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Oversight and Monitoring of the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program
… suitable for children. In January 2014, the New York City (NYC) Administration released an implementation plan to dramatically expand NYC’s existing pre-kindergarten program.¹ The expanded UPK … as needed. The UPK program is funded by the State and NYC. The State’s portion is based on a State Education …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/07/oversight-and-monitoring-universal-pre-kindergarten-programVertus Charter School – Information Technology Asset Management (2025M-9)
… the audit period? Audit Period July 1, 2023 – January 16, 2025 Understanding the Program Schools purchase a wide … certain asset-identifying information, such as an asset’s serial number, make and model, location, employee assigned, … action. We conducted this audit pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the State Constitution and the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2025/06/27/vertus-charter-school-information-technology-asset-management-2025m-9Availability, Access and Affordability: Understanding Broadband Challenges in New York State
… mile” broadband services. More troubling is that more than 1 million New York households do not have access or a … by the 2009 federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand availability and adoption of broadband. … In December 2020, the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which included the $900 billion COVID-19 relief …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/availability-access-and-affordability-understanding-broadband-challenges-new-york-stateCost-Saving Ideas: Reviewing Your Revenue Collection Process
… receipt collection system may get revenue into its bank account more quickly. Start by evaluating the costs and … revenue collection alternatives, using measures such as: How long does it take to process a tax or fee payment? How … earnings. Use a Bank Having a bank process payments on behalf of your local government can reduce the amount of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-reviewing-your-revenue-collection-processOpinion 97-14
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (furniture and trophy case) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by … members of each company, may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax moneys to make reasonable expenditures to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-14Lakeville No. 2 Fire District – Oversight of Financial Operations (2013M-25)
The purpose of our audit was to assess the oversight of the Districts financial operations for the period January 1 2011 to December 27 2012
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/05/17/lakeville-no-2-fire-district-oversight-financial-operations-2013m-25Comsewogue Public Library – Cash Disbursements and Procurement (2013M-316)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the Library’s controls over cash disbursements and … also did not provide guidance for goods and services not required to be competitively bid. Therefore, all 35 claims … for procuring those goods and services which are not legally required to be bid, including the procurement of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2014/01/31/comsewogue-public-library-cash-disbursements-and-procurement-2013m-316State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… software installed on Albany Water Board computers and mobile devices is not always appropriate and necessary. … unnecessary software on 60 computers (97 percent) and six mobile devices (32 percent) including gaming, streaming and … did not establish controls to prevent computer and mobile device users from downloading applications from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsCapital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services – State Aid (2025M-22)
… Services (BOCES) officials properly claim State aid (BOCES aid) on behalf of their component school districts (component … the Program While a BOCES cannot levy a tax or earn State aid, BOCES officials prepare BOCES aid claims on behalf of … Although BOCES officials properly claimed BOCES aid totaling $38 million for administrative expenditures …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2025/07/18/capital-region-board-cooperative-educational-services-state-aid-2025m-22Sex Offender Registration (2014-MS-2)
… , Saratoga [pdf] , St. Lawrence [pdf] , Steuben [pdf] and Warren [pdf] counties; city police departments in Buffalo … Ontario, Rochester, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Steuben and Warren) did not always act on DCJS photograph notifications … However, Cayuga, Oneida, St. Lawrence, Steuben and Warren did not process the forms for 15 offenders who were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/09/17/sex-offender-registration-2014-ms-2Opinion 90-29
… restitution payments. Effective November 1, 1984, a new subdivision was added to CPL, §420.10 which provides as … to whom payments are to be remitted pursuant to subdivision one of this section may place such payments in an … for the longest period of time. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term 'undisbursed restitution payments' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-29DiNapoli, Social Security Administration IG Ennis Announce Guilty Plea of Maryland Man for Stealing Deceased Mother’s Retirement Payments
… was out of the country on an extended tour of Europe and only reachable by e-mail. Authorities confirmed, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-social-security-administration-ig-ennis-announce-guilty-plea-maryland-man-stealing-deceasedCuba-Rushford Central School District – Cafeteria Purchases (2025M-28)
… this audit pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the State Constitution and the State Comptroller’s authority as set forth in Article 3 of the New York State General Municipal Law. Our methodology and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/25/cuba-rushford-central-school-district-cafeteria-purchases-2025m-28Schenectady County – Investment Program (2025M-5)
… cash flow forecasts or otherwise monitor investments to estimate funds available for investment. The County … of the investment program to the Commissioner of Finance. The policy required the Commissioner of Finance to establish written procedures for the operation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/08/08/schenectady-county-investment-program-2025m-5DiNapoli Releases Report on Casinos' Impact on Upstate Local Tax Revenues
… showed that all four current casinos — del Lago Resort and Casino, Rivers Casino and Resort, Resorts World Catskills, and Tioga Downs … of their gross revenue by asking for cuts in their tax rates for Slot & Electronic Table Games (ETG) to 30%, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-releases-report-casinos-impact-upstate-local-tax-revenuesCredit Card Debt in New York State, May 2018
In 2017, credit card debt in New York totaled $58.2 billion, the fourth highest amount of all states.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/economic-credit-card-debt-2018.pdfThe Securities Industry in New York City - October 2014
Six years after the financial crisis, the securities industry continues to deal with the fallout.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-9-2015.pdfHealth and Safety of Children in Foster Care (2016-N-2)
To determine whether the New York City Administration for Children's Services takes sufficient steps to ensure the health and safety of the children ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2018-16n2.pdfStudent Loan Debt in New York State, September 2016
Student loan debt represents a large and growing economic burden in New York and nationally.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/education-loan-debt-2016.pdfLabor Force Trends in New York State, September 2017
As the national economy continues one of its longest expansions, key measures of New York's labor force reveal both positive signs and reasons for concern.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/economic-labor-2017.pdf