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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… the following local government audits were issued. Town of Alexander – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (Genesee County) The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsAction Needed on New York's Long-Delayed Adoption of Crucial Next Generation 911
… Next Generation 911 (NG911) is a long-promised upgrade to New York’s emergency communications system that … transition to Next Generation 911 is a complex, but vital upgrade that requires close coordination and communication … remained unsure how they were supposed to plan for the upgrade or fund it. Despite the delays in NG911, state, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/action-needed-new-yorks-long-delayed-adoption-crucial-next-generation-911DiNapoli: NYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for 2025-26
… contribution rates will increase from 15.2% to 16.5% of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 31.2% to 33.7% of payroll for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS). … contribution rates will increase from 152 to 165 of payroll for the Employees Retirement System …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-2025-26Wrights Corners Fire Company, Inc. – Treasurer’s Records and Reports (2026M-12)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Wrights Corners Fire Company, Inc. (Company) Treasurer … Period January 1, 2024 – January 9, 2026 Understanding the Audit Area A fire company’s treasurer should maintain … oversight by a fire company board and membership, and the protection of public funds. The Company’s budgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2026/06/05/wrights-corners-fire-company-inc-treasurers-records-andSocial Security – Federal Funding and New York
… 2024, 3.8 million individuals in New York received Social Security benefits totaling more than $7.2 billion for the … Kings (365,705) and Suffolk (319,010). Figure 1 – Social Security Benefits Paid and Number of Beneficiaries: New York, … Annual benefits are estimated. Figure 2 – Total Social Security Benefits Paid: New York, CY 2014 – CY 2024 Figure 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/social-securityOpinion 95-25
… of its State constitutional tax limit. September 20, 1995 Patricia Lamb McCarthy Deputy Comptroller 1 Section 71 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-25SUNY Bulletin No. SU-336
… using an overpayment earnings code or an AC-230. In this case, the negative retroactive adjustment may be re-generated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-336-2022-uup-discretionary-increasesOpinion 88-15
… issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance Transactions (village board member and school district attorney as comptroller of incorporated insurance company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801: A village trustee who is also the comptroller of an insurance company would have a prohibited conflict of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15Opinion 90-43
… widow or widower has died of: (i) a deceased member of a pension or retirement system of a police department or paid … .... Read literally, this provision would permit the payment of the death benefit to the member's children only … the comptroller, in his discretion, shall determine. Such pension shall continue in the same amount as received by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-43Opinion 97-25
… to the agency until after the agency approves the application. This is in reply to your request for our opinion … and installs the signs for the clients under the approved application. We understand that the board member is not … before the matter is formally submitted to the agency ( id .). Section 805-a(1)(c), however, does not prohibit the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Other Bulletin No. 67
… the Approved Salary Rate field. Position and Job Do Not Match - If the Position Number equals the NYS Position Number … Has Both Equated Grade and NTE Position and Job Do Not Match Increment Code Missing See Control-D Report Available …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-67-april-2023-state-university-construction-fund-scf-civilDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2016
… out-of-state abandoned property including $5 million to Versus Financial LLC, $5 million to Xerox State and Local … of Great Lakes Governors for trade development services in Australia, Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico and South Africa. … $20.2 million to 17 local governments for Rivers Casino & Resort license fee distributions. Office of General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2016CUNY Bulletin No. CU-715
… Employees represented by the NYS Nurses Association in Bargaining Unit TE are affected. Effective Dates Changes will be effective in paychecks dated 07/15/2021. OSC Actions OSC will identify employees in Bargaining Unit TE with dues (Deduction Code 207) and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-715-new-york-state-nurses-association-dues-increaseComptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney Hartunian Announce Arrest and Indictment of New York State Assemblyman William Scarborough
… of political corruption shatters that trust. Each time my office arrests a corrupt public official, it sends the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-and-us-attorney-hartunian-announce-arrest-and-indictment-newOpinion 90-28
… against a planning board member performing uncompensated work in connection with a matter before the board, the board … compensation, perform percolation tests and other design work for individuals in the community who are subdividing … from voting on the subdivision applications on which he has performed work as an engineer. Article 18 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-28Opinion 90-33
Whether under the Village Law in the absence of the village mayor at the meeting of the village board of trustees the deputy village mayor may recommend appointments of village officers and employees
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-33DiNapoli and Scarpino Announce Guilty Plea & Sentencing in Theft of $60K in Pension Payments
… found that Rose kept her deceased mother’s bank account open to collect her mother’s pension payments. "Thanks to my … for their outstanding efforts on this case and in helping us root out those who deceive the retirement system." … Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by calling the toll-free Fraud Hotline at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-and-scarpino-announce-guilty-plea-sentencing-theft-60k-pension-paymentsState Agencies Bulletin No. 921
… to Chapter 25 of the Laws of 2009, Article 23, the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance has imposed a new tax … has been in that location since then. Note: Underfilled NYS positions can have a position code of 9999. Questions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/921-metropolitan-commuter-transportation-mobility-taxBrownfield Cleanup Program
… is confirmed at a site, it is added to the State’s public Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites (Registry). DEC attempts to identify the responsible party or … under the Brownfield Program, sites are not added to the Registry and owners receive an added benefit of being able to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/brownfield-cleanup-programLocal Sales Tax Collections Up 3.2 Percent in the First Quarter of 2025
All of the state’s 10 regions saw year-over-year growth in first quarter collections.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/2025-sales-tax-first-quarter.pdf