Lefty NYC mayoral hopeful Brad Lander mobbed by climate protesters during candidate forum

New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander stormed out of a campaign event Saturday afternoon when a mob of protesters ambushed the stage and heckled him on climate change – brandishing a sign calling the lefty politician “Black Rock Brad.”Lander was responding to a question about the Big Apple’s budget during a mayoral town hall hosted by climate advocacy group TREEage when a group of demonstrators interrupted and marched on stage with the white clothed banner.“You guys told me this wasn’t going to happen or I wasn’t going to come again,” a flustered Lander directed at the forum’s moderator. “OK, I’m going to go.” Lander then walked out of the auditorium as audience members and agitators shamed the mayoral hopeful for leaving – calling him a “punk” and blasting him for “running away like a little girl.”The demonstrators chanted “off fossil fuels Brad” and “BlackRock Brad” as they were escorted out of the building.Lander, who refused to comment on the disruption when approached by The Post, has become a target of climate activists who reportedly follow the city’s chief financial officer to events and cause a similar ruckus over his handlings of Gotham’s pension fund. Anti-fossil fuel protestors have reportedly goaded Lander to divest the city’s funds from BlackRock, one of the world’s leading asset management firms, and disburse the money toward environmentally friendly organizations.Lander, who eventually returned to the forum, went on to criticize Mayor Eric Adams’ handling of the city’s budget, describing it as “shameless budget scapegoating” and bashing the Hizzoner for being dishonest with cutting necessary funds.  “It begins with just honesty,” Lander said. “Tell people what we are actually likely to spend on homelessness, on asylum seekers, on NYPD overtime.We do not have honest budgeting and we need it.”Mayor candidates Michael Blake, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, Jess...