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New York City Comptroller​​‍​​​‌​‌‍​‍‌‌‍‍​‌‍‍‍‌​‍‌​

Municipal financial oversight office with fiduciary duties to NYC pension funds
Tracked Municipal financial oversight office with fiduciary duties to NYC pension funds · 2 documented connections
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PATTERN government agency → [regulatory filing] → government agency 15×
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Entity #391
regulatory_filing
New York City Comptroller filed filing with the SEC on 2003-03-31
Facts (16)
Data Freshness
Fresh Last update: 5d ago · Avg age: 614d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Raw Filing Records (15) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review In May 2025, the NYC pension systems completed a record $5 billion GP stakes secondary sale to Blackston​​‍​​​‌​‌‍​‍‌‌‍‍​‌‍‍‍‌​‍‌​e across all five pension funds — one of the largest pension-led secondary transactions in U.S. history.
Date: 2025-05-27 Added: 02 May 2026
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 Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review Incoming Comptroller Mark Levine (term began January 2026) announced plans to reinvest in Israe​​‍​​​‌​‌‍​‍‌‌‍‍​‌‍‍‍‌​‍‌​l Bonds, reversing Lander's phase-out, stating Israel bonds have 'a very strong rate of return.'
Date: 2025-07-28 Added: 02 May 2026
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 Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review 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.
Date: 2025-11-26 Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review 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.
Date: 2025-02-12 Added: 02 May 2026
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
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
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
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
Pending Review 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
Pending Review 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.
Date: 2025-08-06 Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review 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 Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review 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 Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review New York City Comptroller filed filing with the SEC on 2003-03-31. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2003-03-31 Added: 12 Apr 2026
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Entity #391
regulatory_filing, regulatory_filer_and_shareholder_activist 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.
Entity #386
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.
Sources (15)
2025-05-27 ↗ NYC pensions finalize $5B secondary sale to Blackstone external_handoff Processed
2011-04-15 ↗ NY ex-comptroller gets at least 1 year in prison external_handoff Processed
2026 ↗ Pension / Investment Management Overview external_handoff Processed
ongoing ↗ Office History — New York City Comptroller external_handoff Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: New York City Comptroller — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed