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Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration
… American Heritage Month Since 2005, June has been recognized as Caribbean American Heritage Month in the United … each June to celebrate their history and culture through festivals, dancing, parades, and sharing traditional meals. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/caribbean-heritage-month-2022Amazon Shareholders Urged To Support Audit of Company’s Policies on Racial Inclusion
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released a statement on behalf of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) to fellow Amazon shareholders in advance of the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 26, 2021. The statement calls on shareholders to vote …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/amazon-shareholders-urged-support-audit-companys-policies-racial-inclusionPeru Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2017M-69)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether … cash collections and disbursements were properly accounted for for the period July 1, 2015 through January 31, 2017. … officials were unable to provide adequate support for what appear to be legitimate disbursements amounting to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/06/09/peru-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-funds-2017m-69DiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by the … devastation. New York and other hard hit areas need money to balance their books and that cash needs to come from … from Comptroller DiNapoli pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19See if any of NY's $12.5 Billion in Unclaimed Funds is Yours at Upcoming Statewide Events
… York Public Library Clason’s Point Branch 1215 Morrison Avenue Bronx, New York Bronx Feb. 13 7:30pm-8:30pm North … Lexington School for the Deaf & Center for the Deaf 30th Avenue & 75th Street Jackson Heights, New York Queens …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/see-if-any-nys-125-billion-unclaimed-funds-yours-upcoming-statewide-eventsDiNapoli: New York's Labor Force Decreased Sharply During the Pandemic and Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Peak
… New York’s labor force is one of the nation’s largest, but it decreased by 1% between 2011 and 2021 while the rest of the nation increased by 5.1%, according to a report … New Yorks labor force is one of the nations largest but it decreased by 1 between 2011 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-new-yorks-labor-force-decreased-sharply-during-pandemic-and-remains-below-pre-pandemic-peakDiNapoli Releases Profile of New York's Small Business Owners
… share of businesses that are majority female and minority-owned; however, they continue to represent less than … as a key reason for low rates of business ownership among women and people of color. The New York State Common … Fund provides credit financing to eligible New York-based companies. The Fund also invests in Pursuit, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-profile-new-yorks-small-business-ownersDiNapoli: Youth in NYC Face Double Digit Unemployment Rate
… Young workers in New York City between the ages of 16-24 continued to face a high 13.2% unemployment rate in … and is currently just over its 2019 level. In 2023, 37.7% of young workers citywide worked in lower wage industries … have yet to fully recover their pre-pandemic losses. As of March 2025, restaurant jobs were 2.5% below their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-youth-nyc-face-double-digit-unemployment-rateNew York City’s Uneven Recovery: Youth Labor Force Struggling
When the COVID19 pandemic first hit workers aged 16 to 24 experienced the worst outcomes of all age groups nationwide
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-citys-uneven-recovery-youth-labor-force-strugglingSaranac Central School District – Payroll (2015M-298)
… Clinton County. The District, which operates four schools with approximately 1,470 students, is governed by an elected … The Superintendent did not compare the payroll registers with payroll source documents (i.e., time records) to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/01/22/saranac-central-school-district-payroll-2015m-298NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Calls on Corporate America To Address Lack of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
… Fund (Fund) has launched a multi-faceted initiative to hold publicly-traded corporations and their top executives … underrepresented racial minorities, companies that fail to disclose their workforce’s racial or ethnic diversity, and companies that refuse to embed diversity in their search for new board directors. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-calls-corporate-america-address-lack-diversity-equity-inclusionThe Changing Face of Post-Pandemic New York City
… decline — while the declines in Hispanic (5%) and Asian (2.5%) New Yorkers were smaller. The city’s senior …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/changing-face-post-pandemic-new-york-cityMaternal Health (Follow-Up)
… racial and ethnic disparities in these deaths, with Black women dying nationally at a rate three times higher than White and Hispanic women. These disparities were exacerbated during the COVID-19 … for 2018 to 2022. However, despite this progress, Black women were still dying at a rate over three times higher than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/04/16/maternal-health-followDiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths
… The New York State Department of Health (DOH) needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates … The New York State Department of Health DOH needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsFinancial Management Practices
… Purpose To determine if the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District’s (District) financial management … Background The District regulates the flow of the Hudson River and the Black River to reduce flooding caused by excess … To determine if the Hudson RiverBlack River Regulating Districts District financial management …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/11/25/financial-management-practices“Nation’s Report Card” Underscores New York’s Need for Academic Recovery
… a plan for how ESSER III funds would be used to safely re-open schools and recover from the pandemic. New York’s ARP … to NAEP, at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/parents/2010468.pdf . 2 New York State Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/nations-report-card-underscores-new-yorks-need-academic-recoveryNew York City’s Uneven Recovery: An Analysis of Labor Force Trends
… STEM gap, as male workers tend to be more represented in related occupations, such as chemist, information … In fact, some of the differences discussed above related to education and age are rooted in how severely an … to be employed in these sectors. Other dissimilarities related to disability status and citizenship status are based …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-citys-uneven-recovery-analysis-labor-force-trendsMaternal Health
… 100,000 births—more than 2.5 times the rates of France and Canada and 3.5 times higher than the United Kingdom. There … rate improved slightly from 34.1% in 2021 to 33.9% in 2022, but it is still higher than the national rate of 32.1% … at least every 2 years. The report, released in April 2022, reviewed 2018 maternal deaths and produced an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/30/maternal-healthDiNapoli Takes Action to Hold Corporate America Accountable for Failing to Address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
… voted against board directors at companies that failed to meet the Fund’s expectations for board diversity and filed shareholder proposals calling on companies to address investors’ concerns about diversity, equity and … voted against board directors at companies that failed to meet the Funds expectations for board diversity and filed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-takes-action-hold-corporate-america-accountable-failing-address-diversity-equity-andNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… Hispanic/Latino households, and higher among women than men, as shown below. While food scarcity was an issue before … often did not have enough food to eat, compared to 12% of men. Source: U.S. Census Bureau data, two weeks ending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-december-16-2020