LIU STATEMENT ON CITYTIME SETTLEMENT

Here is another press release from Comptroller Liu's office. It relates to the HALF-BILLION dollar settlement with SAIC and the City Time scandal. Kudos to Liu!!!

Gregory

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NEW YORK, NY – City Comptroller John C. Liu issued the following statement on the half-billion dollar settlement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC):

“This historic settlement brings a measure of restitution to our taxpayers. CityTime epitomizes enormous waste enabled by a combination of woeful mismanagement and corrupt outside consultants. Unfortunately, CityTime seems not to be an isolated incident. Our office continues to vigorously audit previous contracts and scrutinize new contracts to identify and prevent this type of runaway spending.”

City Council Overrides Mayoral Veto of Local Law 35

Looks like some of our Mayor's 3rd term policies are meeting resistance from the City Council. Here is NYC Comptroller Liu's statement related to a recent City Council override of a Mayoral veto. Kudos to Comptroller Liu and our City Council for their efforts to curb city spending and increase oversight of city contracts.

Gregory

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LIU STATEMENT ON CITY COUNCIL OVERRIDE OF MAYORAL VETO OF LOCAL LAW 35

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NEW YORK, NY – City Comptroller John C. Liu today released the following statement on the City Council’s vote to override a Mayoral veto of Local Law 35:

“Today’s actions will help prevent runaway spending on high priced consultants and other outside contracting. By expanding the universe of City agencies and contract provisions that will be exposed to more scrutiny, the Council has taken a key step towards rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the contracting process. While the previous system allowed large city contracts, such as CityTime, to balloon due to poor oversight and incessant contract renewals and extensions, these new measures will help protect our workers and taxpayers from further costly boondoggles.”

COMPTROLLER LIU STATEMENT ON THE MAYOR’S EXECUTIVE BUDGET

Here is more of NYC Comptroller Liu protecting our tax dollars from "high priced" technology-related contracts that have been riddled with alleged corruption issues.

Gregory
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COMPTROLLER LIU STATEMENT ON THE MAYOR’S EXECUTIVE BUDGET
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NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following in response to questions about Mayor Bloomberg’s FY 2012 Executive Budget:

“While the Mayor’s Budget presents a picture reflective of the lingering effects of the recession, it should be noted that throughout the economic crisis, City agencies have spent billions of dollars on high-priced outside consultants resulting in runaway spending on technology-related contracts. Unfortunately, the Executive Budget offers no respite. The continued lack of oversight of subcontractors working on City projects has resulted in the City being bilked out of millions of dollars - dollars that could have been better utilized elsewhere.

Although the Mayor has heeded our concerns and acknowledged that more needs to be done to rein in spending on consultants, now is the time to fully rethink the proposed spending plan on IT projects, especially within the Department of Education. As we have seen in recent months, there are serious gaps in the DOE’s ability to properly keep track of their prime and subcontractors.

Before we commit critical funding towards more technology contracts, we must consider the necessity of these projects when compared to the proposed service and personnel cuts the Mayor has put forth.

As our local economy continues its gradual recovery from the recession, I am hopeful that some of the most painful cuts proposed in the Mayor’s Budget will be able to be mitigated. I look forward to analyzing the Mayor’s Budget and presenting my findings. In the meantime, my office will continue to scrutinize and restructure when necessary each contract that comes through our door as well as audit City agencies to find savings.”