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2009  
10-30-09 Weitzman audit finds that upon retiring, father gives son keys to his sanitation kingdom
10-28-09 Weitzman: 'Watch your mailbox for your FREE NassauRx drug discount card!'
10-22-09 Weitzman to be honored by the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
10-21-09 Food drive by Comptroller Weitzman yields generous donations to several local food pantries and shelters in Nassau
10-09-09 Comptroller Weitzman releases annual 'Plain Language' financial report
10-08-09 Weitzman says 3rd quarter sales tax gives rise to optimism for the 4th quarter
10-08-09 Weitzman informs County employees that children up to 29 years of age are eligible for extended health insurance covereage for additional cost
10-02-09 Weitzman says 2010 budget will hinge on sales tax figures and approval of cigarette tax
09-28-09 Weitzman contacts thousands of County vendors to offer efficient, speedy electronic payments
09-25-09 Weitzman's audit of Police Department 'line of duty' leave finds 27 officers received unauthorized benefits, costing County thousands
09-24-09 Weitzman commends DiNapoli's audit of State Health Insurance Program
09-23-09 Weitzman reminds consumers that NassauRx drug discount card can be used for some pet medications
09-16-09 Weitzman finds an employment agency formerly working for Nassau underpaid employees by nearly $32,000
09-04-09 Weitzman says brakes may be on sales decline
08-31-09 Weitzman: 'Health care provider owed employees over $58,000 in wages for '07, '08 and over $9,000 for vacation pay.'
08-28-09 Comptroller's office to inform those receiving health benefits through COBRA that they are eligible for extended coverage
08-14-09 Comptroller Weitzman names Jonathan Gailing to head County's Payroll and Health Benefits
08-12-09 Weitzman on sales tax: 'Have we bottomed out?'
08-05-09 Comptroller Weitzman: 'County's 2009 gap-closing plan working, but more needs to be done.'
07-30-09 Weitzman's audit of Hicksville health care provider finds many employees not being paid the living wage or required days off
07-24-09 Weitzman reaches out to nonprofits with financial guidelines brochure
07-23-09 Who is minding the gas pumps? Weitzman's County vehicle audit finds little oversight of gas usage
07-20-09 Weitzman: 'The Nassau County Living Wage increases on August 1 to $13.10 per hour.'
07-10-09 Weitzman finds health care provider owes employees days off under County's Living Wage Law
07-09-09 Weitzman on sales tax: 'It's the same bad news.'
06-30-09 Partial sales tax check for June down 11.8% from last year
06-30-09 Weitzman finds Floral Park personal health care provider underpaid employees by $36,000
06-29-09 Weitzman: 'Nassau County closes out books on a difficult year.'
06-17-09 Weitzman's efforts on behalf of Nassau County result in State Comptroller's audit of New York State Health Insurance Plan
06-15-09 Weitzman joins with Colette Coyne Melanoma Awarenes Campaign to educate everyone under the sun
06-05-09 Weitzman and Dress for Success get major boost from GlaxoSmithKline for 2nd annual clothing drive
06-04-09 Latest sales tax check shows 10.7% decline over last year, Weitzman says
05-28-09 Nassau Community College employee takes on-campus car home for several days without permission and is not disciplined
05-18-09 Comptroller Weitzman and staff cited for excellence in financial reporting
05-12-09 Weitzman's Audit Advisory Committee issues 2008 report; County long-term debt rates were focus of committee
05-12-09 Weitzman says recent check shows sales tax continuing to decline
05-07-09 Weitzman receives Financial Executive of the Year from the Institute of Management Accountants of L.I.
05-06-09 Weitzman: 'Health care provider underpaid employees by $18,000'
05-05-09 Latest sales tax check shows 10.1% decline over last year
05-04-09 Weitzman releases Living Wage Annual Report for 2008
05-04-09 Weitzman named to advisory council on State health insurance
04-28-09 Weitzman joins with top experts for briefing on economy
04-20-09 What 'special opinion' do Howard Weitzman and Tom Brokaw have in common?
04-15-09 Weitzman says 2009 results hang on sales tax receipts
04-09-09 Weitzman: 'Consumers saving, not spending'
04-06-09 Weitzman says latest sales tax check shows 7.8% decline over last year
04-03-09 Review of 'Bereavement Leave' record keeping in District Attorney's Office shows some improvements needed
03-24-09 Weitzman: 'Nassau County To End Difficult 2008 with $2.1M Surplus'
03-19-09 Weitzman joins with State's Tax Department in urging delinquent taxpayers to "come clean"
03-16-09 Weitzman: Long Beach School District sees immediate savings due to efforts to lower NYSHIP Premiums
03-16-09 Weitzman: East Meadow School District Saves $1 million due to efforts to lower NYSHIP Premiums
03-16-09 Weitzman: Baldwin School District saves approximately $900,000
03-16-09 Weitzman: Bellmore School District saving due to NYSHIP Premiums being lowered
03-16-09 Weitzman: West Hempstead School District seeing savings thanks to efforts to lower NYSHIP Premiums
03-09-09 Weitzman says errors in State health insurance billing means money for school districts and local governments
03-05-09 Weitzman says sales tax continues free fall
03-03-09 NassauRx Drug Discount Card more valuable than ever
02-19-09 Weitzman boosts efficiency by launching electronic payments for County vendors
02-05-09 Weitzman says latest sales tax receipts continue to plummet in Nassau County
02-05-09 Weitzman's audit finds executive director of troubled Hempstead development group wrote himself a check for $400,000
02-03-09 Weitzman names John Howell of Freeport to Comptroller's Audit Advisory Committee
01-26-09 Weitzman proposes increasing cash incentive for County employees who opt out of health insurance
01-20-09 Weitzman: 'National economic downturn results in declining sales tax for first time since 1990'
01-12-09 Weitzman answers President-Elect's call by sending healthcare reform ideas off to Washington

