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DiNapoli: Audits Recommend Fixes to Affordable Housing Programs
… a report, “Preserving and Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities,” that summarizes his recent series of audits of affordable housing programs and … report, “Preserving and Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities,” encouraged the audited agencies to develop …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-audits-recommend-fixes-affordable-housing-programsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-360
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2026 Salary Increases for Judges, Justices and … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSCs automatic processing of the April 2026 Salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-360-april-2026-salary-increase-judges-justices-and-new-york-cityDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Services for Vulnerable Adults
… 10 didn’t list how many referrals were withdrawn at intake. 6 didn’t include the number of referrals that were … cases. 3 didn’t include how many referrals were closed at intake. 1 didn’t state how many referrals were received …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-services-vulnerable-adultsSign up for emails DiNapoli: Former Tupper Lake Fire Treasurer Pleads Guilty in $30k Theft
… fundraisers. “This case is a warning to officials who would blur the line between public duty and private … Directors: Require the VFD treasurer to properly reconcile bank statements with department records and report bank … public corruption and encourages the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/sign-emails-dinapoli-former-tupper-lake-fire-treasurer-pleads-guilty-30k-theftDiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… from $1.9 to $2.1 billion per year from 2018 to 2022. Each client who enters a shelter must take part in a needs … third-party provider. The assessment, an evaluation of the client’s housing and care needs, is supposed to begin within … of admission and be completed as soon as possible. Once a client completes the assessment, the ILP is developed to set …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersNew Yorkers in Need: The Housing Insecurity Crisis
… been identified at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the largest public housing authority in the nation. NYCHA’s recently updated Physical Needs Assessment indicated … collection rates at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) have plummeted from 89.6 percent in FY 2019 to 62 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-housing-insecurity-crisisNew York Leads Nation in Nonprofit Jobs & Wages
… nation in nonprofit employment with more than 1.4 million jobs and total wages of just over $78 billion in 2017, … on our economy, providing one in every six private sector jobs statewide.” Nonprofit entities added more than 175,000 jobs in New York from 2007-2017, a gain of 14 percent. These …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/new-york-leads-nation-nonprofit-jobs-wagesComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of N.J. Man Implicated in Theft of $78,000 in New York State Pension Benefits
… County, N.J., following his guilty plea in November 2015 to the crime of Attempted Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, … felony, in Albany County Court. Fitzpatrick was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation. … York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System issued to his deceased godfather, Thomas Sullivan. Sullivan was a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-nj-man-implicated-theft-78000-new-york-stateImproper Medicaid Payments for Recipients in Hospice Care (Follow-Up)
… Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients in Hospice Care ( 2017-S-76 ). About the Program Hospice is a program that provides care to terminally ill individuals, with a focus on easing … Generally, when eligible Medicaid recipients elect hospice care, they waive their right to use Medicaid for curative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/15/improper-medicaid-payments-recipients-hospice-care-followDiNapoli: OCFS Should Improve Foster Care Placement Oversight
… ensuring that caseworkers are making timely and frequent contact with children, their parents and their foster … Wayne and Westchester) and four VAs (Buffalo Urban League, Cayuga Home, House of the Good Shepherd and … as required. For example, auditors found the first contact with a child from Schenectady County placed in June …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-ocfs-should-improve-foster-care-placement-oversightDiNapoli: Audit Identifies $800,000 in Ineligible Costs Submitted by NYC Special Education Provider
… American Express charges with no invoices to support the billing statements; $149,815 in unsupported or inappropriate … Milestone charged their full salaries to the state even though the employees were also working for other service … a teacher’s assistant. Milestone charged the state $9,240 even though it only paid her $6,770. Milestone’s response, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-audit-identifies-800000-ineligible-costs-submitted-nyc-special-education-providerBenefit Eligibility Assessment Process
… include assessing new applicant and existing recipient (Client) eligibility, and when a Client is determined to be ineligible, denying, reducing or terminating the Client's benefits. As a last resort, Clients deemed to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/28/benefit-eligibility-assessment-processDiNapoli: Employment Recovery for New Yorkers with Disabilities Lags Nation
… that after a nationwide spike in unemployment, New Yorkers with disabilities continue to face a higher unemployment rate than the national average for those with disabilities. In 2020, unemployment rates for working-aged people with a disability soared in both New York and the nation, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-employment-recovery-new-yorkers-disabilities-lags-nationEnforcement of Commission Orders and Other Agreements (Follow-Up)
… of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report, Enforcement of Commission Orders and Other Agreements (Report 2018-S-27 ). About the Program The Public Service … of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report Enforcement of Commission Orders and Other Agreements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/01/enforcement-commission-orders-and-other-agreements-followOpinion 90-21
… one from the town clerk concerning the proper procedures for the preparation of claims for audit and for retention of audited claims in a town of the second class … claims may be prepared and presented to the town board for audit by the secretary to the supervisor and may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21DiNapoli: Former Savona Mayor Charged With Defrauding the Village
… District Attorney Baker and Steuben County Sheriff Allard. An earlier State Comptroller’s audit found that Harrian also … data and information on 150,000 state contracts, visit Open Book New York . The easy-to-use website was created to … promote transparency in government and provide taxpayers with better access to financial data. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-former-savona-mayor-charged-defrauding-villageNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Janus Case
… after the United State Supreme Court ruled on the Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees … progress. "Labor remains the backbone of the New York and American economy. Unions created our middle class – and are … after the United State Supreme Court ruled on the Janus v American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-supreme-court-decision-janus-caseComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… booked by MTA’s travel agent, auditors projected that 753 hotel stays exceeded the government lodging rates established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 88-6
… 81-337 and 81-338, pps 367, 370; cf. State Finance Law, §5 authorizing political subdivisions to establish plans for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6DiNapoli: Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Charged in $500K Grant Scheme
… Former Lake George Watershed Coalition project manager David Decker was … half a million dollars meant to protect and improve Lake George for its residents, vacationers and other visitors from … subcontractors pay and falsifying grant invoices. The Lake George Watershed Coalition is a consortium of municipalities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-charged-500k-grant-scheme