Maura Hayes-Chaffe

Deputy Comptroller for Audits Maura Hayes-Chaffe oversees the bureau that conducts audits and investigations into City-funded operations to bring accountability, efficiency, and oversight to make government work better. 

Prior to joining the Comptroller’s Office, Ms. Hayes-Chaffe served as Executive Director of Audit and Compliance Services for the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Audit Services and Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Medicaid Provider Investigations and Audit at the NYC Department of Social Services. Prior to working in Audit services, she was a senior attorney of hearings and litigation at the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General and staff attorney on HIV & AIDS Law Consortium for the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York. 

Hayes-Chaffe graduated with a BA from McGill University in Montreal and a Masters of Law and Legal Practice from the University of Technology, Sydney. She is admitted to the Bar in New York and New South Wales, Australia as well as a member of the Institute of Internal Audit.