Jun 12, 2014
In another sign that New York's long and difficult recovery from the 2008 recession is picking up steam, the state's public pension fund reached a value of $176.2 billion in the most recent fiscal year — a record sum driven by investment returns slightly above 13 percent.
May 29, 2014
Sounding a cautionary note about expanded gambling in New York State, Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli warns in a new report that casino complexes planned for upstate will face stiff regional competition and that much of the new revenue anticipated from the casinos will come from New Yorkers, not necessarily from out-of-state visitors.
May 28, 2014
A private East Side special education school where many wealthy New Yorkers send their children — and then get their tuition reimbursed by taxpayers — shelled out more than $3 million in improper costs over a three-year period, an audit by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli has found.
May 27, 2014
Brooklyn’s economy outpaced the rest of New York from 2003 to 2012 as private jobs grew almost twice as fast as in other parts of the city, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.
May 23, 2014
NY Daily News
“Today’s guilty plea shows that those who rip off taxpayers and students will not get away with it,” DiNapoli said.
May 21, 2014
As he accepted the state Democratic nomination for reeleciton, state Controller Thomas DiNapoli choked up talking about the sacrifice his mother and father made as he grew up.
May 20, 2014
It's an ideal time to protect governments and taxpayers from the next big swing.
May 14, 2014
New York Observer
f you’re a public employee, say a word of thanks to Thomas DiNapoli, the state’s chief fiscal officer.
May 13, 2014
New York's Industrial Development Agencies, the economic development arm for local governments, supported more than 4,500 projects and provided $554 million in tax exemptions in 2012, but the job gains dipped by 2,417 compared with 2011, according to a report released Tuesday.
May 13, 2014
A group of scammers helped themselves to $12 million in state money intended to help special-needs children, using the filched funding to pay for home renovations and wedding and bar mitzvah costs, prosecutors said Tuesday.
May 12, 2014
NY Daily News
“It fortifies within our organization the importance of the investigative work that we do,” DiNapoli said.
May 12, 2014
State Controller Thomas DiNapoli is beefing up the anti-corruption efforts of his office.
May 12, 2014
Times Union
The state's public pension fund reached a value of $176.2 billion in the most recent fiscal year.
Apr 21, 2014
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s enacted $142 billion budget relied on some unusual tricks to give the appearance that the state was holding spending growth to less than 2 percent in the coming year, a new report from state comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office says.
Apr 1, 2014
Shareholders are driving changes in corporate policies and disclosures unthinkable a decade ago, on issues ranging from protecting rain forests to human rights. Even the threat of a proxy vote can be enough to bring company executives to the negotiating table.