2008

 
12-29-08 Weitzman prepares to issue healthcare reform report to President-Elect based on recent community discussion
12-22-08 Weitzman looks back at 2008 and ahead to New Year: 'Nothing should be off the table in 2009.'
12-11-08 Weitzman: 'Office of Consumer Affairs needs technology update & improvements in tracking receipts.'
12-05-08 Weitzman declares two water districts serve no purpose and should be absorbed by larger neighboring districts
12-05-08 Governor agrees with Suozzi and Weitzman’s call for reduction in State health insurance premiums; Lower 2009 rates will save County $11.4M
11-25-08 Weitzman finds many water districts squirrel away so much money they could operate for years without new revenue
11-17-08 Weitzman: 'Bus shelter vendor has potentially shortchanged County $300,000'
11-03-08 School Districts voice support for Weitzman & Suozzi's attempt to recoup State health insurance excessive payments
10-31-08 Nassau County Comptroller's Office Offers Summer Internships for College Students
10-30-08 Employees shortchanged $138,000
10-23-08 Comptroller Weitzman helps prepare County's social services agencies for new oversight requirement in 2009
10-16-08 County Executive Suozzi and Comptroller Weitzman: 'Let's reduce health insurance premiums'
10-15-08 Weitzman on 2009 budget: 'More spending cuts are necessary due to national economic crisis'
10-15-08 Weitzman looks to save County money by increasing number of employees participating in health insurance "buy backs"
10-10-08 Comptroller's audit of Social Services discovers employees were paid for their commute to work; overtime abuses exposed
09-18-08

Weitzman’s audit of Parks Department finds inconsistent fees & control of cash receipts deficient

09-04-08 Comptroller Weitzman: 'Agency for troubled youth overcharged Nassau County $834,000'
08-27-08 Weitzman moves to revoke lifetime health benefits following State's ruling that attorney was NOT entitled to pension
08-13-08 Weitzman testifies before Budget Review Committee
08-11-08 Weitzman & Suozzi look to snag vendors who cheat County out of sales tax
08-04-08 Weitzman: ‘Storm clouds gathering; Administration & Legislature must act now against economic downturn.’
07-29-08 Comptroller Weitzman releases ‘plain language’ Financial Report; Gives taxpayers a snap shot of County’s finances
07-09-08 Weitzman Proposes Cost-Saving Changes In Requirements For County Lifetime Retiree Health Benefits
07-01-08 Comptroller Weitzman Issues Annual Report, Confirms $23.8 Million Budget Surplus
06-25-08

