New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that ExxonMobil has, at long last, met the New York State Common Retirement Fund's request that it expand its equal employment and workplace protection policies to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Exxon's adoption of the Fund's proposal ends a long-running dispute between the corporation and a host of investors and advocates.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Town of Goshen, Town of Hague and Seaford Fire District.
Ninety school districts, more than 13 percent of districts statewide, have been designated as fiscally stressed under New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. DiNapoli’s office evaluated 672 school districts with fiscal years ending on June 30, 2014.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Allegany Engine Company, Columbia County and the Town of Tuxedo.
"New York is facing great opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. The Governor has put forth an ambitious agenda to move our state forward, while renewing his commitment to hold the line on spending.
"The state is in a stronger fiscal position than it has been for some time, and the Governor and Legislature deserve credit for reducing the structural budget imbalance and passing on-time budgets. While revenues have been strong this fiscal year, there are cautionary signs in the economy and it is wise to live within our means.
"New York is facing great opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. The Governor has put forth an ambitious agenda to move our state forward, while renewing his commitment to hold the line on spending.
"The state is in a stronger fiscal position than it has been for some time, and the Governor and Legislature deserve credit for reducing the structural budget imbalance and passing on-time budgets. While revenues have been strong this fiscal year, there are cautionary signs in the economy and it is wise to live within our means.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced that Graycelia Cizik, 64, a resident of Polk County, Florida, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging her with grand larceny in the second degree, a class C felony, before Supreme Court Judge Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Court. Cizik will be sentenced to 2 to 6 years in state prison on March 13, 2015.
State tax collections of just under $8 billion were $474.2 million higher than expected in December and $716.4 million higher than projected three quarters of the way through the state’s fiscal year, according to the December cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The state has also collected $4.2 billion from financial settlements since April, approximately $3.9 billion more than initially anticipated, with another $1.3 billion expected.
The Rev. Martin Luther King’s life mission was to bring equal opportunity for all people in employment, education and civic life. His dream was a country where every one of us would be judged by our actions and abilities, not the color of our skin. In the decades since Dr. King’s tragic death in Memphis, we’ve made great advances toward racial equality in this country.
Today we honor the Rev. King’s memory, but acknowledge that more progress needs to be made. There remain some areas of society in which minorities and women lag in terms of wages and opportunities.
