comptroller
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That’s the power of positive thinking about some surprising truth-telling about the city’s public pension mess from Illinois comptroller Susana Mendoza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Brandon Patty, a 44-year-old clerk and comptroller in St John's County, Florida and a Navy Reserve commander, is one such American who believes passionately that the Dream is alive and working.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Brad Lander, who served as the comptroller for the previous mayor, defeated two-term incumbent Daniel Goldman in New York's 10th Congressional District, following a campaign focused on the Middle East war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
In New York’s 10th District, former city comptroller Brad Lander trounced Rep. Dan Goldman, a fairly mainstream Democrat, by a whopping 31 points.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Des Moines and Barcelona are comparable in latitude. comptroller.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Elsewhere in the state, voters are electing county executives and comptrollers, including on Long Island where Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, is running for re-election against the county’s Republican comptroller John Kennedy.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2019
Such midyear budget adjustments by the board, common in years when revenue was lower than expected, have “enabled countless governors, comptrollers and treasurers to actively manage the state’s finances,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2017
Those will be filled in and hammered out later by the Office of Management and Budget, the comptrollers of the various departments, and the relevant committees in Congress.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2017
The list of signatures on a copy of the letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal includes Thomas P. DiNapoli and Scott M. Stringer, the comptrollers of New York state and New York City, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2015
Two comptrollers pass upon all claims against the government and accounts received from the auditors.
From Government and Administration of the United States by Westel W. Willoughby
