New Yorkers deserve a Comptroller who protects their retirement, their tax dollars, and their future.
As New York State Comptroller, Joseph Hernandez will restore discipline, independence, and accountability to an office that directly impacts every taxpayer and public worker. His approach is straightforward: protect the pension fund, crack down on waste and corruption, and use smart, market-driven investment to rebuild New York’s economy—without risking taxpayer money or playing politics.
Grow and protect the pension fund by maximizing returns, cutting Wall Street fees, and making investment decisions based on performance—not politics.
Crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse through aggressive audits and close coordination with law enforcement to hold wrongdoers accountable.
Rebuild New York with disciplined investment that supports job creation and economic growth without risking taxpayer or retiree dollars.
Joseph Hernandez founded over a dozen biotechnology and health care companies and took five public. As State Comptroller, Joseph will bring his entrepreneurial approach and expertise to state government to fight for New York taxpayers. He has a plan to modernize the Office of State Comptroller through the use of AI and state-of-the-art technology to fight fraud, waste and abuse in every corner of state government, invest in the state’s innovation economy to create high-paying new jobs and generate higher investment returns to strengthen the pension fund for retirees and state workers and deliver real tax relief.