Weitzman applauds State pension reforms aimed at stopping consultants from receiving employee benefits

06-24-08 Weitzman testifies before Government Services Committee in support of proposal to appoint County Assessor
06-20-08 Weitzman Public Service Announcement Highlights Benefits of the NassauRx Drug Discount Card
06-16-08 Weitzman announces County’s independent report on consolidation of garbage districts confirms taxpayers would save millions if Albany lawmakers approve Gov’s “special district” proposals
06-12-08 Weitzman to Youth Leagues: ‘Look for red flags on the financial field’
06-11-08 Comptroller Weitzman’s Audit Advisory Committee Issues 2007 Report
06-02-08 Weitzman Says County's First "Paperless Audit" Shows Purchasing Department has Improved Its Time Keeping Practices
05-22-08 Weitzman Testifies Before State Attorney General On Special District Payroll Abuses
05-15-08 Weitzman: ‘Recent Report Highlights Enormous Inequity In School Funding For Nassau County vs. Rest Of State.’
05-15-08

Legislature Approves Weitzman’s Proposal to Change Law That Can Cause Hardship to Surviving Family Members of Former County Employees

05-13-08 Weitzman Named Man of the Year by Nassau Community College Adjunct Faculty Association
05-12-08 Weitzman Announces County’s First “Paperless Audit”
05-12-08 Weitzman Releases 2008 Budget Projections; Stresses that Support from Albany is Needed
05-08-08 Weitzman Gratified By DiNapoli’s Removal Of Professionals & Rescinding Of Credits From State Pension System
04-30-08 Weitzman & State Commission Issue Recommendations To Control Property Taxes By Streamlining Government
04-22-08

Weitzman: ‘$9 MILLION SAVED BY NassauRx DRUG DISCOUNT CARD USERS.’

04-17-08 Weitzman Calls On State Comptroller To Share State Database So County Can Search For Improper Pensions
04-17-08 Weitzman to present local students with Comptroller Achievement Awards
04-11-08 Weitzman asks State Comptroller to refund $102,246 inappropriately charged to Nassau County for pension credit for local attorney
04-04-08 Weitzman Reaches Out To Coalition Of State Unions & New York State Public Interest Research Group To Discuss A State-Wide Drug Discount Card
04-03-08 Weitzman Calls On Attorney General & Nassau DA To Probe Baffling Status Change For County Consultant
04-02-08 Weitzman Urges Legislators To Support Change In Law That Can Cause Hardship To Surviving Family Members Of Former County Employees
03-20-08 Weitzman Tells Taxpayers How To Receive Free Tax Help
03-17-08 Weitzman: ‘Now You Can Print Your Own NassauRx Drug Discount Card.’
03-12-08

Weitzman To Conduct Sweeping Review of Consultants On Special District Payrolls

03-03-08 Weitzman stands with Senator Schumer & Suffolk County Executive Levy in calling for increase in reimbursements for incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens
02-28-08 Weitzman: ‘Nassau County Closing 2007 With $23.8 Million Surplus, Despite Disappointing Sales Tax Receipts.’
02-20-08 Weitzman: ‘Recent collapse of auction rate securities market a very serious matter for Nassau County.'
02-11-08 Weitzman Presents Report to Legislature on Living Wage Law Compliance
02-08-08 Comptroller Weitzman Stands with Governor, County Exec & Civic Groups to Rally for Reforms of Special Districts
02-05-08 Weitzman Speaks Before L.I. Regional Planning Council On Gov.’s Proposed Reforms Of Special Taxing Districts
01-28-08 Comptroller Weitzman on Cablevision’s ‘Meet the Leaders’
01-24-08 Weitzman's Office Unearths Workers Compensation Checks Cashed by Deceased
01-23-08 Weitzman: Gov.’s Proposed Reforms of Special Taxing Districts Will Reduce Costs, Increase Oversight & End Abuses
01-18-08

