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DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… Saugerties in Ulster County (designated in March) were the only two in the highest-ranking designation of “significant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresMedicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2023 Through March 31, 2024
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health’s eMedNY system … Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to providers. The audit covered the period from October 2023 … To determine whether the Department of Healths eMedNY system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/06/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2023-through-march-31-2024DiNapoli: NYC Transit Should Improve Response to Safety-Related Defects
… "A" defects that were identified by station supervisors. Only three defects, including loose fixtures in the stairway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-nyc-transit-should-improve-response-safety-related-defectsDiNapoli: 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 decline …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsOpinion 94-17
… Comp No. 79- 307, p 52). The fees, however, may be imposed only upon users of the service (see Opn No. 92-18, supra). In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-13*
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Leases (as constituting indebtedness for purposes … Requiring Bidding (lease of public facility for use by a municipal corporation in performance of its governmental … created because of "the statutory provision that in no way can the city become indebted." ( id ., 36 NY2d at 618, 370 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-13Pine Plains Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-18)
… needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in potable water outlets? Audit Period July 1, 2019 – September 30, 2024 … Services (BOCES) to test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary … needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in all potable water outlets as required by NYS Public Health Law and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/18/pine-plains-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-18Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-7)
… children’s growth, causing learning and behavioral issues or causing hearing and speech problems which can lead to … lead exposure in all potable water outlets as required by NYS Public Health Law and Department of Health (DOH) regulations. 3 We … District officials did not properly identify report or implement needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/11/ravena-coeymans-selkirk-central-school-district-lead-testing-andMedicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2024 Through September 30, 2024
… were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to providers. The audit … covered the period from April 2024 through September 2024, and certain claims going back to January 2022. About the … for services rendered to Medicaid-eligible members and generates payments to reimburse the providers for their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2024-through-september-30-2024Opinion 90-36
… Law make any reference to payment by postdated checks. The only reported New York case in point of which we are aware … prevailing principle that a tax collecting officer could only accept payment in money. In McLanahan v City of Syracuse …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-36Opinion 88-79
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (applicability of prohibition to moneys received from federal government) NEW YORK … derived from a federal Urban Development Action Grant to provide grants or loans to assist private developers in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79Dynamic Center Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… With the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2012-S-65) LaSalle School: Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/29/dynamic-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOpinion 92-26
… -- Board of Elections (liability for expenses of) COUNTY LAW, §361-a; ELECTION LAW, §§4-136(1), (2), (3), 4-138: All expenses of a board of elections of a county outside the City of New York must be raised in the first instance as a county charge, and only those expenses that are specifically …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-26Opinion 91-47
… to the admission of the will to probate and those relating only to the eligibility of the person named in the will to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-47DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… information on 130,000 state contracts, visit Open Book New York . The easy-to-use website was created to promote …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Costs Increased 10.2% in 2024, Up 1.8M Hours Over 2023
… New York State agency overtime costs increased 10.2% in 2024 for a total of $1.3 billion, while the number of … not including SUNY and CUNY, grew from 2023 by 3.7% in 2024, or 5,330 positions, to an average annual total of … when it was over 177,000. “Overtime continued to grow in 2024 despite increases to a workforce that remains below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-costs-increased-10.2-percent-in-2024-up-1.8m-hours-over-2023DiNapoli: Central NY Village Official Stole More Than $100K
… than $117,000 in public funds. The New York State Police yesterday arrested Margaret Bailey and charged her with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-central-ny-village-official-stole-more-100kDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Costs Decreased 11.6% in 2023, First Decline Since 2016
… in 2023. “State agencies should ensure that overtime use is justified, and services are provided safely and … agency overtime hours; OPWDD more than 6 million hours, 26.6%; and Mental Health nearly 3.4 million hours, or almost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-costs-decreased-116-2023-first-decline-2016Medicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2023 Through September 30, 2023
… ensured that Medicaid claims were submitted by approved providers, were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to providers. The audit covered the period from April 2023 … DOH’s eMedNY computer system processes claims submitted by providers for services rendered to Medicaid-eligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/24/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2023-through-september-30-2023DiNapoli Releases Profile of New York's Small Business Owners
… P. DiNapoli. New York exceeds the nation in the share of businesses that are majority female and minority-owned; … however, they continue to represent less than one-quarter of all owners in New York state. “New Yorkers have always had a great entrepreneurial spirit and drive, and that was no different even during some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-profile-new-yorks-small-business-owners