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NYPD Does Not Comply with FOIL Obligations for Body Worn Camera Footage, NYC Comptroller Audit Finds

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...

October 31, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Victory! DOE/PEP to Vote on Limited School Bus Contracts Extensions in November

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...

October 31, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Releases Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

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...

October 31, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander Celebrating Court of Appeals’ Ruling on Lawsuit Challenging Fossil Fuel Divestment by New...

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...

October 21, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Comptroller Lander Announces Departure of Chief Investment Officer and Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management Steven Meier

New York, NY — Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced that Steven Meier, CFA, FRM, Chief Investment Officer for the Bureau of Asset Management and Deputy Comptroller, will depart...

October 20, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook No. 106 – October 2025

 A Message from the Comptroller Dear New Yorkers, As far as the numbers that many New Yorkers care about most in the fall: the Mets, Yankees, and Liberty all fell...

October 17, 2025 | Newsletter
Investors Call on Starbucks to Restart Negotiations with Unionized Workers

New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, PIRC, SHARE and Trillium Asset Management have sent a letter to the Starbucks Board of Directors expressing concern over stalled...

October 16, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander Praising Governor Hochul’s Decision to Pause Highway Expansion Projects

New York, NY — Following decisions by Governor Kathy Hochul to pause highway expansion projects slated for New York State Route 17 and the Cross Bronx Expressway, New York City Comptroller...

October 15, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Comptroller Brad Lander and Congressman Dan Goldman Issue Interjurisdictional Oversight Inquiry to Secretary Noem Over Reinstatement of Violence...

Department of Homeland Security Previously Described Conduct of Officer Recorded Assaulting Asylum Seeker as “Unacceptable and Beneath the Men and Women of ICE” Violent Conduct by Rank and File ICE Officers at 26...

October 3, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Comptroller Lander Condemns D.C. Republicans for Federal Government Shutdown

New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander condemned Republicans for failing to negotiate a deal to prevent a federal government shutdown. Comptroller Lander previously warned that a...

October 1, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Comptroller Lander Conducts Sweeping Audits of 4 Human Service Agencies Use of Subcontractors, Uncovering Significant Deficiencies

New York, NY – In a series of four audits spanning five separate agencies from Fiscal Years 2022-2024, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander found that human service agencies—the Department for...

September 25, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Comptroller Lander Conducts Sweeping Audits of 4 Human Service Agencies Use of Subcontractors, Uncovering Significant Deficiencies

New York, NY – In a series of four audits spanning five separate agencies from Fiscal Years 2022-2024, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander found that human service agencies—the Department for the Aging (NYC Aging),...

September 25, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
NYPD Excessive Force Complaints Surged in Past 3 Years to Highest Since 2013, NYC Comptroller Report Finds

New York, NY — In a new report, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander found a dramatic increase in excessive use of force claims against the New York Police Department...

September 24, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
Testimony of Lara Lai, Senior Policy Analyst and Strategic Organizer for Education to the New York City Council...

Good afternoon, Chair Stevens and members of the City Council Children and Youth Committee. My name is Lara Lai and I am the Senior Policy Analyst and Strategic Organizer for...

September 18, 2025 | Testimonies
Sanitation Department Awards Contracts to Commercial Waste Haulers with Hundreds of Safety, Environmental, and Labor Violations, Comptroller Finds

New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released a review of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY)’s implementation of the Commercial Waste Zones (CWZ) program developed by Local Law 199, a 2019...

September 17, 2025 | Press Releases & Statements
New York by the Numbers Monthly Economic and Fiscal Outlook No. 105 – September 2025

A Message from the Comptroller Dear New Yorkers, Fall is here, and the kids are back in school, so it’s a good time to look at the numbers. August saw...

September 16, 2025 | Newsletter
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