Weitzman Finds County Human Rights Commission Has Failed To Properly Record Employees’ Time Records Since 2004

01-14-08 Weitzman Appoints New Member To Audit Advisory Committee
01-09-08

Weitzman Seeks State Approval To Reinstate Sales Tax Audits

01-08-08 Nassau County Comptroller’s Office Offers Summer Internships for College Students
01-08-08 Comptroller Weitzman & Staff Cited For Excellence In Financial Reporting
01-03-08 Maintaining Momentum in 2008
2007  
12-24-07 Weitzman: ‘Your NassauRx Discount Card Is Waiting For You’
12-18-07 Weitzman Study Shows Many Special Districts Overcharge Residents
12-06-07 Weitzman Audit Finds Room For Improvement Of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center’s Fiscal Oversight And Controls
11-26-07 Weitzman’s Living Wage Advisory Board To Hold First Meeting On November 30
11-14-07 Comptroller Weitzman Names Carole Trottere New Communications Director
11-08-07 Weitzman Reviews County Office Of Housing And Intergovernmental Affairs’ Time And Leave Records
10-25-07 Weitzman: NassauRx Card Has Saved Residents $8 Million To Date; Program Extended For Two Years
10-18-07 Weitzman Calls For Town Supervisors To ‘Step-Up’ Review Of Special Districts Budgets
10-15-07 Comptroller Weitzman: 2008 Budget Will Require Unprecedented Level Of Cooperation
10-03-07 Comptroller Weitzman: Westbury Water District Spending Money Like Water
09-21-07 Weitzman: Nassau County Will Save $335K In 2007 By Eliminating Duplicate Health Benefits
09-18-07 Weitzman Audit: Finds Water Commissioners In Two Districts Were Paid Thousands Without Proper Justification
09-06-07 Weitzman Audit: Improvements Needed In Workers' Compensation Program
09-06-07 Weitzman Appoints Vivianne Hernandez To Comptroller's Audit Advisory Committee
08-21-07

Comptroller Weitzman Promotes Kathy Kugler To County Director Of Accounting

08-06-07 Weitzman: Nassau Will Finish 2007 On Budget
07-19-07 Comptroller Weitzman: Skyrocketing Cost Of Health Benefits For County Workers & Retirees Overwhelming Taxpayers
07-12-07 Comptroller Weitzman Issues Annual Report, Confirms $45.4 Million Budget Surplus
07-10-07 Weitzman Review Shows County Planning Department Improved Following 2004 Audit
07-03-07 Comptroller Weitzman Names Jostyn Hernandez New Assistant Communications Director
07-02-07 Comptroller Weitzman Statement on PBA Arbitration Award
06-22-07 Comptroller Weitzman Names Rhonda Maco Legislative Liaison
06-12-07 Comptroller Weitzman Tightens Controls Over Contract Social Service Agencies
05-10-07 Comptroller Weitzman’s Audit Advisory Committee Finds Nassau Making Progress On Financial Controls
05-01-07 Comptroller Weitzman, Senator Schumer Recover $438,000 In I.R.S. Refunds For County And Employees
04-23-07 Comptroller Weitzman, State Sen. Johnson Tapped For Local Government Commission
04-17-07 Weitzman Moves To Compel Clerk To Use County Financial System
03-20-07 Weitzman Audit Finds Absence Of Financial Controls In Nassau County Clerk's Office
03-13-07 Weitzman Commends Suozzi On Decision To Focus Attention On Special Districts
03-01-07 Weitzman Reports Nassau County Closed 2006 With $45.4 Million Surplus
02-28-07 Weitzman Urges Changes To Proposed Agreement With Nassau Health Care Corporation
02-15-07 Weitzman Audit Finds Conflict Of Interest At Great Neck Wastewater District
02-07-07 Statement By Howard S. Weitzman Re: Selection of Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli as State Comptroller
01-29-07 Comptroller Weitzman Cited For Excellence In Financial Reporting
01-24-07 Comptroller Weitzman Interviewed In Albany For State Comptroller Position
01-18-07 Weitzman Commends Decision By Town Of Hempstead To Review Special District Budgets
01-15-07 Comptroller Weitzman, Legislator Toback Announce Release Of $2.8 Million In NYS-DOT Funds For Atlantic Beach Bridge
01-11-07 Following State Audit, Weitzman Calls on Hempstead Supervisor to Curb Spending by Sanitary District
   
