office of the comptroller
Ex-AOC rival eyes NYC comptroller post
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, who was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief Democratic primary opponent earlier this year, is mulling a run for comptroller of New York City. "We need a stabilizing hand in...
New York state has money for all these rich celebs
The rich will get richer -- by simply contacting the New York state comptroller’s office. There’s unclaimed money awaiting President Trump, Jeff Bezos, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Eliot Spitzer and...
Regulator approves overhaul of 'Volcker Rule,' which restricts risky bank moves
A US banking regulator announced Tuesday he had approved a final rule simplifying the “Volcker Rule,” which restricts risky profit-seeking trades by banks. Joseph Otting, the comptroller of the currency,...
NYC park bathrooms could be hazardous to your health: report
Some restrooms in the city’s 1,700 outdoor recreation spaces are so foul, they could cause physical injury, according to a new report.
It takes the city more than a year to fix a sidewalk, audit finds
The city Parks Department works at such a snail’s pace repairing tree-damaged sidewalks that some homeowners have been left waiting more than a decade for them to be fixed, a...
De Blasio pushes ferry purchases through despite comptroller objections
City Hall rammed through its controversial plan to spend $84.5 million purchasing boats from a contractor providing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature NYC Ferry service, overriding objections from the city’s...
Elizabeth Warren slams top bank regulator over Wells Fargo mess
A top US bank regulator said Wednesday he will help vet Wells Fargo’s next chief executive — even as he got ridiculed by US Sen. Elizabeth Warren for his past...
Superstorm Sandy recovery funds going unspent by city: audit
The de Blasio administration still hasn’t spent $8.1 billion in federal funds for Hurricane Sandy recovery six years after the storm — including $1.8 billion for NYCHA, according to a...
City comptroller demands answers from tech head over wireless network crash
City Comptroller Scott Stringer is demanding information from tech Commissioner Samir Saini-- who ignored a federal warning about a software bug that crashed the city‘s internal wireless network—to determine what...
City slashes payouts for NYPD lawsuits over last 2 years
The city shelled out nearly a third less dough for lawsuits against the NYPD in the past two years, Comptroller Scott Stringer said Monday. The payments, involving settlements and court...
Cuomo defends stripping comptroller of oversight power
Despite the recent jailhouse parade of former aides, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted Thursday he was right in stripping the state comptroller of an oversight power that watchdogs say could have...
De Blasio 'not happy' his administration isn't paying bills quickly
Mayor de Blasio said Thursday he's "not happy" that his administration is taking so long to pay social service providers, as exposed by The Post earlier this week. "I’m not...
Playgrounds in city's public housing plagued by broken equipment
Nearly 70 percent of playgrounds at city public housing projects are plagued with broken equipment and other hazardous conditions -- and in many cases, the problems were swept under the...
Beyoncé, Derek Jeter among stars the city could make even richer
Just what celebrities need: More money. Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Al Pacino, Derek Jeter, Jerry Seinfeld and Gisele Bündchen are among the superstars a click away from collecting cash they’re entitled...
Ex-comptroller's campaign fined $15K over donations scheme
The campaign of former City Comptroller John Liu was hit with more than $15,000 in fines Thursday by the same city board that denied matching funds to his mayoral run...
NYC pays out more in lawsuits than any US city: study
New York City pays out way more than any other major city to settle legal claims — doling out a whopping $720 million in judgements and settlements during the past...
Why is NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer shelling out so much taxpayer cash?
City Comptroller Scott Stringer has all kinds of excuses to explain why the yearly bill to run his office is growing twice as fast as the rest of the city’s...
Stringer set to rip de Blasio for rising violence, costs at Rikers
The city Comptroller’s Office is set to release a report blasting Mayor de Blasio’s administration for the soaring costs of keeping inmates at Rikers Island as violence at the prison...
Multiple city offices lose control of email service
A communication breakdown brought the gears of city government grinding to a halt Wednesday as at least three major city offices couldn’t receive incoming, external email for most of the...
City audit proves wheel messy for embattled Citi Bike
The company that runs the troubled Citi Bike program is so poorly managed that it can’t adequately inspect and repair its fleet of thousands of bicycles or keep the docking...