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DiNapoli: 16 School Districts Designated in Fiscal Stress
… Sixteen school districts were designated in some level of fiscal stress under New York … fiscal stress the prior year, but still well below the 33 designated in stress in 2019. Increased temporary federal aid … contributed to the declining number of school districts designated in fiscal stress. “The number of districts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-16-school-districts-designated-fiscal-stressDiNapoli Report Finds Big Five School Districts' Use of Pandemic Aid Reflects Different Priorities
… are using the funds. The New York City Department of Education plans to use a smaller share of the billions of … the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental … of the 20% minimum required by law. The city’s adopted FY 2023 budget repurposed an additional $176 million of ESSER …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-report-finds-big-five-school-districts-use-pandemic-aid-reflects-different-prioritiesDiNapoli: 90 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
… districts with fiscal years ending on June 30, 2014. This is the second year DiNapoli’s office has assessed and … into the scoring for their respective cities later this year. More than half of the school districts identified as fiscally stressed this year appeared in one of the three levels of stress last …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-90-school-districts-fiscal-stressDiNapoli: 33 School Districts Reported in Fiscal Stress
… should address these problems today,” said DiNapoli. “My Fiscal Stress Monitoring System flags issues early so … percentages of districts in a fiscal stress category. View schools districts in stress: … Districts: Common Themes for School Year 2018-19 Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/dinapoli-33-school-districts-reported-fiscal-stressDiNapoli: 82 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
… Wyandanch Union Free School District (Suffolk); West Seneca Central School District (Erie); Corinth Central School … in a fiscal stress category for all three years. The West Seneca Central School District is the only district in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-82-school-districts-fiscal-stressDiNapoli Finds Schools Falling Short on Emergency Planning
… Schools are not doing enough to prepare for emergency situations like shootings, according to an audit of safety planning at 19 schools released today … Schools are not doing enough to prepare for emergency situations like shootings according to an audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-finds-schools-falling-short-emergency-planningDiNapoli: 22 School Districts Designated in Fiscal Stress
… The higher the score, the more severe the level of stress. This release of scores, which excludes New York City and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-22-school-districts-designated-fiscal-stressDiNapoli: Under New Tax Cap Calculation, School District Tax Levy Growth Near Zero
Property tax levy growth for school districts will be capped at 012 percent above current levels for the 201617 fiscal year according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-under-new-tax-cap-calculation-school-district-tax-levy-growth-near-zeroAdequacy of 2021 Budgets - Town of Big Flats (S9-21-20)
… an independent evaluation of the Town’s adopted budget for the 2021 fiscal year. Background The COVID-19 pandemic … The pandemic has also created a difficult environment for officials to develop annual budgets given the unknowns of … future financial impacts. The pandemic increases the need for local officials to more closely monitor their budgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2021/05/21/adequacy-2021-budgets-town-big-flats-s9-21-20Town of Big Flats – Financial Management (2013M-170)
… officials have not developed procedures, to govern the level of unexpended surplus funds maintained. As a result of … excess unrestricted fund balances in the general and water funds. The general fund’s excess unrestricted fund … is 128 percent of the ensuing year’s budget and the water fund’s excess unrestricted fund balance is 75 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/11/15/town-big-flats-financial-management-2013m-170Statement from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Repeal of Affordable Care Act
… from pre-existing conditions and potentially punches a big hole in our state budget. Members voted for this … from preexisting conditions and potentially punches a big hole in our state budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/statement-new-york-state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-repeal-affordable-care-actNew York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Governor's State of the State Proposals
… “Governor Cuomo put forth dozens of proposals to tackle big and small issues. His ambitious proposals hit on some … issues that we can address here in New York, in contrast to the gridlock we are witnessing in Washington. “The focus … Governor Cuomo put forth dozens of proposals to tackle big and small issues …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/new-york-state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-governors-state-state-proposalsTranscript for 529 College Savings Program Video
Big dreams start small and these days achieving those big dreams means a college education. But college has never been more expensive.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/savings/pdf/529-video-transcript.pdfFinancing Education in New York’s “Big Five” Cities
Financing Education in New York’s “Big Five” Cities
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/financingeducation.pdfConstitutional Debt Limit
… are limits to how much debt a local government or school district can incur. For counties, cities, towns and villages: … debt limit. Exclusions from the limit for debt related to sewer projects and certain types of self-liquidating debt are available. How to apply for a sewer debt exclusion For city school districts (other than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/constitutional-debt-limitDiNapoli: Proposed Congressional Cuts to SNAP Program Mean More New Yorkers Without Enough Food
… Almost 3 million New Yorkers relied on SNAP as of March 2025. “The state has made meaningful efforts to reduce food … limited to citizens or lawful permanent residents. Second, work requirements for able bodied adults without dependents … in the Enacted Budget Report for State Fiscal Year 2025-26 , the financial plan will be challenged by the uncertainty …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-proposed-congressional-cuts-snap-program-mean-more-new-yorkers-without-enough-foodState Comptroller DiNapoli Delivers Inaugural Address
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli pledged to drive an agenda that helps everyday New Yorkers, holds … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli pledged to drive an agenda that helps everyday New Yorkers holds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-delivers-inaugural-addressDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap to Remain at Two Percent
… with fiscal years starting July 1, 2019 including the “Big Four” cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. The tax cap, which first applied to local governments and school districts in 2012, limits annual tax levy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-remain-two-percentBig Flats Fire District #2 – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2012M-155)
… year. The Board did not perform a cost-benefit analysis of this transaction or determine if the rental price was at fair …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/01/30/big-flats-fire-district-2-internal-controls-over-financial-operations-2012mHorseheads Central School District – Audit Follow-Up Letter (2016M-138-F)
The purpose of our review was to assess the Districts progress as of June 2021 in implementing our recommendations in the audit report released in August 2016
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/10/15/horseheads-central-school-district-audit-follow-letter-2016m-138-f