An extraordinary achievement for Scott Stringer and the NYX pension funds, possibly the most significant shareholder initiative ever.

More than 600 firms have adopted proxy access, a program launched under the New York City Comptroller’s Boardroom Accountability Project, a hundredfold increase since the program was launched, Comptroller Scott Stringer and the New York City Retirement Systems announced on Thursday.

Over 71% of S&P 500 firms now allow shareholders proxy access, which gives large, long-term shareholders such as the city’s pension funds the ability to nominate directors to company boards. This is up from just six companies in 2014 when the program was started.

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