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New York City Comptroller

Municipal financial oversight office with fiduciary duties to NYC pension funds
Tracked because Municipal financial oversight office with fiduciary duties to NYC pension funds · 14 documented connections
Facts on record16
Connections mapped14
Sources cited24
Evidence: 9P+1 6S 1I
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No documented contradictions on file.
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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 10 elected officials hold documented connections.
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Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing
New York City Comptroller filed filing with the SEC on 2003-03-31
→ Israel Bonds organization
investor
In January 2023, Comptroller Brad Lander ended NYC's practice of investing in Israeli government bonds ($39 million matured). Incoming Comptroller Mark Levine (term began January 2026) announced plans to reinvest in Israel Bonds, reversing the phase-out.
→ Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) instrument
financial_conflict
In February 2025, Comptroller Lander's financial team discovered that the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE had revoked $80 million in congressionally-appropriated FEMA funds directly from NYC bank accounts, prompting emergency legal action.
→ State Street company
financial_benchmark
The NYC pension funds achieved a 10.3% aggregate investment return for Fiscal Year 2025, surpassing the State Street custom benchmark of 7%.
→ BlackRock company
investor
In November 2025, Comptroller Brad Lander recommended that three NYC pension funds drop asset manager BlackRock ($42 billion) due to inadequate decarbonization plans under the funds' Net Zero Implementation Plan.
← Nicole Malliotakis person
political challenge/debate challenge
Comptroller Brad Lander challenged Malliotakis to a debate over the OBBBA, with the comptroller's office noted as a known entity.
← Mark D. Levine person
role
Mark D. Levine is identified as the New York City Comptroller, the office from which he made the documented request.
Facts (16)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 168d ago · Avg age: 1623d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (15)
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✓ verified Partially Corroborated In May 2025, the NYC pension systems completed a record $5 billion GP stakes secondary sale to Blackstone across all five pension funds — one of the largest pension-led secondary transactions in U.S. history.
✓ verified Pending Review The Comptroller's office settled 13,712 claims and lawsuits against New York City for $975 million in fiscal year 2019, and issued 61 audits and special reports identifying potential revenue and savings.
Date: 2019-06-15 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Incoming Comptroller Mark Levine (term began January 2026) announced plans to reinvest in Israel Bonds, reversing Lander's phase-out, stating Israel bonds have 'a very strong rate of return.'
Date: 2025-07-28 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review In January 2023, Comptroller Brad Lander ended New York City's decades-long practice of investing in Israeli government bonds when the existing $39 million in bonds matured, citing a policy to avoid foreign sovereign debt and equal treatment of all countries.
Date: 2023-01-15 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source In November 2025, Comptroller Brad Lander recommended that three NYC pension funds drop asset managers BlackRock ($42 billion), Fidelity, and PanAgora due to inadequate decarbonization plans under the funds' Net Zero Implementation Plan.
✓ verified Primary Source In February 2025, Comptroller Lander's financial team discovered that the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE had revoked $80 million in congressionally-appropriated FEMA funds directly from NYC bank accounts, prompting emergency legal action.
✓ verified Pending Review In September 2025, the Comptroller found $8.6 million in unauthorized subcontractor payments across four health and human services agencies during FY2022-2024 in a series of sweeping audits.
Date: 2025-09-25 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review The Comptroller's Bureau of Audit is mandated to audit every City agency at least once every four years; in FY2023 the office completed 30 audits, reviews, and special reports.
Date: 2024-02-02 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review The City Charter requires that all contracts and agreements entered into by City agencies be registered by the Comptroller prior to implementation, through the Bureau of Contract Administration with a 30-day review window.
Date: ongoing Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Under the New York Labor Law, the Comptroller sets and enforces prevailing wage and living wage laws for public works projects and certain service contracts; over $11 million in wage recoveries were collected under Comptroller Brad Lander's tenure alone.
Date: 2022-2025 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source The Comptroller's Bureau of Asset Management oversees investment portfolios managed predominantly by external managers across publicly traded securities, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds, and opportunistic fixed income.
Date: ongoing Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Pension / Investment Management Overview
✓ verified Primary Source The NYC pension funds achieved a 10.3% aggregate investment return for Fiscal Year 2025, surpassing the 7% actuarial target and the State Street custom benchmark of 7%, delivering $2.18 billion in savings to the City over five fiscal years.
✓ verified Primary Source The Comptroller serves as investment advisor, custodian, and trustee for all five New York City public pension funds: NYCERS, TRS, Police, Fire, and BERS — collectively the fourth largest public pension plan in the U.S. with approximately $316.34 billion in assets as of January 2026.
