An audit of 10 counties found that some did not adequately test the accuracy of retail prices or test scanners, scales and devices used to price, weigh or measure goods at grocery stores, gas stations and other retail locations to make sure that consumers were paying the correct price, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said today.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Moses K. Johnson, 63, of Huntington and a former employee of the Town of Huntington, pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree for stealing more than $56,000 of his mother’s public pension payments following her death in April of 2021.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced employer contributions rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26. Employers’ average contribution rates will increase from 15.2% to 16.5% of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 31.2% to 33.7% of payroll for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS).

The New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) reached climate-related agreements with five portfolio companies during the 2024 proxy season and added $2 billion to the MSCI World ex-USA Climate Change Index strategy, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today, along with releasing the fourth annual Climate Action Plan Progress Report.