Read the full article. Three years ago, an audit by the New York City comptroller’s office found that because of “grossly inaccurate” record-keeping, the city’s Education Department could not account for 1,817 computers it owned. On Wednesday, Scott M. Stringer, the comptroller, issued a follow-up audit and said things had not improved. Mr. Stringer rebuked […]

Read the full story. City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Sunday proposed a $3.5 billion bond act to fund state transportation projects that would earmark 60 percent of the cash to improve the city’s ailing subway system. “We need new, long-term financing for the MTA,” Stringer said while unveiling a survey showing widespread dissatisfaction with the […]

Read the full story At the upcoming G20 summit, world leaders will have their work cut out for them. But one topic is particularly primed for action: climate change. With President Trump withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, it is more important than ever that the G20 take action to fight climate change. […]

Read the full story. Nearly three out of every four subway riders have been late to a work meeting due to train delays, according to a report released Sunday by the city comptroller’s office. Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office interviewed more than 1,220 train riders last month to quantify the toll that train problems have taken […]

Read the full story. The New York City workforce has rebounded from the Great Recession faster than the rest of the country, but much of that growth has been in low-wage sectors, according to data from the city’s comptroller. “New York City, compared to the rest of the nation, fared reasonably well: the recession hit […]

Read the full article. A survey of LGBTQ residents of New York recently completed by City Comptroller Scott Stringer points to clear disparities in employment and housing opportunities, food security, and public safety that respondents experienced due to their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. And despite one score in which the LGBTQ community […]

Read the full article. City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Friday told a tale of two cities when it comes to how small business is dealt with by government. “When I was Manhattan borough president, I was invited to every business opening,” he said. “I’d show up with a big pair of scissors … All the […]

Read the full story. New York City would be hit with at least $850 million in cuts under the federal budget proposed by President Trump, according to a new analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer. The spending plan the President released Tuesday for the 2018 fiscal year would slice and dice programs that funnel money […]

Read the full story. Eighty immigrants rights groups have signed on to city Controller Scott Stringer’s proposal for a public-private fund to cover the hefty fee of applying to become a U.S. citizenship. Representatives from the groups added their names to a letter Stringer sent to Mayor de Blasio’s commissioner for immigrant affairs, Nisha Agarwal, […]

Read the full story. New York City’s pension system has become the first in the nation to fully divest from private prisons, Controller Scott Stringer will announce Thursday. The city has sold off about $48 million in stocks and bonds of three private prison companies, according to the controller’s office, after a unanimous vote from […]