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City of Ithaca – Records and Reports (2025M-114)
… Period January 1, 2023 – November 14, 2024. We extended the audit period back to January 1, 2020, to review … reporting and forward to January 29, 2026, to update the City’s financial reporting status and review the most … audit report. Understanding the Audit Area The Common Council (Council) is responsible for managing and controlling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2026/03/27/city-ithaca-records-and-reports-2025m-114State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… district’s acceptable Internet use policy (AUP). Of the 37 network users reviewed: Fifteen network users (41%) accessed websites, such as shopping, entertainment, online gambling and social media, on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… review found the city’s proposed budget continues to rely on $112.3 million in nonrecurring revenue, such as … tax surcharge, sales and use tax as well as city and state mortgage tax that may not be achievable. The budget also … aid by approximately $1.2 million. The budget also relies on $12 million of additional state aid for services and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… announced today the following audits have been issued. Division of Criminal Justice Services: Monitoring and … 2012, DoITT entered into a franchise agreement with a vendor to apply for the “.nyc” generic TLD (gTLD) and to … revenue sources in the city’s contract with the vendor during the audit scope and amended the contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0DiNapoli Calls on Twitter & Other Major Corporations to Take Action on Political Spending Transparency
… On the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. … filing of eight shareholder proposals requesting companies to comprehensively disclose their political spending. The Comptroller has filed … On the oneyear anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-calls-twitter-other-major-corporations-take-action-political-spending-transparencyNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Asks for Report on Due Diligence in Wake of Dakota Pipeline Controversy
… 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began a blockade to halt construction of the pipeline as a danger to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-asks-report-due-diligence-wake-dakota-pipeline-controversyState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… fund balance in the general and highway town-wide funds without clear plans to use this money. Town officials … developed a fund balance policy, established any reserve funds or developed formal long-term capital or financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Will Vote Against Board Members at Corporations With No Women Directors
… their boards. In situations where a company has just one woman on its board, the Fund will vote against members of the … boards and more than 700 companies that have just one woman on their board. Research has demonstrated that having …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-will-vote-against-board-members-corporations-no-women-directorsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Union Street capital project that may require additional funds of approximately $1.3 million, the city estimates, to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… balance to finance operations. This resulted in the four main operating funds’ combined unrestricted fund balance to decline 65% from $1,165,418 as of Jan. 1, 2018 to $403,003 as of Dec. 31, … available, resulting in the general and highway funds and water district beginning 2020 with budgetary deficits. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… that should have been turned over as abandoned property. Hilton Central School District – Audit Follow-Up (Monroe County) A previous audit, Hilton Central School District – Network Access Controls ( …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Cities
… non-calendar fiscal years, including the “Big 4” cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, each of which have … score of 75. The villages of Addison (Steuben County) and South Dayton (Cattaraugus County) were also in “moderate … score this year with Addison going from 53.8 to 61.7 and South Dayton going from 47.5 to 55.4. The system, which has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-citiesDiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… board did not properly audit claims or authorize credit card purchases. Auditors reviewed 50 claims, totaling $2.1 million and 50 credit card purchases, totaling $28,815. Fifteen purchases, totaling … The board did not complete mandated financial oversight training or ensure proper accounting records were maintained. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsCuylerville Volunteer Fire Department – Financial Oversight (2025M-133)
… fraud, damaged reputation and jeopardize the Department’s funding and its mission. From January 1, 2023, through … from before the audit period through March 31, 2023. The second Treasurer (Treasurer B) held the position from April …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2026/04/24/cuylerville-volunteer-fire-department-financial-oversightTown of Lewis – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-25-31)
… made timely deposits after collection. When Town funds are not deposited in a timely manner, there is an increased risk that Town funds could be lost, stolen or misappropriated. Ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2026/06/12/town-lewis-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-25-31DiNapoli: Cohocton Town Clerk Pleads Guilty In $36,000 Theft
… in the third degree, a Class D felony, before Judge Peter Bradstreet. Riley also admitted taking tax penalty …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-cohocton-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-36000-theftVIII.1.A Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries
… that have been posted in SFS regardless of payment status. The Office of the State Comptroller Bureau of State … that have been posted in SFS regardless of payment status …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii1a-accounts-payable-journal-vouchersIX.12.I Updated and Expanded CMIA Regulations – IX. Federal Grants
… used by the State to draw down federal funds); Changes in clearance patterns; and Additions or deletions of programs to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix12i-updated-and-expanded-cmia-regulationsPayments Allowed in Advance of Audit – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… by resolution, authorize payment in advance for public utility services, postage, freight and express charges. 9 … included on the next abstract as prepaid amounts. Public utility services generally include electric, gas, water, … 5-524(6) 10 For towns, fuel oil is considered a public utility service. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/payments-allowed-advance-auditLivonia Joint Fire District – Fire Truck Funding and Purchase (2021M-97)
… more than $1.1 million in fund balance to purchase a fire truck costing more than $727,000, instead of establishing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/09/17/livonia-joint-fire-district-fire-truck-funding-and-purchase-2021m-97