New position will expand the office of the Comptroller’s enforcement and advocacy efforts to support workers.
New York, NY – New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced the appointment of Claudia Henriquez as the new Director of Workers Rights, a new position tasked with expanding the office’s role in labor outreach, enforcement, and advocacy on behalf of New York City workers. The new Director of Workers Rights will oversee the enforcement of prevailing and living wage laws, expand workers’ rights through legislative, policy, procurement, and corporate shareholder engagement initiatives, and strengthen the office’s outreach strategies to educate New Yorkers on their labor rights.
The Office of the New York City Comptroller, through its Bureau of Labor Law, is mandated under State law to set and enforce prevailing wage and benefit rates for workers, laborers and mechanics employed on New York City public works projects as well as building service employees on City contracts and certain properties that receive tax exemptions. This past October, the Comptroller’s Office, alongside Attorney General Letitia James, announced a settlement to return more than $723,000 in unpaid wages and benefits to 24 workers, as well as $1.8 million dollars in fines to the City and State.
In her new role, Henriquez will build on that work to strengthen workers’ rights through cross-departmental initiatives that utilize other tools in the Comptroller’s office. The Comptroller’s Bureau of...
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