2006  
12-27-06 Weitzman Appointed Chair of New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) Committee on Taxes/Finance
12-13-06 Weitzman, Town Supervisors Agree: Nassau Special Tax Districts Can Cut Expenses
11-21-06 Schumer Calls On IRS To Refund Over $500,000 To Nassau County And Its Employees
11-09-06 Nassau County Comptroller’s Office Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2007 Internships
11-01-06 Comptroller Weitzman Issues Audit Of County Hospital's Non-Patient Revenues
10-24-06 Weitzman Audit: Nassau Probation Department Not Monitoring High-Risk Offenders Around The Clock
10-13-06 Comptroller Finds 2007 Nassau Budget Plan Carries Significant Risks
10-10-06 Weitzman: Nassau Homeowners Shortchanged On NYS “Star” Tax Rebates
09-29-06 In Its First Two Years, Comptroller Weitzman's NassauRx Card Has Saved Residents $6 Million
09-26-06 Comptroller Weitzman Supports Suozzi Initiative To Save Cradle Of Aviation
09-26-06 Comptroller Weitzman Calls For Adjustments To New York's School Aid Formula
09-20-06 Weitzman Audit Leads to Indictments in Five Towns Community Center Probe
09-18-06 Comptroller Weitzman Urges Towns To Publicly Review Budgets Of Special Taxing Districts
09-15-06 Statement By Comptroller Howard S. Weitzman Re: Nassau County 2007 Budget
09-14-06 Weitzman Audit: Levittown Community Center Had No Records Showing Day-Care Workers Were Approved By State
09-13-06 County Legislature Approves Weitzman Bill To End Duplicate Health Benefits For Non-Union Workers
09-05-06 Weitzman: Cradle Of Aviation Museum Will Run Out Of Cash By November
08-24-06 Statement By Comptroller Weitzman In Response To: Matter Of County Of Westchester V. Board Of Trustees Of SUNY
08-23-06 Comptroller Weitzman on Cablevision's 'Meet the Leaders'
08-10-06 Weitzman, Jacobs And Toback To Introduce Legislation Ending Duplicate Health Benefits For Nassau Workers
08-09-06 Weitzman Audit Finds Nassau Coliseum Manager Shortchanged County On Revenues
08-02-06 Comptroller Weitzman Warns of Growing Structural Deficit, Calls for Expense Reductions
07-24-06 Comptroller Weitzman To Suspend Monthly Cash Reviews Of Public Hospital
07-21-06 Weitzman Appoints New Deputy Comptroller For Audit And Special Projects
07-19-06 Weitzman Audit Finds Lax Management, Absence Of Internal Controls At Aviation Museum
07-10-06 Comptroller Weitzman Makes Understanding County Health Benefits As Easy As A-B-C
07-05-06 Comptroller Weitzman Confirms County’s Fourth Annual Budget Surplus Since 2002
06-21-06 Comptroller Weitzman: Hospital Corporation Still Teetering on the Brink
06-05-06 Weitzman Report: County Could Save Over $3 Million/Year By Ending Duplicate Benefits For Married Workers
05-26-06 Nassau County Leaders, Policy Experts To Discuss Special Tax Districts At Hofstra
05-18-06 Comptroller: Monthly Audit Shows Public Hospital's Cash Problems Continue
05-01-06 Taking Aim At High Property Taxes, Local Officials Plan June Conference On Special Districts
04-26-06 Independent Audit Committee Finds Nassau Improved Financial Controls in 2005
04-24-06 Comptroller To Audit Cradle Of Aviation Museum
04-20-06 Comptroller Reports Nassau Public Hospital Is "Effectively Out Of Cash"
04-05-06 Audit Faults Nassau Community College For Excessive Comp Time, Lax Personnel Practices
03-31-06 Comptroller Weitzman to KEYSPAN: Drop $100 Million Claim Against Nassau Before Any Sale To National Grid
03-30-06 County’s Backlog Of Property Tax Refunds Reduced To $131 Million, a 20-Year Low
03-16-06 Statement by Comptroller Weitzman Re: Suozzi Administration Announcement of Preferred Developer For Nassau Centre
03-07-06 Comptroller Weitzman Calls Allocation of Tobacco Money For Hospital Bailout "Premature"
02-23-06 Weitzman Reports Nassau County Closed 2005 With $78.3 Million Surplus
02-16-06 Weitzman: County Police Ambulance Bureau in Need of Major Upgrade
02-06-06 Comptroller Weitzman Appoints Chief Deputy Comptroller
01-24-06 Comptroller Reports Nassau Health Care Corporation's Cash Reserves At Critically Low Level
01-11-06 Police Audit Finds High Levels Of Overtime and too Many Officers Still Performing Clerical Tasks
01-01-06 Inaugural Address By Howard S. Weitzman, Nassau County Comptroller
   