Date: 2026-01-15 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Pension / Investment Management Overview
✓ verified Primary Source The Office of the New York City Comptroller was established in 1801 by the City Common Council, making it one of the oldest municipal financial oversight offices in the United States.
Date: 1801-06-15 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Office History — New York City Comptroller
✓ verified Partially Corroborated New York City Comptroller filed filing with the SEC on 2003-03-31. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (14)
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing, oversight primary since 2003
New York City Comptroller filed filing with the SEC on 2003-03-31 · The Comptroller's office regularly files PX14A6G notices of exempt solicitation with the SEC on behalf of NYC pension funds for shareholder proposals at companies like Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and RBC.
financial_conflict primary since 2025
In February 2025, Comptroller Lander's financial team discovered that the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE had revoked $80 million in congressionally-appropriated FEMA funds directly from NYC bank accounts, prompting emergency legal action.
→ State Street company
financial_benchmark primary since 2025
The NYC pension funds achieved a 10.3% aggregate investment return for Fiscal Year 2025, surpassing the State Street custom benchmark of 7%.
→ BlackRock company
investor primary since 2025
In November 2025, Comptroller Brad Lander recommended that three NYC pension funds drop asset manager BlackRock ($42 billion) due to inadequate decarbonization plans under the funds' Net Zero Implementation Plan.
investor inferential since 2025
In November 2025, Comptroller Brad Lander recommended that three NYC pension funds drop asset manager BlackRock ($42 billion) due to inadequate decarbonization plans under the funds' Net Zero Implementation Plan. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. is a subsidiary of BlackRock.
→ Israel Bonds organization
investor primary since 2023
In January 2023, Comptroller Brad Lander ended NYC's practice of investing in Israeli government bonds ($39 million matured). Incoming Comptroller Mark Levine (term began January 2026) announced plans to reinvest in Israel Bonds, reversing the phase-out.
credit_rating_agency_relationship secondary
Moody's rates NYC general obligation bonds Aa2; in March 2026 it lowered the outlook from stable to negative, prompting a statement from Comptroller Levine warning of looming financial challenges.
← Mark D. Levine person
role primary since 2026
Mark D. Levine is identified as the New York City Comptroller, the office from which he made the documented request.
← Adriano Espaillat person
constituency government inferential since 2024
Espaillat's district falls under NYC Comptroller jurisdiction, but no direct relationship is documented.
oversight secondary since 2020
NYPD technology contracts and surveillance expenditures are subject to oversight and audit by the New York City Comptroller's office.
← Chuck Schumer elected official
constituent_office inferential since 2025
Schumer represents all of New York, including New York City, whose comptroller is mentioned as an entity; no direct interaction is documented.
← Kirsten Gillibrand elected official
Potential Constituency Connection inferential since 2009
New York City Comptroller is listed as a known entity. As senator for New York, Gillibrand interacts with NYC officials. Not directly documented in the provided facts beyond constituency baseline.
← Nicole Malliotakis person
political challenge/debate challenge primary since 2025
Comptroller Brad Lander challenged Malliotakis to a debate over the OBBBA, with the comptroller's office noted as a known entity.
← Hakeem Jeffries elected official
oversight inferential since 2013
Jeffries' district, New York's 8th Congressional District, is anchored in central and southern Brooklyn (including parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, and Coney Island) and extends into a portion of southwest Queens (including parts of Howard Beach). The district falls under the jurisdiction of the New York City Comptroller for city-level oversight.
Sources (24)
2010-04-15 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2010-04-15) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2005-03-25 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2005-03-25) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2009-04-16 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2009-04-16) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-03-20 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2003-03-20) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-03-31 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2003-03-31) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-05-02 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2022-05-02) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-02-24 ↗ NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer Loosening City Pension Private Equity Rules Will … external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-05-27 ↗ NYC pensions finalize $5B secondary sale to Blackstone external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-12-30 ↗ Retirees depend on pension funds. Don't play politics with them. external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2011-04-15 ↗ NY ex-comptroller gets at least 1 year in prison external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-12-10 ↗ NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and Pension Fund Trustees Release 2024 Shareholder I… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-02-12 ↗ Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander on the Trump Administration's Illegal Reve… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-02-04 ↗ Letter to Palantir Technologies Requesting Third-Party Human Rights Risk Assessm… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-11-26 ↗ Comptroller Lander Recommends Pension Boards Drop BlackRock, Fidelity, and PanAg… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2025-08-06 ↗ NYC Comptroller Lander Announces Strong 10.3% Pension Returns for Fiscal Year 20… external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 ↗ Pension / Investment Management Overview external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
ongoing ↗ Office History — New York City Comptroller external_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2003-03-31 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — New York City Comptroller (2003-03-31) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt