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DiNapoli: NYC Needs to Develop Comprehensive Plan to Manage Pandemic-Battered Finances
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. DiNapoli urged the federal government to provide relief, as it has after each of … report. New York City also needs clarity from the federal government. Past recessions highlight the role of federal assistance, not just in the worst years but in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-nyc-needs-develop-comprehensive-plan-manage-pandemic-battered-financesDiNapoli: New York City’s Public Hospitals Need To Do More To Provide Interpretation Services
… hospitals and found several issues, from a failure to connect to interpreters to a lack of adequate records when … they ran into barriers, including 16 calls that failed to connect to an interpreter or provide information. H+H staff … An auditor’s test call with H+H officials failed to connect to a live operator, however. Visits to H+H mobile …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/dinapoli-new-york-citys-public-hospitals-need-do-more-provide-interpretation-servicesDiNapoli Recommends Ways For LIRR To Get Back On Track
… nine required steps. Our review of an incident at the Little Neck Road Grade Crossing on the Port Washington Branch …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-recommends-ways-lirr-get-back-trackImproving Government Efficiency and Effectiveness - Lessons Learned from Past OSC Audits
This report summarizes select audits that highlight SGA’s efforts to promote fiscal responsibility and brings renewed attention to ideas that could result in cost savings or revenue enhancements for the State and New York City.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/improving-government-efficiency-and-effectiveness.pdfDiNapoli Op-Ed in the NY Daily News Cautions NYC Leaders to Prepare for Challenging Fiscal Times Ahead
… The New York Daily News published an op-ed from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today warning New York City’s leaders to safeguard the city’s finances … The New York Daily News published an oped from New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today warning …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-op-ed-ny-daily-news-cautions-nyc-leaders-prepare-challenging-fiscal-times-aheadSelected Management and Operations Practices – BuildSmart NY/Executive Order 88
… require an ASE to implement the recommendations from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/28/selected-management-and-operations-practices-buildsmart-nyexecutive-order-88Pandemic and Recovery: Local Government Finances and Federal Assistance - Lessons from the Mid-Hudson Region
The case studies described in this report provide insight into some of the fiscal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented to individual local governments in 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/pandemic-and-recovery-lessons-from-the-mid-hudson-region.pdfJoint Letter to Mail.RU
Comptrollers DiNapoli and Stringer called on Mail.RU to respond to reports about videos and other posts depicting violence against the Russian gay community.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/press/pdf/mail-ru-equal-rights.pdfResponse Planning for Unexpected Events
… that have the potential to disrupt or actually disrupt service to Metro-North customers, the Emergency Management … part of its internal communications, the OCC notifies the Customer Communications Department (Communications) about … representative must respond to the customer within 48 hours. Key Findings Overall, Metro-North has procedures to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/06/28/response-planning-unexpected-eventsDiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores With Analysis of 10 Years of Fiscal Monitoring System Data
… nine were announced today. These determinations were based on the State Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System … including year-end fund balance, operating deficits, cash-on-hand, short-term borrowing, fixed costs and other factors. … Supervisor Peter G. Crummey said. “In fact, last year, in my first year as Colonie town supervisor, I implemented the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scores-analysis-10-years-fiscal-monitoring-system-dataDiNapoli: NYC Budget Faces Uncertainty Without More Federal Relief
… rates for refinanced debt. The city has so far staved off the need to issue debt to pay for operations by leaning … The city also projects sustained employment weakness and a drop in Wall Street profitability after what is likely to end … from 2019 levels, and will not fully rebound until 2024. Residential vacancies are at historic highs, and office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-budget-faces-uncertainty-without-more-federal-reliefThe Economic Impact of the Great Outdoors
… economic activity in 2020 and supported over 241,000 jobs with $13.1 billion in compensation. While New York ranks … Thomas F. Howells III, “Introducing the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account,” U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis , March … -march/0318-protytype-statistics-for-the-outdoor-recreation-satellite-account.htm . 2 Data for this report is drawn …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/economic-impact-great-outdoorsCybersecurity Risk Mitigation – Part 2
This webinar will build on the lessons learned about the risk management process in Part 1 of this series, and discuss possible vulnerabilities in information systems, threats that attackers may use to exploit those vulnerabilities, and internal and security controls that can be implemented to help.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/cybersecurity-risk-mitigation-101624.pdfNew York State Rent Relief Funding: Spotlight on New York City
… languages (other than English), but the languages do not align with the languages that are most spoken across … where the 1-year 2019 American Community Survey estimates do not provide certain detailed information. As of the 2017 … Records, Retrieved on July 10, 2021, at https://github.com/nycdb/nycdb/wiki/Dataset:-OCA-Housing-Court-Records . 19 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-state-rent-relief-funding-spotlight-new-york-cityRecent Trends and Impact of COVID-19 in Brooklyn
… an interagency plan to meet residents’ food needs in the near-, medium- and long-term was launched. Immediate measures …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19-brooklynArts, Entertainment and Recreation in New York City: Recent Trends and Impact of COVID-19
… package provides $15 billion nationally for shuttered live venues and $284 billion in funds for more Paycheck … and recreation jobs citywide (see Figure 3). 3 The Upper West Side / West Side, which includes Lincoln Center and the … 50.4 0.0 0.0 42.7 26 0.6 Borough Park / Kensington / Ocean Parkway 1,681 1.3 12.4 95.1 4.9 0.0 0.0 27 0.5 Co-op …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/arts-entertainment-and-recreation-new-york-city-recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19New Yorkers in Need: A Look at Poverty Trends in New York State for the Last Decade
… had devastating health, economic and social consequences. In New York, the pandemic and ensuing economic shutdown … like food and housing. Since 2014, poverty rates in New York have surpassed the national average. In 2021, the … had devastating health economic and social consequences In New York the pandemic and ensuing economic shutdown …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-look-poverty-trends-new-york-state-last-decadeAvailability, Access and Affordability: Understanding Broadband Challenges in New York State
… nor for transmittal of large amounts of data. Smartphones vs. Home Broadband A 2021 survey by the Pew Research Center … the Office of the State Comptroller from Highspeedinternet.com These costs are hard to interpret for several reasons: … . 19 Statcounter, “Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet Market Share in United States of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/availability-access-and-affordability-understanding-broadband-challenges-new-york-stateNew Yorkers in Need: The Housing Insecurity Crisis
… growth but less than job growth (8.3 percent) during this period, and was far below other states, with New York ranking … slowly (19.7 percent) than costs for renters during this period. 24 FIGURE 9 – Monthly Median Gross Rent and Monthly … homeowners can lock in the price of housing over a long period through a fixed-rate mortgage and may even reduce …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-housing-insecurity-crisis