Comptroller Scott Stringer says New York City should be quicker to repair the potholes that have cost taxpayers $138 million in settlements over the last six years.

Stringer released an analysis of pothole and trip-and-fall claims Thursday. He says filling potholes “remains an uphill battle.”

He said it took an average of 6.7 days for the Department of Transportation to complete a pothole work order in the first four months of fiscal year 2015.

The transportation department responded that it has filled 370,000 potholes since the beginning of 2015.

The department said in a statement that it repaired almost 100 percent of potholes within 30 days during the last fiscal year.

(AP)