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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1759
… has announced that the 2019 premium rate and the maximum weekly employee contribution for coverage will be 0.153% (0.00153) of an employee’s weekly wage, up to the statewide average weekly wage. … Control-D Reports Available After Processing A Control-D report, NTAX511 (Paid Family Leave), has been created to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1759-new-york-state-paid-family-leave-program-employees-tug-hill-commissionDiNapoli: Audit Finds More Than $16 Million in Medicaid Cost Savings
… whose expenses could have been covered by the federal Medicare program, according to an audit released today by … stay alive. Medicaid recipients with ESRD are eligible for Medicare coverage if they receive regular dialysis treatments … When Medicaid recipients with ESRD are also enrolled in Medicare, Medicare becomes the primary insurer. As a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-more-16-million-medicaid-cost-savingsDiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Financial Plan, Warns of Federal Risks
… New York state is facing signs of increasing fiscal challenges, including lower … New York state is facing signs of increasing fiscal challenges including lower revenue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-financial-plan-warns-federal-risksDiNapoli: New York State Gets 91 Cents for Every Dollar Sent to Washington
… For every dollar New York sends to Washington D.C., it receives about 91 cents back in federal spending – compared to a national average of nearly $1.22, according to a report … For every dollar New York sends to Washington DC it receives about 91 cents back in federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-new-york-state-gets-91-cents-every-dollar-sent-washingtonDiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… Problems with capital planning remain for the New York Racing Association (NYRA) years after a … seeing to its most pressing capital needs.” NYRA is a not-for-profit corporation that operates New York State’s three … in the racetrack properties to New York State in return for a financial assistance package. As part of this package, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraSelected Safety and Security Equipment at Train Stations
… and 43 Customer Assistance Intercoms (CAIs) (intended for customer use in emergencies) at an estimated cost of approximately $21 million for the new system, excluding the stand-alone cameras. SIR's … platform. At St. George and Tompkinsville, they are near the turnstiles – Automated Fare Collection pay areas. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/12/selected-safety-and-security-equipment-train-stationsDiNapoli: Economic Snapshot Shows The Bronx Making Impressive Gains in Addressing Challenges
… The Bronx is setting records for population, business and job growth, according to an economic report released today by New York State … The Bronx is setting records for population business and job growth according to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-economic-snapshot-shows-bronx-making-impressive-gains-addressing-challengesOpinion 88-2
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (special assessment area for refuse collection in village) LOCAL LAWS -- Refuse and Garbage Collection (imposition of benefit assessment for in village) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (means of … by local law, may establish one or more assessment areas for garbage collection service and provide for the imposition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-2Existential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA
… In 2019, the MTA provided 3.8 billion trips across its subway, bus, and commuter railroad services. The pandemic led … includes the use of debt to borrow for operating costs in 2025, a stopgap measure that will not be paid until after … new solutions. The MTA’s currently planned budget gap in 2025 without this stopgap measure would be nearly $500 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/existential-questions-facing-national-public-transit-systems-create-new-fiscal-pressures-mtaDespite Progress, Pay Gap for Women Persists
… women must work to equal what men earned the previous year, typically falls. (In 2022, Equal Pay Day was on March … women aged 25 to 34 earned 96 cents for every dollar a man earned in the same age group, women who remained … the following year beginning in 1980, and people 14 years old and older as of March of the following year for previous …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/despite-progress-pay-gap-women-persistsOpinion 2024-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. NY CONSTITUTION, ART. VIII, § 1, ART. VII, § … §§ 19, 20; TOWN LAW, § 198; VILLAGE LAW, § 11-1112. We are in receipt of the City of Troy’s (“City”) resolution no. … of all public and privately owned lead water service lines in the City without violating Section 1 of Article 8, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2024-1Oversight of Security Expenses in Single Adult and Adult Family Homeless Shelters
… family homeless shelters and whether security equipment inventory records are adequately maintained. Our audit … Toward this end, DHS requires providers to submit inventory maintenance procedures within periods ranging from … to perform and document the required oversight reviews and inventory record-keeping practices at shelter locations. DHS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/07/oversight-security-expenses-single-adult-and-adult-family-homeless-sheltersComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Guilty Plea of Queens Pharmacy Owner for $1.5 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
… by Director Amy Held and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Paul J. Mahoney. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-guilty-plea-queens-pharmacy-owner-15-million-medicaidState Agencies Bulletin No. 1508
… Conservation and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in the following bargaining unit who … ID 09180) or the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Department ID 49xxx), and Has at least … not automatically include the earnings in the overtime compensation calculation for hourly employees. Overtime that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1508-april-2016-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-payment-long-termPreferred Source Contracting
… in partnership with private entities to ensure contract requirements are being met; whether the majority of the work is completed by disabled workers as required by … be sure that the proposals it arranges come at a lower price than another preferred source may be able to offer, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/28/preferred-source-contractingFinancial Condition and Selected Expenses
… on NYRA races (e.g., on-track, simulcast) totals about $2.3 billion. In November 2006, NYRA filed for bankruptcy due to its poor financial condition, including … obligations. In addition, a Franchise Oversight Board (FOB) was formed to oversee NYRA’s financial operations. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/10/financial-condition-and-selected-expensesDiNapoli: State Missing Nearly $2.4 Million in Uncollected Tolls
… since the expansion of cashless tolling by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) and it is likely to … times that of a car. Prior to 2017, only the Henry Hudson Bridge used electronic tolling as the "Open Road Tolling" … in 2016. In monetary terms, in 2016 when the Henry Hudson Bridge was the only facility using cashless tolls, unbilled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-state-missing-nearly-24-million-uncollected-tollsWestchester Attorney Indicted for Fraud and False Statement Charges Arising From His Attempt to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the … by using a fictitious company," said New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Thanks to my ongoing … which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; one count of mail fraud, which carries a maximum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleDiNapoli: As Subway On-Time Performance Falls Behind, Better Plans Needed To Get Trains Back On Track
… Train delays have increased as the subway system’s on-time performance has … and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) should do more to fix the underlying causes, many of which are … the delays caused by growing ridership, the MTA would have more to show for its efforts than a 17-slide Power Point …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-subway-time-performance-falls-behind-better-plans-needed-get-trains-back-trackDiNapoli: Report Warns of Growing State Debt
… on taxpayers, lacks transparency and may limit flexibility in providing important services and programs. My debt reform … limit on debt outstanding will shrink to only $58 million in SFY 2020-21. The act added restrictions to provisions in the state constitution that prohibit the state from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-report-warns-growing-state-debt