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Term
4 years
Candidates
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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The State Comptroller is New York's chief fiscal officer: pays the state's bills, audits state agencies and local governments, and manages the state's public pension fund.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Joseph HernandezRepublican, Conservative

    • Supports protecting the state property tax cap

  • Thomas P. DiNapoliDemocratic, Working Families

    • Supports state budget, debt and reserve reformsIn office

Economy & jobs

  • Joseph HernandezRepublican, Conservative

    • Proposes cutting Wall Street fees paid by the pension fund
    • Proposes a $10 billion innovation fund within the pension system

  • Thomas P. DiNapoliDemocratic, Working Families

    • Proposed raising community bank deposit program cap to $30 million
    • Supports more pension investments with minority- and women-owned firmsIn office

Roads & infrastructure

  • Joseph HernandezRepublican, Conservative

    • Pledges full oversight of the MTA's debt

  • Thomas P. DiNapoliDemocratic, Working Families

    • Supports investing in repairs of local roads and bridgesIn office

Environment & parks

  • Joseph HernandezRepublican, Conservative

    No documented position found.

  • Thomas P. DiNapoliDemocratic, Working Families

    • Led pension fund shift to net-zero emissions by 2040In office

Health & human services

Government & transparency

  • Joseph HernandezRepublican, Conservative

    • Proposes a Fraud Strike Task Force for improper payments
    • Proposes AI-powered real-time audits of every state agency

  • Thomas P. DiNapoliDemocratic, Working Families

    • Led audits targeting waste, fraud and abuse in governmentIn office

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 6 issues covered in this race.