New York State

DiNapoli Releases Report on Tax Check-Off Donations

New York state’s 25 personal income tax (PIT) check-off funds that were eligible to receive contributions saw a slight decline in total donations, as well as in the number of contributions, in the 2019-20 state fiscal year (SFY), according to

New York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (February 3, 2021)

Unemployment rates for New York State, New York City and the balance of the State spiked upward in April 2020. At that point, and in the months immediately before, the percentages of officially unemployed workers in the City and in the rest of the State were nearly identical — but those numbers have since diverged sharply.

DiNapoli Appoints Senior Budget and Policy Staff

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today that he has appointed Maria Doulis as deputy comptroller and Todd Scheuermann as assistant comptroller in the Division of Budget and Policy Analysis. These appointments are to fill currently vacant positions.

State Contract and Payment Actions in December

In December, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,471 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $8.6 billion and approved nearly 11.7 million payments worth nearly $14 billion.

2003 Financial Condition Report

This past year, New York faced extraordinary fiscal challenges as a result of the economic downturn, the failure to exercise budgetary restraint during more prosperous times, and the failure to act quickly when the State’s finances began to show signs of difficulty, as well as the collapse of the stock market through 2002 and the devastation, both in human and financial terms, of 9-11.