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DiNapoli: State Needs To Do More for Growing Mental Health Crisis in Schools
… Too many of New York school districts’ mental health teams are understaffed, with too few available … services and inconsistent and limited oversight of mental health education for students, an audit by New York … to address the problem are available and prioritize mental health instruction and outreach among school districts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-state-needs-do-more-growing-mental-health-crisis-schoolsDiNapoli: Thousands of Young Children With Disabilities Not Receiving Early Intervention Services
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found many young children did not receive services or faced delays in care. The audit recommended the New York State Department … and another 1,000 were pending. Of the 95,000 children who did receive an individualized plan: Nearly 51% or about …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-thousands-young-children-disabilities-not-receiving-early-intervention-servicesDiNapoli: NYC Budget Is Balanced but Risks Loom As Fiscal and Economic Concerns Grow
… In each of the last three fiscal years, New York City has spent more than it has collected in revenue. This is … billion in FY 2025. While some of the recent pressures on city finances have been alleviated, including the number … is unlikely. The city also assumes spending on overtime, cash assistance and housing voucher programs, among other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/dinapoli-nyc-budget-balanced-risks-loom-fiscal-and-economic-concerns-growAccess to Preschool Special Education Services
… Objective To determine if the State Education Department (SED) is effectively overseeing preschool special education in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations to … To determine if the State Education Department SED is effectively overseeing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/05/access-preschool-special-education-servicesHuman Resource Practices
… supporting its operations. The Human Resource Department (HR) manages and supports resources for Upstate’s workforce … enterprise, and a network of patient care facilities. HR develops local human resource-related policies in … the loss of university property. Key Findings Insufficient HR monitoring and oversight and inadequate or poorly enforced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/25/human-resource-practicesDiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… Department (SED) has agreed to improve its enforcement of the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) after a state audit found schools failed to report numerous cases of violent and disruptive incidents and misclassified dozens … Department SED has agreed to improve its enforcement of the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act SAVE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawDiNapoli: Former Chief of Border City Hose Company Pleads Guilty to Stealing Company Funds and Repays More Than $18,000
… Thomas P. DiNapoli, Ontario County District Attorney James Ritts, and the New York State Police announced the … make the company whole.” Ontario County District Attorney James Ritts said, “ At a time when funding for our Fire … efforts.” New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James said, “I commend the diligent work of our State Police …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-former-chief-border-city-hose-company-pleads-guilty-stealing-company-funds-and-repays-moreDiNapoli Audit Finds Lapses in Treatment Under Kendra's Law
… Kendra’s Law to ensure that needed services are delivered in a timely manner, according to an audit released today by … them harming themselves or others,” DiNapoli said. “In many instances, the program is working, but when there are … a serious mental health crisis.” Kendra’s Law was enacted in 1999 to allow court-ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-audit-finds-lapses-treatment-under-kendras-lawDiNapoli: Over One Million New Yorker Households Are Not Connected to Broadband
… is still a digital divide in rural parts of New York and for low-income New Yorkers who don’t have access or are … New Yorkers may not have had that option due to a lack of availability of higher-speed connections or affordability … or only one option for service . The state should look to the future and plan for the deployment of gigabyte …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-over-one-million-new-yorker-households-are-not-connected-broadbandDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Cash, Drugs, Weapons Missing from Police Custody
… cities of Auburn, Elmira, Troy and Watertown; the towns of Hamburg, Irondequoit and Newburgh; as well as the village of … to provide documentation. Six law enforcement agencies (Hamburg, Johnson City, Madison County, Newburgh, Troy and … For a copy of the audit, visit: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/swr/2015/PPRI/global.htm …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-cash-drugs-weapons-missing-police-custodyDiNapoli: More State Involvement Needed to Address Local Emergency Medical Services Challenges
… Increasingly, counties across New York state are providing emergency medical services (EMS), amid a drop in EMS workers and inadequate funding, but more state action … Increasingly counties across New York state are providing emergency medical services EMS amid a drop in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-more-state-involvement-needed-address-local-emergency-medical-services-challengesSexual Offender and Management Treatment Act Program
… to closely supervise and treat sex offenders who are near release from prison or parole, and who, based on their … Office of Mental Health: Quality of Internal Control Certification (2012-S-43) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/23/sexual-offender-and-management-treatment-act-programDiNapoli: SED Needs To Improve Oversight of School Districts' English Language Learners Programs
… York City were providing the required services to English Language Learners (ELLs). "New York can do a better job when … as well as the number of ELLs who speak the same home language. Students who are eligible for ELL services are … two programs: Bilingual Education (BE) or English as a New Language (ENL). School districts are required to provide BE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-sed-needs-improve-oversight-school-districts-english-language-learners-programsDo Not Call Enforcement Efforts
… the enforcement and collection provisions of New York’s Do Not Call Law. The audit covers the period January 1, 2014 to April 20, 2018. Background The New York State Do Not Call law (Law) allows consumers to register their … Commission (FCC) collaborated to create the National Do Not Call Registry (Registry), and consumers’ phone numbers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/28/do-not-call-enforcement-effortsDiNapoli: NYC Retail Sector Battered by Pandemic
… pandemic, with “non-essential” retailers struggling but online sellers booming, according to a report released today … crowds this holiday season and many people are buying online, if they have enough money to buy at all. New York … and pharmacies, had returned to pre-pandemic levels. While online retailers and some essential businesses have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-retail-sector-battered-pandemicNew York’s Labor Force: Assessing 10-Year Trends and Pandemic Setbacks
… and grow in New York, and it matters for the fiscal health of the State and local governments. New York’s strength has … more diverse, unionized, and highly educated than the rest of the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the State’s … labor force was more severe than in other states: the size of the workforce declined more rapidly than the rest of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-labor-force-assessing-10-year-trends-and-pandemic-setbacksHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Internal Controls Over and Maximization of Federal Funding for Various Section 8 Housing Programs and the COVID Rent Relief Program
… Contract Administration Program (PBCA), and the COVID Rent Relief Program (COVID RRP) to ensure they meet requirements; and whether HCR … and the PBCA across the State. HCR also administered the COVID RRP, which was established by the State as part of the … Contract Administration Program PBCA and the COVID Rent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/03/16/housing-trust-fund-corporation-internal-controls-over-and-maximization-federal-fundingDiNapoli: Convicted Drunk Drivers Not Installing Court-Ordered Ignition Locks
… can drive without installing the devices,” DiNapoli said. “My auditors found convicted drunk drivers routinely violated the terms of their sentences and did not install ignition interlocks without penalties or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-convicted-drunk-drivers-not-installing-court-ordered-ignition-locksOpinion 92-34
… When a city receives partial payment of a parking fine or penalty and/or a mandatory surcharge, the city may apply the … or administrative tribunal has assessed a parking fine or penalty and surcharge but receives payment of only a portion … surcharge in addition to any other sentence, fine or penalty otherwise permitted or required, in the amount of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-34DiNapoli: Neighborhood Banks Helping Stabilize, Revitalize City Communities
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today visited Ridgewood Savings Bank, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn and Spring Bank, in the South Bronx, to highlight the importance of Banking Development Districts … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today visited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-neighborhood-banks-helping-stabilize-revitalize-city-communities