Because Jim will count what’s important - providing objective information to the public about whether City agencies are fulfilling their missions to provide housing, jobs, and health care.
Because Jim is a veteran leader with a career of groundbreaking investigations and creative lawmaking
Because Jim seeks only the Comptroller’s office; his purpose is to do that job, not use it as a steppingstone to higher office
Because Jim’s audits will stay focused on the real needs of people, setting standards of performance for City agencies
Because Jim is a proven independent and progressive
Calling the race the culmination of his career, Brennan prepares to take on several high profile Council members
The race to replace Bill Thompson (D) as New York City comptroller is already well under way, with a slew of high profile, term-limited Council members raising money and coyly campaigning.
Into the mix, and making no bones about his intentions, comes Assembly Member James Brennan, a well-respected six-term Democratic legislator from Park Slope, Brooklyn.
