Christy Brady

CITY CONTROLLER

Christy BRADY

The 8th Ward is proud to endorse Christy Brady for re-election as City Controller.

Christy is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Global Management Accountant, and brings over 30 years of experience in the Office of the City Controller. Appointed Acting City Controller by Mayor Kenney on November 7, 2022, she was elected to the office in November 2023. Christy manages the operations of the Controller’s Office including the Pre-Audit, Audit, Investigations, and Finance, Policy and Data Divisions. Her focus is protecting the citizens of Philadelphia from fraud, waste, and abuse, and improving the effectiveness of government operations. 

Under Brady’s leadership, the City Controller’s office tackled a number of impactful initiatives, including these highlights below:

• reviewed delays in the city’s process for demolishing dangerous properties, recommending a recruitment program to achieve proper staffing levels, a payment collection process, establishment of a system to track and prioritize demolitions, and a plan to work with the courts to facilitate follow up inspections;
• examined the Community Expansion Grant Program and found the City bypassed proper contracting procedures by excluding other possible providers from bidding on the contract;
• studied expenditures received by the city through payments from the Opioid Settlement Funds;
• evaluated declines in public safety staffing levels, finding that public safety personnel is down almost 19 percent from pre-pandemic levels;
• led a special investigation of the Philadelphia’s Homestead Exemption Program that found the city and the School District of Philadelphia are losing a combined $11.4 million through fraud; and
• monitored current spending and progress for the city’s Rebuild program, ensuring an impartial distribution of funding citywide.

Controller Brady has shown rigorous commitment to the people of Philadelphia and is seeking re-election to keep building on the momentum of her first term. The 8th Ward is confident that Controller Brady will continue moving Philadelphia forward in her second term.