Thomas Sanzillo

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Thomas Sanzillo

| image =

| office = New York State Comptroller
{{small|Acting}}

| term_start = December 22, 2006

| term_end = February 7, 2007

| predecessor = Alan Hevesi

| successor = Thomas DiNapoli

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|06|21}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| residence = Kingston, New York, U.S.

| party = Democratic

}}

Thomas Sanzillo (born June 21, 1955) is an American investment banker, financial advisor and politician.

Sanzillo is the director of finance for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis,{{Cite web|url=http://ieefa.org/|title=Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis|last=|first=|date=|website=Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-23}} and author of several studies{{Cite web|url=http://ieefa.org/author/tom/|title=Author at Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis|website=Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-23}} on coal plants,{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/working-in-a-coal-mine|title=Coal Just Won The War On Coal. But Coal Miners Are Still Screwed.|last=Vergano|first=Dan|date=2017-03-28|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2017-05-23|language=en}} rate impacts, credit analyses, and public{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/norway-swf-idUSL5N1H82YH|title=Norway's wealth fund may be allowed to invest in unlisted stocks next year|last=Knudsen|first=Camilla|date=2017-03-31|website=www.reuters.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-05-23}} and private financial structures{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/14/the-associated-press-oil-pipeline-opponents-try-going-after-the-money.html|title=Oil pipeline opponents try going after the money|last=Associated Press|first=BLAKE NICHOLSON|date=2017-05-14|website=CNBC|access-date=2017-05-23}} for the energy industry.

Sanzillo began working in the comptroller's office in 1994,[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/nyregion/27comptroller.html NYT on July 27, 2007] and was appointed first deputy comptroller by Alan Hevesi in 2003. After Hevesi's resignation, Sanzillo became acting New York State Comptroller from December 22, 2006, to February 7, 2007.{{cite news | last=Johnson | first=Mark | title=Hevesi Pleads Guilty, Resigns From Office | work=New York Sun | date=2006-12-22 | url=http://www.nysun.com/article/45664 | accessdate=2007-04-18 }}{{cite press release | title= DiNapoli Sworn in as New York State’s 54th Comptroller | publisher= Office of the New York State Comptroller | date= 2007-02-07 | url= http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/feb07/020707.htm | accessdate= 2007-04-18 | url-status= dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070219124917/http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/feb07/020707.htm | archivedate= 2007-02-19 }}

Sanzillo served as acting comptroller until Thomas DiNapoli was elected by the New York State Legislature. DiNapoli reappointed Sanzillo as first deputy comptroller on March 7, 2007.{{cite press release | title= DiNapoli Names Sanzillo First Deputy Comptroller | publisher= Office of the New York State Comptroller | date= 2007-03-07 | url= http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/mar07/030707a.htm | accessdate= 2007-04-18 | url-status= dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110610014725/http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/mar07/030707a.htm | archivedate= 2011-06-10 }} On July 26, 2007, Sanzillo resigned as from the position,[http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/07/ New York Daily News] and is now{{when|date=November 2022}} the director of financial analysis at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.{{Cite web|title=Author at Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis|url=http://ieefa.org/author/tom/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis|language=en-US}}