Posted inCampaign 2025
Who’s Running for City Comptroller — and What Is a Comptroller?
Your guide to New York’s money watchdog, and who’s vying for the gig in 2025.
City Comptroller
Posted inEric Adams
Mayor Adams’ Reelection Campaign Raked in More Than $1 Million as Opponents Circle
The 2025 race for New York City’s Democratic nomination for mayor is taking shape at a difficult time for Adams, as he faces looming federal probes and record low approval ratings.
Posted inCity Agencies
Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Laws
Advocates are fighting for more funds for language access programs in the city’s budget this year.
Posted inGovernment
Comptroller Proposes City Charter Reforms to Limit Budget Leeway for Mayor and Council
Seeking to take advantage of the standoff between the Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council, Brad Lander proposes to enshrine budget reserves, savings targets and debt service limits into the charter.
Posted inJails
Mayor Retains Controversial Rikers Commissary Contractor, Defying Comptroller’s Objection
The Keefe Group won a $33-million deal despite an expose by THE CITY of rampant overcharging of detainees and Landler’s finding of the contract failures.
Posted inCourts
Appeals Court Brings Back Brian Benjamin Bribery Charges
The three-judge ruled that the case doesn’t need explicit language to prove a quid-pro-quo relationship.
Posted inRikers Island
Comptroller KOs Controversial Correction Commissary Contract
Months after THE CITY’s investigations showed Keefe Group was engaging in dubious practices at Rikers Island, Brad Lander’s office has said no to the food and grocery provider’s DOC deal — but the mayor could overrule.
Posted inLabor
Comptroller Sues Over Millions in Wages Stolen From COVID-Era MTA Workers, He Alleges
The subway cleaners disinfected stations during the height of the pandemic. Two city lawsuits allege that they were underpaid.
Posted inJails
Comptroller Presses for Answers on New Contract for Criticized Rikers Commissary
Lander points to investigation in THE CITY that revealed routine overcharging as he waits to review a $33-million no-bid contract announced months ago.
Posted inBrad Lander
Adams Accuses Lander of ‘Tying Our Hands’ by Vetting Emergency Migrant Contracts
The idea that the istration needs unfettered ability to contract without oversight, 20 months after asylum seekers started arriving in significant numbers, “strains credulity,” the comptroller told THE CITY.