Reform Groups Urge More Oversight for State Contracts
“Good-government organizations and a range of think tank and advocacy groups are backing the restoration of oversight for billions of dollars in state government spending by the New York comptroller’s office in order to guard against fraud and corruption. The oversight power was previously,” reports Nick Reisman in Spectrum News.
“Having that oversight could be key for preventing fraud or corruption given those entities have been used in the past to provide pass-through funding for economic development projects. Some of those projects in the last decade have fallen under the scrutiny of federal prosecutors. Comptroller oversight is crucial for ensuring the integrity.”