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 – Today, the New York City Comptroller’s office published its annual report on the City’s contracting in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, providing a detailed overview of one of the largest contracting jurisdictions in the country. The City's number and value of contracts grew from the prior year for the first time since FY22: 12,955 new contracts were registered in FY25 for a total value of $42.45 billion, across both the operating and capital budgets. “The City’s procurements...
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...
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