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DiNapoli: As Drug Overdoses Climbed the State Failed to Inspect Residential Drug Treatment Programs
… higher than during the same 12-month period the previous year and were the most in any September-August period on … addiction services for more than 680,000 New Yorkers each year. Residential programs, which serve some 8,000 New … were one to two years overdue for recertification, another 16 were two to three years overdue, five were more than three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-drug-overdoses-climbed-state-failed-inspect-residential-drug-treatment-programsDiNapoli Identifies Problems With Low-Cost Power Program
… Power Authority (NYPA) made errors and overrode applicant scores when it distributed low-cost power to companies, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors found … giving some applicants advantages over others with higher scores,” DiNapoli said. “NYPA also needs to hold all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-identifies-problems-low-cost-power-programDiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… the street to a Schenectady clinic, and from Oneonta to Utica. All the while the defendant was collecting … by emailing a complaint to investigations@osc.ny.gov or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State … of Investigations, 8th Floor, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudCost-Saving Ideas: How to Reduce Energy Costs
… OGS website to learn more about OGS contracts and find out how to be included in future bids. You may also find cost … CostSaving Ideas How to Reduce Energy Costs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-how-reduce-energy-costsDiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) needs to improve its oversight of local departments of social services and homeless shelter providers to make sure those entering the shelters are being set up with a plan to get the services they need and transition to permanent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersDiNapoli: Owner and Employee of Medical Transport Company Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid
… Amsterdam rather than down the street and from Oneonta to Utica. Mr. Saeed then sent hundreds of thousands of dollars … of Investigations, 8th Floor, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-owner-and-employee-medical-transport-company-arrested-defrauding-medicaidOversight of Drug Disposal
… Objective To determine whether the Office of Addiction Services and … methods. Our audit covered the period January 1, 2016 to April 27, 2019. About the Program Unused, unwanted, and … unwanted and expired pharmaceuticals must be disposed of to mitigate those risks. Certain long-accepted disposal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/15/oversight-drug-disposalDiNapoli: State Needs to Help Addiction Support Providers Better Prepare for Emergencies
… gaps in care, which could compromise patient progress or safety, according to a new audit released today by New York … gaps in care which could compromise patient progress or safety according to a new audit released today by New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-needs-help-addiction-support-providers-better-prepare-emergenciesOversight of Contract Expenditures of Palladia, Inc. (Follow-Up)
… of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Oversight of Contract Expenditures of Palladia, Inc. (Report 2020-S-5 ). About the Program The Office of Addiction … of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report Oversight of Contract Expenditures of Palladia Inc …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/20/oversight-contract-expenditures-palladia-inc-followAddiction Support Services During Emergencies
… comprehensive system of addiction services for prevention, treatment, and recovery. OASAS operates 12 Addiction Treatment Centers and oversees nearly 400 providers that it … than 1,000 substance use disorder and problem gambling treatment and prevention programs (Programs) across the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/11/02/addiction-support-services-during-emergenciesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… providers have met the regulatory requirements for collecting and disposing of unneeded drugs. However, … that date, the required processing time frame had elapsed for 1,681 kits (88 percent). Department of Taxation and … to provide collateral security in an amount provided for in statute or determined by the department. Distributors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsNY's Balance of Payments With Washington Remains Positive for Now, but Federal Actions Could Drastically Change State's Financial Picture
… in federal spending. New York’s former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan pioneered the concept of this balance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/nys-balance-payments-washington-remains-positive-now-federal-actions-could-drastically-change-statesAddiction Support Services During Emergencies (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Addiction Support Services During Emergencies ( 2021-S-35 ). About the Program The Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) certifies providers to operate … to help ensure they’re able to deliver addiction support services during emergency situations. The audit found OASAS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/addiction-support-services-during-emergencies-followOversight of Contract Expenditures of Palladia, Inc.
… families through alcohol and drug prevention treatment. In 2014, OASAS entered into a five-year $45.6 million … with OASAS. These 10 programs served 603 individuals in the fields of residential treatment, outpatient treatment, and scattered-site housing. In December 2014, Palladia merged with and began operating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/18/oversight-contract-expenditures-palladia-incDiNapoli: Mobile Sports Betting Adds to State Revenue, But Calls to Problem Gambling Hotline Rise as Gaming Expansion Continues
… collections from the taxes on gaming revenues of the commercial casinos have yet to return to SFY 2019-20 levels. … revenue from in-person sports wagering at the state’s commercial casinos has declined, down 45% in SFY 2022-23. … Enacted Budget authorized the creation of three additional commercial casinos to be located in New York City, Long …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-mobile-sports-betting-adds-state-revenue-calls-problem-gambling-hotline-rise-gamingProblem Gambling Treatment Program
… and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) has sufficient treatment programs for problem gamblers. Our audit covered … services systems, with approximately 1,600 prevention, treatment, and recovery programs, including, as of 2005, problem gambling treatment. OASAS offers services through 20 problem …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/05/problem-gambling-treatment-programDiNapoli: Probation Departments Failing to Get Restitution Payments to Victims
… are getting the funds they deserve.” Restitution is court-ordered compensation requiring a defendant on probation … out some restitution and held funds for years because they did not make reasonable efforts to locate victims or could … departments were not giving the court the opportunity to decide how to proceed while the probationer was still under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-probation-departments-failing-get-restitution-payments-victimsDiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
… Some individuals on Medicaid receiving treatment for opioid use disorder might have received … or dangerous opioid prescriptions outside of their treatment programs, according to an audit issued by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors found treatment programs were not checking whether patients were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationMitchell Lama Applicants Charged $200 for Virtually No Chance of Apartment in Their Lifetime
… Upper East Side. They held six lotteries for applicants to get on waiting lists for apartments in 2013, 2016 and 2017, … found that HPD had not established criteria to decide how many applicants should be selected and placed on waiting … to be returned. The audit found that management needed to do more to return fees to applicants or inform applicants …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/mitchell-lama-applicants-charged-200-virtually-no-chance-apartment-their-lifetimeDiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Failed to Get Its Money's Worth From Cost-Cutting Consultant
… Medical Center paid a consultant $34 million for a plan to help the hospital out of financial trouble, but a report … Pitts Management Associates (PMA), which it charged to SUNY Downstate while working on this project. "SUNY … problems were severe and it needed help. But it failed to monitor PMA's $34 million contracts and did not get what …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-suny-downstate-failed-get-its-moneys-worth-cost-cutting-consultant