Office of the Comptroller

NYC's chief financial officer and chief auditor. The Comptroller audits city agencies, approves contracts, manages the city's debt (selling municipal bonds), oversees about $240 billion in pension fund assets, and publishes independent fiscal analyses of the city's budget. The Comptroller is the city's financial watchdog -- the main independent check on whether the Mayor's administration is spending taxpayer money wisely, honestly, and legally. When agencies waste money or contracts are rigged, the Comptroller is supposed to catch it.