| 2013 |
|
| 12-20-13 |
Comptroller Maragos: Mismanagement of Correction Center Commissary May Be Affecting Inmate Welfare |
| 11-19-13 |
Comptroller Maragos: 207 Striking NC College Adjunct Professors Will be Fined $170,000 in Salary |
| 11-14-13 |
Comptroller Maragos: Living Wage Compliance Continues to Improve |
| 10-29-13 |
Free Classes For Seniors and Veterans will Provide Tips on How To Keep Your Balance and Avoid Dangerous Falls |
| 10-10-13 |
Winthrop-University Hospital and Nassau Comptroller George Maragos Team Up to Keep Seniors on their Feet |
| 10-09-13 |
Comptroller’s Comments and Recommendations on the Proposed Nassau County 2014 Budget and Multi-Year Financial Plan |
| 09-24-13 |
Nassau
County Warns Former Comptroller Against False Claims that
Could Hurt Taxpayers |
| 08-28-13 |
Maragos: Government Transparency Upheld By NY State Highest Court Landmark Ruling |
| 08-21-13 |
Emergency Shelter Agencies Underpay Employees by Over $10K |
| 08-07-13 |
Maragos: County Projected to End 2013 with $5.6M Budgetary Surplus Due to Improving Economy |
| 08-01-13 |
Maragos: Audit Finds All Trees on Searington Rd and Shelter Rock Rd Had to Come Down After Sandy for Safety Reasons |
| 07-31-13 |
NEW
- Living Wage Law Poster |
| 07-23-13 |
Maragos:
Nassau County Economy Scores with Return of Professional
Soccer & Pele |
| 07-15-13 |
Maragos Releases Audited 2012 Financial Results and Confirms $41.5M Surplus |
| 07-12-13 |
Maragos: County Sales Tax Revenues Up 11.2% at Mid-Year 2013 |
| 06-24-13 |
Largest Union in Nassau County Calls Living Wage Law, Established by the Suozzi-Weitzman Administration, "Hypocritical" and Threatens Legal Action |
| 06-21-13 |
New York State Awards Nassau County $5M For Cost Savings that Led to 2012 Budget Surplus |
| 06-12-13 |
Comptroller Maragos: Despite Costs Of Superstorm Sandy, Nassau County Ends Fiscal Year 2012 with $41.6M Surplus |
| 05-28-13 |
Maragos: Provider of Affordable Housing Repays Shortchanged Employees |
| 05-22-13 |
Comptroller Maragos: Preschool Special Education Program Requires Improved Oversight |
| 05-17-13 |
Audit Advisory Committee 2011-2012 Bi-Annual Report (.pdf file) |
| 05-15-13 |
Maragos Alerts DA and AG Prior to Releasing $12M Payment Owed to Superstorm Sandy Vendor |
| 05-15-13 |
Comptroller Maragos Announces
New Deputy Comptroller of Audits and Special Projects |
| 05-14-13 |
Maragos: Foster Care Services Could Be Improved |
| 05-08-13 |
Maragos:
Let's Go Islanders! 3 Playoff Games Will Generate Over
$4M in Economic Activity |
| 05-07-13 |
Maragos: Nassau County Paid Up To 32% Less Than NYC for Sandy Debris Removal |
| 04-30-13 |
Independent Review of Sandy Claims Finds Comptroller's Staff Saving Taxpayers Money |
| 04-24-13 |
Maragos: County to Be Credited Nearly $2M for Medicare Payment |
| 04-17-13 |
Maragos: 200 High School Students Present Business Plans For Nassau County |
| 04-12-13 |
Maragos: Sales Tax Up over 11% As the 2013 Economic Recovery on Long Island Continues |
| 04-11-13 |
Maragos Provides Timeline and Approval Path of Emergency Payment for $6.7 Million to Debris Removal Company After Damage Caused by Tropical Storm Irene |
| 04-02-13 |
Maragos: Not-for-Profit Homeless Shelter Provider Shortchanged Employees over $120,000 |
| 03-19-13 |
Maragos Announces First-Ever Nassau County High School Business Development Challenge |
| 03-07-13 |
Maragos: Sequestration and Grumman May Hamper Strong Initial 2013 Economic Recovery on Long Island |
| 03-05-13 |
Comptroller Maragos: Town of North Hempstead Continues to Conceal Financial Records |
| 02-28-13 |
Maragos: Not-For-Profit Group Needs Management Overhaul |
| 02-27-13 |
Comptroller Maragos and Staff Presented with Excellence in Financial Reporting Achievement Award for 3rd Straight Year |
| 02-22-13 |
County Successfully Raises $337.9 Million at Very Low Rates to Fund Sandy Recovery |
| 02-19-13 |
Maragos: County Maintains A+ Credit Rating |
| 02-14-13 |
Court Once Again Rules Comptroller Maragos Can Audit Town of North Hempstead Park |
| 02-13-13 |
2012 Sales Tax Revenues Up 5.2% |
| 02-11-13 |
Comptroller Maragos Names New Chief of Staff, Town of Oyster Bay Town Clerk Steven Labriola |
| 02-06-13 |
Maragos: Shelter Program Placed Some Needy Families at Risk |
| 01-28-13 |
