Joseph McGoldrick

Joseph Daniel McGoldrick (June 5, 1901 – April 5, 1978) was an American lawyer, politician, and public official. He was Comptroller of New York City for nearly nine years. He subsequently was New York State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, founded a law firm, and was chairman of the Department of Political Science at Queens College for a decade.

Early life McGoldrick was born in Brooklyn, New York. He had three younger siblings, and his parents were Loretta and Daniel McGoldrick, an accountant. He received a law degree from Fordham University in 1929.

After serving as comptroller, he became the New York State Residential Rent Control Commissioner in 1946.

He died of cancer on April 5, 1978, in Savannah, Georgia.