2005  
12-21-05 Once Again, Nassau Cited For Excellence In Financial Reporting
12-19-05 Taking Aim At High Property Taxes, Comptroller Expands Audits Of Special Tax Districts; Calls For Countywide Conference To Recommend Reforms
10-28-05 Court Rules Comptroller Has "Right and Duty" To Audit County Clerk
10-26-05 Comptroller Discovers More than $1 Million in Medicare Payments Owed to County
10-20-05 Following Weitzman Audits, NYS Comptroller To Investigate Nassau Sanitation Districts
10-17-05 Comptroller Finds 2006 Nassau Budget Plan Fiscally Sound
10-12-05 Audit of Hempstead Sanitary No.6 Finds Full-Time Salaries for Part-Time Work
09-30-05 Weitzman Blasts LIRR Decision To Reduce Car Cleaning Budget
09-21-05 Audit of Town of Hempstead Sanitary District No. 2 Finds Customers "Grossly Overpaying" for Garbage Collection, Due to Excessive Spending, No Bid Contracts
09-08-05 Sanitary District Audits Finds Inflated Pay and Lavish Expenses
08-23-05 In Its First Year, Nassau's Free Prescription Drug Discount Card Saves Residents Over $3 Million
08-03-05 Comptroller Expects Nassau County To Close 2005 With A Surplus Of At Least $48 Million
07-12-05 Nassau Annual Report Confirms Second Annual Budget Surplus Not Dependent on One-Shot Revenues
06-23-05 Weitzman Audit Finds County's Info Tech Department Failed to Follow Procurement Rules
06-09-05 Comptroller Weitzman Finds 35% Of Nassau Retailers Charge Incorrect Sales Tax
06-02-05 Comptroller's Audit To Result In Tighter Controls Over County Checks
05-25-05 Comptroller Subpoenas Records Of Syosset Sanitary District
05-03-05 Comptroller Discovers More than $3Million in Misplaced Revenues At Drug & Alcohol Agency
03-24-05 Audit Shows Abuse Of Disability Pay At County Jail
03-17-05 Vocational Education Agency Halts Board Stipends Following Comptroller's Audit
03-09-05 Audit Shows Early Intervention Program is "Doing More With Less," Comptroller Says
02-24-05 Comptroller Weitzman To Audit Special Tax Districts
02-17-05 Nassau County Solidly In The Black Without "One-Shots," Weitzman Finds
02-11-05 Summer Internships for College Students
02-03-05 Citizens Audit Committee 2004 Annual Report
01-26-05 Weitzman Advises NYC Council On A Prescription Discount Card for NYC Residents
01-06-05 Comptroller Weitzman's Statement on NYS Audit of Roslyn
   