Maragos: County Is Effectively Monitoring Medicaid Eligibility |
| 2012 |
|
| 12-05-12 |
Audit Finds Over $200k in Overbilling by Social Service Provider |
| 11-26-12 |
Strong Economic Recovery Continues After Superstorm Sandy; Black Friday Sales Increase 12.8% |
| 11-15-12 |
Housing Audit Found Gross Mismanagement and Waste Dating Back to 2007 |
| 11-14-12 |
Nassau County Comptroller Maragos Asks Governor Cuomo to Repair LIPA |
| 11-08-12 |
Economic Impact of Superstorm Sandy and Nor'easter may Reach $1 Billion in Nassau County |
| 11-02-12 |
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos is Offering His Office as a Work Station for Hurricane Sandy |
| 11-01-12 |
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and County Executive Edward P. Mangano Warn of Price Gouging |
| 10-31-12 |
Statement from Comptroller Maragos on the Damage Caused by Hurricane Sandy |
| 10-17-12 |
2013 Budget Improves County Financial Trends with No Tax or Spending Increase |
| 10-10-12 |
Maragos: Compliance with Living Wage Law at an All Time High |
| 10-02-12 |
Maragos: Audit of the County's 2011 Federal Awards Finds Compliance Deficiencies |
| 09-23-12 |
Maragos Homeowners Deserve Their Property Tax Refunds without Politics or More Debt |
| 09-13-12 |
Rampant Injury Claims May Have Cost Taxpayers $13M |
| 09-06-12 |
Maragos: Skyrocketing NY State Pension Contributions May Bankrupt Municipalities |
| 08-01-12 |
Maragos: The Nassau County Living Wage Increases to $14.91 on August 1st 2012 |
| 07-30-12 |
Nassau County Comptroller Releases Audited Fiscal Year 2011 Results |
| 07-26-12 |
2012 Mid-Year Report on the County's Financial Condition |
| 07-13-12 |
Nassau County Ends Fiscal Year 2011 with an Unaudited $50.4 Million Deficit |
| 07-09-12 |
LIBOR Manipulation Scandal May Have Cost Nassau County Taxpayers up to $13 million |
| 05-08-12 |
Maragos: Hotel/Motel Tax Collection Needs Improvement |
| 04-30-12 |
Non Profit Fails to Cooperate with Comptroller's Audit |
| 04-20-12 |
Comptroller's Office Finds and Helps Collect $56k Owed by NYC |
| 03-28-12 |
Comptroller Maragos: Nassau County Ends Fiscal Year 2011 with a Budgetary Surplus |
| 02-16-12 |
Maragos to Scofflaws: Please Pay Your Tickets; Boot and Tow Contractor Authorized to Seize Vehicles |
| 02-06-12 |
Maragos Audit Finds Petty Cash Policy Not Being Enforced in Nassau County Police Department |
| 01-30-12 |
Maragos: Audit Recoups over $50,000 from Duplicate Payments Made for Children in Foster Care |
| 01-13-12 |
Maragos and Staff Presented with Financial Reporting Achievement Award |
| 01-10-12 |
Maragos: Traffic and Parking Violations Agency Needs New System to Collect Millions in Fines |
| 2011 |
|
| 12-20-11 |
County Office of Investigations is Effectively Weeding Out Medicaid and Social Services Fraud |
| 12-01-11 |
Maragos: Excessive Phone Lines Cost County Up To $1.2M |
| 10-06-11 |
Comptroller's Comments on the Proposed 2012 Budget |
| 10-03-11 |
Maragos Releases Assessment Reports |
| 09-14-11 |
Maragos: County IT Must Follow Through and Urgently Improve Management Practices to Mitigate Operations Risk |
| 08-30-11 |
Maragos Finds over $15,000 in Unclaimed Funds for County |
| 08-26-11 |
26% Pension Premium Increases Set for Nassau County |
| 08-08-11 |
Maragos: Enforcement of Living Wage Law Paying Off |
| 08-02-11 |
The Nassau County Living Wage increases to $14.61 per hour as of August 1st |
| 07-29-11 |
Maragos: Additional Steps are Required to Avoid a Budget Deficit |
| 07-21-11 |
Maragos: HUB Development with New Islanders' Home is Necessary for County |
| 07-14-11 |
Comptroller Maragos Dismayed at the Continued Resistance to Audit of the Clinton G. Martin Park District by Town of Hempstead |
| 06-29-11 |
Maragos: Nassau County 2010 Year-End Audited Financial Results Show a $26.6M Surplus |
| 06-23-11 |
NYS Supreme Court Justice Affirms Comptroller's Authority to Audit Towns and Special Districts |
| 06-09-11 |
Maragos: New County Incentive Could Save $1.26 Million in Health Insurance Costs |
| 06-06-11 |
Maragos: LIPA’s Error Prone Billing System Makes It Difficult for Commercial Clients to Manage Electric Usage |
| 05-24-11 |
Comptroller Maragos: County Contracts with AIDS Care Provider on HOLD |
| 05-18-11 |
Comptroller Maragos: Additional Budgetary Initiatives Must be Implemented to End 2011 in Balance |
