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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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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ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s comptroller sees some good signs in the Finger Lakes’ regional economy. State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the nine-county region that includes Rochester saw stronger job growth than most other parts of the state in ...

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A new report by the New York State Comptroller’s Office shows job growth has been lagging in upstate New York since the end of the recession, although the Finger Lakes region and western New York are doing better than other ...

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ALBANY — New York’s comptroller says a new $200 million fund will provide credit financing to eligible small businesses that can provide solid returns to the state pension fund. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, trustee of the $184.5 billion in retirement investments ...

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ALBANY — New York’s comptroller says the state receives about 91 cents in federal spending for every dollar its taxpayers send to Washington. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says that compares to a national average of nearly $1.22 in federal spending that ...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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