Comptroller John Liu On CityTime Payroll System Fiasco

Will taxpayers have to foot the bill for the CityTime payroll management system, which is now besieged by fraud and scandal and costing the City $722 million?

Comptroller John Liu says the payroll system is overly complicated and hasn't even been completed so he stopped the final payment of $32 million for the system until the completed version is delivered in June.

An independent report warns that the city is too dependent on this payroll system. The company that created the CityTime payroll management system is now the focus of an $80 million federal corruption case. Last month, one of the directors at the company resigned.

Comptroller Liu will also take his audit bureau on the road for a series of borough town hall meetings to give New Yorkers a chance to learn about the power of the auditing process. New Yorkers will have the opportunity to suggest an audit to the Comptroller’s award-winning audit team.

The first of five town halls will take place on Monday, January 24 in Manhattan

1/24 – MANHATTAN, 6-8 pm
Murry Bergtraum High School
411 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10038

1/26 – BROOKLYN, 6-8 pm
The Brooklyn Public Library
Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture
10 Grand Army Plaza at Easter Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11225

2/7 – QUEENS, 6-8 pm
Jewish Center of Jackson Heights
37-06 77th Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

2/14 – BRONX, 6-8 pm
Bronx Borough Hall, 1st floor rotunda
851 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451

2/16 – STATEN ISLAND, 6-8 pm
Brighton Heights Reformed Church
320 Saint Marks Place
Staten Island, NY 10301