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Facility Oversight and Timeliness of Response to Complaints and Inmate Grievances
… Purpose To determine if the State Commission of Correction (Commission) is fulfilling its responsibilities for the … January 1, 2014 through July 19, 2017. Background The Commission is responsible for oversight of all 561 … To determine if the State Commission of Correction is fulfilling its responsibilities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/01/19/facility-oversight-and-timeliness-response-complaints-and-inmate-grievancesSummary Page How-To Guide
This guide shows you (as an employer reporting contact) how to report non-overtime and overtime earnings on the Summary Page in Retirement Online using either Manual Reporting or a File Upload.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/employers/pdf/summary-page-how-to-guide.pdfOpinion 2002-7
… expenditure from reserve funds) -- Reserve Fund (authority to establish); (necessity for referendum) REFERENDUM -- Public Libraries (not required to expend monies from reserve fund) EDUCATION LAW §§259, … trustees of a school district public library may determine to accumulate library fund monies for capital purposes. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Fraud Prevention and Detection
This session will identify steps local officials can take to help detect and prevent fraud and abuse. Participants will learn about the fraud triangle, which consists of common red flags, organizational vulnerabilities to fraud and how to minimize risks.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/fraud-prevention-detection-080724.pdfOpinion 2003-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Moneys in Lieu of Park Land (use of for preliminary costs and feasibility studies) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands … Whether moneys may be expended to pay reasonable and necessary preliminary costs related to a capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7Poughkeepsie City School District - Procurement and Claims Auditing (2019M-16)
… the Board provided adequate oversight of procurement and claim processing. Key Findings The Board did not: Seek … approximately $1.6 million or competitively bid purchase and public works contracts totaling approximately $6.1 … for Technology: Circumvented the procurement policy and ordered various items online totaling $71,226 during the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/12/20/poughkeepsie-city-school-district-procurement-and-claims-auditing-2019mOpinion 91-35
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … in a collective bargaining unit (see 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-23, p 39; 1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-20, p 26). It is clear from the statutory language …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Opinion 2004-6
… (services by an historical society for use of village building) VILLAGE LAW §1-102(1); STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE … historical society to use an unneeded portion of a village building without consideration. A village may, however, enter … society to use the unneeded space in a municipal building, without payment of cash rent, so long as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6Responsiveness to Noise Complaints Related to New York City Nightlife Establishments
… January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2016, with a focus on calendar years 2014 and 2015. Background For the period …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/09/responsiveness-noise-complaints-related-new-york-city-nightlife-establishmentsWestchester Attorney Indicted for Fraud and False Statement Charges Arising From His Attempt to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… District of New York and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal … Service ("USPIS") announced that a federal grand jury in White Plains, New York, returned an Indictment yesterday … GUY PARISI, a Westchester attorney, with conspiracy, mail fraud and false statements. These charges arise from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… infrastructure. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Billed Receivables (2015M-364)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the effectiveness of the billed receivable … with contractual provisions. BOCES does not have a policy to charge districts interest on late payments. Key Recommendations Adopt a formal policy to stipulate how to deal with delinquent districts for nonpayment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/04/22/southern-westchester-board-cooperative-educational-services-billed-receivablesDiNapoli: State Correction Commission Falling Short in Tracking Problems or Inspecting Prisons
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors also found the State Commission of Correction is also not routinely inspecting the state's 54 prisons. "The State Commission of Correction is not adequately monitoring what's happening in our prisons," DiNapoli said. "The commission needs to improve its tracking of data and to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-state-correction-commission-falling-short-tracking-problems-or-inspecting-prisonsOpinion 91-64
… PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (bus transportation contracts for separate routes) -- Bidding Monetary Threshold (computation of for bus transportation contracts) EDUCATION LAW, §305(14); … when two transportation contracts, each for a separate route, are let to the same individual and neither of such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-64DiNapoli Releases Analysis of Executive Budget
… million in SFY 2017-18. That would bring total spending of settlement resources for budget relief to more than $2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-releases-analysis-executive-budgetOpinion 94-24
… Misc 658, 81 NYS2d 236; but cf. Matter of Podlas, 167 AD2d 971, 562 NYS2d 246, leave denied 76 NY2d 710, 563 NYS2d 62). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-24Opinion 93-27
… of town government, including highway programs, which are chargeable to the area of the town outside of villages …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Defendants in Elaborate Multi-Million Dollar Bid-Rigging Case Involving Public Contracts
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General … Monroe County taxpayers with millions in costs,” said State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “These cases send a … in Monroe County Court to serve 2 and 1/3 to 7 years in State Prison and to pay a total of $600,083.70 in restitution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-defendants-elaborate-multi-million-dollarSouthampton Union Free School District – Special Education Claims Processing (2016M-200)
Southampton Union Free School District Special Education Claims Processing 2016M200
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/05/southampton-union-free-school-district-special-education-claimsDiNapoli: NYS Office for the Aging Falling Short Funding Program for Seniors
… The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) failed to spend millions of dollars on … Thomas P. DiNapoli. “There are older New Yorkers waiting for services to help them remain independent and out of nursing homes, but the Office for the Aging isn’t doing enough to make sure the funding for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-nys-office-aging-falling-short-funding-program-seniors