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The New York state comptroller is an elected constitutional officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the New York state government's Department of Audit and Control. [2] Sixty-one individuals have held the office of State Comptroller since statehood. The incumbent is Thomas DiNapoli, a Democrat.
The board was created pursuant to the New York State Financial Emergency Act of The City of New York, and was initially known as the Emergency Financial Control Board (EFCB). Three years later the word "Emergency" was removed from the group's name and its charter was extended for thirty years. [1]
The word is a variant of "controller". The "cont-" or "count-" part in that word was associated with "compt-", a variant of the verb "count". The term, though criticized by lexicographers such as Henry Watson Fowler, [1] is probably retained in part because in official titles it was deemed useful to have the title dissociated from the word and concept "control".
The comptroller serves as a check on the mayor, and is arguably the second most important elected official in New York City after the mayor. [2] In order to carry out the myriad duties and functions assigned to the office by law, the comptroller employs a staff of 800 people and maintains an operating budget of over $100 million. [2] [5]
The New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) contains New York state rules and regulations. [1] The NYCRR is officially compiled by the New York State Department of State's Division of Administrative Rules. [2]
The audit sampled five Mitchell-Lama developments outside New York City. The Mitchell-Lama program is a state initiative launched in 1955 to create affordable rental and cooperative housing for ...
New York state wants companies to protect their LGBTQ+ Gen Z and millennial workers—and it’s throwing a $260 billion retirement fund at the issue Amanda Gerut April 3, 2024 at 2:54 PM
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....