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Public Safety – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… 4.4 percent in 2021 after a 45.8 percent jump in 2020); Rape (up 10 percent after a 15.8 percent decrease in 2020); …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/public-safetyOpinion 91-33
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … proceeding, a separate account in a financial depository need not be maintained for each such action or proceeding. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-33Controls and Accountability of Court, Trust and Bail Funds (Follow-up)
… ( 2013-N-1 ). Background Our initial audit issued on April 16, 2014, determined that NYC Department of Finance’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/03/controls-and-accountability-court-trust-and-bail-funds-followOpinion 88-39
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BAIL MONEYS -- Disposition (cash bail on felony complaint held by town court and forfeited … LAW, §27(1); UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, §2021(1): Cash bail which is posted in a town justice court in connection … the town is entitled to receive distribution of cash bail forfeited in a town court in connection with a felony …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-39Opinion 88-31
… and a trial ensue, depending on the evidence, the accused can be found guilty of some or all of the charges in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-31Town of Patterson – Justice Court Operations (2020M-63)
… accurate manner. The Justices did not adequately account for bail, which led to them retaining $14,793 in bail funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2020/11/06/town-patterson-justice-court-operations-2020m-63Opinion 93-22
… to a clerical error when the defendant, in fact, did not miss a court date. You state that a village justice in his … forfeiture was in error because the "defendant ... did not miss a Court date." He attributed the error to "a computer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-22Controls and Accountability of Court, Trust and Bail Funds
… miscellaneous funds. Finance's Court Assets Department is responsible for the accounting of these moneys and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/16/controls-and-accountability-court-trust-and-bail-fundsVillage of New York Mills – Justice Court (S9-14-4)
… areas in the Court software, such as an inadequate audit trail and insufficient automated controls. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2014/08/15/village-new-york-mills-justice-court-s9-14-4Village of Scotia – Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations (2012M-148)
… records agrees with the bail on deposit in the bail bank account. Key Recommendations Establish policies and … Determine how much of the bail money in the combined bank account is not attributable to current pending cases, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/01/11/village-scotia-internal-controls-over-selected-financial-operations-2012m-148Public Safety – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… which include: 50 State correctional facilities; 63 county jail and correctional facilities; and 13 New York City … year. The number of inmates in county and New York City jail facilities grew by 11 percent, the first increase in … offenses contributed to a 33 percent reduction in local jail populations. These reforms were amended in 2020 to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/public-safetyVillage of Quogue – Justice Court (2015M-18)
… 28, 2014. Background The Village of Quogue is located in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County, and has a … $315,781 in fines, fees and surcharges and $55,235 in bail deposits during the audit period. Key Findings The Court … $35,955 on deposit, of which only $8,550 was for current cases. Receipts were not deposited in a timely manner and all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/05/08/village-quogue-justice-court-2015m-18Town of Edinburg – Justice Court Operations (2014M-226)
… 243 cases during the audit period to the Office of the State Comptroller’s Justice Court Fund (JCF). Key Findings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2014/11/14/town-edinburg-justice-court-operations-2014m-226Village of Palmyra - Justice Court Operations (2019M-202)
Determine whether the Justice provided adequate oversight of the Justice Court Court
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2020/01/17/village-palmyra-justice-court-operations-2019m-202Opinion 91-61
… such an approved plan. We have been asked whether town and village justice courts must collect the additional one … or village court shall be paid to the State Comptroller, and that "the additional one per centum of such bail moneys … as provided in subdivision three of this section, and shall be used to fund the alternatives to incarceration …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-61Town of Carrollton – Justice Court Operations (2018M-21)
… the composition of these excess balances. The Justices' bail reports included bail for 18 individuals totaling $7,150 that could not be … any differences. Routinely generate current pending bail reports and reconcile to bank balances. Examine Court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2018/05/11/town-carrollton-justice-court-operations-2018m-21Town of Kendall – Justice Court (2013M-130)
… fines, fees, and surcharges were properly accounted for. While our testing found that monthly reports were submitted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/08/02/town-kendall-justice-court-2013m-130DiNapoli: Former Rosendale Court Clerk to Repay Stolen Funds
… justice court will make full restitution after admitting to stealing nearly $6,000 in cash from bail collections. The … in Saugerties Town Court on March 4. Harper was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to pay full restitution. She was also fired from her position …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-rosendale-court-clerk-repay-stolen-fundsDiNapoli: Former Treasurer Arrested in Village of Millport Theft
… Former Village of Millport Treasurer Dawn Haverley was arrested for felony … Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Ms. Haverley took advantage of her position and abused the public's trust by pocketing … helping us hold Ms. Haverley accountable." Haverley, 65, of Horseheads, was charged with third degree grand larceny, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-former-treasurer-arrested-village-millport-theftTown of New Albion – Justice Court Operations (2014M-161)
… 1, 2011 through April 2, 2014. Background The Town of New Albion (Town) is located in Cattaraugus County and has a population of 1,972 … analysis. Both Justices maintained two outstanding bail lists. The failure to maintain adequate bail records and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2014/08/29/town-new-albion-justice-court-operations-2014m-161