Steve Stern
Role at the time: Assemblymember and chair of the Assembly Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Condemned
Response to this claim
HCR's Office of Community Renewal did not effectively monitor local program administrators or direct outreach to counties with many disabled veterans, and that delayed home-repair funding for veterans with disabilities.
“our nation's heroes can't, and won't, utilize what they don't know about.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)DiNapoli: Audit Finds Administrative Delays with Housing Program for Veterans with Disabilities · Office of the New York State ComptrollerNews release, July 27, 2026
Comptroller news release announcing the audit, with statements from DiNapoli and four legislators. The release says 81 projects were "completed"; the audit report says the nine administrators with activity had "started" 81 projects.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
He faults the state's publicity and administration of veterans programs, which bears on the outreach finding.