If you woke up today feeling like the date has some significance, it might be due to the fact that it’s the three-year anniversary of state Comptroller Alan Hevesi’s guilty plea and subsequent resignation related to his misuse to state resources to provide [...]
Mike Bloomberg got a taste of the kind of needling he may be getting next month when incoming comptroller John Liu takes office. Yesterday, Liu double-teamed with Bill Thompson to let the Mayor kn...
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NY1 reports that State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found "New York State has lost nearly $100 million in billing errors and waste in Medicaid. Among the mistakes auditors discovered was nearly $3 million in overpayments, including payments for services such as tooth cleaning for toothless" [...]
Taxpayers would face property tax boosts of almost 8 percent to make up for the end of federal stimulus funds in 2011-2012, according to Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. That’s absent any cuts to school budgets or potential replenishment of the trough by the state or the feds.
“ARRA funding has helped ease [...]
Good morning! Button up your overcoat when the wind is freezing; take good care of yourself — you belong to Capitol Confidential. The news:
A coalition of education groups files suit against Gov. David Paterson, Budget Director Robert Megna and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Paterson blasts the plaintiffs for seeing [...]
It must be Spitzer Hooker Day—Madam Kristin Davis, who claims that former governor Eliot Spitzer was one of her clients (he allegedly got rough with her girls!), updated her blog to announce, "Client number 9 is talking to potential fundraisers and political" [...]
Here’s Friday’s episode of WMHT’s “New York Now,” featuring Matt Ryan’s Bruno verdict analysis with the TU’s Jim Odato and Brendan Scott of the New York Post; yours truly talking with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the New York’s fiscal condition; and Irene’s look at how the power of pork [...]
Don’t miss tonight’s episode of “New York Now” on WMHT Ch. 17. Among the highlights:
WMHT’s Matt Ryan sits down with the TU’s Jim Odato and Brendan Scott of the New York Post to discuss the conclusion of the Bruno trial.
Casey talks with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about the New York’s [...]
After the Post's report that Eliot Spitzer allegedly is considering running for State Comptroller in 2010, the Observer's Steve Kornacki ponders the possibility: "Let's suppose he is. His chances of winning would be small and further embarrassment - for himself and for his" [...]
I went looking for anything they may have written about Spitzer running for State Comptroller and find myself with a a whole section devoted to [...]
Who considered DiNapoli unqualified for the post and railed against' [...]
From a September Post story If you want to believe the NY Post's sources, former governor Eliot Spitzer is looking to head back to Albany. But this time, it would be to oversee NY State's finances as the State Comptroller: "Spitzer" [...]
When asked about a NY Post report that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is mulling a 2010 run for statewide office (challenging either Comptroller Tom DiNapoli or U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand), Gov. David Paterson paused, then replied, “Did he mention that he was running for governor?” to laughter in the [...]
