New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer subject files for 2014-2021
Description
The accession consists of 25 boxes of subject files of Comptroller Scott Stringer and the Comptroller's Office, for 2014-2021. The records consist primarily of two groups: outgoing and incoming correspondence from and to Comptroller Stringer; and incoming correspondence routed to different divisions, staff members, and the Comptroller. Boxes with subject files containing outgoing and incoming correspondence from and to Comptroller Stringer comprise 14 cubic feet for 2014-2020. These boxes mostly contain outgoing correspondence, and also contain incoming letters, cards, emails, and photographs. The boxes have descriptions such as, "Official Correspondence Scott Stringer 2020", "Scott M. Stringer 2015 Box 1", and "SMS Correspondence 2015-2016". Each box has files from a particular time period labeled by subject and date. The outgoing correspondence from Comptroller Stringer is on various topics reflecting the functions and activities of the office, and issues facing the city during the period covered. It includes letters to local and national elected officials (e.g. Mayor de Blasio, Presidents Obama and Trump), city and other governmental agencies, businesses, nonprofits, unions, cultural organizations, foreign governments, constituents, and others. Many of the records have forms for signature request or executive routing. Prominent subjects and office functions documented include: housing; homelessness; labor relations (i.e. consent determinations); external relations (e.g. congratulatory, condolences, get-well); public affairs; legal affairs; audits; immigration (e.g. in response to Trump administration policies, 2017 executive order); fiscal/budgetary oversight (e.g. debt service, bond closings); accountancy (e.g. letters to agencies on PON1 use for non-contract payments); contracts; public health, including issues relating to the onset of COVID-19 (e.g. school opening, prison conditions, virus tracking); economic development (e.g. Amazon incentives and plan for Long Island City); legislative/budgetary advocacy (e.g. public finance); children's services; mental health (e.g. Thrive NYC); equity, diversity, and inclusion; office initiatives, events, and reports (e.g. aging, immigration, city spending and MWBEs); delegations; and others. Correspondence relating to pension oversight includes letters to companies, agencies, and foreign governments, and a statement, on corporate governance and responsible investment issues such as: climate and the environment (e.g. letter to G20 governments, Paris Pledge); private prison firm divestment; supplier diversity reporting; consumer protection; LGBT inclusion and Board diversity; immigration; labor; firearm sales; opiods; conflict minerals; and shareholder proposals. Incoming correspondence to Comptroller Stringer includes letters, emails, cards, and photos on various subjects relating to the activities of the Comptroller (e.g. thank you notes, congratulations on re-election, external events), from constituents, organizations, elected officials, and others. Photographs are mostly from events (e.g. organizational, parades), and include Stringer, elected officials (e.g. Governor Cuomo), NYPD Commissioner Bratton, family, and constituents. They include different size color prints, some signed, and a few photo albums and books; some prints are paperclipped to incoming correspondence. Boxes containing incoming correspondence routed to different bureaus/units, prominently the Community Action Center (CAC) in Public Affairs, comprise 10 cubic feet, 2012-2021. Records routed to CAC consist mostly of constituent correspondence, including complaints and inquiries. Other bureaus/units include, audits, accountancy, budget, BIS - Information Systems, contracts/procurement, economic development, economic analysis, diversity, public finance, policy, corporate governance, communications, other Public Affairs divisions, including Community Affairs, Intergovernmental, DPA Planning, and Deputy Dylan Hewitt. Approximately two boxes contain incoming mail routed to the Comptroller, and various staff members including, the First Deputy, Chief of Staff, and to Special Assistant Jessica Silver. The correspondence is from constituents, elected officials, agency commissioners, and others, and may include other record types, such as legal documents and reports. One box contains binders with scheduling information for the Comptroller for 2012-2014. Many of the binder sheets are annotated, and contain post-it notes. Each binder mostly corresponds to a month; in some instances a single binder may correspond to the same month in different years (e.g. December 2013 and 2014). Although there are records from 2014-2021 in this accession, records from 2021 represent only a small amount of the records.
Extent
25 cubic feet (25 record cartons) : paper records
Dates
2014-2021
Record Groups
Source
- New York (N.Y.). Office of the Comptroller (Organization)
Creator
- New York (N.Y.). Office of the Comptroller (Organization)
- Silver, Jessica (Person)
- Stringer, Scott M., 1960- (Person)
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