controller

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The city controller has no power over local policy, legislation or the city’s budget, but can often shed light on wasteful spending or fraud and pressure politicians by releasing audits and reports on city departments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Marsalek is also believed to have been the controller of a group of Bulgarians who were convicted in London in 2025 of spying for Russia.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“It seemed like a way to experience my younger self again,” says Digons, a New York law-firm accounting controller.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Unlike the state auditor, the controller has political independence and doesn’t answer to the state legislature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

He's got my blanket carefully folded into a suit box with the controller all reassembled, set to take to the lab in the morning.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements