A Message from the Comptroller Dear New Yorkers, I hope your 4th of July holiday weekend was a good chance to get started on your summer beach reading! In case that didn’t include reading New York City’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget agreement, we’ve got a summary here (and we’ll have a deeper dive next month). Thanks to City Council leadership and broad public outcry, the agreement restores critical funding to our public libraries and cultural institutions that the Mayor had...
New York, NY – On Tuesday, July 2, the New York County Supreme Court dismissed Wong et al v. NYCERS, a case that challenged the decision by three of New York City’s pension funds (the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System, New York City Employees’ Retirement System, and New York City Board of Education Retirement System, collectively, the three Systems) to divest from publicly traded fossil fuel reserve owners. “This Court’s decision is a big win for common-sense responsible investing, for New York...
New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander joined a coalition—spearheaded by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards—of 27 labor enforcement agencies, including state attorneys general and other state and local entities, in calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the protection period of the Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) program for noncitizen victims and witnesses of labor violations from the current...
New York, NY – Today, the New York City Comptroller’s Office released its monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here. Key monthly DOC metrics show: DOC jails housed 6,351 individuals total as of June 14, 44 more people than in May. 2,084 individuals entered DOC custody in May, 169 more people than in April. DOC discharged 2,051 people in May, 98 more people than in April. The average length of a person detained in DOC custody was...