City Counselor Brad Lander vowed to “slow down” to highlight his habit of accelerating school zones after the post zone – and he did so when it came to paying for his latest ticket, the city’s record show had come.
The Brooklyn Democrat, who was running for the city’s comptroller, became a scoopwall on April 24 when he was caught by speed camera at his Park Slope home in about five blocks at Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn for more than $ 50 Failed to place fork.
As a result, Lander was fined an additional $ 25 – making him a deadbeat in the midst of the race to become the elected official responsible for overseeing the city’s budget and finances.
Lander finally paid the fine late Wednesday or early Thursday, but was contacted by The Post only after his campaign.
The incident – which took place at 11:56 am on March 25 – marked the eighth time since June 2016 that the speed of the lander’s main leg was going to the limit of over 10 mph as a result of a camera ticket.
According to the official NYC Open Data website, this was the first time in which Lander did not pay one of his speeding tickets on time.
Lander was also slapped with a parking ticket near his home on May 3, marking his 111th citation for illegal parking or vehicle-related violations since July 2013, records show.
He paid a fine of $ 35 for that ticket earlier this week.
As a counselor, Lander has been a vocal critic of “reckless” drivers and supports a law that lets the city confiscate their cars if they don’t take a safety course.
After The Post revealed his history of dangerous driving, Lander wrote an essay for transportation-focused Streetsblog NYC The website in which he pledged to make “public parking or violations being committed by me” every month.
“Knowing that I would have to do it would slow me down and follow the parking rules,” he said.
Lander’s campaign refused to say why it took him so long to pay his ticket.
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