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Opinion 98-2
… equipment at fire) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for Expenses (dinners after board meeting) FIRE DISTRICTS -- … at fire) -- Appropriations and Expenditures (dinners for fire commissioners) TOWN LAW, §178-c: A fire district may … outside of his or her regular work area on official business for an extended period of time or is prevented from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2DiNapoli: Franklin School District Saves $826,000 in Health Care Costs
… Central School District officials saved more than $800,000 in health insurance costs by switching carriers and offering … today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “In a time of limited resources and increasingly tight … measures that benefit both taxpayers and employees.” In January 2013, school officials in Franklin assessed the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-franklin-school-district-saves-826000-health-care-costsAudit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… (NFTA) assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear how the authority prioritizes capital … savings and prioritize new projects based on strategic goals and objectives, costs and benefits, and availability of funding. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Problems with Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Program
… calculating credits for Length of Service Awards Programs (LOSAP) and as a result local volunteers may be shortchanged … today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. LOSAP is a pension-like benefit program established by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-problems-volunteer-firefighters-benefit-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 621
… unemployment insurance owed to the State were implemented in 1989, under the terms of an agreement between the New York … of Labor, enter a deduction record for the employee in PayServ, using Deduction Code 433. For Effective Date, … on the panel. Agencies must verify the data entered to the form from the Department of Labor and save the transaction. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/621-involuntary-deductions-unemployment-insurance-owedInvestors Renew Call on Exxon to Address Climate Risk
… year dozens of institutional members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility are adding momentum to the … of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, a representative of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. A number of investors are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/investors-renew-call-exxon-address-climate-riskDiNapoli Op-Ed in Buffalo News Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
The Buffalo News published an oped from New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by the coronavirus
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-op-ed-buffalo-news-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19DiNapoli: Department of Environmental Conservation’s Operational Spending Declines as Responsibilities Grow
… important new laws have expanded the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) mission to address the urgent threat of climate change and other pressing issues, but spending to … York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The Department of Environmental Conservation is leading major initiatives to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-department-environmental-conservations-operational-spending-declines-responsibilities-growVillage of Red Hook - Clerk-Treasurer's Duties (2019M-101)
Determine whether the Village Clerk-Treasurer (Treasurer) performed her duties in accordance with statutes.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/red-hook-2019-101.pdfDiNapoli Statement on Retirement of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
… New York and Long Island will lose a strong advocate with the retirement … deeply for more than two decades of dedicated service to Long Island, to New York state and to our country. … New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-statement-retirement-rep-carolyn-mccarthyDiNapoli: Georgia Woman Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison and Ordered to Pay $459K in Full Restitution for Stealing NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… Thomas P. DiNapoli, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan K. Buchanan, and Inspector General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-georgia-woman-sentenced-over-year-prison-and-ordered-pay-459k-full-restitution-stealing-nysDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Public Campaign Financing Commission to Keep Fusion Voting and Open Up Political Process
… tear down those obstacles and open the path. After years of proposals falling to the wayside, New York finally has … state to collect ideas on what changes might work. Some of the ideas are smart, some are practical and many are way … But I urge the commission to focus on the urgent issue of campaign finance, which will truly make a difference, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-public-campaign-financing-commission-keep-fusion-voting-and-openDiNapoli Calls for Improvements to Capital Planning Process
… the next five years, including planned spending for SUNY dorms, is expected to be funded through the issuance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-calls-improvements-capital-planning-processDiNapoli: Canal Corp. Must Address Gaps
… and capital plans target funding toward its most pressing needs, and redirect funding when necessary; and Work …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-canal-corp-must-address-gapsDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
… governments hit hard by the coronavirus. The full op-ed is below: State, local governments can slide into fiscal … the devastating health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. What is also becoming frighteningly clear is the … New York and other hard hit areas need money to balance their books and that cash needs to come from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19DiNapoli: Tennessee Woman Sentenced for Stealing Deceased Mother's NYS Pension Checks
… sentencing of Leslie Schwinzer, of Knoxville, Tennessee, for stealing pension checks that had been issued to her … over $56,000 in restitution and serve eight months home detention and two years’ probation before the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-tennessee-woman-sentenced-stealing-deceased-mothers-nys-pension-checksDiNapoli: Tax Collector Pleads Guilty After Faking Her Own Tax Payments
… Michelle Sheppard resigned her two public jobs and agreed to pay $4,303 in restitution for dodging her personal town … records and delay her tax payments,” DiNapoli said. “I thank District Attorney Rain and Sheriff Kevin Wells for … set for October 26. DiNapoli’s audits and investigations have led to more than 90 arrests and $18 million in ordered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-tax-collector-pleads-guilty-after-faking-her-own-tax-paymentsDiNapoli: Former Town of Marion Court Clerk Sentenced to Jail, Ordered to Pay Over $59,000 in Restitution
… Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at https://www.osc.state.ny.us/investigations ,or by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-former-town-marion-court-clerk-sentenced-jail-ordered-pay-over-59000-restitutionDiNapoli: Former Clerk Treasurer for the Village of Speculator Charged With Larceny
… Former Speculator village clerk-treasurer Bonnie Page was charged with grand larceny and corrupting the … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. Page is charged with using her official position to have the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-former-clerk-treasurer-village-speculator-charged-larcenyDiNapoli: Halfmoon Resident Allegedly Stole Deceased Mother's Pension Payments
… Maniscalco, retired in 2013 and died on January 28, 2021 at Fish’s home. The New York State and Local Retirement … System did not learn about her death until July of 2021. Six pension payments were paid after her death, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-halfmoon-resident-allegedly-stole-deceased-mothers-pension-payments