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Older Adults in New York City: Demographic and Service Trends

New York City’s 65 and older population grew by nearly half a million seniors in the last two decades, an increase of 53%. Much of the growth was led by Asian, Hispanic and Black seniors calling the City home, along with more seniors born outside the U.S. The City needs to continue to monitor the trends of the aging population to ensure services remain commensurate with need and outreach is robust.

DiNapoli: Two Poughkeepsie Women Arrested for Stealing NYS Pension Checks From Deceased Pensioner

Two Poughkeepsie women allegedly cashed seven pension checks totaling $8,600 meant for one of the defendants’ deceased mother, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi and Dutchess County Sheriff Kirk Imperati announced today. The two defendants, Deborah Brink, 63, and Sheila Moseley, 58, are charged with grand larceny. 

State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on the Governor's 2025 State of the State Address

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released the following statement today regarding Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State Address:

"Today, Gov. Hochul outlined her new priorities as the state prepares for a different federal landscape and tries to help New Yorkers address affordability and improve quality of life in our state.

Archived: Legislative Session 2021–2022

  • Local Government Ethics – A.8505 (Thiele) - Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics; permits local codes of ethics to prohibit activities expressly permitted by article 18 of the General Municipal Law.
  • Public Authority Procurement – A.8504 (Paulin) – Requires public authorities to comply with certain provisions of the State Finance Law and the Public Buildings L

        

Archived: Legislative Session 2019–2020

  • Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) Renewals Issued 2015 Through 2020 – Signed into law on August 24, 2020 as Chapter 157 of the Laws of 2020 – A.10492 Rules (Thiele) / S.8417 Krueger – Provides financial and budgetary flexibility to local governments as they continue to operate and provide critical services during the COVID-19 public health crisis and its aftermath, by: (1) extending the "rollover" period for bond anticipation notes issued in calendar years 2015 throu

        

Archived: Legislative Session 2017–2018

  • The New York State Procurement Integrity Act – A.6355-A (Peoples-Stokes) / S.3984-A (DeFrancisco) – Enhances the integrity, transparency and accountability of the State’s procurement process by restoring the state comptroller’s independent contract oversight, requiring public authorities to comply with the state finance law relating to procurements, prohibiting certain third party contracts, authorizing the state comptroller to oversee certain contracts of the Research Foundation of the State Universit

        

Archived: Legislative Session 2015 –2016

Enacted Legislation:

  • IDA Reform – Signed into law on December 18, 2015 as Chapter 563 of the Laws of 2015 – A.7915 (Magnarelli) / S.5867 (Marchione) – To increase the accountability and improve the efficiency and transparency of the operations of industrial development agencies and authorities (IDAs) by requiring standard application forms for requests for financial assistance, uniform criteria for the evaluation and selection for each category of projects for which financial assistance is provided, and uni