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Controls Over Selected Expenditures (Follow-Up)

… serve crime victims and assists sexual assault survivors by directly reimbursing State-licensed providers for forensic rape examination (FRE) … in this report. … We have followed up on the actions taken by officials of the Office of Victim Services to implement …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/02/controls-over-selected-expenditures-follow

Processing of Sexual Offense Evidence Collection Kits (Follow-Up)

… to law enforcement and consent to have the kit released by the hospital for forensic testing. Once a victim provides … custody – regardless of age – to a forensic laboratory by December 28, 2017 for processing. Kits received by law … to forensic laboratories within 10 days. The Division of State Police’s (Division) Crime Laboratory System (CLS) is …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/27/processing-sexual-offense-evidence-collection-kits-follow

Public Safety – 2023 Financial Condition Report

… Reported Crimes Rose in 2022 According to data published by the State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/public-safety

DiNapoli Finds Slow Property Tax Growth for Local Governments

… have cut programs and staff, diminished rainy day funds, deferred maintenance and capital purchases or cut …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-finds-slow-property-tax-growth-local-governments

Monitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs (Follow-Up)

… previous years, some GIVE contracts included confidential funds, which are those paid by law enforcement agencies – … and information. To help establish accountability over the funds and promote their appropriate use, Division contract … language required that grantees that received confidential funds have a record of the signatures of the funds recipient, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/16/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programs-follow

Hadley-Luzerne Central School District – Financial Condition (2012M-188)

… 22 percent over the past 10 years. The District is managed by a Board of Education comprising five elected members. The … services or sharing them with other districts, and saving money on energy costs. Given the District’s declining … pace. The District has accumulated an increasing amount of money in restricted fund balance, or reserves, and built up …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/01/25/hadley-luzerne-central-school-district-financial-condition-2012m-188

Controls Over Selected Expenditures

… and benefits of all innocent crime victims. OVS is led by a Director who is appointed by the Governor. A 20-member advisory council assists in … of stolen items, and lost earnings. OVS receives State funding from the Criminal Justice Improvement Account …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/04/controls-over-selected-expenditures

Monitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs

… City. GIVE contracts may include amounts for confidential funds, which are paid – generally in cash – to confidential … language requires grantees that receive confidential funds to maintain certain records that authorize payment of the funds and document their receipt. The Division awards SNUG …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/24/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programs

New York State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Federal Tax Reform

… profoundly bad deals for New York. Cutting or eliminating state and local tax deductions will hurt many New York … the rules for municipal bonds in ways that could drive up state and local costs for essential infrastructure … services. At the end of the day, the approach taken by both the House and Senate will hurt the very people …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-federal-tax-reform

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… for crime victim compensation claims, grants, and forensic rape examination (FRE) claims were made only to eligible …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits

Cooperstown Central School District – School Lunch Fund Financial Condition (2016M-86)

… which serve approximately 885 students and is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education. The District …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/29/cooperstown-central-school-district-school-lunch-fund-financial-condition

Opinion 92-25

… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties … (riding on fire vehicles during emergency calls) TOWN LAW, §§176(11), 176-a: A board of fire commissioners may …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25

General Brown Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-216)

… in Jefferson County. The District, which is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education, operates three … those related to employee benefits, have increased by more than $1.2 million since the 2008-09 fiscal year, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/10/24/general-brown-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-216

Canton Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-287)

… source and continue to evaluate and explore ways to cut costs and increase revenues. … Canton Central School …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/20/canton-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-287

City of Fulton – Fiscal Stress (2013M-310)

… a significant reduction in the City’s unexpended surplus funds from 2010 to 2012. During that period, the unexpended surplus funds remaining at year end declined 84 percent − from … setting forth the reasonable amounts of unexpended surplus funds that the City should maintain. Reduce reliance on fund …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/11/22/city-fulton-fiscal-stress-2013m-310

Tupper Lake Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-151)

… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the District’s financial condition for the period … relied on significant amounts of appropriated fund balance to finance operations. The Board did not adopt a policy … level of unassigned fund balance that should be maintained to prepare for any unanticipated expenditures and/or revenue …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/08/29/tupper-lake-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-151

Oneonta City School District –Financial Condition (2013M-165)

… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial condition for the period July 1, 2011, to March 29, 2013. Background The Oneonta City School … Finding District officials have taken appropriate action to manage the District’s financial condition. District …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/08/30/oneonta-city-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-165

DiNapoli: NYC DOE Faces Significant Challenges in Closing COVID Achievement Gap

… (DOE) budget, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The city has expanded … . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local government financial …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-nyc-doe-faces-significant-challenges-closing-covid-achievement-gap

DiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Sentenced to Jail for $50K Theft

… stealing village funds to cover her household expenses, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. Johnson … Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by calling the toll-free Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-sentenced-jail-50k-theft

DiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Growth to Remain Below Two Percent

… the 2017-18 fiscal year, according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The latest calculation …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-growth-remain-below-two-percent