Tom DiNapoli is running for a fifth term on the promise that nothing ever happens in his office. In a Times Union profile, the comptroller said he takes pride in bringing “little drama” and allowed that he’s “maybe a little boring.” The profile also recalls the accomplishment he’s proudest of: “I haven’t had to resign.”
The headlines tell a different story.
- NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s sleazy office culture, including balloon penis, smut cartoons: lawsuit, New York Post
- DiNapoli defends record on Medicaid fraud in comptroller debate, City & State
DiNapoli has taken about $840,000 from lawyers at 13 firms that sue on behalf of pension funds, most of it from firms his office hired to litigate for the state’s. A 16-year employee of his Office of Unclaimed Funds sued over lewd cartoons, vulgar texts and a penis-shaped balloon at a retirement party in the comptroller’s Manhattan office, and a federal judge refused DiNapoli’s bid to toss the case. And on Medicaid fraud in a program that spends roughly $100 billion a year, his answer is 55 arrests since 2023.
“Tom DiNapoli says his strength is staying out of the headlines," said Republican candidate for State Comptroller Joseph Hernandez. "The headlines are there. He’s counting on nobody reading them. Pay-to-play donations, a sleazy office culture, and Medicaid fraud nobody stops. Not resigning is the lowest bar in Albany and after 19 years he’s bragging about clearing it. When I’m elected, that silence ends."
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