Search

DiNapoli: Medicaid Billing Errors Cost State More Than $1.5 Billion

The state Department of Health allowed more than $15 billion in improper Medicaid payments over the course of several years due to errors in its billing system and may have exposed patients to unqualified and uncredentialed health care providers

Controls Over CUNY Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool

… Resource Program. The objective of CUNYfirst was to replace CUNY’s legacy systems with an integrated and flexible …

DiNapoli: NYC Finances Continue To Benefit From Better Than Projected Revenue but Spending Pressures Remain

… city’s surplus, which was $6.1 billion entering FY 2023, is estimated at $4.4 billion entering FY 2025. FY 2024 was … than in the prior two years. City-fund revenue in FY 2024 is estimated to be $80.4 billion, which is $3.4 billion, or 4.5% higher, than anticipated at budget …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… effectively monitoring the expenses reported by Palladia to ensure that reimbursed claims are allowable, supported and … did not maintain adequate oversight of direct placement to ensure that Local Departments of Social Service (Local … – and in some cases even lacks the equipment necessary to do so. Orders are, at times, ambiguous and lack time frames …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… Instead, the MTA estimated that it lost more than $300 million to fare evasion in 2019. Certain aspects of the …

DiNapoli Report Examines Post-COVID Trends in New York's Aging Prison Population

… which included a decrease of 1,603 individuals aged 50 or over (17%). The share of older incarcerated individuals … limits on parole revocations, and the legalization of cannabis. These changes may not have had as much of an impact … from 2018 to 2022, 84% (116) were for individuals aged 50 or older. Compassionate Release provides the board discretion …

DiNapoli: MTA Fiscal Outlook Continues To Improve but Uncertainties Tied to Federal Actions Cloud Future

… of these funds altogether, which would open up $300 million in budget gaps this year, creating immediate …

Leaves of Absence and Service Credit – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… (Westchester County) District officials procured goods and services in accordance with state law and the … to provide guidance to the claims auditor. BOCES made 22,236 claims for disbursements totaling $260.1 million …

Former Treasurer of Putnam Engine & Hose Co. of the Port Chester Volunteer Fire Dept. Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $38,000

… of 10 years in prison. The maximum potential sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as the sentence will be determined by the court. Gerardi is scheduled to be sentenced on March 8, 2019. Mr. Berman …

Halfmoon Town Supervisor Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison

… Town Supervisor Melinda Wormuth was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison as a result of her convictions for extortion and … District Judge Gary L. Sharpe also sentenced Wormuth to serve a 1-year term of supervised release, to begin after … Town Supervisor Melinda Wormuth was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison as a result of her …

Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea of Nelson Rivera in Bid-rigging Case

… investigation was handled by Investigators David Buske and Christopher Reidy of the Investigations Bureau, with support …

DiNapoli: College Student Loan Debt Doubled in New York Over Last Decade

… on student loan debt which found the average New Yorker with college loans owed $32,200 in 2015, higher than the … back their debts,” DiNapoli said. “New Yorkers saddled with college debt have less disposable income and often have … implications not only for those individuals and families with such debt but also for the state’s economy.” The number …

DiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Budget Financial and Capital Plans

… of an economic downturn." The $170.3 billion spending plan is up $6.5 billion from SFY 2017-18. Total receipts are … than two-thirds of federal funds spending, $38.3 billion, is for local assistance Medicaid payments through the … budgetary risks for New York. State-supported debt service is projected to increase by an average 4.4 percent annually …

DiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Monitoring of Mental Health Facilities

… of abuse and neglect, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Vulnerable … of abuse and neglect according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli …

DiNapoli: Tax Breaks From IDAs Continue to Climb

… nearly half of which were from the New York City IDA; Long Island (795 projects), Western New York (786) and the Finger … A Map of 2015 IDA Data by Region is also available, go to: …

DiNapoli Report Examines State School Aid Trends

… $6 billion to $23.3 billion in 2015-16, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … “As the start of a new fiscal year approaches, this report is intended to provide policymakers and the public … billion by the fourth year of the program. DiNapoli’s report also shows that starting in 2010-11, the state reduced …

DiNapoli: Owner and Employee of Medical Transport Company Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid

… in need into their own pockets,” DiNapoli said. “Medicaid is a vital program, and my office will continue to partner … of fraud perpetrated by these defendants.” Saeed, 40, is the president of Sublime Medical Transportation, a Schenectady County company that is enrolled in the Medicaid program as a participating …

DiNapoli: Former Hannibal Fire Chief and Father Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Go-Kart Proceeds

… and replace bingo nights. The company spent $35,000 to build Hannibal Kartway. The Kartway was in operation from …

Transportation Company Owner and Office Manager Indicted in $1.8 Million Medicaid Scheme

… The owner of a Schenectady County medical transportation company was … the scheme. Defendant, Mohammad Chaudhry, 43, is accused of inflating Medicaid bills from January 2020 through … for group rides, and lying about the destinations of the trips to inflate their payments. Defendant Noah Shook, …