DiNapoli missed ‘corrupt’ official

The ex-state pension official busted in a sex-drugsand-rock-’n’-roll bribery case completely flew under the radar of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — who on Thursday said Navnoor Kang was fired over his management style, not the alleged corruption.

DiNapoli admitted a host of failings regarding Kang, whom the feds charged with accepting $180,000 in payoffs that included trysts with hookers, cocaine and VIP tickets to a Paul McCartney concert.

“Should it have happened? Absolutely not,” DiNapoli told Albany’s Talk 1300 AM radio, according to the Albany Times Union.

“Do we need to look at our internal policies and procedures to see if there is something else we could do? Yes. Do we need to look again about vetting and hiring? We’re looking at that.”

DiNapoli said he assisted the feds in their probe, but learned the extent of Kang’s alleged bribery scheme with two brokers only when the indictment was unsealed on Wednesday.

DiNapoli also said Kang was fired in February because he clashed with the comptroller’s chief investment officer over how he performed his job.

Kang was hired in January 2014 to manage $50 billion worth of fixed-income investments for the state Common Retirement Fund, despite having been canned by Guggenheim Partners for ethical violations similar to the crimes alleged in his indictment, according to the feds.

Court papers say Kang lied about the reason Guggenheim fired him, but DiNapoli’s office has refused to say what — if anything — it did to verify his claims at the time.

A Guggenheim spokesman declined to comment.