Council Finance Committee Chairman Justin Brannan has filed paperwork to run for city comptroller next year and tells the Daily News he is looking at overhauling the city’s byzantine budget process as ...

Adopting a persona and making it real in the eyes of millions takes a sublime talent. It’s the reason actors and actresses are held in such high esteem. Delivering a performance that is both plausible ...

On a Friday night in June, Justin Brannan took his alter ego out for a spin. It was a few weeks before the New York City Council would finalize a budget deal with Mayor Eric Adams, and Brannan – a ...

"I think that in a free society it's impossible to prevent all bad things from happening, but we can certainly try. I think we have to do everything in our power to ensure what happened in Sandy Hook, ...

Justin Brannan, a city comptroller candidate, expressed remorse for decades-old messages where he appeared to use the Columbine shootings to promote his band. By Tim Balk See more of our coverage in ...