This Final Letter Report concerns the New York City Comptroller’s audit of the New York County District Attorney’s Office’s (DANY’s) provision of translation services. The objective of this audit was to determine whether DANY is providing translation services.
This Letter Report concerns the New York City (City) Comptroller’s audit of the purchasing practices of the Independent Budget Office (IBO). The audit found two areas in which the IBO’s practices did not comply with applicable Comptroller’s directives...
The seventh New York City Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR). The PAFR is meant to condense and consolidate crucial financial information otherwise presented in our 500-page Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
This audit found that New York City Police Pension Fund’s (PPF’s) has established control procedures to detect and prevent improper pension benefit payments to or in the names of deceased recipients. The audit found two deficiencies in PPF’s control procedures.
Annual fair and effective affirmative employment plan to provide equal employment opportunity for minority group members and women who are employed by, or who seek employment with, the agency
The NYPD has made efforts to civilianize a number of positions within various units in the agency, those efforts have not been systematic and have been delayed when compared to the NYPD’s own timetables.
This report provides a comparative analysis of the overall financial activities of 92 union‑administered welfare and annuity funds that in 2019 received approximately $1.45 billion in City contributions for the benefit of active and retired City employees.
The audit scope period, Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020), Queens County DA, the QCDA, the objective of this audit was to determine whether the QCDA maintained adequate fiscal controls over its Personal Services (PS) expenditures.
The Queens County Public Administrator (QCPA) did not consistently comply with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requirements for collecting and validating vendors’ tax information and IRS requirements for reporting income that it disbursed to several employees.
The New York City Comptroller’s Office conducted of the Office of School Health’s (OSH) Management of Contract Nursing Assignments, including recommendations to identify all instances of past overbilling and overpayment and recoup any overpayments.
The City began 1Q22 with $8.469 billion in cash-on-hand, compared to $6.627 billion opening balance last year. Total receipts in the quarter rose 9.3%, while expenditures increased 10.8%. Overall, cash receipts exceeded cash expenditures by $333 million in 1Q22.
FY22 began with $8.469 billion in cash-on-hand, compared to $6.627 billion in the beginning of FY21. However, the gap between current cash balances and prior year cash balances quickly disappeared, and FY22 cash balances have been running close to year-ago levels ever since.
Presentation of the audit report on New York City Fire Pension Fund to determine if the Fire Pension Fund had enough management in place to control improper benefit payments to deceased recipients.
An analysis that documents changes in migration to and from New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic, using data published by the United States Postal Service (USPS) from change of address forms.
The objective of this audit was to determine whether the City’s Department of Finance (DOF) has controls in place to ensure that: (1) DOF can readily identify all Service Providers subject to the law’s requirement to collect the 911 surcharge...
The Comptroller’s Office is committed to maintaining a workplace that preserves fair employment practices and reflects the community in which we work and live. Described are key initiatives and accomplishments that that the agency undertook last fiscal year (2021).
The purpose of this report is to provide a comparative analysis of the overall financial activities of union-administered benefit funds that received City contributions.
Audit to determine whether the Educational Construction Fund (ECF) had adequate oversight over the lessees’ compliance with the leases and other relevant agreements and that lessees paid ECF in accordance with the terms of the Lease Agreements associated with the East 57th Street project.
The objective of this audit was to determine the extent to which the 13 recommendations made in the Audit Report on the New York City Department of Buildings’ (DOB) Controls over Field Inspectors (Audit # MD18-078A), issued on December 21, 2018, have been implemented.
This report analyzes progress on resiliency capital spending to date, after Superstorm Sandy. The report goes on to provide a snapshot of the property values, land uses, and essential infrastructure in the coastal floodplain, illustrating the range of critical assets at risk.
This report details allocations to MWBE asset management firms managing assets for the New York City Retirement Systems, the status of “emerging manager” programs, the MWBDVE Brokerage Program for the Retirement Systems, the efforts of the Bureau of Public Finance to expand work with diverse firms.
For the 10-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the Office of the New York City Comptroller and Urban Ocean Lab partnered on an assessment of community-led climate resilience initiatives that developed in the wake of the storm.
In accordance with New York City Charter §93(l), the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) is published within four months after the close of each fiscal year.
Between August 30 and September 8, 2022, Comptroller’s Office Audit Bureau staff visited 262 NYCHA developments and conducted a review of building entry door security. This report delivers findings and recommendations.
The Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the Senior Citizen Homeowners’ Exemption (SCHE) Program which provides a partial property tax exemption for senior citizens who own one, two, or three family homes, condominiums, or cooperative apartments in New York City (the City).
This audit found that EDC did not disclose over $224 million in expenditures as ferry-related in its audited financial statements and that EDC understated the City’s subsidy for the ferry operations by $2.08, $2.10, $3.98 and $4.29 for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, respectively.
This audit was performed to assess the New York City Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) procurement of the Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation of Approach Spans and Ramps and Painting of the Entire Bridge contract (Contract No. 20100016889 or Contract No. 6) ...