2004  
12-21-04 Comptroller Recovers $2 Million Owed to County by Town of Oyster Bay
12-16-04 Comptroller's Audit Finds Administrative Breakdown In Nassau County Jail
12-08-04 NassauRx Passes Million-Dollar Savings Mark
11-23-04 Comptroller's Audit Finds Nassau Spends Millions More On Personal Care Services Than Comparable Counties
11-08-04 Concerns About Controls At Assessment Review Commission
10-21-04 Weitzman: Buying Pools For Prescription Drugs Urged By NYPIRG Are 'Already Here'
10-18-04 Comptroller Endorses 2005 Nassau Budget Plan, But Cautions Against Borrowing to Fund Pensions
10-13-04 Comptroller's Audit Finds Weak Enforcement and Lost Revenues at Fire Inspection Agency
09-23-04 Nassau County's Free Prescription Discount Card Catching On Nationally, Weitzman Says
09-13-04 Comptroller Weitzman On Nassau 2005 Budget: "We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet"
09-08-04 Comptroller Weitzman Issues Statement RE: 5-Point Plan to Stabilize Nassau Health Care Corporation
08-17-04 Comptroller's Audit Advisory Committee Makes Strides In First Year
08-09-04 Statement by Comptroller Weitzman Regarding Unauthorized Salary Increases At Nassau Health Care Corporation
08-04-04 Comptroller Forecasts County Will Finish Strong In 2004
07-30-04 Nassau Prescription Discount Program "Taking Off" In First Three Weeks
07-14-04 Hevesi & Weitzman Announce Increased Oversight of Schools in Response to Long Island Financial Scandals
07-13-04 LIPA and Nassau County Announce New System to Consolidate Electric Payments
07-07-04 Comptroller Releases Nassau County Annual Report
07-02-04 Comptroller Review of Park Permits Finds Flaws in County Procedures
06-29-04 Nassau County Launches Largest Prescription Drug Discount Program in Nation
06-25-04 Comptroller To Post Agencies' Corrective Action Plans
06-22-04 Comptroller Finds Nassau Jail Commissary Continues to Operate At a Loss
06-07-04 Free "NassauRx" Prescription Drug Discount Cards to be Mailed to Every Nassau Resident
06-01-04 Statement by Nassau Comptroller Re: Management Changes at Nassau Health Care Corporation
05-28-04 Comptroller Weitzman: County Taxes For Police Services Could Be A Bit Fairer
05-27-04 Comptroller Issues Preliminary Estimate of County Liability for Real Estate Tax Refunds
05-19-04 Audit Reveals Nassau Social Services Anti-Fraud Unit is Short-Staffed
03-23-04 Nassau Cited for Excellence in Financial Reporting
03-04-04 Summer Internship Opportunities for College Students
02-23-04 Nassau County Firmly In The Black, Weitzman Finds
01-29-04 Hospital Corporation Needs To Scale Back, Re-Focus on Community, Weitzman Says
01-21-04 Nassau Comptroller Finds Economic Development Units Showed Pattern of Mismanagement
01-12-04 Nassau Police 911 Unit Understaffed, Plagued by Overtime and Inefficiency, Audit Finds
   
