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DOI And NYC Comptroller Announce Findings and Recommendations Regarding NYC Board of Elections’ Procurement and Oversight of For-hire...

Jocelyn E. Strauber, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (DOI), and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announce the findings of their offices’ separate inquiries into the...

July 18, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
First of Congestion Pricing Lawsuits Filed in State Supreme Court to Restore Bus Service Cuts

NEW YORK, NY - Today, as part of the legal effort led by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams and Transport Workers...

July 17, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
NYC Comptroller Lander and Pension Trustees Announce Adoption of First in the Nation Housing Standards for Private Real...

New York, NY - New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and trustees of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) today announced the adoption of historic new standards for...

July 17, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
NYC Comptroller Presses Pharmacy Giants To Provide Abortion Medication or Risk Losing Investor Confidence

New York, NY — At a time when abortion access is increasingly under threat across the country, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander urged Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, and McKesson to...

July 17, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
Longer Court Case Processing Times Inflate NYC’s Jail Population & Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1 Billion Annually, Comptroller Lander’s...

NEW YORK, NY – In a new report, Ensuring Timely Trials, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander found increasingly lengthy court case processing times are dramatically inflating New York City’s...

July 16, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
NYC Comptroller Lander & Pension Trustees Celebrate Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Fossil Fuel Divestment by New York City...

New York, NY – On Tuesday, July 2, the New York County Supreme Court dismissed Wong et al v. NYCERS, a case that challenged the decision by three of New York City’s pension...

July 3, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
NYC Comptroller Urges DHS To Extend Period of Protection Against Deportation for Noncitizen Victims & Witnesses During Labor...

New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander joined a coalition—spearheaded by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Seattle Office of Labor...

July 3, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
DOC DASHBOARD UPDATE: NYC Comptroller Releases New Monthly Data on Department of Correction Operations

New York, NY – Today, the New York City Comptroller’s Office released its monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard, available here.  Key monthly DOC metrics show:  DOC jails housed...

July 2, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
As Congestion Pricing Deadline Passes, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander & Columbia Law Professor Michael Gerrard Discuss Steps Toward...

On June 30th, the planned implementation date of congestion pricing in New York City pursuant to the Traffic Mobility & MTA Reform Act of 2019, adopted by the Legislature and...

June 30, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
Statement from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on the FY25 Adopted Budget

New York, NY — In response to the budget agreement for New York City’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget announced by Mayor Eric Adams and Speaker Adrienne Adams, New York City...

June 28, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
Testifying to MTA Board, Comptroller Lander Denounces Governor’s Decision to Pause Congestion Pricing

New York, NY — In a direct appeal to the MTA Board today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander continued to press his case against the Governor’s last-minute about-face on...

June 26, 2024 | Press Releases & StatementsTestimonies
NYC Comptroller Sues Building Services Contractor for 421-a Prevailing Wage Violations at Two Apartment Complexes

New York, NY — The New York City Comptroller’s Bureau of Labor Law filed lawsuits against Planned Lifestyle Services and Planned Building Services — divisions of Planned Companies — for failure...

June 26, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
Comptroller Lander’s Statement on the NYC Charter Revision Commission’s Preliminary Staff Report

In response to the 2024 New York City Charter Revision Commission releasing its preliminary staff report today, Comptroller Brad Lander issued the following statement:   “The Mayor’s hastily appointed Charter Revision Commission swung...

June 24, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
NYPD’s ShotSpotter Gunshot-Detection System Overwhelmingly Sends Officers to Locations Where No Confirmed Shooting Occurred, New Audit Uncovers

Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander’s office released an audit of the New York Police Department (NYPD)'s use of ShotSpotter—an auditory gunfire location and detection technology—and found the alerts...

June 20, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
Statement from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on Competitive RFPs for Asylum Seeker Services 

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement: “After two years, it is good to finally see the Adams Administration move toward replacing expiring emergency contracts for asylum...

June 18, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
Statement from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and Investors on US Supreme Court ruling in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney

New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, Trillium Asset Management and PIRC, today released a statement following the US Supreme Court ruling in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney,...

June 13, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements
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