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Addressing delays in payments to nonprofit service providers
4:06:22
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Comptroller Lander addresses the critical issue of delayed payments to nonprofit human service providers and outlines steps his office has taken to improve the situation. He also recommends further action to ensure timely payments.
- Lander reports that his office has reduced the time taken to register contracts, with an average of 17 days against a 30-day deadline.
- He encourages the council to proceed with legislation that would require all agencies to meet deadlines for contractor payments.
- The Comptroller emphasizes the importance of paying contractors on time and in full to maintain essential services provided by nonprofits.
Brad Lander
4:06:22
I'm pleased to let you know that my office has reduced the amount of time that we take.
4:06:26
We've got thirty days to register.
4:06:28
We've registered every one of the over 60,000 contracts we've received in this last three years.
4:06:34
Our average is seventeen days.
4:06:36
Nothing produces results like a deadline, so I was encouraged to hear that all of the other agencies might be getting deadlines, and I urge the council to proceed with legislation that would require that, so that we could get our contractors paid on time and in full.