New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ Fiscal Year 2026 preliminary budget proposal: “The Mayor’s proposed budget for FY26 still reflects $3 billion in structurally underbudgeted costs, continuing the budget fiction that my office and other fiscal watchdogs have repeatedly called out. Despite a 5.6% increase in tax revenues, it adds nothing to reserves. “Perhaps the biggest gimmick here is that $2.4 billion of the $2.7 billion...
A Message from the Comptroller Dear New Yorkers, As we start the new year, job growth has continued nationwide. That’s true in New York City as well, although local numbers are flatter and lag behind national ones in sectors other than health care and social assistance. The city’s tourism industry has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with Broadway attendance and overall hotel occupancy rate reaching their highest levels since the onset of the pandemic. For New York City’s working families, affordability...
New York, NY – In response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2025 State of the State, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement: “Governor Hochul’s State of the State offers important help for New York’s working families. “We all know that the cost of housing and child care is driving families with kids out of New York. Governor Hochul’s proposal to double the child tax credit will give families back money and offset some of those skyrocketing costs....
New York, NY– Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released Safer For All: A Plan to End Street Homelessness for People with Serious Mental Illness in NYC. The report takes an in-depth look at the crisis of people with serious mental illness cycling between the city’s streets, subways, hospitals, and jails, which has been amplified by high-profile, tragic incidents of violence in recent weeks. The comprehensive recommendations include a detailed approach for improving City Hall’s management and coordination across...