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Comptroller Stringer: “ADA Transit Deserts” Leave 640,000 New Yorkers Stranded Without a Single Accessible Station in their Neighborhood

(New York, NY) — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a report, “Service Denied: Accessibility and the New York City Subway System.”  While New York's subway remains the most expansive in the country, roughly half of the neighborhoods served by the system – 62 out of 122 – are “ADA Transit Deserts,” meaning they lack a single accessible station. Inaccessibility places an undue economic strain on families, seniors, and the mobility-impaired. 55 of these neighborhoods are in the...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement On City Council Waste Equity Bill

“Every morning an army of garbage trucks overrun Brooklyn and Bronx communities, choking the air with smog and endangering our kids. Intro 0157 by Council Members Reynoso and Levin promises to bring equity to a system that currently places an unfair burden on low-income communities. I strongly support the waste equity bill and urge its passage.”
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Comptroller Stringer: High Cost of Security Deposits Burden Working New Yorkers and Fuel Affordable Housing Crisis

(New York, NY) — New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today called for sweeping changes to the way New York renters pay for security deposits, which have long served as a steep and unnecessary financial barrier and have intensified the city’s affordability crisis. The proposals stem from a first-of-its-kind report released by the Comptroller which showed that New York City renters sunk approximately $507 million into security deposits in 2016. The prohibitive cost of deposits can prevent struggling New Yorkers from moving...
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Comptroller Stringer Audit Identifies $5.7 Million in Taxes Uncollected by City

(New York, NY) — A new audit released by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer identified an additional $5.7 million in taxes that could be collected by the City’s Department of Finance (DOF). The audit found that DOF, the City’s tax collector and enforcer of tax law, continues to pay businesses who owe past due taxes while they are contracting with City agencies. This occurs largely because of simple oversight failures by DOF that result in a breakdown of its standard process....
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Scott M. Stringer Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises Hearing on Inwood Rezoning

Thank you Chair Moya and members of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises for the opportunity to testify today on the proposed rezoning of Inwood. I grew up in Washington Heights in the 1970s – the only decade in our City’s history where more people left than arrived. But there were some who stayed and took it upon themselves to rebuild their neighborhoods. They created the thriving communities that for-profit developers now covet. Now, the very people that built their...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement Calling on the State Senate to Reconvene and Codify Roe v. Wade

“Abortion is health care. Birth control is health care. Family planning is health care. “The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is a direct threat to the reproductive health and bodily autonomy of women. Right now, we are facing a future in which women’s healthcare options will be determined by a group of all male conservative extremists. It’s disgraceful. “Abortion provisions belong in the health code, not the penal code. Overturning Roe v. Wade or even chipping away...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on Tragic Rikers Violence

“This horrific incident is yet another reminder of the shocking violence in our jails. The City must take immediate action to ensure the safety of everyone in the facility — from inmates, to officers, to visitors. At the same time, we can’t stop fighting for reform until Rikers is shut down.”
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on Lead Poisoning Scandal

“This deception must end today. It is horrifying that the Department of Health kept this information under wraps and it is outrageous that the City continues to justify and minimize this scandal. “Today, we are launching an investigation to hold officials accountable from the Department of Health to NYCHA to City Hall. Nothing is more important than protecting the most vulnerable children in our city. Our investigation will look into the City's procedures for addressing lead poisoning hazards to protect...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on SCOTUS Ruling: Janus v. AFSCME

"Unions are the backbone of our workforce in New York City and around the country. Since the dawn of the labor movement, unions have provided refuge and organizing power for workers seeking the wages and benefits they deserve. This decision is a step backward in our decades long fight to protect working people, but we will not give up or allow corporate interests to dismantle the collective strength of unions in our city. "Now is the time to hold the...
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Comptroller Stringer, NYC Funds: Unprecedented Disclosure of Corporate Boardroom Diversity Following Groundbreaking Campaign

(New York, NY) — New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and the New York City Pension Funds today announced that after less than a year, the groundbreaking “Boardroom Accountability Project 2.0” (BAP 2.0) campaign, an initiative which pushes for greater corporate board diversity and transparency reforms, has accomplished unprecedented engagement with more than half of the 151 major U.S. companies targeted. The announcement reflects the growing momentum for greater transparency and diversity from often insular and homogenous boardrooms. In the...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on SCOTUS Muslim Ban Decision

“Trump’s Muslim ban is abhorrent and xenophobic. Today's Supreme Court decision is a stain on our nation’s history and will be remembered alongside other racist and reprehensible decisions. I stand with Muslim communities throughout New York – and our country – to condemn the ban. We will continue to fight back today and every day for our constitutional values and religious freedom.”
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on School Zone Speed Cameras

“The New York State Senate is putting the lives of our children in direct danger by failing to renew and expand New York City’s ability to use speed cameras near schools. Children on their way to school or the playground deserve the protection of speed cameras, which we know reduce speeding by a staggering 63% and pedestrian injuries by 23%. The Senate must quickly return and pass this lifesaving measure.” In March, Comptroller Stringer released an analysis on reckless drivers....
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