Audits of Local Governments & Schools

The Office of the New York State Comptroller’s Division of Local Government and School Accountability conducts performance audits of local governments and school districts. Performance audits provide findings or conclusions based on an evaluation of evidence against criteria. Local officials use audit findings to improve program performance and operations, reduce costs and contribute to public accountability.

For audits older than 2013, contact us at [email protected].

For audits of State and NYC agencies and public authorities, see Audits.
Topics
Town | General Oversight

Town of Shelby – Financial Management (2012M-206)

January 4, 2013 –

The Supervisor did not maintain accurate computerized accounting records. Because the bookkeeper did not always enter all transactions in the computerized accounting system, adjusted bank balances were approximately $997,800 less than cash balances in the Town's computerized accounting records. In addition, the Justice did not properly oversee Court operations. Accountabilities were never performed and deposits were not always made timely. As a result, the Court's liabilities exceeded assets by $1,442 at June 29, 2012. We identified the cause for $560 of the shortage; however, the cause of the remaining $882 has not been identified.

City | Cash Disbursements, General Oversight

City of Dunkirk – Community Development Block Grant Management (2012M-146)

November 13, 2012 –

City officials have severely mismanaged the CDBG program and have put significant public funds at risk. City officials have disbursed CDBG funds without the most basic of documentation to support the expenses and have used the funds at times to pay for a variety of miscellaneous expenses that have no connection to the CDBG program. Most disturbing is that some of these transactions have been recorded in a manner to apparently hide the true nature of the transactions.