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Poland Central School District - Claims Audit Process (2018M-214)
Determine whether claims were supported by adequate documentation, for appropriate purposes and audited and approved before payment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/poland.pdfAccounting for Opioid Settlement Funds
Office of the New York State Comptroller, Account Notices and Bulletins, Accounting for Payment Opioid Settlement Funds
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/resources/pdf/accounting-for-opioid-settlement-funds.pdfUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-325
… Association F8 New York State Court Officers Association SR New York State Supreme Court Officers Association SY … the affected bargaining units (Bargaining Units DR, F8, SR, SY, 87, and 86), provides for an annual Security and Law … must have one year of continuous service on or before 10/1/2023 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 to receive the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-325-april-2023-unified-court-system-ucs-security-and-lawUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-340
… annual salary, but it is considered pensionable earnings. Tax Information: The UCS SLED payment is supplemental taxable … income taxes. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the Aggregate method. Yonkers income tax withholding will be calculated using the Flat Rate method. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-340-april-2024-unified-court-system-ucs-security-and-lawUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-353
… Payment (SLED). Affected Employees: Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … annual Security and Law Enforcement Differential payment in the amount of $875. In addition, consistent with prior … payroll check, OSC will accept a photocopy of this form along with a new Report of Check Exchange. Questions: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-353-april-2025-unified-court-system-ucs-security-and-lawCoeymans Hollow Fire District – Board Oversight (2021M-211)
Determine whether Coeymans Hollow Fire District District Board of Fire Commissioners Board ensured it had an adequate service contract in place annual financial reports were filed in a timely manner and disbursements were supported and approved
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/06/24/coeymans-hollow-fire-district-board-oversight-2021m-211Town of Owego - Water Fund Operations (2021M-205)
… report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Town of Owego (Town) officials provided adequate oversight of water fund operations. Key Findings Town officials did not provide adequate oversight of water fund operations. Specifically: 104 of 1,380 water … Determine whether Town of Owego Town officials provided adequate oversight of water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/04/01/town-owego-water-fund-operations-2021m-205City of Lackawanna – Garbage Collection Fees (2021M-206)
… City of Lackawanna (City) officials properly assessed and billed solid waste (garbage) collection fees (garbage fees). Key Findings City officials did not always assess and bill garbage fees in accordance with the City Code … City of Lackawanna City officials properly assessed and billed solid waste garbage collection fees garbage fees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2022/04/08/city-lackawanna-garbage-collection-fees-2021m-206Rochester City School District – Budget Review (B20-2-1)
… Due to several inaccurate estimates, the District is on track to incur a 2019-20 budgetary deficit of … 2019-20 fiscal years. Thereafter we will review and report on the District’s financial procedures used to develop its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/01/23/rochester-city-school-district-budget-review-b20-2-12021 Annual Cash Basis Report on State Funds
… ( Adobe Acrobat - PDF ) Combined Statements of Cash Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Fund Balances … and State Operating Funds Combining Statements of Cash Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Fund Balances … Schedules (Excel) Governmental Funds - Schedules of Receipts and Other Financing Sources Governmental Funds - …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/finance/cash-basis/2021-annual-cash-basis-report-state-fundsCopiague Fire District– Mechanic Shop Operations (2021M-93)
… Shop and equipment for personal business. We observed the senior mechanic fixing six privately-owned vehicles during … on some of these days. Over a 34-month period, the senior mechanic was paid $40,971 in overtime. The Board also provided the senior mechanic with a vehicle for personal use as a fringe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/09/02/copiague-fire-district-mechanic-shop-operations-2021m-93DiNapoli Announces Robin Lois to Oversee Local Government Division
… until 2024 after winning her first bid for elected office in 2017. Lois was re-elected for a second term in 2021. In that role, she served as the chief accountant and auditor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-announces-robin-lois-oversee-local-government-divisionValley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen – Disbursements (2023M-178)
… Board-appointed signers were not added to the District’s bank accounts. When Board-authorized signers are not updated with the bank, the risk of unauthorized checks being processed … signature and supervise its use. Ensure the District’s bank always has the current appointed check signers on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/08/valley-stream-union-free-school-district-thirteen-disbursements-2023m-178New York One of Only Seven States to Owe Money to Federal Unemployment Trust Fund
… Trust Fund (UTF), New York is one of only seven states or territories with unemployment insurance (UI) funds that are in debt to the federal government, and the $8.1 billion owed in the outstanding loan … claims, necessitating continued borrowing from the federal government beginning in May 2020. If New York’s outstanding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/new-york-one-only-seven-states-owe-money-federal-unemployment-trust-fundGilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District – Fixed Assets (2021M-139)
… did not properly monitor and account for 70 percent of the 60 fixed assets we examined, including computers, … combined purchase prices of almost $14,400 did not have a location, or had an incorrect location indicated, on the inventory list. The Board did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/22/gilbertsville-mount-upton-central-school-district-fixed-assets-2021m-139Frewsburg Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activity and Scholarship Funds (2021M-159)
… District’s (District) extra-classroom activity (ECA) and scholarship funds were properly accounted for and appropriately used. Key Findings ECA and scholarship funds were not properly accounted for and … of duties and lack of written policies and procedures for scholarship funds allowed the former Central Treasurer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/03/11/frewsburg-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-andTupper Lake Central School District – Records and Reports (2021M-14)
… reviewed. Also, officials did not record journal entries in a timely manner. Only four of the 349 journal entries for … close completed capital projects. As a result, $359,427 in unexpended funds were not used to pay related debt, which … could have reduced the District’s tax levies, and $480,853 in project expenditures were not submitted for timely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/06/25/tupper-lake-central-school-district-records-and-reports-2021m-14DiNapoli: Feds Must Step Up or NYC Metro Region Faces End of Public Transit As We Know It
… Thomas P. DiNapoli released the following statement today in response to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s … infusion of federal funds, the region faces service cuts in 2021 that would change public transit as we know it. It’s … to get through 2020 and saddling it with even more debt in the coming years. “The severe service cuts the MTA has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/dinapoli-feds-must-step-or-nyc-metro-region-faces-end-public-transit-we-know-itVillage of Canton – Clerk-Treasurer’s Records and Reports (2021M-101)
… Clerk-Treasurer maintained complete, accurate and up-to-date accounting records and reports. Key Findings This audit contains similar findings and recommendations to our 2012 audit of the Village. The same Clerk-Treasurer … because the Board did not develop policies and procedures to ensure the records were properly maintained. For example, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2021/11/24/village-canton-clerk-treasurers-records-and-reports-2021m-101Port Jervis City School District – Financial Condition (2022M-152)
… million of fund balance that was not used. As of June 30, 2021, maintained a recalculated surplus fund balance totaling … another operating surplus of approximately $9.3 million in 2021-22 and will not need to use $903,000 in appropriated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/port-jervis-city-school-district-financial-condition-2022m-152