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Statement from Comptroller Mychajliw on Victorious Court Decision


STATEMENT FROM COMPTROLLER MYCHAJLIW ON VICTORIOUS COURT DECISION

“This decision vindicates the role of the Comptroller’s Office as the watchdog of taxpayer dollars.  I have a responsibility to protect taxpayers that I will never, ever shy away from.  No matter who challenges the authority of my office, I will continue to honor the commitment I made to taxpayers when I took the oath of office to protect them.

Taxpayers are my priority.  It is their hard earned money I was hired to keep track of and protect from abuse.  This is a lesson anyone that takes county money must understand.  No organization or person is too big or too powerful to be held accountable.  If you do wrong with taxpayer money, I will find it and report on it.”

                                                                        -Hon. Stefan I. Mychajliw
                                                                         Erie County Comptroller

FROM THE DECISION:

“Accordingly, this Court finds that there is no final determination which caused concrete injury to BUL (Buffalo Urban League)… Accordingly the petition is dismissed.”

Source: State of New York Supreme Court: County of Erie, Index #2016-000053

 

PDF OF COMPTROLLER'S STATEMENT