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Administration and Collection of Real Estate Transfer Taxes
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has adequate systems and … in 1968 under Tax Law Article 31 as a tax on the transfer of real property, and applies to sales or conveyances of real property or interests in real property when the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/08/administration-and-collection-real-estate-transfer-taxesTown of Willsboro – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2025M-92)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Willsboro (Town) Town Clerk/Tax Collector … Did the Town of Willsboro Town Town ClerkTax Collector Clerk …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-willsboro-town-clerktax-collector-2025m-92Town of Lockport – Asphalt Millings Inventory (2025M-55)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Lockport (Town) Highway Superintendent (Superintendent) … during road paving projects that require a certain depth of the existing road to be milled and removed before the road … expensive than unscreened millings. We observed one pile of screened and one pile of unscreened millings behind the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-lockport-asphalt-millings-inventory-2025m-55Oversight of the Home Delivered Meals Program (Follow-up)
… this information in DFTA’s Senior Tracking, Analysis and Reporting System. Clients are given the opportunity to make … providers’ HDML programs. Clients can submit meal delivery complaints (e.g., poor meal quality, unsatisfactory delivery … the City’s Dynamics 365 citywide system (for NYC 311 complaints), or to the provider. DFTA has a performance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/10/oversight-home-delivered-meals-program-followComptroller DiNapoli Releases Annual Review of MTA Finances
… grow from $392 million in 2020 to nearly $1.6 billion in 2023. These estimates, however, already assume successful … These efforts would reduce staffing levels by as many as 3,886 positions, which could require layoffs. The … in savings annually by 2022, which was the top end of the range provided by the consultant that developed the plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-annual-review-mta-financesOversight of Information Technology Consultants and Contract Staffing
… technology (IT) services procured from consultants and contract staff to ensure compliance with contract terms and … ITS provides statewide IT strategic direction, directs IT policy, and delivers centralized IT products and services … deficiencies for the International Business Machines (IBM) Service Desk contract as compared to the others in our sample …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/16/oversight-information-technology-consultants-and-contract-staffingDiNapoli Announces $114 Million of G.O. Bonds Awarded
… New York State Series 2019A Tax-Exempt General Obligation Bonds to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, which … cost bid of 1.668079 percent in the competitive sale. The bonds are scheduled to be delivered on March 21, 2019. The net proceeds of the Series 2019A Bonds will finance projects authorized by the following bond …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/dinapoli-announces-114-million-go-bonds-awardedImplementation of the Dignity for All Students Act
… 2018. We also analyzed 2014-15 school year data from the State Education Department (SED). Background DASA took effect on July 1, 2012 with the goal of providing public elementary and secondary school students in New York State with a safe and supportive environment free from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/13/implementation-dignity-all-students-actRestrictions on Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses
… enforcing the Restrictions on Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses Law. The audit covers the period January 1, 2015 … to as the Restrictions on Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses Law (Law) – and Part 177 of Title 12 of the New … of patient care by limiting consecutive hours of work for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/23/restrictions-consecutive-hours-work-nursesTown of Howard - Fund Balance Management (2018M-192)
… and capital plans. Use surplus funds as a financing source for funding one-time expenditures, needed reserves and/or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/01/11/town-howard-fund-balance-management-2018m-192Town of Allen - Town Clerk Fees (2016M-28)
… 450. The Town is governed by a five-member Town Board. Budgeted appropriations for 2016 total approximately … receipts or prepare monthly accountability analyses. The Board did not perform proper annual audits of the Clerk’s … of the Clerk's records and enter the results in the Town's meeting minutes. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2016/07/01/town-allen-town-clerk-fees-2016m-28Village of Lyons Falls - Board Oversight (2018M-174)
… implement compensating controls such as periodic reviews of bank reconciliations, payrolls, trial balances, and water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2018/12/28/village-lyons-falls-board-oversight-2018m-174Health and Safety of Children in Foster Care
… are required to be documented as progress notes in CONNECTIONS – a statewide system for collecting and recording … State Office of Information Technology Services, maintains CONNECTIONS. Key Findings For the period of July 1, 2014 … were conducted and if progress notes were recorded in CONNECTIONS in a timely manner. Based on our review, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/09/health-and-safety-children-foster-careTown of Alabama – Town Clerk Operations (2013M-369)
… Key Recommendations Deposit and remit all moneys on a timely basis in compliance with statutory requirements. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/03/14/town-alabama-town-clerk-operations-2013m-369County of Ulster – Property Tax Exemptions (2016M-333)
… purpose of our audit was to assess the County’s procedures for handling property tax exemptions for the period January 1, 2015 through July 22, 2016. … Key Finding The County Department of Finance’s procedures for prorating property tax exemptions on transfers of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2016/12/02/county-ulster-property-tax-exemptions-2016m-333Otsego County – Cost of Temporary Housing (2015M-97)
… County’s administration of the temporary housing program for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014. … Department of Social Services provides temporary housing for eligible individuals and families, for which the program cost in 2013 and 2014 totaled almost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2016/01/22/otsego-county-cost-temporary-housing-2015m-97DiNapoli: City of Troy's Finances in Precarious Position
… The city of Troy’s financial condition deteriorated because … to finance day-to-day operations and insufficient funding for capital costs, according to an audit released today by … The city of Troys financial condition deteriorated because of poor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-city-troys-finances-precarious-positionOperational Training and Medical Assessments of Train Crews
… and implemented training and retraining programs for train crews to ensure safe train operations; ensured that … and a Conductor – both of whom have direct responsibility for the safe, timely, and proper operation of Transit trains. … Conductors, evaluate and monitor train service personnel for fitness of duty, and respond to and investigate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/01/operational-training-and-medical-assessments-train-crewsFinancial Oversight of the Advantage After School Program
… Purpose To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has adequate controls in place to … is spent in accordance with program guidelines and whether these controls are functioning as intended. The … youth development opportunities to school-age children and youth during the hours directly after school. Research …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/13/financial-oversight-advantage-after-school-programCollection and Use of Oil Spill Funds (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To assess the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report, Collection and Use of Oil Spill Funds ( 2014-S-59 ). … To assess the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report Collection and Use of Oil Spill Funds 2014S59 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/07/collection-and-use-oil-spill-funds-follow