New York, NY – The Office of the New York City Comptroller released its monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here. Key monthly DOC metrics show: DOC housed 7,095 individuals as of April 1, 2025, 258 more people than the previous month. The DOC incarcerated population continues to surpass the borough-based jail capacity by more than double. 2,113 individuals entered DOC custody in March 2025, 276 more people than the previous month. DOC discharged 1,844...
New York, NY — Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander launched the Claims Dashboard, a real-time, comprehensive transparency tool to visualize claims filed to and settled by the Comptroller’s Office. This new dashboard will replace the Annual Claims Report, which was an annual summary of claims filed against and settled by the City in a fiscal year. In FY 2024, 13,397 claims against New York City were resolved for $1.94 billion, the most ever for one fiscal year, up from $1.5 billion in...
New York, NY – Following the Trump Administration’s new executive order targeting sanctuary cities, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander issued the following statement, calling on Mayor Eric Adams to recuse himself from any role in defending the City’s sanctuary laws and delegate to Corporation Counsel: “Just weeks after dropping corruption charges against Mayor Adams, Trump escalated his attacks on New York City with an executive order targeting sanctuary cities like ours. This timing raises some deeply troubling questions regarding...
New York, NY — In a follow-up to the Comptroller’s Annual Contracts report, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released Nonprofit, Nonpayment, a deep dive into payment delays in the City’s human services contracts. The report examines contract and payment delays from the point an agency awards a contract to when nonprofit providers receive payment from the City and looks at nine agencies with over $100 million in active nonprofit contracts as of Fiscal Year 2025. In light of the...