NYS Comptroller Says Financial Future Is Bleak Without More Federal Aid

WSHU | By Karen DeWitt

Published April 24, 2020 at 7:25 AM EDT

N.Y. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., in 2013.

A report by the state’s comptroller finds the state might run out of cash to meet its payments as early as next month, and faces an immediate gap of $9 to $10 billion, now that the tax deadline has been extended until July 15th. Karen DeWitt spoke to Comptroller Tom DiNapoli about a crisis that he says is worse than the Great Recession more than a decade ago.

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Karen DeWitt

Karen has covered state government and politics for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 New York and Connecticut stations, since 1990. She is also a regular contributor to the statewide public television program about New York State government, New York Now. She appears on the reporter’s roundtable segment, and interviews newsmakers.

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