New York, NY – Today, the New York City Comptroller’s Office released its monthly update to the Department of Corrections (DOC) Dashboard, available here. Key Monthly DOC metrics show: DOC housed 6,432 individuals as of July, 72 more people than in June. 2,014 individuals entered DOC custody in June, 70 fewer people than in May. DOC discharged 1,892 people in June, 159 fewer people than in May. The average length of a person detained in DOC custody was 99 days...
New York, NY – Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and a broad coalition of lawyers, plaintiffs, and advocates announced two new lawsuits challenging Governor Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause of New York City’s congestion pricing plan just three weeks before its implementation date and seeking to compel its implementation as required by law. The first lawsuit, City Club of New York et al v. Hochul, led by the civil rights firm Emery Celli Abady Brinckerhoff Ward & Maazel LLP,...
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement in response to the Adams Administration’s release of its Charter Revision Commission proposals: “The Adams Administration’s Charter Revision Commission ballot proposal #4 claims to draw on my office’s recommendations to promote more transparency around the City’s infrastructure and capital planning process. That is entirely untrue. Proposal #4 is meaningless, does not advance transparency, and fails to improve the City’s capital planning process in any way. Like...
New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli together urged eBay to deliver on its commitment to bargain in good faith with its workers and reach a collective bargaining agreement. The pair welcomed the company’s announcement of an independent third-party assessment of its adherence to its Human Rights Policy, particularly its commitment to upholding fundamental workers rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining, and a revision of that policy...