff photographer. “This is in complete contradiction to what I believed Brad Lander feels about labor rights and how you treat workers.”
Alex Montoya Wunrow, the director of digital content, was also fired. Both were holdovers hired by ex-Comptroller Scott Stringer, and they continued working for Lander after he took the office in January. They were let go because of an “office restructuring” with no further explanation given, according to Watts.
Lander spokesperson Naomi Dann said the Comptroller’s office doesn’t comment on “individual personnel matters.”
“This administration works hard, with both our unionized staff and political appointees, to create a team culture that values feedback and collaboration, and that delivers top quality public service and results for New Yorkers.” Dann said.
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