Many members of these boards are elected officials, like local comptrollers and treasurers, or the appointees of mayors and governors, who also need to raise campaign cash.
Over all, in a survey of 111 small- and medium-sized local governments, the Comptroller's office found that total liability-insurance premiums increased 100percentt last year.
New York City on Tuesday is holding party primaries for local offices including mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council.
Voters in New York select their parties' nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller and local legislative districts today.
New York City on Tuesday is holding party primaries for local offices including mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president, district attorney and City Council.
For a rapidly consolidating banking industry, national regulation is clearly more efficient in some ways than a hodgepodge of local rules; and the Comptroller's office has a vast staff to resolve consumer complaints.Yet by excluding New York's own regulatory apparatus, the Comptroller has removed an entire layer of consumer protection, says Diana Taylor, New York's superintendent of banks.
Candidates are facing off in primaries for local offices including mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council.
In addition, nearly every district is required to submit an independent audit, using local funds, to both the comptroller and the state's Education Department.
Mike DenDekker, a Queens assemblyman, and Helen Sears, a former City Council member, volunteered to canvass Jackson Heights, while, over on the Upper East Side, Gayle Horwitz, a former deputy comptroller, visited a local shelter, in case Bruno had hopped on the subway, attempting the commute solo.
"Some places manage their way into fiscal problems, and other places are beset by social forces, many of them outside of their own control," said Steven J. Hancox, a deputy state comptroller who oversees local government.
