The Republican candidate for New York state comptroller is threatening to sue Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n
It stems from language in the governor\u2019s executive budget that\u2019s currently under negotiation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s an opportunity to remove that language from the current budget,\u201d said Joseph Hernandez. \u201cIf that happens, then you know, I\u2019ll stand down. If it goes forward, then we will absolutely follow a suit the next day after that occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The language Hernandez is calling into question states the comptroller would only review state contracts if they exceed $300,000. Right now, that limit is about $50,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo all contracts that are under $50,000 the comptroller technically does not need to audit or sign off on,\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cI think even that is unconstitutional because the constitution is incredibly clear.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the proposal is enacted, Hernandez said this could allow up to $3 billion in state contracts to move forward without independent review.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an a-political position,\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cI think everyone wants, whether you\u2019re Republican or Democrat, you want an oversight here in the financials of our state certainly where taxpayer dollars are involved.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
New York state Comptroller Tom Dinappoli\u2019s office is also weighing in on this proposal, telling Capital Tonight: \u201cWe have actively and vocally opposed this proposal in the budget,\u201d said Jennifer Freeman, spokesperson for the state comptroller\u2019s office. \u201cIt would substantially erode oversight, undermine accountability, inhibit transparency and eliminate competition over billions in government contracts and public spending.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back in February a month after the governor\u2019s executive budget was released, Dinappoli released a report on the State Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget where he also voiced his disapproval.<\/p>\n
Capital Tonight reached out to the governor\u2019s office for comment and has yet to to hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Republican candidate for New York state comptroller is threatening to sue Gov. Kathy Hochul. It stems from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[109,116,38490,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,5304,112,87,4281,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-196386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-app-local-state-politics","9":"tag-app-ny-state-of-politics","10":"tag-decision-2026","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-state","15":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-state-news","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nicole-neuman","19":"tag-ny-state-of-politics","20":"tag-politics","21":"tag-state-budget","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}