New York City Comptroller
The Comptroller of New York City is the third highest public office in New York City . He is at the same time treasurer and chief auditor or auditor of the city administration. The comptroller is directly elected by the population for a term of four years.
tasks
The comptroller is responsible for monitoring and managing the communal debt. He issues communal bonds , is the trustee of the pension fund for public sector employees and supervises the communal companies and agencies. He reports regularly on the state of finances and the general economic situation in New York City.
The Comptroller is the third highest office in New York City. Should both the offices of Mayor and New York City Public Advocate be vacant, the Comptroller is acting mayor.
history
The office was introduced in 1801 and has been determined by direct elections by the population since 1884. In 1938 the Comptroller received its own authority within the city administration. Until 1989, the Comptroller was also a member of the influential New York City Board of Estimate , which consisted of the dual-voting offices of Mayor, Comptroller and President of the City Council (today: Public Advocate) as well as the five single-voting borough presidents .
choice
The election takes place every four years, at the same time as the elections for the mayor, the members of the City Council and the public advocate as direct elections . As for the office of mayor, so-called primaries take place in the major parties in the run-up to the election , in which the respective nomination is decided.
Official
In the 2013 election, the Democratic Borough President of Manhattan , Scott Stringer, won . After surprisingly winning the primary election against former Governor Eliot Spitzer , he also prevailed in the main election against the Republican candidate, former Wall Street analyst John Burnett .
List of incumbents
- 1898-1901 Bird S. Coler
- 1902-1905 Edward M. Grout
- 1906-1908 Herman A. Metz
- 1910–1917 WA Pendergast
- 1918-1925 Charles Lacy Craig
- 1926-1932 Charles W. Berry
- 1933 George McAneny
- 1934 Arthur Cunningham
- 1935 Joseph D. McGoldrick
- 1936-1937 Frank J. Taylor
- 1938-1945 Joseph D. McGoldrick
- 1946–1953 Lazarus Joseph
- 1954–1961 Lawrence E. Gerosa
- 1962-1965 Abraham D. Beame
- 1966–1969 Mario Procaccino
- 1970–1973 Abraham D. Beame
- 1974-1989 Harrison J. Goldin
- 1990-1993 Elizabeth Holtzman
- 1994-2001 Alan G. Hevesi
- 2002-2009 William Thompson
- 2010-2013 John Liu
- 2014 - Scott Stringer