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Broad Coalition of Elected Officials, Legal Aid Organizations, and Labor and Faith Leaders Hail Stringer-Benjamin-Blake Proposal to Ban Commercial Bail in New York State

(New York, NY) — Following the announcement by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, State Senator Brian Benjamin, and Assemblymember Michael Blake of the introduction of a state bill to ban commercial bail in New York State, a broad coalition of advocacy groups, legal aid organizations, and labor and faith leaders praised their proposal and called on the State legislature to pass this landmark bill. Sponsored by State Senator Brian Benjamin and Assemblymember Michael Blake, the new legislation would enact...
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Comptroller Stringer, Senator Benjamin, Assemblymember Blake Propose State Legislation to Ban Commercial Bail in New York State

(New York, NY) — Just four months after a groundbreaking report released by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer detailed the pernicious and growing role of commercial bail bonds in the City’s justice system and called for a change in state law to ban them, a broad coalition of elected officials and advocates announced new state legislation to do so statewide. Sponsored by State Senator Brian Benjamin and Assemblymember Michael Blake, the new legislation would enact reforms called for by Comptroller Stringer to abolish...
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Comptroller Stringer Releases Alarming Analysis and Rider Survey of Select Bus Service Showing Poor Bus Lane Enforcement, Slow Speeds, and Unreliable Service

(New York, NY) — New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today released a disturbing analysis showing that the City consistently fails to enforce bus lanes, which has led to persistently slow and unreliable SBS routes and contributed to significant rider dissatisfaction with service, according to a new report and survey of SBS riders. Despite the intent of Select Bus Service to offer efficient and modernized bus routes, the Comptroller’s analysis found SBS upgrades barely improve on local bus service with...
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Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Pension Fund Trustees Launch Next Step in Comprehensive Effort to Divest from Fossil Fuels

(New York, NY) — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and trustees of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS), the Teachers Retirement System (TRS), and the Board of Education Retirement System (BERS) today announced the next significant step toward achieving a first-in-the-nation goal of divestment from fossil fuel reserve owners. Launching one of the most significant and comprehensive divestment effort in the world to date, NYCERS, TRS, and BERS, which together represent 70 percent of the...
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New Comptroller Stringer Report Proposes State Response to Trump Tax Cuts that Squeeze NYC’s Nonprofit Organizations

(New York, NY) – Today, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released an alarming analysis detailing the harmful effects of last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on New York City’s not-for-profit sector. While much of the focus on the federal tax cuts enacted last December has been focused on individuals and for-profit corporations, the TCJA also contained several provisions that could have significant adverse impacts on the finances of non-profits. “It’s no secret that these tax cuts were designed to...
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Comptroller Stringer and NYPD Announce New Level of Transparency for NYPD Contracts

(New York, NY) — New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and the New York City Police Department today announced that contract information for the vast majority of NYPD contracts are publicly available and accessible. Through Checkbook NYC – an award-winning, first-of-its-kind transparency tool that provides near real-time data on the budget, revenue, spending, contracts and payroll of New York City agencies — New Yorkers will now be able to see and understand how the NYPD spends its dollars with...
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Comptroller Stringer Statement on Inclusion of NYC Citizenship Fund in the City Council Budget Response

(New York, NY) – Comptroller Stringer today released the following statement on the City Council’s inclusion of his NYC Citizenship Fund, which would subsidize citizenship applications for thousands of immigrants in New York City, in its 2019 Preliminary Budget Response. First proposed by Comptroller Stringer in May of 2017 in a groundbreaking report, and later backed by 80 different advocates and immigrant rights organizations across the five boroughs, the Citizenship Fund would help eliminate the financial barriers and cost of...
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On Equal Pay Day, Comptroller Stringer Releases First-of-its-kind Analysis Spotlighting Massive Gender and Racial Wage Gaps by Occupation in New York City

(New York, NY) – Today, on Equal Pay Day, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a first-of-its-kind analysis that spotlights how massive pay disparities between men and women permeate throughout the city’s workforce and deny women equal economic power and security. The new analysis shows how both gender and race drive yawning wage gaps and reveals for the first time how these gaps persist even for people engaged in the same line of work in New York City....
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Comptroller Stringer Audit: Nearly Three-Quarters of NYCHA Playgrounds in Unsatisfactory or Dangerous Condition, Creating Hazards for Thousands of Children

(New York, NY) — The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has failed to properly maintain hundreds of playgrounds Citywide, potentially putting tens of thousands of children living in its developments at risk, according to an audit released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer. NYCHA’s playgrounds are meant to provide recreation opportunities and shared community space for NYCHA’s 400,000 residents and 100,000 children, but the Comptroller’s audit found that most of NYCHA’s playgrounds were in decrepit condition,...
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Statement from NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on the City’s Decision to Contribute to MTA Emergency Subway Plan

(New York, NY) – Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the following statement on the City's announcement that it will contribute to the MTA's emergency subway plan: "When Chairman Lhota first introduced his plan last year, we immediately called on the City to fund it. For months and months since, we've continuously released alarming reports that have spotlighted the delays underground, the economic ramifications of slowdowns, and the crisis in our transportation systems. Each time, we've continued to call for the full...
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NYC Comptroller: A Potential EPA Roll-Back of National Emissions Standards would be “Short-sighted and Backwards”

(New York, NY) – In response to an imminent announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency that fuel-economy and emissions standards will be weakened, Scott Stringer, the comptroller of New York City, issued the following statement: “If the EPA plans to weaken standards, that would be fundamentally the wrong move. Rolling back strong national fuel economy and emissions standards will undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S. auto industry. In the absence of federal leadership, states need to continue to lead on clean car...
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After Steve Wynn Sexual Harassment Scandal, NYC Pension Funds Join Lawsuit Against Wynn Resorts’ Board of Directors

(New York, NY) — New York City’s five public pension funds have voted to join a lawsuit alleging officers and directors of Wynn Resorts Ltd. were aware of the longstanding sexual misconduct of former CEO Stephen Wynn, but failed to investigate or hold him accountable. The original derivative lawsuit was filed in February by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, as administrative head of the New York State and Local Retirement System and Trustee of the New York State...
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