The Office of the State Comptroller prepares this report as part of the "Quick Start" process established in the State Finance Law. The report includes revenue and spending projections through SFY 2027-28.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, October 30, 2025, Rohail Raja, age 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, age 45, both of the Town of New Windsor, were arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree in connection with a scheme to defraud the New York State Medicaid program of millions of dollars.
Jonnell Rose, the former Treasurer of the Vernon Center Fire Department, was sentenced to serve one to three years in state prison and ordered to pay full restitution for stealing more than $300,000 from the department, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Oneida County District Attorney Todd Carville, and the New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced today. Rose pled guilty to the sole count in the indictment, grand larceny in the second degree, in August.
The frequency of severe weather in the State is growing, taking a toll on New York’s residents, property and economy. While New Yorkers approved the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act to support resilience investments, the impacts of climate change are a danger to all Americans and require federal action.
A new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found the frequency of severe weather in the state is growing, taking a toll on New York’s residents, property and economy. While New York is investing to reduce those impacts through the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Bond Act, DiNapoli warned that the federal government should expand its funding and efforts, not claw back funds and leave states and communities vulnerable to extreme weather and flooding.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, wrote to fellow Tesla Inc. shareholders urging them to reject Elon Musk’s trillion dollar proposed pay package for a lack of defined goals and to vote against all directors standing for reelection at Tesla’s Nov. 6 Annual Meeting, citing their failure to provide independent oversight and accountability.
Impacts from the recently enacted federal budget law, upcoming appropriations for federal fiscal year 2026 and executive actions since January 2025 risk undermining the strength and competitiveness of New York’s higher education sector and the social and economic benefits it generates, according to a new analysis from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
The owner of a Schenectady County medical transportation company was charged with stealing more than $1.8 million from the state’s Medicaid program over a nearly four-year period, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney and Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino announced today. The company’s office manager was also charged with money laundering in connection with the scheme.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York John A. Sarcone III, and Acting Inspector General for U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Mitch Behm announced the indictment of Jael Watts, the owner of Pearl Transit Corp., on ten counts of wire fraud for her role in a scheme to defraud New York State of over $1.2 million in transportation grant funds.
State tax receipts totaled $59.9 billion through September, the middle of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26, $702.2 million higher than financial plan estimates from the Division of Budget (DOB), according to the monthly State Cash Report released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
