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Newcomb Central School District - Claims Audit (2023M-159)
… District (District) claims were properly audited prior to payment. Key Findings District claims were not properly … State Education Law (Education Law) Section 1724 prior to payment. We reviewed 90 claims totaling $1.3 million and … payment. Because claims were not properly audited prior to payment, there is an increased risk that improper or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/29/newcomb-central-school-district-claims-audit-2023m-159Noise in New York City Neighborhoods: Assessing Risk in Urban Noise Management, January 2018
Every day, New York City’s eight million residents face a mix of urban noise, which, at best, poses an annoyance and, at worst, impacts quality of life.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/health-noise-in-nyc-2018.pdfVillage of Suffern – Budget Review (B24-6-3)
… deficits in the Village’s general, water, sewer and capital projects funds as of May 31, 2015. New York State … Finance Law Section 10.10 requires local governments that have been authorized to issue obligations to fund operating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/04/12/village-suffern-budget-review-b24-6-3DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for October 2014
… State Education Department $3.2 million to the Syracuse School District for the Teacher Incentive Fund. $652,000 to … Preservation $166,000 to Yarussi Construction Inc. for site improvements to Niagara Falls State Park. New York State … to remediate contaminated soil at the former Duso Chemical site in Poughkeepsie. Payment Rejections and Other Cost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-october-2014Franklin County – Internal Controls Over the Timekeeping System (2014M-276)
… Franklin County is located in northeastern New York and has a population of approximately 51,600. The County is … system access is granted to employees appropriately and prohibit employees from modifying their own time records. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2015/01/30/franklin-county-internal-controls-over-timekeeping-system-2014m-276Mount Markham Central School District – Reserve Funds (2016M-73)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s reserve funds for the period July … District is located in a number of towns in Herkimer, Madison, Oneida and Otsego Counties. The District, which … Key Findings The District did not have documentation to support that any of its reserves were formally established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/24/mount-markham-central-school-district-reserve-funds-2016m-73Village of Hoosick Falls – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-24-16)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Village of Hoosick Falls (Village) Board of Trustees (Board): Conducted an annual audit of the Village Chief Fiscal Officer’s (CFO) financial records … Determine whether the Village of Hoosick Falls Village Board of Trustees Board Conducted an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2024/12/20/village-hoosick-falls-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-24-16State Agencies Bulletin No. 1776
… – applicable only to employees of SUNY, CUNY and the NYS Education Department. *IRS Publication 590-A - Individual … Nearly all State of New York government positions provide eligibility for retirement system membership. Therefore, most … deduction on their individual tax return based on their income and filing status. OSC Actions OSC will automatically …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1776-retirement-plan-checkbox-form-w-2-wage-and-tax-statement-tax-year-2019State Agencies Bulletin No. 1819
… information for the 2019 Form 1042-S. Affected Employees All Nonresident Aliens receiving a Scholarship, employed as … page. Box 2 Gross Income The amount is the gross sum of all payments made for the calendar year 2019. Box 3 Chap. 3 … that apply to the types of payments made by the State of New York are Exemption Code 04 (Exempt under tax treaty) and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1819-form-1042-s-foreign-persons-us-source-income-subject-withholdingFacility Planning Bureau Project Review (Follow-Up)
… Bureau Project Review ( 2018-S-2 ). About the Program The State Education Department (Department) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (Code) for … construction projects involving these facilities, based on procedures established by the Department’s Facilities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/01/05/facility-planning-bureau-project-review-followEmployee Incentive and Bonus Payments (Follow-Up)
… of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report, Erie County Medical Center Corporation: Employee Incentive and Bonus Payments (Report 2016-S-29 ). Background Erie County Medical Center … of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report Erie County Medical Center Corporation Employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/07/03/employee-incentive-and-bonus-payments-followComplaint Processing (Follow-Up)
… (whether internal or external) in order to proactively address and prevent them. Further, weaknesses in CCRB’s … the statute of limitations, given the time it takes to address delays during investigations, these notifications may not occur timely enough for CCRB to effectively address such cases. Key Findings CCRB has made some progress …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/05/complaint-processing-followImplementation of the Security Guard Act (Follow-Up)
… including 67,308 original applications and 98,602 renewal applications. According to the Division, there were a … where security guards were no longer active. Lastly, 24 renewal applications had not been received within the defined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/implementation-security-guard-act-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 1166
… Purpose To inform agencies of changes made to the 2011-2012 CSEA Deficit Reduction Plan and to provide a … purpose; any other adjustments should be entered using the appropriate Time Entry adjustment codes. Background … Pursuant to Section 7 of Part A of Chapter 491 of the Laws of 2011 and the Division of the Budget Bulletin …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1166-2011-2012-deficit-reduction-plan-refunds-certain-employees-representedUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-59
… Benefit for tax purposes. Affected Employees Employees in bargaining units S8, SK and SD who will receive a paycheck … that will be automatically applied for tax purposes only in the last paycheck of the 2002 calendar year. The benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-59-prepaid-legal-service-benefitAllegany-Limestone Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-129)
… annually appropriating fund balance that was not used to finance operations and overestimating appropriations by … and the amount of fund balance that will be used to fund operations. Reduce unrestricted fund balance to within the statutory limit and use the excess funds in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/08/31/allegany-limestone-central-school-district-financial-management-2018m-129Village of Homer – Purchasing and Credit Cards (2017M-112)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to assess controls over purchasing and credit cards for the … by the Mayor and a Trustee, or by two Trustees, prior to the purchases being made. The Board did not adopt a policy … Key Recommendations Distribute the procurement policy to all department heads and applicable staff to ensure they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/09/08/village-homer-purchasing-and-credit-cards-2017m-112Hauppauge Union Free School District – Overtime (2016M-70)
… costs. A security guard worked 33.5 overtime hours for video room coverage, which may have been able to be … whether work shifts can be rearranged to incorporate video room coverage into a regular workday. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/17/hauppauge-union-free-school-district-overtime-2016m-70Bolton Central School District - Fund Balance Management (2018M-249)
… or 29 percent of 2018-19 appropriations, exceeding the 4 percent statutory limit by almost 25 percentage points. … Annual budgets overestimated appropriations by more than $4.1 million or by almost 13 percent from 2015-16 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/02/15/bolton-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2018m-249State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Jamaica Economic Snapshot
… Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. "The 5.1 million square feet of development activity in the pipeline will … Much of the neighborhood’s population growth over the past three decades has been driven by immigration. In 2014, … assistance (216 percent), business services (135 percent), food services (114 percent) and hotels (100 percent). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-jamaica-economic-snapshot