Although Verizon promptly remitted monthly 911 surcharges to DOF, the auditors were unable to determine whether Verizon billed and collected the 911 surcharge from all customers required to pay the surcharge, or whether Verizon paid all 911 surcharge revenues that it collected from customers to DOF.
The auditors recommend that DOHMH ensure that all public school cafeteria inspection results are readily available on its website for the required number of years so that parents and guardians may be informed of the conditions found in the kitchens and cafeterias of the schools that their children..
Mayor de Blasio along with other admin announced the next significant step toward achieving a first-in-the-nation goal of divestment from fossil fuel reserve owners.
The Comptroller’s Office is committed to maintaining a workplace that preserves fair employment practices and reflects the community in which we work and live.
Challenges to a full economic recovery remain. New York City was hit earlier and harder by the pandemic and has experienced a disproportionate share of the impact.
The Comptroller's Office is committed to maintaining a workplace that preserves fair employment practices and reflects the community in which we work and live.
The NYC Comptroller recognizes employees, supervisors, managers, and units demonstrates superior accomplishments in diversity, equity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities.
Letter Report on the Review of the New York City Housing Authority’s Calculation of Rent Increases for Public Housing Tenants at the Red Hook East and Red Hook West Developments
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment, including provisional, seasonal, per-diem and part-time employees, new hiring and promotions in a manner which facilitates understanding of an agency's efforts to provide fair and effective equal opportunity employment for minority group members, women and members of other groups who are employed by, or who seek employment with, city agencies
The challenges of retaining permanent nurses and the growing spending on higher-cost agency and traveling nurses pose risks to H+H’s financial stability and undermine the City’s commitments to both its public sector employees and its patients.
Even while the U.S. and City economies continue to post solid growth as the current expansion approaches its 9th year, the warning signs for the City budget are multiplying.
The City began FY 2023 (FY23) with $8.159 billion in cash-on-hand, versus $8.469 billion at the same time last year. During the first half of fiscal year 2023 (1H23), the City’s cash balances averaged $8.126 billion, compared to $7.274 billion at the same time last year.
The annual report on the City’s contracting, providing a detailed overview by procurement method and agency of the contracts the City entered into in Fiscal Year 2022.
This Report provides a comprehensive analysis of contracts and agreements registered in FY19 in order to increase transparency in the City’s contracting process to ensure that municipal agencies serve the needs of all New Yorkers in an efficient and fair, cost-effective manner.
The City of New York can ensure that NYC remains a place that people want to build families, start businesses, and create new ideas by investing in high quality public education from pre-K to university, universal child care, robust public transit, and affordable housing
The report on the FY 2024 Preliminary Budget includes the Comptroller’s office’s economic forecast and analysis of budgetary risks facing the City of New York, including updated analysis of the cost of collective bargaining agreements and the provision of services for asylum seekers.
Examining recent trends in subway and bus ridership sheds light on the status of recovery and informs improvements needed to match shifting travel patterns.
New York City has a long history of organizing for fire prevention and tenant protections to address the longstanding prevalence and devastating effects of residential fires. Unfortunately, under-resourced code enforcement has hamstrung the effectiveness of housing and buildings standards since the
The minimum wage for New York City more than doubled between 2013 and 2020, as a result of State legislation, but its purchasing power has been eroded by the high rate of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two different legislative proposals in Albany aim to address the issue.
Employee retention and recruitment for City agencies continue to be areas of concern as the City of New York engages in the annual cycle of setting the City’s financial priorities. As a follow-up to December’s report, Title Vacant, the Comptroller’s Office compared staff vacancies as of October 2022
This report analyzes motor vehicle crash-related personal injury claims against the City, filed and settled between FY 2012 and FY 2021,[1] with the goal of identifying interventions to reduce financial liability to the City and reducing preventable harms to New Yorkers.
The PAFR serves as an accessible guide to the ACFR for residents and explains New York City government and finances in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. The PAFR is also enhanced with several explanatory visuals for readers.
The Systems’ proxy voting and shareholder program is core to addressing both systemic and idiosyncratic risks across our portfolio to advance long-term, sustainable returns. This report details the program for FY 2022 and its accomplishments.
The objective of this review was to determine whether the Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (DCAS) COVID-19 emergency procurements during Fiscal Year 2020 were necessary and related to COVID-19, adequately documented, consistent with applicable procurement policies and procedures, and
This Spotlight takes a deep dive into the care economy in New York City. We examine who care workers are: overwhelmingly women, and on average significantly older, less white, and more likely to be immigrants than non-care workers.
Comptroller Brad Lander sent a letter to the state Department of Financial Services requesting a review of governance and financial management oversight by the Board of Trustees of the Board of Education Retirement System.
Comptroller Brad Lander and 24 NYC elected officials wrote to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection urging changes to a proposed rule to deliver a fair minimum pay rate for app-based delivery workers under Local Law 115 of 2021.
Report detailing the Comptroller’s Office’s work with minority- and women-owned investment firms and emerging managers and with MWBE professionals in municipal finance.
