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Audit faults oversight of New York domestic violence shelters

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new audit is raising concerns about New York state’s oversight of domestic violence shelters. The report issued by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli this week examined the Office of Children and Family Services to determine whether the ...

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Comptroller: Cuomo’s budget plan raises oversight concerns

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state’s comptroller says the budget proposal submitted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives him “significant flexibility” to adjust spending after the plan is approved by the Legislature. Thomas DiNapoli’s analysis of the fellow Democrat’s $168 ...

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Comptroller says high home foreclosure level persists

ALBANY — The foreclosure crisis persists in New York, even worsening in some suburban and upstate areas, the state comptroller reported Monday. Filings against homeowners unable to make mortgage payments spiked after the housing bubble burst in the 2008-2009 recession, ...

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Public authorities spending more

ALBANY (AP) — A new report says New York’s public authorities are spending more even as they avoid significant oversight. The study from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli identified some “troublesome” issues at several public authorities — which DiNapoli called “shadow ...

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Public campaign financing test falling short

ALBANY — The test of public campaign financing in the New York comptroller race has proved ineffective, with the incumbent declining to participate and the challenger falling short of the thresholds that would parlay his $200,000 into $1.2 million. Republican ...

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NY reports levels of municipal financial stress

ALBANY (AP) — New York’s comptroller reports 10 municipalities in the state were under “significant” fiscal stress last year, with low fund balances and operating deficits, while another eight were under moderate stress and 17 were considered susceptible. The 10 ...

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Comptroller reports retailer agreements

ALBANY — The New York comptroller has withdrawn shareholder proposals calling for supply chain accountability at retailers Dollar Tree and Dillard’s citing their agreements to have their suppliers report on factory safety. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, trustee of New York’s $173 ...

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DiNapoli rejects test of public campaign financing

ALBANY (AP) — Incumbent New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has rejected public campaign financing for his fall re-election bid, although any opponents can still use it. Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature authorized a test of public financing ...

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