Sentences with phrase «when state comptroller»

When the state comptroller in New York sought to audit the state's charter schools, they sued to block him, claiming that they should be trusted to do their own audits.

The trigger was reached Friday when state Comptroller Kevin Lembo released his analysis of the state budget, saying that the projected deficit for the year that ends June 30 is $ 207.8 million.

The trigger was reached Friday when state Comptroller Kevin...

When the state comptroller comes in and does an audit somebody should be listening to that,» Levine said.

The grant was frozen in late June when the state comptroller's office discovered that Espada's nonprofit company owed a significant amount of back taxes.

DiNapoli handing out a giant check to a school a little reminiscent of an episode of The Simpsons, when State Comptroller Atkins declares that «This is what comptrolling is all about.»

It was hours after when state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said the two emergency bills must be passed in order to guarantee on - time paychecks for 150,000 state workers on Tuesday.

Not exact matches

«When Wall Street does well, the city and state benefit from higher tax revenues,» Thomas DiNapoli, the state comptroller, said in a statement.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has been uncharacteristically combative lately, particularly when it comes to the 401 (K)- style option in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tier 6 proposal, which the comptroller — and organized labor — vehemenComptroller Tom DiNapoli has been uncharacteristically combative lately, particularly when it comes to the 401 (K)- style option in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tier 6 proposal, which the comptroller — and organized labor — vehemencomptroller — and organized labor — vehemently oppose.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have little oversight regarding their allocaState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have little oversight regarding their allocastate needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have little oversight regarding their allocation.

DiNapoli says that they were there to «reinforce» the complaint he got when state legislators interviewed him before appointing him to the comptroller post, namely that «there was a lack of access for minority firms» when Alan Hevesi, DiNapoli's predecessor, was comptroller.

Spitzer's chief complaint about then - Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli when he was up for disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's job back in 2007 was that he was a life - long public servant and lacked financial expertise.

Even more fraught is the debate over procurement reform in the state Legislature, where lawmakers had sought to restore power to the comptroller's office when it comes to oversight of economic development spending.

At the time, as you'll remember, it was Cuomo who was trying to redeem himself after a near career - ending failure of a gubernatorial run in 2002, when he challenged the party favorite for the Democratic nomination, then state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

Jonathan Trichter, a Democrat who assisted Harry Wilson when the latter nearly defeated Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in 2010, is preparing to launch his own bid for the GOP line in hopes of becoming the state's chief financial officer.

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

Avella's bill requires that the attorney general and the comptroller review any sale of state - owned land when a public sale or auction is not required.

To facilitate payments, false statements identifying the eight senators as committee chairmen were sent by Senate staff to the state comptroller's office, when in fact each served as vice chairman, a position that does not carry any pay or specific duties.

He pointed out that just in the last couple of days, there was another example of failure in the current system of oversight when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged a former portfolio manager in the state's pension fund, which is overseen by the state comptroller, with running a bribery scheme.

Jonathan Trichter assisted Harry Wilson when the latter nearly defeated state Comptroller To...

The influence of Gresham's union was reaffirmed when Comptroller Scott Stringer's office, investigating the de Blasio administration's bungling of a Lower East Side land deal that appeared to allow a hospice for AIDS patients to be turned into luxury condos, released a trove of emails and text messages that showed how closely 1199 worked with City Hall to make sure the disastrous deal, also under state and federal investigation, came to fruition.

Jonathan Trichter assisted Harry Wilson when the latter nearly defeated state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in 2010.

But that doesn't mean McCall has forgotten 2002, when Cuomo drew the wrath of the Democratic establishment to mount a long - shot primary challenge to the then - comptroller — the party favorite and the state's first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

Good government advocates are siding with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli over Cuomo when it comes to procurement reform.

No word on when and if he'll be backing state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Antonacci was mulling a state comptroller run, but switched when he realized Harry Wilson had that nod sewn up.

Pollsters have repeatedly included the former Central Brooklyn state senator alongside Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Comptroller Scott Stringer when surveying voters on potential primary match - ups.

But Cuomo balked when the Observer suggested he was undermining his own case for having the comptroller review New York's homeless shelter system, a task he gave DiNapoli in his State of the State address in January.

The comptroller is speaking out against the «vilification» of public employees, saying they should be part of the discussion when it comes to trimming state expenses.

When he ran for the Senate in 2004, he was not the party's pick — well - connected state Comptroller Dan Hynes and wealthy businessman Blair Hull split that distinction — but managed to win when Hull imploWhen he ran for the Senate in 2004, he was not the party's pick — well - connected state Comptroller Dan Hynes and wealthy businessman Blair Hull split that distinction — but managed to win when Hull implowhen Hull imploded.

State comptroller candidate Harry Wilson offered a unique response when asked in Buffalo today why he has declined to endorse a candidate in the governor's race.

That taxpayer - funded income is in addition to a one - time $ 194,901.98 payment he took from his pension when he retired, according to the state comptroller's office.

She was a driving force — albeit as an advisor and not as a paid campaign member — behind his political comeback in 2006 when he ran a successful statewide campaign for AG just four years after a disastrous and short - lived gubernatorial primary challenge against then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

Meanwhile, the comptroller's office points to revenue risks ranging from $ 205.7 million in anticipated funds from the state's Indian - run casinos as well as high uncertainty when comes to federal aid.

The bill would re-empower the state comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, to review state economic development - related contracts when spending is passed through a SUNY - related entity.

According to The Times, this is a shift from the governor's attitude on Friday, when he told dinner companions Meeks, State Sen. John L. Sampson and Comptroller William Thompson that he would be willing to accommodate the administration's wishes.

An audit by the state comptroller found the Town Board was not following all the rules when it came to spending public money in 2010 and part of 2011.

Though he smoldered a bit when denouncing State Comptroller Alan Hevesi.

The State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, finds that, three quarters of the way through the current fiscal year, tax collections are more than half a billion dollars lower that what was originally anticipated when the budget passed last April.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA's) East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, is expected to cost nearly $ 9 billion when finished in 2019, more than twice the MTA's initial cost estimate and a decade later than expected, according to a report released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

According to records from the State Comptroller's office, the Senate majority, which comprises Senate Republicans and the IDC, identified Peralta as a committee chair when requesting the stipend.

He has won elections to the City Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vote.

City Comptroller John Liu drew one of the biggest bursts of applause when he called stop - and - frisk «the biggest form of systemic racial profiling that we have anywhere in the United States of America.»

But, Greenberg added, «when I decided last August to run for state comptroller, it was based on my determination that the office... affords the greatest opportunity for me to directly help our state and its families and businesses.»

His father, former City Comptroller Alan Hevesi, was prosecuted for corruption by Cuomo when the governor served as State Attorney General.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released an audit Monday that finds the Health Department is lax when it comes to imposing fines, particularly for repeat health and safety violations in nursing homes.

And the differences are even sharper when totals are adjusted for the cost of living in members» districts, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of data maintained by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the state comptroller's office, the Empire Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

It was also advertised as a way to end the horse - trading that's been a part of pay raises for decades — in 1987, Mario Cuomo linked a salary increase to ethics reforms, and the 1998 pay hike was accompanied by the creation of the state's first charter schools, a bill pushed by dairy farmers, and an agreement to give the comptroller authority to withhold legislators» paychecks in years when budgets are late.

A key problem for Jarjura was that he clearly ruffled some feathers in his hometown last year when he ran at various times for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and, finally, state comptroller.

Turnout actually dipped below 2002's Democratic gubernatorial primary, when Cuomo took himself out of the race against then - state comptroller Carl McCall shortly before the vote to avoid an expected hiding, and remained on the ballot in name only.