In November, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,798 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $4.3 billion and approved nearly 1.9 million payments worth nearly $12.3 billion. The office rejected 234 contracts and related transactions valued at $818.1 million and nearly 1,000 payments valued at nearly $11.6 million, primarily for mistakes, insufficient support for charges, and improper payments. More information on these contracts and payments is available at Open Book New York. 

A 38-year-old Queens woman today was sentenced to five years' probation and paid full restitution after being convicted of stealing nearly $85,000 in New York state pension payments meant for her deceased father, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced. The defendant, Deanna Hansen, pleaded guilty to felony grand larceny in June.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released a report that showed nonprofit organizations in 2022 provided 1.3 million jobs to New Yorkers, just over 1 in 6 private sector jobs in the state. While the number of nonprofits increased nationally between 2017-2022, they declined in New York and the number of jobs also fell by 4.1%.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released the following statement regarding Gov. Kathy Hochul’s veto of legislation that would have increased transparency on state spending and was supported unanimously in both the State Senate and Assembly:

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued.

In October, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,982 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $5 billion and approved nearly 2 million payments worth more than $16.5 billion. The office rejected 269 contracts and related transactions valued at $1 billion and more than 1,800 payments valued at more than $9.1 million, primarily for mistakes, insufficient support for charges, and improper payments. More information on these contracts and payments is available at Open Book New York.

Preschool students in need of special education services are not always getting the help they need or are getting services late, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following statement today following the Governor signing legislation enabling the Office of the State Comptroller to expedite certain unclaimed funds payments of $250 or less.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Florida man was charged with grand larceny and identity theft for allegedly accepting, withdrawing and spending nearly $80,000 in funds from pension payments made by the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) to the defendant’s father who had passed away in 2019.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the estimated value of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) was $274.6 billion at the end of the second quarter of state fiscal year 2024-25. For the three-month period ending Sept. 30, 2024, Fund investments returned an estimated 4.15%.