In April, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,450 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $23.3 billion and approved over 4.6 million payments totaling more than $14.4 billion.  The office rejected 215 contracts and related transactions valued at $1.7 billion and more than 5,800 payments valued at more than $25.3 million, primarily for mistakes, insufficient support for charges, and improper payments.  More information on these contracts and payments is available at Open Book New York.

Major Contracts Approved

Office of General Services – Design & Construction

• $37 million with Gross Electric Inc. for the installation of a CCTV audio monitoring and personal alarm system at the Albion Correctional Facility in Orleans County.
• $11.9 million with Hudson Valley Electrical Construction Management Inc. to provide a TV radio system for various buildings at the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County.
• $1.3 million with KS Construction of NY Inc. for improvements at the Cuba Lake Dam in Allegany County.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

• $4.3 million with Bast Hatfield Construction LLC for site improvements and construction of a maintenance building at Olana State Historic Site in Columbia County. 

State University Construction Fund

• $31.6 million with Niram Inc. for the rehabilitation of Sinclair Hall at SUNY Farmingdale in Nassau County.
• $17.9 million with Mark Cerrone Inc. to reconstruct the central heating plant at Buffalo State University in Erie County. 
• $4.6 million with Ingalls Site Development Inc. to reconstruct parking lots at Buffalo State University in Erie County.
• $2 million with PSF Projects Architecture DPC for design services related to renovations of the interior dining hall at SUNY Purchase in Westchester County. 

State University of New York

• $4 million with Arold Construction Co. for track resurfacing and artificial turf installation at SUNY New Paltz. 
• $2.2 million with Arete Advisors LLC for SUNY system-wide cyber security digital forensics and incident response services. 
• $1.6 million with C&S Design Build Inc. to convert the Design Center into the Welcome Center at SUNY Morrisville. 

Department of Transportation

• $60.8 million with Concrete Applied Technology Corp. for the replacement of two Interstate 490 bridges in Monroe County.    
• $17.4 million with OCS Industries for bridge rehabilitation projects in Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties.   
• $16.9 million with Jointa Lime Co. for pavement preventive maintenance services at various locations in Saratoga, Warren, Essex, and Washington counties. 
• $11 million with Morano Brothers Corp. infrastructure improvements on Route 45 in Rockland County. 
• $10.2 million Cold Spring Construction Co. for milling and resurfacing on Route 15A in Monroe County. 

Major Payments Approved

Tax Refunds and Credits

• $4.9 billion for 2,957,279 personal income tax refunds.
• $188.9 million for 42,233 corporate and other tax refunds.
• $3.3 million for 3,748 property tax credits.

Department of Civil Service

• $399.5 million to CaremarkPCS Health LLC to provide pharmacy benefit services for the Empire, Excelsior, and Student Employee Health plans.
• $40.5 million to Carelon Behavioral Health for the administration of the Empire Plan’s mental health and substance use disorder program. 

State Education Department

• $1.8 billion in general aid to 417 school districts. 

Empire State Development Corporation

• $3.7 million to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York for equipment and operating costs associated with the federally designated American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics Testing, Assembly and Packaging facility located in Monroe County.

Gaming Commission

• $7.7 million for tribal-state compact payments to the cities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Salamanca, and to the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.

Office of General Services

• $5.5 million for hourly-based IT services, including $1.3 million to Panha Solutions Inc., $1.1 million to MVP Consulting Plus Inc., and $3.1 million to 12 other vendors.

Department of Health

• $26.9 million to Maximus US Services Inc. for enrollment broker services for the Office of Health Insurance Programs.
• $4.8 million to One Brooklyn Health System Inc. for the Health Care Facility Transformation Program in Kings County. 

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services

• $6.1 million to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the Urban Area Security Initiative Program.

Department of Labor

• $287.3 million for payments under the Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation programs.

Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

• $20.8 million for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
• $3.5 million for the Landlord Rental Assistance Program.

Department of Transportation

• $5.6 million to El Sol Contracting/ES II Enterprises JV for bridge repairs and painting on the Gowanus Viaduct Expressway in Kings County.

Other Payment Rejections and Other Cost Recoveries

DiNapoli’s office rejected tax refunds and credits valued at more than $19.2 million. Auditors also recovered more than $213,000 from vendors owing debts to the state and held nearly $61,000 in payments pending resolution of disputes between subcontractors and prime contractors. 

Cumulatively through April for calendar year 2024, DiNapoli’s office approved 6,571 contracts valued at $83.9 billion and approved more than 13.5 million payments worth more than $73.9 billion. The office rejected 797 contracts and related transactions valued at $11.0 billion and nearly 19,700 payments valued at nearly $92.1 million primarily due to errors, improprieties, or lack of documentation.