comptroller
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Fewer Gen-Z and millennial renters have been able to break into the coveted housing stock, according to an analysis by the city comptroller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Brad Lander, New York City’s former comptroller and city councilman who recently won the Democratic primary against incumbent U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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
Meanwhile, Brad Lander, a former NYC comptroller, defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, while democratic socialist Assembly member Claire Valdez won the primary for an open seat representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I would thank you for precise information on this head, for I have not been able to get any,” he wrote to the comptroller of the treasury, Oliver Wolcott.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
In a private ceremony before the inauguration, Lierman handed Franchot the first of her “challenge coins,” an engraved memento Maryland’s comptrollers have given out for decades.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
That’s if she doesn’t get derailed by the collegiate jargon: Unsubsidized loans, registrars and comptrollers, “demonstrated need,” Ed.D.s and FAFSAs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2018
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
It also includes signatures from treasurers or comptrollers from Rhode Island, South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2015
They are otherwise occupied, some in king’s matters, some are ambassadors, some of the privy council, some to furnish the court, some are lords of the parliament, some are presidents, and comptrollers of mints.
From Sermons on the Card by Henry Morley
