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Management of Capital Projects (2018-S-70) 180-Day Response
To determine whether Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has a formal capital project management process that its employees and contractors/consultants are required to follow; and whether LIRR followed the capital project management process and was successful in ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-18s70-response.pdfTransformation of the MTA (2022-S-5) (180-Day Response)
To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority established a working plan for implementing Transformation with completion dates and the savings to be achieved. We also determined whether MTA has implemented any aspect of the Transformation Plan that resulted in improved ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2025-22s5-response.pdfState Agencies Bulletin No. 1837.3
… Criteria for additional information. Background In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, the United States … laws to provide employees with paid sick leave benefits in the event the employee is subject to a mandatory or … wages will be reported in Box 14 on the employee’s 2020 Form W-2. Payroll Register and Employee’s Paycheck/Advice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/18373-payroll-processing-instructions-employees-utilizing-covid-19-leaveDiNapoli Launches Audits on School Safety
… ensure schools have adequate and up-to-date safety plans in the event of a school shooting or major emergency. "The epidemic of deadly school shootings in the past few years and the terror wrought in our children's classrooms is horrifying. Sadly, every …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-launches-audits-school-safetyDiNapoli, Stringer Lead Investors Calling on Olympic Sponsors to End Their Silence, Defend Russian LGBT Rights
… corporate sponsors of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia that failed to respond to an earlier request … The letters follow an initial outreach to ten companies in December regarding Russia’s recently enacted laws … said. “Because of the recently enacted discriminatory laws in Russia, Olympic sponsorship may end up tarnishing the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-stringer-lead-investors-calling-olympic-sponsors-end-their-silence-defend-russian-lgbtDiNapoli: Calls to Investigate Violations of Do Not Call Law Going Unanswered
… but only two cases were referred for enforcement action in 2016 and 2017 combined, according to an audit released … their phone numbers on a statewide registry. Then, in 2003, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal … by state residents more than doubled from 217,031 in 2014 to 454,100 in 2017, but the number of cases referred …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-calls-investigate-violations-do-not-call-law-going-unansweredDiNapoli: State Must Make Progress on Monitoring Drinking Water Contaminants
… to improve how it informs the public of potential hazards in public drinking water systems and ensure proper actions … "Safe drinking water is a basic need and, as we learned in the wake of widespread problems in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, the state must step up its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-state-must-make-progress-monitoring-drinking-water-contaminantsDiNapoli: State Tax Collections Dip
… $19.8 billion fell short of projections for New York state in the first quarter of the state’s fiscal year (SFY), a … on a cautionary note,” DiNapoli said. “While it’s early in the year and tax collections may improve going forward, … primarily because of a $1.8 billion pension payment made in April that was paid later during SFY 2015-16. Other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-state-tax-collections-dipOpinion 89-8
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Repair Reserve Fund … the State Comptroller to establishment by school district in Adirondack Park) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Repair Reserve Fund … State Comptroller to establishment by a school district in Adirondack Park) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-8DiNapoli: NYC Budget Benefits From Stronger Economy
… Higher tax revenue forecasts and billions in savings on debt service and pension contributions have … downturn.” The city’s revised financial plan released in February projects budget gaps of $1 billion in FY 2017, $1.4 billion in FY 2018 and $2.1 billion in FY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-nyc-budget-benefits-stronger-economyDiNapoli: State Tax Collections Outperform Budget Division Projections for 2023-24
… higher than forecast by the Division of the Budget (DOB) in the most recent financial plan, according to the March … P. DiNapoli. Tax receipts also exceeded the projection in the Consensus Economic and Revenue Forecast Report, which estimated $1.35 billion in additional receipts above DOB estimates through the end of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-state-tax-collections-outperform-budget-division-projections-2023-24DiNapoli, Social Security Administration IG Ennis Announce Guilty Plea of Maryland Man for Stealing Deceased Mother’s Retirement Payments
… Jr. to two counts of felony theft for stealing $53,320 in payments from the New York State Common Retirement Fund … $24,641 from the SSA. Bump was sentenced to eight years in prison minus time already served and three years … Office of Inspector General for their partnership in seeing that justice was served.” “This sentence holds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-social-security-administration-ig-ennis-announce-guilty-plea-maryland-man-stealing-deceasedMTA's East Side Access Project 10 Years Late and $4.4 Billion Over Budget
… time, is expected to cost nearly $9 billion when finished in 2019, more than twice the MTA’s initial cost estimate and … transportation project and the first expansion of the LIRR in more than 100 years. Initially expected to cost $4.3 billion and to begin service in 2009, East Side Access is now projected to cost $8.76 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/03/mtas-east-side-access-project-10-years-late-and-44-billion-over-budgetIX.10.C Federal Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Agency Responsibilities – IX. Federal Grants
… agency believes the debt collection notice was issued in error or is erroneous, the state agency should immediately … every effort to make payment to the federal government in a timely manner or contest the billing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix10c-federal-treasury-offset-program-top-agency-responsibilitiesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-728
… 2022 PSC $1,000 General Salary Increase for employees in the Assistant to Higher Education Officer (Assistant to … automatically. Affected Employees: Annual PSC employees in Bargaining Units CB, PC, T8 or TC who meet the eligibility … to HEOs is effective 02/01/2022 and will be processed in Institution Pay Period 23C, paycheck dated 02/10/2022. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-728-february-2022-professional-staff-congress-psc-1000-generalV.3.F Projects – V. Chart of Accounts (COA) Governance
… a defined time period, and may be operational or capital in nature. The Project ID is 15 alphanumeric digits in length. It captures project-related information in the SFS and links to the Project Costing module. Projects … a defined time period and may be operational or capital in nature …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-v/v3f-projectsNYS Common Retirement Fund Reports Third Quarter Results
… State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) estimated return in the third quarter of the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020-21 … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Continued growth in the stock market has added to the state pension fund’s … 31, 2020, the Fund had 54.8 percent of its assets invested in publicly traded equities. The remaining Fund assets by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/nys-common-retirement-fund-reports-third-quarter-resultsXVII.2.D Federal M-Year Reminder – XVII. Lapsing Appropriations
… In 1990, the US Congress enacted legislation (§1405(a) of … In 1990 the US Congress enacted legislation 1405a of Public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvii/xvii2d-federal-m-year-reminderOpen Educational Resources
… and whether the OER initiatives adequately engaged faculty in the redesign of courses using OER. Our audit covered the … graduate, and professional schools. The annual tuition in 2023 for a New York State resident pursuing a bachelor’s … any teaching, learning, and research materials that are in the public domain or are under copyright but have been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/03/27/open-educational-resourcesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2313
… LGS) based on years of qualifying service for employees in an eligible bargaining unit. Affected Employees: Employees in the following payment eligible bargaining units who meet … The following Chapter Laws provide for a change in eligibility criteria for Performance Awards/Longevity …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2313-longevity-service-payment-employees-eligible-bargaining-unit