2003  
12-22-03 Audit Finds Nassau Lax In Enforcing "Finger-Imaging" Law For Public Benefit Applicants
12-18-03 Nassau Health Care Corporation Misses Pension Payment to New York State
11-26-03 Statement by Comptroller Weitzman Re: Office Of Housing And Intergovernmental Affairs
11-19-03 NYC Council Speaker Miller, Nassau County Comptroller Weitzman, Council Members Offer Plan To Make Prescription Drugs Cheaper for All New Yorkers and Nassau Residents
11-17-03 Health Insurance Audit Recovers Overpayments
10-31-03 Weitzman Solicits Proposals For Discount Drug Card for County Residents
10-15-03 Comptroller Endorses County Proposed 2004 Budget But Cautions on 4-Year Financial Plan
10-09-03 Comptroller's Audit Finds County Department Approved Unnecessary, Overpriced Taxi and Ambulance Rides for Medicaid Recipients
10-07-03 Audit Advisory Committee Holds Inaugural Meeting
10-02-03 Nassau County Comptroller Weitzman Comments on Contract With Police Benevolent Association
09-16-03 Comptroller To Increase Fiscal Monitoring Of County Medical Center
09-02-03 Comptroller Critiques "Compromise" Plan For Sewer and Storm Water Authority
08-05-03 Comptroller Proposes Pharmacy Discount Program
07-31-03 Comptroller Releases Mid-Year Forecast of 2003 Nassau County Financial Results
07-07-03 Comptroller Releases 2002 Annual Report
06-11-03 County Comptroller Issues Audit of Nassau County Parks, Recreation and Museums
05-19-03 Comptroller Establishes Audit Advisory Committee
05-14-03 Nassau County Comptroller Finds Serious Flaws in Reassessment Process for Commercial Properties
05-12-03 Comptroller Weitzman Comments On The County Executive's Update to the Multi-Year Financial Plan for 2003-2006
05-01-03 Statement by Comptroller Weitzman Re: Release of Revised County Multi-Year Plan
04-30-03 Weitzman to Present at International Public Finance Conference
04-25-03 Mosquera Joins Comptroller's Staff As Newest Deputy
04-24-03 Nassau County Auditors To Remove "Going Concern" Qualification From County's 2002 Annual Financial Statement
04-17-03 Comptroller Names New Communications Director
04-14-03 Audit Shows Medicaid Unit Struggling to Rebuild
02-24-03 Nassau County Shows $40 Million Surplus for 2002; Comptroller Weitzman Advises Continued Caution, Vigilance
01-27-03 Comptroller Receives Government Finance Officers Association Award
01-23-03 Comptroller's Audit Sparks Efforts to Improve Nassau's Traffic and Parking Violations Agency
01-07-03 Comptroller's Report Suggests Initiatives to Curb Nassau's Mounting Health Insurance Costs
01-02-03 Nassau County, Hospital Operator Reach Accord on More Than $70 Million Due to the County
   
2002  
12-30-02 Weitzman Appears on 'Meet The Leaders'
10-17-02 Civilianization and Computerization within Police Department Could Save Nassau County $Millions, Audit Reveals
10-08-02 Comptroller's Office Uncovers Nearly $9 Million for Use in Deficit-Reduction Efforts
10-07-02 Comptroller Comments on Proposed 2003 Budget and Multi-Year Financial Plan
09-04-02 Nassau County Computer Systems Unprepared for Disasters
08-20-02 Former Senior-Level Nassau County Employees Granted Unemployment Insurance Benefits
08-13-02 Comptroller's Office Cited for Communications Excellence
08-08-02 Comptroller Analyzes Nassau's Competitive Position and its Long-Term Employment Trends
07-31-02 Comptroller Warns Legislators of Risks To Nassau County's Financial Future
07-08-02 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: Nassau County Ended 2001 With $7.1 Million Surplus
06-26-02 Comptroller to Survey LIRR Commuters on Station Maintenance and Other County Issues
06-03-02 Nassau County Finances Headed in the Right Direction: Report on the County's Financial Condition for the First Four Months of Fiscal Year 2002
04-30-02 Report on Costs for Inmate Care Provided by Nassau University Medical Center
04-16-02 Nassau County Comptroller's Office Provides Internship Opportunities for College Students
04-12-02 Comptroller Comments on County Executive's Four-Year Financial Plan
04-11-02 Jacques Jiha named Deputy Comptroller
04-01-02 Comptroller To Examine Suozzi's Four-Year Financial Plan
02-20-02 Infusion of NIFA Aid Enables Nassau County to End 2001 with $19M Surplus
02-07-02 Health Care Costs Strain Nassau County Budget
02-04-02 A Conversation with The Comptroller: The Financial Challenges Facing Nassau County
01-28-02 County Comptroller Names Top Aides
01-02-02 Weitzman Vows to be Strong Fiscal Watchdog for Nassau County