comptroller

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The average cost of sending a child to a daycare center is $26,000 a year, up 43% since 2019, according to a 2025 report from the city’s comptroller.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The New York state comptroller manages nearly $300 billion in pension assets on behalf of teachers, firefighters and civil servants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Eugene Ludwig is chair of the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity and former U.S. comptroller of the currency.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

But President Jose Raul Mulino has called the contract "unfair" and the office of the comptroller general -- an autonomous body that examines how government money is spent -- subsequently recommended it be annulled.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

She says if I run for mayor she wants to be comptroller, of all things.”

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee