By consolidating and improving tax-assessment operations, local governments could save up to $12.5 million annually, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. New York has 1,110 assessing units spending $132 million and employing 1,350 assessors, while most states have less than 100 units, according to a report released Thursday by DiNapoli’s… Read More →
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced today that Ohio’s attorney general has filed to join with New York in a suit against British oil company BP as a co-lead plaintiff. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, who, like DiNapoli, is facing a tough re-election battle, represents the legal interests of several pension funds… Read More →
As Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, also the Democratic nominee for governor, continues his investigation into “pension-padding” by public employees, Republican comptroller candidate Harry Wilson is calling into question incumbent Thomas DiNapoli’s willingness to pursue the issue. “As the sole trustee of the pension fund and as someone with the power… Read More →
Just as New Yorkers head out of town for the holiday weekend, the state Thruway Authority has improved its monitoring of the fuel prices set by gasoline stations along the interstate highways, according to a report from Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office. DiNapoli’s office determined in a 2009 audit that gas… Read More →
Lawmakers blew a 5 p.m. deadline Monday to pass a budget bill, throwing in doubt whether or not 150,000 state workers would be paid on time. But today, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office issued a statement saying the $270 million in payroll will be approved in time to be deposited into… Read More →
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli can add another notch to his union-endorsement belt after he received the endorsement of the United Automobile Workers, the labor group announced today. The Democrat, who is defending his seat against Republican (and an advisor for the federal auto bailout) Harry Wilson, “has the energy, independence and work-ethic… Read More →
The campaign for Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli rejected the idea of debating Republican Harry Wilson on his handling of the state pension fund. Wilson, a Republican from Westchester County and former hedge-fund manager, has been knocking DiNapoli for a proposed plan to allow local governments to borrow from the plan, a… Read More →
Republican comptroller candidate and Scarsdale, Westchester County, resident Harry Wilson this morning challenged incumbent Democrat Thomas DiNapoli to a debate on his handling of the state’s pension fund. Wilson is seizing on the issue after reports that DiNapoli plans to allow local governments to borrow nearly $6 billion against the… Read More →
The state GOP committee and the campaign of former hedge-fund manager Harry Wilson released two separate statements today hitting Democratic Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Wilson campaign manager Chapin Fay released a statement criticizing DiNapoli after he “reversed his pledge” on limiting campaign contributions: “Mr. DiNapoli took his recent flip-flops and acts… Read More →
Harry Wilson, the Republican candidate for state comptroller, is calling for multiple statewide debates with incumbent Democrat Thomas DiNapoli. Wilson, of Scarsdale, Westchester County, said in a news release this morning that DiNapoli should debate him in “every major media market in New York State between now and Election Day.”... Read More →