Scott Stringer, an early front-runner for New York City mayor, pledged to completely phase out fossil fuels, drive private utility companies out of the nation’s largest metropolis, and “electrify everything” in a near total embrace of climate activists’ demands ahead of this year’s election.  The 34-page proposal Stringer laid out Sunday would transform the five […]

For Immediate Release January 10, 2021 COMPTROLLER STRINGER ISSUES SWEEPING CLIMATE PLAN AS FIRST PART OF MAYORAL AGENDA CALLED “THE DETAILS TO DELIVER” Stringer Climate Plan Would Make New York City the National Leader in the Fight Against Climate Change Bill McKibben: “Scott Stringer is a climate hero and this plan proves why. He will […]

Rep. Jerrold Nadler and several other Manhattan elected officials are endorsing Scott Stringer for mayor. Stringer, the city’s comptroller, is a longtime political ally of Nadler, who serves as chairman of the House of Representatives’ powerful Judiciary Committee. The official announcement, which is expected to come Sunday, will also include endorsements from state Sen. Robert […]

If Scott Stringer wins the race next year, his experience as a parent is likely to inform how he guides New York’s public schools out of crisis. When Mayor Bill de Blasio reopened elementary schools this week, many New York City parents who had been keeping their children home were offered a last chance to send them […]

Streamlined permits, grace periods on fines, and high-tech promotional campaigns—all these and more could be on the table this holiday season to help small businesses get through the Covid-19 winter. City Comptroller Scott Stringer said he would unveil a plan Thursday to help New York’s small businesses survive through the impact of the pandemic this month and next. Stringer is looking to […]

It’s never been easy to run a small business in New York City. The city’s entrepreneurs have long faced dizzying odds: high rents and high taxes, byzantine restrictions from City Hall and fierce competition from corporate big-box stores as well as the bodega next door. And that was without the coronavirus pandemic. … The surest […]

This summer, in neighborhoods all across the city, we saw police officers, ostensibly charged with protecting the peace, using extreme force against peaceful protesters. While violence at the hands of law enforcement has been an undeniable reality for New Yorkers of color for decades, these images — on the heels of the police killings of […]

City Comptroller Scott Stringer took an unprecedented step Wednesday: He filed suit to make Mayor Bill de Blasio turn over documents key to an investigation of City Hall’s COVID-19 crisis response. Stringer sued after the mayor failed to respond to his demands to release emails, correspondence and assorted records related to how city agencies handled its preparation […]

Astoria Councilmember Costa Constantinides has endorsed Scott Stringer for mayor, citing his commitment to climate justice and environmental sustainability as New York City comptroller Constantinides, chair of the Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection, said Stringer earned his support by beginning the process for divesting city pensions from the fossil fuel industry. Stringer has also opposed […]