Outgoing NYC Comptroller Brad Lander formally launched his bid for Congress Wednesday with a nearly three-minute video that featured an awkward tribute to beloved PBS kids’ show host Fred Rogers.

Lander, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District, located in lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn, took a series of jabs at his rival without mentioning Goldman by name.

“I’m running for Congress because the challenges we face can’t be solved with strongly worded letters or high dollar fundraisers, and not by doing AIPAC’s bidding,” he said, referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has supported Goldman in his two prior runs for Congress.

At another point in the video, Lander said: “While the oligarchy drives an affordability c

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