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Mitigation for Extreme Weather Conditions and Flooding
… (tracks). The LIRR developed an Operating Plan for Winter Storms and Other Contingencies (referred to as the WSOP). It includes standard operating procedures for winter, which are in effect annually from November 15 … in this book detail each involved department’s procedures for what is required before, during, and after all levels of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/13/mitigation-extreme-weather-conditions-and-floodingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… but is not conducting program and fire safety inspections for certified runaway and homeless youth programs and … The claims were paid due to various reasons, including retroactive disenrollments. For retroactive disenrollments, it took an average of nearly 400 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: MTA Faces $9.8 Billion Capital Plan Shortfall
… Authority (MTA) will be able to limit future fare and toll increases to 4 percent as planned will depend on the amount … or higher fares and tolls.” While the short-term outlook for the MTA’s operating budget has improved with the economy, … than in 2014. Even with planned biennial fare and toll increases of 4 percent, the capital program would account for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mta-faces-98-billion-capital-plan-shortfallDiNapoli: NYC's Fiscal Picture Improves Short Term, but Significant Risks Lie Ahead
… FY 2027 (18% of city-fund revenues), even when adjusting for stronger revenue collections. “The city’s steps to close … Program to Eliminate the Gap. The city’s budget surplus for FY 2023, which will be used to prepay a portion of the … financial plan. If it is ratified and sets a pattern for other labor agreements, total labor costs would increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-nycs-fiscal-picture-improves-short-term-significant-risks-lie-aheadHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Internal Controls Over and Maximization of Federal Funding for Various Section 8 Housing Programs and the COVID Rent Relief Program
… housing crisis caused by the pandemic escalated the need for programs that provide housing stability. As such, the … Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES Act) provided funding for emergency economic relief for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/03/16/housing-trust-fund-corporation-internal-controls-over-and-maximization-federal-fundingDiNapoli: Lack of Oversight Hinders Home Meal Delivery Program for Vulnerable Seniors
… New York City’s Department for the Aging (DFTA) needs to do more to ensure the meals it … trouble preparing their own meals. The city’s Department for the Aging is responsible for helping to ensure their well-being, but its lack of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-lack-oversight-hinders-home-meal-delivery-program-vulnerable-seniorsUse of Electronic Benefit Cards at Prohibited Locations
… December 7, 2016. Background The Office is responsible for supervising programs that provide assistance and support … receives federal funds under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide benefits and … which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment (prohibited locations). 1 In addition, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/10/use-electronic-benefit-cards-prohibited-locationsOpinion 88-16
… Sections 5001 and 5002 of the CPLR provide respectively for a payment of interest, in certain cases, from the time a … the judgment until the date of the first payment or first salary deduction pursuant to an income execution. At that … on such judgment on April 1, 1987, and that the gross salary of the judgment debtor is $300 every two weeks. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16DiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
… Some individuals on Medicaid receiving treatment for opioid use disorder might have received unnecessary or … prescription drug use, known as the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing (I-STOP), which contains … prescribers determine the most appropriate prescriptions for an individual. Opioid treatment programs are not required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… $60 billion in federal, state and local funds. For additional background or a comment on a specific audit, … formally document its approval for three administrators’ salary payments totaling more than $460,000 and benefits such … totaling $250,047 to the general fund, which further increases the excessive amount of unrestricted fund balance. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-2DiNapoli: MWBE Participation in the State’s Pension Fund Rose to All-Time High in State Fiscal Year 2020-21
… funds in the nation, we have built new opportunities for asset management with Emerging Managers and Minority- and … continued its steady deployment of capital to MWBE firms. Increases in value over the previous year were particularly … seeks out smaller, talented firms and as they succeed, increases the Fund’s commitments until they graduate to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-mwbe-participation-states-pension-fund-rose-all-time-high-state-fiscal-year-2020-21DiNapoli: Former Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Felony in Theft of More Than $5,000 in Fire District Funds
… The former treasurer for Pulteney Fire District No. 2 pleaded guilty today to … falsified vouchers and paid herself an additional, illegal salary. Lisa Stone, 45, of Hammondsport, pleaded guilty today … County Sheriff’s Department that she wrote herself extra salary checks and made personal purchases using district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-former-treasurer-pleads-guilty-felony-theft-more-5000-fire-district-fundsDiNapoli: Former West Carthage Housing Authority Executive Director Sentenced in Embezzlement Scheme; Over $48,000 in Restitution Recovered
… Executive Director Jan Hoffman was sentenced yesterday for a scheme that allowed her to steal over $48,000 in WCHA … S. Mills, the HUD Inspector General, and the State Police for partnering with my office to hold them accountable for their crimes.” “The defendants took advantage of their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-former-west-carthage-housing-authority-executive-director-sentenced-embezzlement-scheme-overDeath Benefits
… benefits, and any needed forms, to your beneficiaries. For more information, read Getting Your Affairs in Order and A Guide for Survivors . If you are retired, please see the Death … if that payment is less than one-half of your annual salary or if you do not qualify for an ordinary death benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/death-benefitsOpinion 91-45
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (performance pursuant to agreement between the town board and highway superintendent) -- Repairs (performance pursuant to agreement between town board and highway superintendent) SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-45Opinion 89-19
… filing fee in CPLR 8022, and is not an agency of the State for purposes of the exemption in CPLR 8017(a). You ask … payable in advance. Section 8017(a) provides an exemption for the State and counties from certain fees, by providing: … a fee from the state, or an agency or officer thereof, for any service rendered in an action in which any of them is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-19State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… they consistently overestimated appropriations. This trend is projected to continue through 2015-16. Once the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0Medicaid Program - Errors in Identification of 340B Providers in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Follow-Up) (2018-F-14) 30-Day Response
To determine the implementation status of the four recommendations made in our initial audit report, Errors in Identification of 340B Providers in the Medicaid...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18f14-response.pdfLocal Sales Tax Data, Reports and Resources
… in the First Half of 2025 July 2025 Sales tax collections for local governments and other local taxing entities in New … the First Quarter of 2025 May 2025 Sales tax collections for local governments and other local taxing entities in New … increase over the third quarter of 2019, although these increases were not as strong as in the pre-COVID first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/local-sales-tax-data-reports-and-resourcesUpdate on New York’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: Challenges Continue
… since May 2020 when its UI fund initially ran out of funds for paying benefits. The loan balance reached as high as … through September 6, 2021. Interest due from New York for the remainder of federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 (which … the prior year; combined with employment growth, these increases have bolstered tax collections by more than 54 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/update-new-yorks-unemployment-insurance-trust-fund-challenges-continue