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New York Comptroller
Hofstra University—BA in History; The New School University’s Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions—Master's Degree
Data last updated 10/19/2026
Thomas P. DiNapoli is the 54th Comptroller of the State of New York and has served as State Comptroller since being elected by the State Legislature in February 2007, then elected by voters in 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022. Earlier, he served as a Mineola Board of Education trustee beginning at age 18 and represented northwestern Nassau County in the New York State Assembly for 20 years. Before and alongside public service, he worked in telecommunications management and held community roles including president of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Nassau County.
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Thomas P. DiNapoli’s healthcare-related record as New York State Comptroller focuses on protecting Medicaid as a vital program while reducing waste, improper payments, and weak oversight in state health spending. He has also proposed fiscal tools to help state and local governments pre-fund retiree health care obligations.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiNapoli called for DOH to recover improper Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care payments and strengthen processes to disenroll ineligible members and ensure patients receive appropriate care.
SourceDiNapoli urged the Department of Health to improve oversight of managed care organizations and seek recovery of improper payments after an audit found payments to providers who did not appear to be enrolled in Medicaid.
SourceDiNapoli recommended that DOH act on audit findings to recover improper Medicaid payments and improve billing controls after identifying $16.2 million in improper claims during a six-month review period.
SourceDiNapoli supported stronger federal-state coordination and improved state residency checks to prevent duplicate Medicaid enrollment and ensure New York pays Medicaid costs only for eligible residents.
SourceThomas P. DiNapoli frames economic policy around using the Comptroller’s fiscal oversight and pension-fund authority to support small businesses, job retention, access to capital, and local economic development. His Economy & Jobs record emphasizes targeted investment, community lending, monitoring job trends, and recommendations to help businesses start, grow, and retain workers in New York.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiNapoli supported legislation he helped develop to make it easier for community and minority-owned banks to access state deposits, with the goal of expanding financial services, small-business financing, entrepreneurship, and job growth.
SourceDiNapoli’s 2026 small-business report said state and local governments should continue looking for ways to support small businesses by easing entry into markets and helping them thrive in New York.
SourceDiNapoli recommended that New York City support start-up and growth-stage businesses, expand access to capital and mentorship, and focus support on BIPOC, immigrant, and women-owned small businesses.
SourceDiNapoli encouraged elected officials to continue investing in the Coney Island and Brighton Beach rezoning and revitalization plan in ways that benefit residents amid rapid job and business growth.
SourceThomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller and 2026 Democratic candidate, has framed immigration as economically important to New York and has criticized federal actions that target immigrants or disrupt immigrant communities. He supports scaling back harmful federal immigration enforcement, reforming federal immigration/work-permit processes, and state-level protections for immigrants.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiNapoli joined other state fiscal officers in demanding that the Trump administration immediately scale back immigration enforcement activities they said were causing economic, fiscal, and social harm to communities.
SourceDiNapoli praised the final New York state budget for including new protections for immigrants against Trump administration policies he described as hurtful.
SourceIn a report on New York City’s foreign-born workforce, DiNapoli said federal immigration policy must be reformed and recommended speeding up court processing and work permits while increasing aid for asylum seekers.
SourceDiNapoli criticized President Trump’s 2017 immigration executive order, saying policies targeting nationalities, ethnicities, or religions were un-American and detrimental to the economy.
SourceDiNapoli released a statewide immigrant-population report and stated that immigrants help revive main streets, participate in the workforce, and make New York stronger through cultural and economic contributions.
SourceThomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller, frames climate and energy policy through the comptroller’s pension-fund and oversight powers: he supports transitioning the state pension portfolio to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, investing in climate solutions, pushing companies to manage climate risk, and auditing New York’s progress toward clean-energy goals. He has also pressed state energy agencies to improve planning, permitting transparency, and risk assessment so New York can meet renewable electricity and zero-emission grid targets.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiNapoli supports transitioning the state pension fund portfolio to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 and divesting from companies not prepared for the low-carbon economy.
SourceDiNapoli announced expanded climate-risk actions, including reviewing shale oil and gas companies and restricting or divesting from coal producers that failed transition-readiness standards.
SourceDiNapoli updated the pension fund’s proxy-voting guidelines to withhold support from directors at companies that fail to disclose and manage climate risks, and filed greenhouse-gas reduction proposals at portfolio companies.
SourceThomas P. DiNapoli’s education record as New York State Comptroller centers on auditing school spending and oversight, especially special education, school safety, mental-health education, and fiscal accountability. He has supported stronger state and district action to ensure students receive legally required services while taxpayer funds for education are spent properly.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiNapoli issued a follow-up audit on New York City Department of Education mental-health education, supports, and services, emphasizing compliance with New York’s requirement that health education include mental health and its connection to physical health.
SourceDiNapoli released an audit finding sampled schools fell short on required emergency planning and training, and said schools need stronger safety plans with more guidance and resources from state policymakers.
SourceDiNapoli stated that school audits help ensure education dollars are spent appropriately and effectively, releasing audits that identified issues including unsupported Medicaid reimbursement claims for student services.
