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    Comptroller Releases Post-COVID-19 Transit Policy Recommendations

    Transit  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    Recommendations include increasing affordable housing near subway stations and increasing service on subway routes and high-ridership bus routes. On October 10, 2021, Comptroller Scott Stringer released “Beyond Rush Hour: COVID-19 and the Future of Public Transit,” a new report reviewing changes in public transit ridership due to the pandemic.  (read more…)

    Date:10/12/2021
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller Announces Release of NYCHA Budget and Revenue Data

    NYCHA  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    On August 16, 2021, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced that NYCHA budget and revenue data will be publicly accessible through the City’s Checkbook NYC program. Checkbook NYC is an online tool that provides public access to financial data of City agencies. (read more…)

    Date:08/31/2021
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller’s DOB Audit Reveals Failures to Combat Illegal Curb Cuts and Driveways

    Audits  •  Citywide

    The Comptroller’s audit revealed failures on behalf of the DOB to address illegal driveways and curb cuts. Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    Buildings facilitated the installation of illegal curb cuts and driveways by approving work permit applications that did not meet Zoning Resolution requirements. On July 1, 2021,  New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released an audit of the Department of Buildings, finding widespread deficiencies in Buildings’ efforts to combat illegal curb cuts and driveways. (read more…)

    Date:07/26/2021
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    City Comptroller Aims to Stop Astoria Fuel-Powered Peaker Plant

    Environmental Impact  •  Astoria, Queens

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    Comptroller Stringer sent the letter in opposition to the Astoria Replacement Project because of the project’s reliance on fracked gas. On September 4, 2020, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer sent a letter to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Environmental Permits urging the DEC to review the NRG Energy’s Astoria Replacement Project. Comptroller Stringer raised concerns about the project due to the wellbeing and of Astoria residents and the project’s environmental impact. (read more…)

    Tags : Astoria, Astoria Power Plant, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, environmental review
    Date:10/06/2020
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller Proposes Bike-to-School Plan for Low-Income High School Students

    Transportation  •  Citywide

    Citi Bikes at a Citi Bike Docking Station./Image Credit: CityLand

    This plan includes free bikes and Citi Bike memberships and building one and a half miles of protected bike lanes around 50 New York City high schools in the next year. On September 3, 2020, New York City Comptroller Scott Singer proposed a bike-to-school plan as a sustainable, safe, and healthy transportation option for the city’s young people returning to school this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. (read more…)

    Tags : Bicycles, students, Transportation
    Date:09/29/2020
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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