As Trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, I have a responsibility to safeguard the Fund’s investments, which I manage for the benefit of the more than one million participants in the New York State and Local Retirement System.
A report to the Comptroller of the State of New York as the sole trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) on how the Fund can best mitigate investment risks stemming from climate change and maximize opportunities from the new, low-carbon economy.
Statement of Anastasia Titarchuk, Interim Chief Investment Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund.
As Comptroller of New York State and Trustee of the Common Retirement Fund (CRF), I am deeply concerned about the impact of climate change on the Fund’s investments, as well as its impact on the economy as whole.
Every ten years, the U.S. Constitution requires the government to perform a count of the population, known as a census.
New York State is facing extraordinary challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Its punishing impacts include shutting down much of the economy, throwing millions of Americans out of work, and devastating State finances.
New York State imposes a "general sales tax" at a single rate on most goods and some services. Counties and cities can impose their own local sales tax in addition to the State rate. This report is an update to the Office of the State Comptroller’s March 2015 publication on local government sales taxes in New York State.
New York’s Alexander Hamilton played a central role among our nation’s Founders, as the Broadway musical bearing his name reminds us. One of the questions Hamilton analyzed as he sought to build support for a stronger central government was the potential for “inequality among the States” in paying federal taxes. Well over two centuries later, that issue remains a national concern.
The report summarizes most recently completed data (fiscal year ending 2018) found in these annual reports. In addition to reviewing IDA data, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) provides training to IDA officials on various topics, including recent legislative reforms and how to improve their compliance with reporting requirements.
