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2012
05-08-12	Maragos: Hotel/Motel Tax Collection Needs Improvement
04-30-12	Non Profit Fails to Cooperate with Comptroller's Audit
04-20-12	Comptroller's Office Finds and Helps Collect $56k Owed by NYC
03-28-12	Comptroller Maragos: Nassau County Ends Fiscal Year 2011 with a Budgetary Surplus
02-16-12	Maragos to Scofflaws: Please Pay Your Tickets; Boot and Tow Contractor Authorized to Seize Vehicles
02-06-12	Maragos Audit Finds Petty Cash Policy Not Being Enforced in Nassau County Police Department
01-30-12	Maragos: Audit Recoups over $50,000 from Duplicate Payments Made for Children in Foster Care
01-13-12	Maragos and Staff Presented with Financial Reporting Achievement Award
01-10-12	Maragos: Traffic and Parking Violations Agency Needs New System to Collect Millions in Fines
2011
12-20-11	County Office of Investigations is Effectively Weeding Out Medicaid and Social Services Fraud
12-01-11	Maragos: Excessive Phone Lines Cost County Up To $1.2M
10-06-11	Comptroller's Comments on the Proposed 2012 Budget
10-03-11	Maragos Releases Assessment Reports
09-14-11	Maragos: County IT Must Follow Through and Urgently Improve Management Practices to Mitigate Operations Risk
08-30-11	Maragos Finds over $15,000 in Unclaimed Funds for County
08-26-11	26% Pension Premium Increases Set for Nassau County
08-08-11	Maragos: Enforcement of Living Wage Law Paying Off
08-02-11	The Nassau County Living Wage increases to $14.61 per hour as of August 1st
07-29-11	Maragos: Additional Steps are Required to Avoid a Budget Deficit
07-21-11	Maragos: HUB Development with New Islanders' Home is Necessary for County
07-14-11	Comptroller Maragos Dismayed at the Continued Resistance to Audit of the Clinton G. Martin Park District by Town of Hempstead
06-29-11	Maragos: Nassau County 2010 Year-End Audited Financial Results Show a $26.6M Surplus
06-23-11	NYS Supreme Court Justice Affirms Comptroller's Authority to Audit Towns and Special Districts
06-09-11	Maragos: New County Incentive Could Save $1.26 Million in Health Insurance Costs
06-06-11	Maragos: LIPA’s Error Prone Billing System Makes It Difficult for Commercial Clients to Manage Electric Usage
05-24-11	Comptroller Maragos: County Contracts with AIDS Care Provider on HOLD
05-18-11	Comptroller Maragos: Additional Budgetary Initiatives Must be Implemented to End 2011 in Balance
05-06-11	Comptroller Maragos Names New Deputy Comptroller of Administration and Community Outreach
05-03-11	Comptroller Maragos: Former County IDA Gave Financial Assistance with Little Regard for Taxpayer Benefits
03-29-11	County Hospital Audit Finds Widespread Financial Deficiencies and Lost Gross Billing of Up To $6.5M
03-10-11	Comptroller Maragos: Nassau County Ends Fiscal Year 2010 with $17.2m Surplus
03-03-11	Maragos: South Farmingdale Water District's Internal Controls and Business Practices Need Improvement
02-24-11	Maragos: Retirement Incentives Save County Over $28M
02-23-11	Maragos Announces Operational Audit of the Problem Plagued Nassau Crime Lab
02-22-11	Comptroller Maragos joins with other NY County Comptrollers to Announce the Formation of the New York State Elected County Comptrollers' Association
02-10-11	Sales Tax 6.7% Higher than Last Year Excluding Energy Tax
01-10-11	Comptroller Maragos and Staff Presented with Financial Reporting Achievement Award
01-06-11	Comptroller's Statement on Nassau County's Finances
2010
12-20-10	NIFA's Failure to Act Will Cost the County $5.21 Million in 2011
11-30-10	Maragos: Nassau County will Close 2010 in Balance or with Small Surplus
11-17-10	Maragos Lays Out Options to Save LI Bus
10-06-10	Maragos: Proposed Mangano Budget Slashes Costs to Balance Budget with No Property Tax Increase
09-20-10	Maragos: NassauRx Card Saved Residents Over $1.6m in 2010
09-07-10	Maragos: Nassau County has Potential to Generate up to $67 million in New Non-Tax Revenue
08-23-10	Comptroller Maragos' First Online Town Hall Meeting a Virtual Success
08-02-10	Nassau Projected to Finish 2010 Fiscal Year with Balanced Budget
07-29-10	Maragos: Audits Found Medicaid Home Care Aids and Others Underpaid by 281,790
07-22-10	Maragos appoints Joseph Gonzal to the Audit Advisory Committee
07-21-10	Paul Levental named new Chair of Audit Advisory Committee
07-14-10	Maragos: Rubber Stamping of Contracts is Over
06-30-10	Maragos: Nassau County Closes Difficult 2009 Financial Year
06-09-10	NY State Pension Fund asks County for 45% Increase in 2011 Contributions
06-07-10	Major Credit Agency Gives Nassau 'Negative Outlook'
05-19-10	Maragos: 'Temporary Employees' Costs Nassau Over $2M Since 2007
05-12-10	Comptroller Maragos Announces New Deputy Comptroller of Audits and Special Projects
04-15-10	Maragos, Mangano, and Schumer will lead the fight to reduce potential hikes in Statewide Health Insurance Premiums
03-29-10	Maragos: Audit Finds $7.3 Million in Health Benefits Savings for 2010
03-23-10	Comptroller Maragos: Special Districts and Villages Should be Judged Based on Merit by their Local Communities
03-16-10	Comptroller Maragos: Nassau County Ended Fiscal Year 2009 with Alarming Structural Deficit of Over $248 Million
03-01-10	Comptroller Maragos Recommends Cancellation of Flawed $82 Million Technology Contract
02-25-10	Maragos: Tax Assessment Problem Balloons to $114 million
02-22-10	Maragos stops payment of $1.2m contract improperly approved by Suozzi Administration as part of investigation of $68.3m in last minute contracts
02-21-10	Comptroller Maragos finds prior administration rushed to approve $68.3 million in contracts before leaving office
02-16-10	Long Island Comptrollers, Maragos and Sawicki, Meet to Discuss Tax Assessments, Counties Taxes and Mutual Cooperation
02-03-10	Comptroller Maragos asks Treasurer to Invoice and Collect over $5 million owed to the County for 2008 and 2009
01-29-10	Maragos Empowers Outside Audit Advisory Committee to Aggressively Review County's Financial State
01-28-10	Comptroller Maragos Releases Follow-Up Audit of Health Care Provider
01-26-10	Comptroller Maragos Requests Nassau OTB's Financial Data
01-22-10	Comptroller Maragos Announces Management Team
01-04-10	Comptroller Maragos says sales tax up 9.4% over last years December check; Still down 6.3% overall
01-03-10	George Maragos sworn in as new Comptroller; Vows to protect every taxpayer dollar and tackle tough economy