How to Use comptroller in a Sentence

comptroller

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  • Lamont is seeking a second term as governor, and Scanlon is running for state comptroller.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2022
  • The ads have also been successful at reuniting people with property, the comptroller’s office said.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • In Texas, a new law bars the state’s retirement and investment funds from doing business with companies that the state comptroller says are boycotting fossil fuels.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2022
  • But fixing the dollars for the program is a task the comptroller can’t solve.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Franchot, who has served as comptroller since 2007 and has the most name recognition statewide, remained at the top of the heap.
    — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
  • Many of those factors have begun to reverse, the comptroller said.
    — Alison Kosik, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Gross receipts tax, which makes up most of the city’s business tax, brings in about $800 million a year, the city’s comptroller said in July.
    — Malathi Nayak, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • But a new report out from the city’s comptroller showed that the money wasn’t distributed equally across the boroughs — and the Bronx fared worst.
    — Curbed, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The race for comptroller was the closest among the statewide races, but still featured a large lead for the Democratic candidate.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The office of the comptroller released the financial report last week.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • State comptroller Alan Hevesi quit a month after his 2006 reelection and went to prison.
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The comptroller serves four-year terms and, unlike the governor, is not limited to two terms.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • If the comptroller gives the green light, the Northwest school district must hold a public meeting within 30 days about the whether to approve the agreement.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This spring, a few months into my term as Connecticut state comptroller, my team sat me down to talk about these costs.
    — Sean Scanlon, STAT, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Last year the city’s comptroller made the same argument, pointing out that by 2050, one-third of the city’s basements and cellars will face flooding risk.
    — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Peter Franchot has spent four terms in the comptroller’s office and five terms in the Maryland House of Delegates.
    — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2023
  • What are the biggest challenges facing the comptroller’s office in 2025?
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Joseph Otting, a former comptroller of the currency, will become the bank’s CEO.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • According to the city comptroller, 45% of families whose time has ended, have been able to stay in the shelter, or transfer.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 13 May 2024
  • The state comptroller pointed out last year that the MTA has been borrowing tens of billions and spending billions more to service its debt.
    — Curbed, 31 May 2023
  • Indeed, Bonardi found her niche in the comptroller’s office.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Hobbs had been serving as acting comptroller since March.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2022
  • It was then approved by the state Board of Public Works, comprised of the governor, state comptroller and state treasurer.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Lisa is scheduled to speak at MoMA about her documentary the same night Herbert has a city comptroller event.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 20 July 2023
  • Why is Frost running now instead of 10 years from now, perhaps after serving in the state senate or as city comptroller?
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • For his part, Glassman would be the first Republican comptroller since 1900.
    — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2022
  • The contract submission was given to the comptroller’s office from the Parks Department on Aug. 23.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Peter Franchot, the state comptroller and a fixture of Maryland politics since the 1980s, is close behind.
    — New York Times, 16 July 2022
  • The district needs to hire staff for numerous key positions, including its chief financial officer and comptroller who both left this month.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
  • The comptroller’s office is also seeking any request to pause the program sent by Hochul to officials at the state Transportation Department or its federal counterpart.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024

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