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First Fiscal Stress Scores Due Out Today in New York

Allison Dunne — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:40:42 +0000

The New York State comptroller today will release municipal fiscal stress scores. The scores are the first since he introduced a monitoring system in January.

NY comptroller to talk about local fiscal stress

Jaired Crofut — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:46:35 +0000

New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will talk about the intense fiscal pressures many local governments are enduring.

DiNapoli is delivering the keynote address Monday at a symposium in Albany on the fiscal problems facing local governments. The event is hosted by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government.

Comptroller to conduct full audit of ORDA, including Belleayre

Hank Gross — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:01:30 +0000

ALBANY – Saying “financial issues persist,” State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Wednesday that his office will conduct a full financial audit of the Olympic Regional Development Authority, especially in light of the agency taking over the Catskills-based Belleayre Mountain Ski Center.

DiNapoli said his office will examine selected financial management practices related to payroll, procurement and other areas.

GE to study Hudson River cleanup expansion

Dave Lucas — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:05:19 +0000

General Electric Co. says it will study a possible expansion of its PCB cleanup of the upper Hudson River after a request by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

GE, which released poly-chlorinated biphenyls into the river decades ago, is preparing for a fourth season of dredging as part of a federal Superfund project. But DiNapoli says Monday that GE could potentially be found liable for contamination outside the Superfund site and filed a shareholder resolution calling on the company to evaluate its risks.

NY comptroller OK's deal for new driver's licenses

Dave Lucas — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:08:00 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has approved the Cuomo administration's contract for new driver's licenses that will have black-and-white photos produced by the highest bidder.

The Capitol Connection #1303

Alan Chartock and Ala — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:30:00 +0000

Host Alan Chartock is joined by New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a Democrat who has held office since 2007 after two decades in the Assembly. They discuss firearm investments in the state pension fund, political spending by corporations, and the Tappan Zee project.

DiNapoli: Slow NY, fed aid hits local taxpayers

Associated Press — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:02:56 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says local governments are leaning harder on their taxpayers because of sluggish state and federal aid.

DiNapoli's report states that in the last decade, federal and state aid grew an average of 2.2 percent a year, which was less than the inflation rate of 2.4 percent during the same time.

The share of local municipal and county funding that comes from the state and federal government is down to 20 percent, from 22 percent in 2011.

Comptroller DiNapoli says New York debt tops $63 billion

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York comptroller says the state government's debt has topped $63 billion, with New York on track to approach its borrowing limit in early 2014.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says Monday the debt burden, averaging $3,253 per resident, is almost three times the national median. New York's debt is second only to California's $96.4 billion in state-funded debt and 80 percent higher than New Jersey, which is in third place.

Mark Johnson - Office of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli

Brian Shields — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:12:24 +0000

The New York State Attorney General and the office of the Albany County District Attorney will review the findings of a state audit that found highly questionable spending and expenses at the State University of New York Research Foundation.

NY Comptroller Pushes Transgender Corporate Rights

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:17:01 +0000

Stockholders of Texas-based oil giant ExxonMobil are set to vote Wednesday on a proposed company policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers, a resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The comptroller's office says it has used the influence it has from investing the $150 billion state pension fund's stock portfolio to help persuade 27 other big corporations to adopt new anti-discrimination policies. Previous attempts with ExxonMobil have failed.