Alan Hevesi
Alan Hevesi
Alan G. Hevesiis a Democratic politician who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993, as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006. Hevesi is originally from Queens, New York City, and is of the Jewish faith...
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The result is huge deficits and fast-growing costs for Albany water ratepayers,
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As a vital health care provider and major employer, Westchester Medical Center is an important part of the community. But the corporation's combination of fiscal challenges, financial control weaknesses and accounting problems brought it close to the point of collapse.
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Part of our mission in this project is to restore some of that confidence, ... But, that's going to take some pain.
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Merck must be held legally responsible for its actions, ... Those actions have put lives at risk and cost shareholders billions of dollars.
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This is a big deal. This is serious and historic. It's an agreement that brings the banks in as partners in maximizing the potential for landlords to clean up buildings.
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He's trying to create an impression that he did a lot better than he would have is his clients had come into the class. If that were true, we would admit it.
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Our goal is to reform NYRA not for its own sake, but to increase the amount taxpayers receive from whatever firm wins the franchise next, ... That's why the reforms we have achieved must be included as standards in the competitive (request for proposals) seeking bids for the franchise.
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Officials entered into arrangements they should have known were illegal, ... These were awful deals.
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Giving companies tax breaks is giving away real money,
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All the bad news about NYRA may not be out yet, ... There may be other prosecutions.
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I have little doubt the old NYRA management would have never even brought their suspicions forward to the attorney general. The new NYRA management did so immediately.
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We felt we had to be resolute after all this time where we had cooperated and agreed not to impose sanctions or even discuss them,
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We are troubled by the continuing decrease of the value of our investments in the company and are pleased that management and the board of directors are considering steps to stem the loss of shareholder value, ... However, as long-term investors, we want to be assured that the options are being considered to promote growth and stability in the long-term, and not simply to produce a short-term boost in the stock price.