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State Comptroller
What this job does
The comptroller is the state's chief money watchdog: manages the state pension fund, audits state agencies and local governments for waste and fraud, reviews state contracts and payments, runs the state payroll and returns unclaimed money. A term is four years. source: osc.ny.gov
- Thomas P. DiNapoli Democratic / Working FamiliesState comptroller
- Joseph Hernandez Republican / ConservativeBiotech entrepreneur and investor
Candidates in the order the New York State Board of Elections lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order, and the same candidate can appear on more than one party line.