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New York City Comptroller
The Office of Comptroller of New York City, a position established in 1801, is the chief financial officer and chief auditor of the city of New York and its agencies. Informally known as "the city's accountant", the New York Times has called the comptroller "one of the most important and least recognized jobs in the city". In addition to auditing city agencies' performance and preparing whole of government financial reports, the comptroller also reviews all city contracts, handles the settlement of litigation claims (amounting to $975 million in 2019), issues municipal bonds, and manages the city's very large pension funds ($240 billion in assets under management as of 2020).
The comptroller is elected citywide to a four-year term, and can hold office for two consecutive terms. As of 2021, the comptroller had a staff of 800 people, and a budget of over $100 million. If vacancies were to occur simultaneously in the offices of Mayor of New York City and New York City Public Advocate, the comptroller would become acting mayor.
The current comptroller is Democrat Brad Lander. He was elected in 2021.
The comptroller is responsible for auditing the financial condition and program performance of city agencies, making determinations to city administrators regarding the legality of proposed government contracts, issuing year-end and quarterly reports on the state of the city economy, marketing and selling municipal bonds, and managing city debt. The comptroller is also "the custodian and investment advisor to the Boards" of the city's five pension funds, which are collectively referred to as "NYC Public Pension Funds" or "New York City pension funds". The comptroller is thus responsible for directing and administering the investment of the fourth-largest public pension plan in the United States, or approximately $240 billion in assets under management as of 2020[update]. The comptroller's regulations are compiled in Title 44 of the New York City Rules.
If vacancies should simultaneously occur in the offices of Mayor of New York City and New York City Public Advocate (formerly president of the city council or board of aldermen), the comptroller would become acting mayor. The comptroller serves as a check on the mayor, and is arguably the second most important elected official in New York City after the mayor.
In order to carry out the myriad duties and functions assigned to the office by law, the comptroller employs a staff of 800 people and maintains an operating budget of over $100 million.
The office was created as an appointive office in 1801 by the New York City Common Council. On September 6, 1802, after a tie vote by the New York City Common Council Committee on whether to pass an ordinance for the appointment of a comptroller with a salary of $1,500 ($33,000 in current dollar terms), the ordinance was adopted by the Recorder, John B Prevost, Esquire, casting a vote in favor. Thirty years later, the Comptroller became head of the Department of Finance. In 1884 the office became elective, and in 1938 the comptroller became head of a separate, independent department of the city's government. No Republican has been elected comptroller since 1938.
The comptroller served on the eight-member New York City Board of Estimate, created in 1873, until the board was held unconstitutional in a unanimous decision by the US Supreme Court in 1989 in Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris. The board was composed of the Mayor of New York City, the comptroller, and the president of the New York City Council, each of whom was elected citywide and had four votes, and the five borough presidents, each having two votes, despite the differing population sizes of each borough. That construct was held by the US Supreme Court to violate the principle of one person, one vote. The Board of Estimate was then abolished.
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New York City Comptroller
The Office of Comptroller of New York City, a position established in 1801, is the chief financial officer and chief auditor of the city of New York and its agencies. Informally known as "the city's accountant", the New York Times has called the comptroller "one of the most important and least recognized jobs in the city". In addition to auditing city agencies' performance and preparing whole of government financial reports, the comptroller also reviews all city contracts, handles the settlement of litigation claims (amounting to $975 million in 2019), issues municipal bonds, and manages the city's very large pension funds ($240 billion in assets under management as of 2020).
The comptroller is elected citywide to a four-year term, and can hold office for two consecutive terms. As of 2021, the comptroller had a staff of 800 people, and a budget of over $100 million. If vacancies were to occur simultaneously in the offices of Mayor of New York City and New York City Public Advocate, the comptroller would become acting mayor.
The current comptroller is Democrat Brad Lander. He was elected in 2021.
The comptroller is responsible for auditing the financial condition and program performance of city agencies, making determinations to city administrators regarding the legality of proposed government contracts, issuing year-end and quarterly reports on the state of the city economy, marketing and selling municipal bonds, and managing city debt. The comptroller is also "the custodian and investment advisor to the Boards" of the city's five pension funds, which are collectively referred to as "NYC Public Pension Funds" or "New York City pension funds". The comptroller is thus responsible for directing and administering the investment of the fourth-largest public pension plan in the United States, or approximately $240 billion in assets under management as of 2020[update]. The comptroller's regulations are compiled in Title 44 of the New York City Rules.
If vacancies should simultaneously occur in the offices of Mayor of New York City and New York City Public Advocate (formerly president of the city council or board of aldermen), the comptroller would become acting mayor. The comptroller serves as a check on the mayor, and is arguably the second most important elected official in New York City after the mayor.
In order to carry out the myriad duties and functions assigned to the office by law, the comptroller employs a staff of 800 people and maintains an operating budget of over $100 million.
The office was created as an appointive office in 1801 by the New York City Common Council. On September 6, 1802, after a tie vote by the New York City Common Council Committee on whether to pass an ordinance for the appointment of a comptroller with a salary of $1,500 ($33,000 in current dollar terms), the ordinance was adopted by the Recorder, John B Prevost, Esquire, casting a vote in favor. Thirty years later, the Comptroller became head of the Department of Finance. In 1884 the office became elective, and in 1938 the comptroller became head of a separate, independent department of the city's government. No Republican has been elected comptroller since 1938.
The comptroller served on the eight-member New York City Board of Estimate, created in 1873, until the board was held unconstitutional in a unanimous decision by the US Supreme Court in 1989 in Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris. The board was composed of the Mayor of New York City, the comptroller, and the president of the New York City Council, each of whom was elected citywide and had four votes, and the five borough presidents, each having two votes, despite the differing population sizes of each borough. That construct was held by the US Supreme Court to violate the principle of one person, one vote. The Board of Estimate was then abolished.
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