SourceThomas P. DiNapoli’s public-safety record as New York State Comptroller centers on oversight: auditing whether agencies and local governments are protecting New Yorkers through school safety planning, evidence controls, infrastructure risk management, security-guard regulation, mental-health court-order compliance, and opioid-response monitoring. His public positions emphasize proactive prevention, accountability, and better implementation of existing safety laws and programs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiNapoli released an audit finding missing cash, drugs, firearms, and vehicles in local law-enforcement custody and recommended stronger policies, independent inventory checks, better records, and restricted software access.
SourceDiNapoli reported that municipalities faced an estimated $360 million in repairs for public-safety-risk dams and recommended updated emergency action plans, prompt repairs, capital planning, and public awareness.
SourceDiNapoli’s audit urged the Office of Mental Health to set timeliness standards, improve significant-event reporting, and prevent lapses in court-ordered treatment for people who may pose risks to themselves or others.
SourceDiNapoli’s follow-up audit assessed implementation of recommendations for monitoring security-guard training records and strengthening review of arrest notifications for guards charged with serious offenses.
SourceNew York State Office of the State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/comptroller-biographyFetched: biography, education, professional background
Tom DiNapoli for New York
https://dinapolifornewyork.com/about-tom-dinapoliFetched: biography, location, education, professional background
Citizens Union
https://citizensunion.org/voters-guide/2026-general-election/new-york-state-comptroller-2/Fetched: age, education
Ballotpedia News
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/06/25/three-u-s-house-candidates-that-new-york-city-mayor-zohran-mamdani-endorsed-won-their-june-23-primaries/Fetched: biography
Transparency USA - Thomas P Dinapoli New York Candidate
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/thomas-p-dinapoliFetched: campaignFinance
Transparency USA - New York Comptroller Election
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/race/new-york-comptrollerFetched: campaignFinance
Politics and Other Stuff - Just the facts mid-year campaign financials
https://politicsandstuff.com/2026/07/17/just-the-facts-mid-year-campaign-financials/Fetched: campaignFinance
PEF
https://www.pef.org/articles/news/pef-board-endorses-dinapoli-james-in-statewide-races/Fetched: endorsements
New York State AFL-CIO
https://nysaflcio.org/press-releases/endorsements-primary-2026Fetched: endorsements
Citizens Union
https://citizensunion.org/document/2026-10-15/citizens-union-endorses-letitia-james-for-attorney-general-and-tom-dinapoli-for-comptroller/Fetched: endorsements
ICAN Action
https://icanaction.org/briefings/ican-endorses-new-york-state-comptroller-thomas-dinapoli-for-re-election/Fetched: endorsements
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/NY/candidate_Thomas_P._DiNapoli/54634Fetched: endorsements
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-proposes-option-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-careFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-behind-700-million-improper-paymentsFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-hundreds-millions-dollars-medicaid-payments-went-providers-not-enrolled-programFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-new-yorks-medicaid-system-improperly-paid-over-16-million-claimsFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/dinapoli-new-york-may-be-paying-medicaid-premiums-people-living-out-stateFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/03/dinapoli-sanders-and-anderson-take-action-expand-lending-underserved-communities-and-spur-economicFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/03/dinapoli-small-business-owners-are-backbone-new-yorks-economyFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/comptroller-dinapoli-announces-50-million-toward-small-business-relief-job-retentionFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-pandemic-necessity-and-opportunity-fuel-business-growth-new-york-cityFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-coney-island-and-brighton-beach-jobs-doubled-over-last-decadeFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-state-fiscal-officers-urge-federal-administration-curb-harmful-immigrationFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-passage-final-state-budgetFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-nyc-immigrant-workforce-below-2015-peakFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/comptroller-dinapoli-statement-new-immigration-banFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-new-york-state-home-44-million-immigrants-second-only-californiaFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller biography
https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/comptroller-biographyFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller clean energy planning audit release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-improved-planning-needed-new-york-achieve-its-clean-energy-goalsFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller renewable energy permitting audit release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-renewable-energy-projects-taking-years-become-operational-nysFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller climate investment actions release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-announces-more-climate-actions-nys-pension-fund-launches-evaluation-shale-oil-and-gasFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller 2024 corporate governance stewardship priorities
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-announces-state-pension-funds-2024-corporate-governance-stewardship-prioritiesFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller Biography
https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/comptroller-biographyFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller Preschool Special Education Audit Release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-critical-pre-school-special-education-services-not-reaching-all-students-who-need-themFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller Audits Release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller School Safety Audit Release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-finds-schools-falling-short-emergency-planningFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller Special Education Provider Audit Release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-preschool-special-education-provider-received-nearly-6-million-ineligible-expensesFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller School Audits Release
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-launches-audits-school-safetyFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-cash-drugs-weapons-missing-police-custodyFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-360m-needed-repair-local-damsFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-audit-finds-lapses-treatment-under-kendras-lawFetched: issuePositions
Office of the New York State Comptroller
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-23f20.pdfFetched: issuePositions