Comptroller Brad Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and a majority of New York City elected officials urged the federal government to accelerate funding to municipalities to support arriving asylum seekers.
Since the Free Academy in Manhattan received its state charter 176 years ago this month, the City University of New York (CUNY) has been a beacon of accessible higher education and an engine of economic opportunity and upward mobility for generations of working class and low-income New Yorkers.
The DOE budget provides funding for a vast array of services to children in preschool to 12th grade that include classroom instruction, special education, charter schools, bilingual instruction, as well as a multitude of education support services.
This analysis of business improvement districts (BIDs) identified four financial matters, which potentially point to increased financial risks and may decrease the availability of services to districts.
The Comptroller’s office estimates that under the Clean Slate Act, over half a million New York City residents would be eligible to have their criminal history automatically sealed, nearly 80 percent of whom are Black or Latinx.
A version of the following letter was sent by a coalition of investors to the leadership of 11 companies named in a New York Times investigation on migrant child labor in the supply chains of various companies.
The U.S. economy continued to rebound in the first three quarters of 2021 after the dramatic economic contraction and rebound of 2020, growing at a rate of 5.7 percent. Growth early in the year was boosted by the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, passed into law in March.
To inform the City’s rulemaking process for Local Law 97, the Office of the New York City Comptroller reviewed how emissions calculations and the use of Renewable Energy Credits should be best structured to maximize LL97’s climate, environmental, economic, and health benefits.
Analysis of Student Allocation Memorandum 65 to assess what is currently known about where students from families seeking asylum have enrolled in school and the budgets of those schools, and to prompt strategic thinking about the resources and attention necessary to help these students succeed.
An audit to determine whether NYCEM appropriately monitored the performance of SLSCO LP (SLSCO)—a vendor contracted to manage COVID-19 vaccination sites—and whether its invoices were properly reviewed and approved.
The Popular Annual Financial Report provides an accessible overview of the financial details contained in our 500-page Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
The Identifying Information Law requires City agencies to submit comprehensive biennial agency reports (Form 3). This document is related to the City Comptroller's collection, disclosure, and retention of identifying information and privacy protection practices.
The objectives of this audit were to determine whether NYCEM appropriately monitored the performance of SLSCO LP (SLSCO)—a vendor contracted to manage COVID-19 vaccination sites—and whether its invoices were properly reviewed and approved.
To inform the City’s rulemaking process, the Office of the New York City Comptroller reviewed how emissions calculations and the use of Renewable Energy Credits should be best structured to maximize LL97’s climate, environmental, economic, and health benefits.
Over the past several months, more than 19,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, including more than 5,500 students who have entered the public school system. These children – who have little English proficiency, varying degrees of grade level readiness, possible special education needs,
Audit to determine whether the Center expended City funds in compliance with Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) requirements, Comptroller’s Directives, and its own internal procedures, and whether it had adequate and effective internal controls over its financial and operational processes.
The Audit Bureau is required by the City Charter to perform audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). These standards are established by the Comptroller General of the United States in conjunction with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and are foun
The New York City (NYC) Department of Transportation (DOT) Design and Construction unit’s (D&C) protocols for identifying and prioritizing refurbishment inspection locations were generally adequate and equitable.
New York City prepares for future crises from extreme weather to future health emergencies, City agencies must be prepared to contain emergency spending costs.
The audit found that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) established testing and vaccination services in communities most affected by COVID-19, as required.
The audit found that the Human Resources Administration (HRA) appropriately reimbursed Career Pathways providers for achieving aggregate milestones and interacted with providers in monitoring the services provided to clients.
The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) had limited success in convincing the homeless individuals encountered during the sweeps[1] of homeless encampments to enter temporary shelters.
The New York City Charter (“Charter”) requires that all contracts and agreements entered into by City agencies be registered by the Comptroller prior to implementation.
The Comptroller’s Office is charged with a number of New York City Charter (“Charter”) mandated responsibilities intended to safeguard the City’s financial health and root out waste, fraud and abuse in local government, including contract registration.
This Report provides the public with an essential overview of the goods, services, and construction that NYC has purchased in the previous fiscal year.
The Comptroller’s Office is charged with a number of New York City Charter (“Charter”) mandated responsibilities intended to safeguard the City’s financial health and root out waste, fraud and abuse in local government, including contract registration.
The Comptroller’s Office is charged with a number of New York City Charter (Charter) mandated responsibilities intended to safeguard the City’s financial health, including contract registration.
The Comptroller’s Office is charged with a number of New York City Charter (“Charter”) mandated responsibilities intended to safeguard the City’s financial health and root out waste, fraud and abuse in local government, including contract registration.
The breakdown in contract negotiations between UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Low pay contributes to the high turnover rates UPS experiences among part-time employees, who perform crucial roles as package handlers, loaders and unloaders throughout the UPS system.
The City of New York’s budget process is an annual rite of projections, proposals, debate, and ultimately adoption of plans for how much money will be collected by the City over a fiscal year and how that money will be spent.