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    Comptroller Releases Retail Vacancy Report in Response to City Planning’s Report

    Audit Report  •  Citywide

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    Comptroller’s office analyzes other sources of data, concluding retail vacancy is citywide problem. On September 25, 2019, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a report regarding New York City’s retail vacancy crisis. Comptroller Stringer’s report is intended to fill a void in unexplored data from City Planning’s August 8, 2019, analysis of the same topic.

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    Tags : City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Planning, City Planning Commission, commercial real estate, real estate, retail, retail real estate, vacancy
    Date:10/14/2019
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller Audit Finds NYCHA Wasted Millions on Roof Repairs, Putting Residents’ Health at Risk

    NYCHA  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Comptroller Scott M. Stringer’s Office.

    NYCHA wasted $3.7 million by replacing eight roofs while they were under warranty. On July 26, 2019, the Office of the Comptroller announced the results of its audit of the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) roof maintenance. According to New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, NYCHA wasted millions on roof repairs that should have come at no expense to taxpayers and failed to perform basic oversight and preventive maintenance of roofs, putting the health and safety of thousands of NYCHA residents at risk. (read more…)

    Tags : City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Comptroller Audit of NYCHA, Comptroller Audit of NYCHA Roof Maintenance, NYCHA, NYCHA Audit, NYCHA wastes millions on roof repairs
    Date:08/07/2019
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Audit Faults Control of Field Inspectors

    Field Inspections  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller

    Comptroller’s Audit Reveals Multiple Deficiencies in how Buildings Oversees Field Inspectors. 

    On December 21, 2018, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer published an audit of Department of Buildings’ oversight of its field inspectors that covered the period of July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. The audit reviewed the oversight of 86 field inspectors working in six units: the Building Enforcement Safety Unit, the Special Operations unit, each of Brooklyn and Queens’s Construction Enforcement units, and each of Brooklyn and Queens’s Construction Development units. The audit concluded that Buildings was not following its oversight procedures which resulted in an inability to identify weaknesses with their inspectors and their field inspections.

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    Tags : Comptroller's Office, department of buildings, Office of the Comptroller
    Date:02/26/2019
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller’s Report Shows Scope of City’s Affordable Housing Crisis

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide

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    The report closes in on housing needs for low- and extremely low-income households and proposes four initiatives on how to provide affordable housing for these households. On November 28, 2018, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released its NYC for All: The Housing We Need report showing the scope of the City’s affordable housing crisis. According to the report, the city’s population grew nearly half a million between 2009 and 2017 and city employment increased by over 800,000 jobs. While the city has experienced population and job growth, the growth of residential units has failed to keep the pace with a net increase of only 100,000 residential units for the 500,000 people. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, crowded housing, extremely low income, housing crisis, low income, middle class, overcrowding, rent burden
    Date:01/04/2019
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller Study Finds Majority of Lobbies in NYCHA Buildings Have Unsecured Doors

    Public Housing Security Issues  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Office of the Comptroller.

    NYCHA residences throughout the five boroughs have serious security lapses from propped open and broken doors. On October 12, 2018, the City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the results of an investigative survey on the exterior door security at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments. Between July and August 2018, auditors visited 299 NYCHA developments and observed the conditions of exterior doors. The auditors observed 4,551 doors in development in the five boroughs. (read more…)

    Tags : Comptroller, doors, NYCHA, safety, security issues, unsecured
    Date:11/13/2018
    Category : Comptroller's Office, New York City Housing Authority
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