Scott M. Stringer Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Mayor de Blasio And Others Announce Estimated $4 Billion Divestment From Fossil Fuels

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, along with trustees of two of the City’s pension funds, today announced these funds have voted to divest their portfolios of estimated $4 billion from securities related to fossil fuel companies.Continue reading

Comptroller Stringer Kicks Off Labor Rights Week Returning $2 M Of Prevailing Wages

Today, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer kicked off Labor Rights Week by announcing that nearly $2 million in stolen prevailing wages has been returned to more than 100 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading

The COVID Crisis: Harlem Businesses United, The Business Checklist

Here's a welcoming checklist for small business to stay healthy during The COVID Crisis from Harlem's 125thStreetBID in partnership with Long Island City.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio And Others Take Major Next Step To Achieve Fossil Fuel Divestment

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, along with trustees of three of the City’s pension funds, announced today the next major step toward achieving a first-in-the-nation goal to divest New York City’s largest pension funds from fossil fuel companies.Continue reading

Comptroller Stringer Pens Open Letter To Workers: You Have Labor Rights Regardless Of Immigration Status

Dear New Yorker: As many of you may know, my office enforces state and local prevailing wage laws. Continue reading

City Offers New Business Courses In Multiple Languages To Aspiring Immigrant Entrepreneurs

NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Gregg Bishop today announced that registration is now open for new business courses available to over 5,000 entrepreneurs, with a focus on aspiring and established immigrant entrepreneurs.Continue reading

Report: From Harlem To Hollis Failing Working Black Women, Local Wage Gap Is Wider In The U.S.

Today, ahead of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day on August 7th, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released an alarming analysis of Black women’s earnings in New York City that uncovers a wage gap higher than New York State and the entire U.S. Continue reading

Join Harlem Congress Member Adriano Espaillat At Rezoning Community Forum

Representative Adriano Espaillat joined by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer will hold an Inwood Rezoning Community Forum. Continue reading

New “Affordability Index” Monitors Escalating Affordability Crisis From Harlem To Hollis

New York City Comptrollertoday released a new first-of-its-kind tool for examining how the City’s mounting affordability crisis strains the everyday lives of representative New Yorkers. Continue reading

The Mayor And Others Demand Albany Expand Speed Enforcement Cameras Near Schools In State Budget

Mayor de Blasio joined crash survivors, victims’ families, seniors and elected officials on the steps of City Hall to demand leaders in Albany include an expansion of New York City’s school zone speed enforcement camera program in the final state budget by April 1, 2018. Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio And Others Announce First In The Nation Divest From Fossil Fuel

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and other trustees of the City’s $189 Billion pension funds today announced a goal to divest City funds from fossil fuel reserve owners within five years, which would make New York City the first major US pension plan to do so.Continue reading

Health Department And Partners Recognize World AIDS Day And Harlem Awardee

In recognition of World AIDS Day, the Health Department today joined the End AIDS NY 2020 Coalition – a partnership of over 60 community partners from New York State – to host the fourth annual World AIDS Day event at Brooklyn’s historic Kings Theatre.Continue reading

Comptroller Scott M. Stringer Releases Neighborhood-By-Neighborhood Report

In a first-of-its-kind report, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today released a comprehensive neighborhood-by-neighborhood analysis documenting the evolution of New York’s economy since 2000 and the changing business landscape in communities across the five boroughs.Continue reading

Stringer And $11 Trillion Global Investors Speak Out Against Texas “Bathroom Bill”

Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 21^st, 2017, NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and Trillium Asset Management CEO Matthew Patsky will hold a conference call regarding Texas Senate Bill 6, with repercussions from Harlem to Hollywood.Continue reading

Comptroller Scott M. Stringer Debars $1.7 Mil Immigrant Cheat Contractor (Video)

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today assessed $3.2 million in fines against K.S. Contracting Corporation and its owner, Paresh Shah, for cheating dozens of workers out of the prevailing wages and benefits from Harlem to Hollis who were owed under the New York State Labor Law.Continue reading