Candidate for New York State Comptroller

Public Finance Investment Banker, JP Morgan; Founding Principal at MAEVA, LLC, a private sector restructuring firm; Policy Director, Harry Wilson for NY State Comptroller; Adjunct Professor in the political science department of Fordham University; Executive Director of a Policy Institute at Pace University; Consultant on financial plotlines to the writers of the hit television series “Empire.”

Emory University (BA)

Founding Principal of MAEVA Group, LLC.

The State Comptroller has the power to fix New York\'s most serious fiscal problems. Unfortunately, the incumbent was hand-picked by Shelly Silver to fill a vacancy—despite the objections of every major newspaper in the State, because he is “totally and thoroughly unqualified for the job.” DiNapoli returned that favor to his Albany allies by protecting the status quo when reforms are badly needed.

I am an independent outsider, a public finance and pension expert, and beholden to nobody in Albany. I would use the powers of this Office on behalf of ordinary New Yorkers by unilaterally banning the Pension Fund from investing in hedge funds, which have charged the incumbent over $6 billion in fees while performing poorly for retirees; fixing the dysfunctional budget process by refusing to certify any unsound budget; singlehandedly ending backdoor borrowing; and forensically auditing the MTA to uncover problems before the subway breaks down.