ALBANY — New York’s comptroller is urging two major banks to tell shareholders which employees are capable of exposing them to major losses because of their portfolios and bonus incentives. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, trustee of New York’s $173 billion pension ...

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ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and New York City Comptroller John Liu are pressuring Olympic advertisers to speak out against Russia’s restrictions on gay and transgender rights before the Sochi Winter Games begin in February. The officials ...

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ALBANY — Providing legal services for low-income New Yorkers in civil cases boosts the economy by speeding court dockets, keeping people in their homes and ensuring they get the federal benefits they’re due, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday. At ...

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ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is sending an early warning that state government’s long-term finances rely on one-shot revenue raisers and some temporary tax increases and that the 2014 election year budget will appear better because of ...

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ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has approved the Cuomo administration’s contract for new driver’s licenses that will have black-and-white photos produced by the highest bidder, prompting a losing bidder to sue. DiNapoli’s approval paves the way for ...

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ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says local governments are leaning harder on their taxpayers because of sluggish state and federal aid. DiNapoli’s report states that in the last decade, federal and state aid grew an average of ...

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ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is urging insurance giant Aetna Inc. to publicly disclose all its direct and indirect spending on politics and lobbying, filing a shareholder resolution as trustee of the state workers’ retirement fund. The ...

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ALBANY — New York tax receipts through August were $147 million below projections and $204.3 million below collections for the same period last year, reflecting volatile economic conditions, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The cash report from the comptroller’s ...

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ALBANY — A costly canal system, a lack of planning and even repeated errors in predicting traffic show the New York Thruway Authority needs to look within for savings before it forces what it calls a “modest” 45 percent increase ...

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ALBANY — New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the state paid more than $1.9 million in interest for late payments to vendors during the last fiscal year, up almost 40 percent from a year earlier. DiNapoli says that’s a waste ...

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ALBANY — The New York pension fund for state and local government employees has grown to an estimated $150.3 billion with a nearly 6 percent return on investment this fiscal year, despite losses in international stocks, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli ...

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ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal as a continued plan for fiscal restraint, but warned that the governor also wants to use the budget to grab power and reduce public oversight and accountability in the ...

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