New York, NY – In a new review, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander uncovered substantially insufficient compliance by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) with Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for Body-Worn Camera (BWC) footage. In 2019, all NYPD patrol officers began to wear body cameras to improve officer interactions through transparency, provide additional evidence for cases, decrease unlawful stop and frisks, and curtail use-of-force by officers. Auditors analyzed the data and found that NYPD was chronically...
New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement commending the Department of Education (DOE) and the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) for stopping the cycle of five-year extensions for the City’s school bus contracts. In addition, the school bus companies retreated from their threats to stop school bus service on Monday when their emergency contract extensions ended; all 150,000 school bus riding students will have service through November. On Tuesday, Comptroller Lander argued for...
New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for Fiscal Year 2025, running from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. The ACFR is a detailed assessment of the City’s fiscal health and performance and includes the City’s government-wide financial statements. For the fourth year, the Comptroller’s Office made financial and statistical tables in the annual report available for download on the Comptroller’s website at comptroller.nyc.gov. “The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report is one of the...
New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement celebrating the New York Court of Appeals’ denial of a motion for leave to appeal in Wong et al v. NYCERS, a lawsuit that challenged the decision by three of New York City’s public pension funds (the Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New York, New York City Employees’ Retirement System, and New York City Board of Education Retirement System) to divest from publicly traded fossil...
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