| 05-06-11 |
Comptroller Maragos Names New Deputy Comptroller of Administration and Community Outreach |
| 05-03-11 |
Comptroller Maragos: Former County IDA Gave Financial Assistance with Little Regard for Taxpayer Benefits |
| 03-29-11 |
County Hospital Audit Finds Widespread Financial Deficiencies and Lost Gross Billing of Up To $6.5M |
| 03-10-11 |
Comptroller Maragos: Nassau County Ends Fiscal Year 2010 with $17.2m Surplus |
| 03-03-11 |
Maragos: South Farmingdale Water District's Internal Controls and Business Practices Need Improvement |
| 02-24-11 |
Maragos: Retirement Incentives Save County Over $28M |
| 02-23-11 |
Maragos Announces Operational Audit of the Problem Plagued Nassau Crime Lab |
| 02-22-11 |
Comptroller Maragos joins with other NY County Comptrollers to Announce the Formation of the New York State Elected County Comptrollers' Association |
| 02-10-11 |
Sales Tax 6.7% Higher than Last Year Excluding Energy Tax |
| 01-10-11 |
Comptroller Maragos and Staff Presented with Financial Reporting Achievement Award |
| 01-06-11 |
Comptroller's Statement on Nassau County's Finances |
| 2010 |
|
| 12-20-10 |
NIFA's Failure to Act Will Cost the County $5.21 Million in 2011 |
| 11-30-10 |
Maragos: Nassau County will Close 2010 in Balance or with Small Surplus |
| 11-17-10 |
Maragos Lays Out Options to Save LI Bus |
| 10-06-10 |
Maragos: Proposed Mangano Budget Slashes Costs to Balance Budget with No Property Tax Increase |
| 09-20-10 |
Maragos: NassauRx Card Saved Residents Over $1.6m in 2010 |
| 09-07-10 |
Maragos: Nassau County has Potential to Generate up to $67 million in New Non-Tax Revenue |
| 08-23-10 |
Comptroller Maragos' First Online Town Hall Meeting a Virtual Success |
| 08-02-10 |
Nassau Projected to Finish 2010 Fiscal Year with Balanced Budget |
| 07-29-10 |
Maragos: Audits Found Medicaid Home Care Aids and Others Underpaid by 281,790 |
| 07-22-10 |
Maragos appoints Joseph Gonzal to the Audit Advisory Committee |
| 07-21-10 |
Paul Levental named new Chair of Audit Advisory Committee |
| 07-14-10 |
Maragos: Rubber Stamping of Contracts is Over |
| 06-30-10 |
Maragos: Nassau County Closes Difficult 2009 Financial Year |
| 06-09-10 |
NY State Pension Fund asks County for 45% Increase in 2011 Contributions |
| 06-07-10 |
Major Credit Agency Gives Nassau 'Negative Outlook' |
| 05-19-10 |
Maragos: 'Temporary Employees' Costs Nassau Over $2M Since 2007 |
| 05-12-10 |
Comptroller Maragos Announces New Deputy Comptroller of Audits and Special Projects |
| 04-15-10 |
Maragos, Mangano, and Schumer will lead the fight to reduce potential hikes in Statewide Health Insurance Premiums |
| 03-29-10 |
Maragos: Audit Finds $7.3 Million in Health Benefits Savings for 2010 |
| 03-23-10 |
Comptroller Maragos: Special Districts and Villages Should be Judged Based on Merit by their Local Communities |
| 03-16-10 |
Comptroller Maragos: Nassau County Ended Fiscal Year 2009 with Alarming Structural Deficit of Over $248 Million |
| 03-01-10 |
Comptroller Maragos Recommends Cancellation of Flawed $82 Million Technology Contract |
| 02-25-10 |
Maragos: Tax Assessment Problem Balloons to $114 million |
| 02-22-10 |
Maragos stops payment of $1.2m contract improperly approved by Suozzi Administration as part of investigation of $68.3m in last minute contracts |
| 02-21-10 |
Comptroller Maragos finds prior administration rushed to approve $68.3 million in contracts before leaving office |
| 02-16-10 |
Long Island Comptrollers, Maragos and Sawicki, Meet to Discuss Tax Assessments, Counties Taxes and Mutual Cooperation |
| 02-03-10 |
Comptroller Maragos asks Treasurer to Invoice and Collect over $5 million owed to the County for 2008 and 2009 |
| 01-29-10 |
Maragos Empowers Outside Audit Advisory Committee to Aggressively Review County's Financial State |
| 01-28-10 |
Comptroller Maragos Releases Follow-Up Audit of Health Care Provider |
| 01-26-10 |
Comptroller Maragos Requests Nassau OTB's Financial Data |
| 01-22-10 |
Comptroller Maragos Announces Management Team |
| 01-04-10 |
Comptroller Maragos says sales tax up 9.4% over last years December check; Still down 6.3% overall |
| 01-03-10 |
George Maragos sworn in as new Comptroller; Vows to protect every taxpayer dollar and tackle tough economy |
