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Keene Central School District – Transportation State Aid (2021M-63)

… - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether Keene Central School District (District) officials applied for all applicable … corrective action. … Determine whether Keene Central School District District officials applied for all applicable …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/07/30/keene-central-school-district-transportation-state-aid-2021m-63

DiNapoli Announces 2019 Fiscal Stress Scores

… Twenty-two local governments were designated in fiscal stress for 2019, according to State Comptroller … year basis (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31) for 2019 (pre-pandemic). In New York, that includes all counties and towns, 44 cities … tracking the trends and common problems that communities in fiscal stress are facing. Now the economic damage caused …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-announces-2019-fiscal-stress-scores

Medina Central School District - Tax Collection (2019M-151)

… deposited and reported real property tax collections in an accurate and timely manner. Key Findings The Collector … reconciliation of tax collection activities, resulting in undetected errors totaling approximately $3,900. Key … of the taxes receivable account and collection activities in a timely manner in order to identify errors and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/01/03/medina-central-school-district-tax-collection-2019m-151

DiNapoli: Coronavirus Will Cause Multi-Year Hit to State Finances

… pandemic has caused extraordinary economic challenges in New York with punishing, still-evolving impacts on public … bigger picture. Tax revenues will be substantially lower in the near term because of the pandemic, and likely well … filings. While the state received almost $3.8 billion in Coronavirus Relief Fund resources earlier this month, the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/dinapoli-coronavirus-will-cause-multi-year-hit-state-finances

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits

… Contracts (Follow-up) (2016-F-10) An initial audit issued in June 2015 determined whether ACS properly awarded, … contracts with some vendors that had poor performance. In fact, 12 sampled contract vendors received … totaled $114.1 million. For 9 of the 12 vendors, children in their care were abused by employees or foster parents. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits

DiNapoli and Hein Announce Training For Fire Districts and EMS Agencies

… this month. Ulster County will be hosting the training on June 23, 2015 which will be conducted by the Comptroller’s … Hall,  491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, N.Y. When:  June 23 at 6 p.m … New York State Comptroller Thomas P …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-and-hein-announce-training-fire-districts-and-ems-agencies

Safety at Stations (Follow-Up)

… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial report, Safety at Stations (Report 2016-S-91 … that might have contributed to such incidents. However, in certain instances, responses to safety-related incidents … as well as staffing shortages likely contributed to lapses in documenting incidents and the related SIR responses. Also, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/06/safety-stations-follow

DiNapoli: State Should Recoup $11.7 Million from Special Education Contractors

… today his auditors found a total of $11.7 million in costs that should be recouped after examining eight … office identified fraud and improper use of taxpayer funds in a series of audits that led to legislative changes that … the services they were promised.” Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has completed 126 audits of preschool and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-state-should-recoup-117-million-special-education-contractors

Town of Exeter – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2024M-15)

… deposited and remitted collections accurately and in a timely manner.  Key Findings  The Clerk generally … accurately and deposited and remitted Clerk fees in a timely manner. However, the Clerk did not always deposit real property taxes in a timely manner and did not remit these collections to the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/05/31/town-exeter-town-clerktax-collector-2024m-15

Medicaid Program – Improper Payments for Ancillary Services Provided During Hospital Inpatient Admissions

… system processes Medicaid claims for ancillary services in accordance with Medicaid reimbursement policies. The audit … Ancillary services refer to health care services provided in the home, medical offices, clinics, and other freestanding … controls within eMedNY designed to pay Medicaid claims in accordance with the Department's Medicaid reimbursement …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-ancillary-services-provided-during-hospital-inpatient

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Senate Republican Health Care Bill

… "The Senate Republican health care bill calls for billions of dollars of cuts in future health care funding for New Yorkers. This bill is identical to the House proposal … President and the majorities in both houses of Congress to get serious about making health coverage more accessible and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/new-york-state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-senate-republican-health-care-bill

Alternate Contribution Stabilization Program

… original Contribution Stabilization Program (CSP) enacted in 2010. Like the original program, the Alternate … rate system. Once an employer elects to participate in the Alternate Program, their contributions are based on … rate system regardless of whether they choose to amortize in any year. The program limits the increases or decreases in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/alternate-contribution-stabilization-program

DiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities

… villages as “susceptible to fiscal stress.” The village of Coxsackie (Greene County) was classified in “moderate … No municipalities were designated in the highest category of “significant fiscal stress” in this round of scoring. “Federal pandemic relief packages provided …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-cities

VIII.1.C Expenditure Transfers – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries

… using a General Ledger Journal Entry in SFS. Expenditure transfers include: Expenditure transfers between funds. Current SFS functionality prevents the submission of adjustments and transfers between funds in the submodules. Expenditure …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii1c-expenditure-transfers

VIII.1.B Revenue Transfers – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries

… transactions using a General Ledger Journal Entry (GLJE) in SFS. Revenue transfers may be done within the same fund or … of receipts between funds and account codes as authorized in legislation Redistribution of revenues previously credited in one fund to another fund Redistribution of revenues …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii1b-revenue-transfers

VIII.1 Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries

… adjustments to payments and deposits should be submitted in either the Accounts Payable AP or the General Ledger GL …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii1-accounts-payable-journal-vouchers-general-ledger-journal-entries

Controls Over Revocable Consents (Follow-Up)

… the extent of implementation of the five recommendations in our initial audit report, Controls Over Revocable Consents … and Franchises (Office) . The permission is granted in exchange for compensation to the City . Revocable consents … or a flat rate for 37 improvements that are specified, in accordance with the Rules. The property owners petition …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/05/13/controls-over-revocable-consents-follow

VII.10.G Cash Advance Shortages and Overages – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables

… an AP voucher for reimbursement to bring the account in balance. Pursuant to Chapter XII, Section 10.E - Reporting … that will be taken to prevent a shortage from happening in the future. 1. Prepare a voucher, as described in Chapter XII, Section 5 - Agency Payment Preparation and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii10g-cash-advance-shortages-and-overages

Warsaw Central School District – Out-of-District Tuition Billing (2021M-140)

… Central School District (District) students enrolled in out-of-district programs were accurately calculated and … Warsaw Central School District District students enrolled in outofdistrict programs were accurately calculated and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/03/warsaw-central-school-district-out-district-tuition-billing-2021m-140

DiNapoli: Middletown Chiropractor Sentenced to Nine Years for Insurance Fraud

… P. DiNapoli announced James “Jay” Spina was sentenced in federal court for running a large-scale health care … and today was sentenced to serve 108 months (nine years) in federal prison, plus three years of probation and pay $9.7 million in restitution and forfeit $9.1 million. "Mr. Spina …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/dinapoli-middletown-chiropractor-sentenced-nine-years-insurance-fraud