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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… and work progress through photographic evidence. In addition, city officials ensured construction change … and after a thorough review. They avoided $11.3 million in interest and financing costs over 30 years by obtaining a … and securing grants to fund 27 percent of project costs. In addition, city officials withheld payments to contractors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1State Agencies Bulletin No. 220
… Security Supervisors Unit (Bargaining Unit 61) employees in the following agencies: Office of General Services … which implements the 1999-2003 Agreement for employees in the Security Supervisors Bargaining Unit (BU61), provides … Briefing pay for employees who occupied positions in the Unit during the 1999-2000 fiscal year. For Security …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/220-adjustment-pre-shift-briefing-1999-2000Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-324
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … CSEA Agreement is reached, the negotiated changes detailed in the Labor Relations Memorandum are extended to Management/Confidential and Unrepresented employees in graded positions in Bargaining Units 86, 88 and CT. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-324-april-2023-unified-court-system-ucs-judicial-longevity-paymentMedicaid Program – Medicare Part D Clawback Payments
… appropriateness of the following payments: $1.65 million in payments on behalf of 2,315 recipients who were receiving Medicaid in another state. $451,348 in payments on behalf of 1,250 recipients who either were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/17/medicaid-program-medicare-part-d-clawback-paymentsCity of Lockport -- Budget Review (B1-15-20)
… City to issue debt to liquidate the accumulated deficits in the City’s general, water and sewer funds as of December … found the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the preliminary budget are reasonable. The proposed budget … not include a tax overlay, which could create a shortfall in 2016. The overtime appropriation in the proposed budget is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2015/11/04/city-lockport-budget-review-b1-15-20Wayne Central School District – Financial Management (2012M-229)
… Background The Wayne Central School District is located in Wayne County and Monroe County. The District is governed … underestimated revenues and overestimated expenditures in the adopted budgets by a total of $20.5 million. As a … limits, District officials: appropriated $4.6 million in fund balance that was not needed to fund the budget, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/03/22/wayne-central-school-district-financial-management-2012m-229Town of Marion – Misappropriation of Justice Court Cash Collections (2023M-149)
… collected between January 1, 2016 through May 31, 2021. In August 2023, the former court clerk pled guilty to grand larceny in the second degree, corrupting the government in the second degree, tampering with records in the first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/01/26/town-marion-misappropriation-justice-court-cash-collections-2023m-149Village of Addison – Board Oversight (2024M-8)
… investigation, the former Clerk-Treasurer was arrested in 2023 and charged with misappropriating funds and making … unauthorized payments totaling more than $1.1 million in Village funds over a 19-year period. In May 2024, she pleaded guilty to one count of first degree …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/07/11/village-addison-board-oversight-2024m-8Rockland Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Administrator Compensation, Financial Management and Purchasing (2017M-60)
… districts that educate approximately 41,000 students in Rockland County. BOCES is governed by a nine-member Board … approximately $69,000. BOCES has more than $14.6 million in restricted funds that should have been returned to … collection. The Board and Superintendent incurred $70,290 in travel-related costs in fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2017/12/15/rockland-board-cooperative-educational-services-administrator-compensationMaine-Endwell Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-49)
… The Maine-Endwell Central School District is located in the Towns of Maine, Nanticoke, Union, Newark Valley, and Owego, in Broome and Tioga Counties. The District is governed by the … only by continually appropriating fund balance, resulting in the drastic depletion of the year-end unexpended surplus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/05/31/maine-endwell-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-49Skaneateles Central School District – Records and Reports (2015M-154)
… The Skaneateles Central School District is located in the Towns of Sennett, Niles and Owasco in Cayuga County and the Towns of Skaneateles, Marcellus and Spafford in Onondoga County. The District, which operates four schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/11/16/skaneateles-central-school-district-records-and-reports-2015m-154Town of Sidney – Budget Review (B4-13-19)
… the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the Town’s preliminary budget for the 2014 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The Town of Sidney, located in Delaware County, issued debt totaling $2.5 million to … review, we found that revenue and expenditure projections in the proposed budget are reasonable. The Town is currently …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/11/05/town-sidney-budget-review-b4-13-19Town of Minetto – Financial Condition (2013M-284)
… July 31, 2013. Background The Town of Minetto is located in Oswego County, is approximately 6 square miles, and serves … for the 2013 fiscal year are approximately $473,000 in the general fund, $434,000 in the highway fund, and $42,000 in the lighting district. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/11/15/town-minetto-financial-condition-2013m-284Sodus Center Fire District – Board Oversight (2017M-108)
… 2017. Background The Sodus Center Fire District is located in the Town of Sodus in Wayne County. The District is a district corporation of … independent oversight. The Treasurer made $15,943 in questionable payments to himself and his business and did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2020/05/22/sodus-center-fire-district-board-oversight-2017m-108XVI.3.F Public Benefit Corporations – XVI. Financial Reporting
… All public benefit corporations (PBC's) determined, in accordance with provisions of GASB Codification Section … to be included within the entity will be reported upon in the financial statements under the caption, "Public … of standardbred horses and the conduct of equine research in New York State. The Fund is governed by a board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3f-public-benefit-corporationsOpinion 2000-16
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt … group life insurance policy); (meaning of "family" as used in special acts); (use of tax moneys by to purchase group … level of financial and emotional commitment, the manner in which the parties conduct their everyday lives and hold …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-16New York State Pension Fund Sets 2040 Net Zero Carbon Emissions Target
… completion within four years of a review of investments in energy sector companies, using minimum standards to assess … to investments, for which the Fund is already top-ranked in the United States by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project. … net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 will put the Fund in a strong position for the future mapped out in the Paris …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/new-york-state-pension-fund-sets-2040-net-zero-carbon-emissions-targetOpinion 2010-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS: Fire Protection … expenses for its debt incurred to finance a firehouse used in connection with providing the fire protection service … the contract is one of the expenses that may be considered in the course of negotiating the "definite sum" payable by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Monitoring of Air Quality (Facility Permits and Registrations)
… Air pollution damages human health and the environment in a variety of ways. It can make breathing difficult, cause … wildlife show harmful effects from acid rain and mercury in the air. Also, greenhouse gases (chiefly carbon dioxide) in the air are changing the world’s climate. Sources of air …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/20/monitoring-air-quality-facility-permits-and-registrationsAnnual Audit
… totaling over $830 million for four sole custody funds in 2016 – the Uninsured Employers Fund, the Special Fund for … identified two high-dollar outlier claims that resulted in $2,633,204 in total savings. For these claims in particular, Board staff …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/02/annual-audit