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Unsafe Sanitation: Comptroller Stringer Releases New Report on Commercial Waste Removal

(New York, NY) — Today, Comptroller Stringer released a concerning new report, Unsafe Sanitation: An Analysis of the Commercial Waste Industry’s Safety Record. The analysis examines safety inspection and traffic records relating to the commercial garbage industry. The report shows how aging truck fleets, failed vehicle inspections, and traffic violations among 273 commercial waste haulers compromise public safety. “There must be a comprehensive and transformative solution to fix the commercial waste industry. Commercial garbage trucks are overrunning our communities, choking the...
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Comptroller Stringer Releases Fiscal Year 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

(New York, NY) — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for Fiscal Year 2018, which includes the City’s audited financial statements for the year, outlines important economic and financial data about New York City, and highlights the work of the Comptroller’s Office during the fiscal year. This year’s CAFR highlights the City’s strong economy and record low unemployment rate, and includes new data on the Comptroller’s Office diversity initiatives. “Accountability and transparency...
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Comptroller Stringer Calls for Action as Latinas Experience Largest Wage Gap Among Women in New York City

(New York, NY) — Today, ahead of Latina Equal Pay Day on November 1st, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer called for action after releasing his new report revealing Latinas, despite their vast contributions to the city, experience the largest gender and racial wage gap among women living in New York. The day of recognition—which is held each year on the day that a Latina’s earnings would “catch up” to a white man’s from the previous year—would be held on January...
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Comptroller Stringer: City Continues to Short Change Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

(New York, NY) — New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today revealed that New York City is still lagging behind on spending with minority and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) and renewed his call for a Chief Diversity Officer in each City agency and in City Hall.  The fifth annual “Making the Grade” report, which evaluates each City agency’s spending with M/WBEs, showed that while overall spending with diverse firms increased in Fiscal Year 2018, 80% of certified M/WBEs are still not receiving...
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Statement from NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on ExxonMobil Lawsuit

(New York, NY) — In response to the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today released the following statement on ExxonMobil’s persistent obfuscation and alleged fraud about how climate change poses a risk to the company, the New York City Pension Funds, and the planet: “ExxonMobil has been hiding behind a smokescreen for years – refusing to give investors meaningful information about climate change risks and the company’s future. “New York City...
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Comptroller Stringer Demands End to Exclusionary Policy That Denies Transit Access to New York City Straphangers

(New York, NY) — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called on the Connecticut State Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Metro-North to end an agreement that prohibits passengers in the Bronx from boarding certain trains heading into Grand Central Terminal. For over a century, and under the auspices of various rail companies, trains running on the New Haven line have allowed suburban passengers commuting from Connecticut and Westchester to exit at only a single station in the Bronx (Fordham),...
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Comptroller Stringer Responds to Reports of Misleading Letters Sent to Thousands of Voters

(New York, NY) — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer sent a letter to City Hall's Chief Democracy Officer after concerning reports detailed a publicly funded campaign with misleading language. Read the letter here.
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on Facebook Proposal

(New York, NY) – New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer today released the following statement regarding a shareholder proposal the New York City Pension Funds co-filed with Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, Rhode Island State Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella, and Trillium Asset Management asking the Facebook board of directors to make the role of Board Chair an independent position: “Facebook plays an outsized role in our society and our economy. They have a social and financial responsibility...
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Stringer Unveils Plan To End MTA’s Two Tiered Transit System For 1.4 Million Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn Residents

(New York, NY) — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer called on the MTA to drop prohibitively expensive Metro-North and LIRR fares to the price of a Metrocard swipe for all trips within the five boroughs. The Comptroller’s proposal would dramatically expand transit access in 31 neighborhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens that have Metro-North or Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) stations. While commuter rail stations are often the only mass transit option for the 1.4 million residents...
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Stringer Releases Investigative Survey of NYCHA Doors

(New York, NY) — Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the results of a survey of NYC Housing Authority building doors that revealed over 1,000 broken and defective doors at 195 NYCHA developments. When tested, the doors swung open – or were held open by rope, tape, or chains. The Comptroller’s audit and investigations team visited 299 NYCHA developments, including 3,538 buildings within them. 65 percent of developments had unsecured doors. Further, 61 developments were severely vulnerable, with...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement Denouncing Confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh

“We are in the midst of a defining moment for America, one that will shape how our children understand power and who wields it, who is believed and who is not. I want my two young boys to know that real power – the kind that matters – lies in recognizing each other’s full humanity. And we can’t do that without believing the brave survivors who come forward. “This confirmation process exposed a profound lack of decency. Just this week...
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Comptroller Stringer Announces Pension Management Search to Engage Early Stage Firms and First-Time Funds

(New York, NY) — At the annual Bureau of Asset Management (BAM) “Emerging and MWBE Manager” Conference, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today announced a series of new nation-leading initiatives to encourage greater diversity among investment managers hired by the City’s Pension Funds (the “Systems”). Leading the Comptroller’s announcements was the launch of an initiative to source one or more investment managers across alternative asset classes – private equity, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds, and alternative credit – committed...
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