DiNapoli: More contract review needed
SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Wednesday lawmakers are looking at expanding his authority to review contracts like the ones totaling nearly $1 billion that have led to criminal charges against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aides.
“We raised objections when it was taken away from us in the past and some legislators have already reached out to me already and asked how would I feel about that oversight being restored or even enhanced,” he said. “We certainly would welcome that.”
“We have the staff capability to do that and I think it is certainly something the people of the state would expect, that in response to these charges and the allegations that we have a much more robust process of oversight, checks and balances, and accountability. In the comptroller’s office that’s what we are set up to do.”