For the purposes of this dashboard, “filed” describes those claims in which a notice of claim was filed with the Comptroller’s Office or the Law Department requested a claim number assigned for a case in litigation; “settled” means any claim or lawsuit that was resolved, either by settlement or judgment, and resulted in payment of money to claimant, plaintiff, or the City.
Settlement Type reflects whether a claim was recorded as settled pre-lit or in litigation. If the settlement is identified as uncategorized, it indicates that no settlement method was recorded, or the payment is a judgment, expense, and/or interest. The recording of settlement type was formalized in May 2022, prior to which there were inconsistency in the recording of settlement type for certain types of Law claims, including special education claims.
While the total number of law claim settlements and judgments includes all resolved law claims, law claim settlement and judgment payment figures do not include claims wherein the City is to receive payment.
Settled dispute claims only reflect those disputes for which the contractor and the Comptroller’s Office have agreed to a settlement that involves a monetary payout. These settlements do not include dispute claims where the Comptroller’s Office has issued a contract interpretation determination that has been accepted by the contractor.
The Comptroller has delegated authority to DOE to resolve special education claims for reimbursement of tuition and service of up to $50,000 and claims for attorneys’ fees for up to $5,000 pre-hearing and up to $17,500 after hearing. This dashboard does do not include data on special education claims resolved by DOE within this authority.