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Financial Condition Analysis (for Board Members)
Performing a regular, timely financial condition analysis can provide board members with valuable information on the current and future state of a local government's finances. Regular analysis can highlight potential fiscal problems and provide information necessary for timely corrective action.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/financial-condition-analysis-110823.pdfControls Over Tablet and Kiosk Usage by Incarcerated Individuals (2022-S-8
To determine whether the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision provides sufficient oversight to ensure that the independent network, kiosks, and tablets used by Incarcerated individuals are secure, and whether secure messaging accessed by these Individuals complies with...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-22s8.pdfSales Tax Vendor Registration Practices (2020-S-40) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has taken steps to ensure that persons who are required to register as sales tax vendors, including those with no physical presence in the State, have done so.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s40-response.pdfNew York State Department of Health: Creating Healthy Schools and Communities Program
The objective of our examination was to determine whether payments the Department of Health made for the Creating Healthy Schools and Communities Program (CHSC) were appropriate and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant contracts.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/doh-examination-of-payments-under-the-creating-healthy-schools-and-communities-program.pdfAccess Controls and Vulnerability Management (2025-S-3)
To determine whether CDTA’s access controls and vulnerability management over critical systems are sufficient to minimize the various risks associated with unauthorized access to systems and data. The audit covered the period from January 2024 through November 2025.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga2026-25s3.pdfHealth Department Needs to Step-Up Oversight of Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
… documentation and the same county department was deficient in providing required follow-up services at the time of the … had been provided to these children. The report notes that in April 2019, state law was amended to lower the standard … of what it would have been if the current standard was in place then (24,989 tests compared with 80,946 tests). This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/health-department-needs-step-oversight-lead-poisoning-prevention-programDiNapoli: Jury Convicts Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… Thomas P. DiNapoli said. "Thanks to the work of my staff and our partnership with Attorney General … continued and valuable partnership on Operation Integrity. My office will continue to hold accountable any public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-jury-convicts-councilman-ruben-wills-public-corruption-schemeDiNapoli: Problems Persist at Many Hotels and Motels Used to House Homeless
… State auditors examining hotels and motels used to house the homeless found poor conditions still exist at many … and collaboration on the audit of the use of motels to house the homeless,"said Albany County Comptroller Michael F. … and inspecting temporary residences (facilities that house individuals for less than 180 consecutive days), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-problems-persist-many-hotels-and-motels-used-house-homelessDiNapoli: State Missing Out on Millions in Medicare Payments for Kidney Patients
… $69 million from 2016 to 2018, which includes $17 million in savings for counties and New York City. "New Yorkers … uncertainty over Medicaid under the new administration in Washington, states need to take every initiative to defray … 30.6 percent; and localities funded the rest. As noted in the audit, many of the state's Medicaid recipients are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-state-missing-out-millions-medicare-payments-kidney-patientsNYC’s Language Access Service Needs (2023-N-11) - Interactive Map
… This map of New York City uses 2023 American Community Survey … dashboard shows the languages spoken The pinpoints on the map are the locations of H+H facilities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/nycs-language-access-service-needs-2023-n-11-interactive-mapOpinion 89-45
… §27(1). Section 27(1), which provides for the town board, from time to time, to fix salaries for all town officers and … as an employee to assist the zoning board of appeals from being paid compensation other than a fixed salary (19 … more efficient accounting for the various deductions from gross compensation which may be required. November 8, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 88-8
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Maintenance … serviced by his company unless the pertinent exceptions in General Municipal Law, §802 apply. Abstention from voting … §800(3), a municipal officer or employee has an interest in any contract with his municipality if he receives a direct …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8Opinion 92-30
… The board member, however, would have to comply with the disclosure requirements of General Municipal Law, §803(1). … in any actual or proposed contract of the county. The disclosure statement must be set forth in the official …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-30DiNapoli: Better Monitoring of "Leandra’s Law" Enforcement Needed
… in their vehicles, according to an audit issued today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. DiNapoli’s … killed when the vehicle she was riding in, being driven by the intoxicated mother of one of her friends, crashed in … Open Book New York . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to promote openness in government and provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-better-monitoring-leandras-law-enforcement-neededOpinion 91-63
… of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521). Thus, even if not required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 93-15
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (requirements of annual … or employee who has received or disbursed any moneys in the previous fiscal year "shall account with the town … board has appointed a separate treasurer and has demanded in writing that these moneys be paid to the library …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15Opinion 91-31
… under Public Health Law, §2144 to reimburse a private hospital for expenses incurred in the treatment of an … is required by statute to pay bills submitted by a private hospital for treatment of an individual who had come into … under section 2144 to pay the bills submitted by the hospital in this instance even if the expense were incurred …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-31DiNapoli: Audit Questions Payments Made to Supportive Housing Provider
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has identified $32,271 in unallowable expenses and $489,616 in questionable costs that were paid by the state Office of … examined Rehabilitation Support Services Inc. (RSS) which, in 2014, claimed nearly $7.8 million in expenses to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-questions-payments-made-supportive-housing-providerDiNapoli Calls for Improvements to Capital Planning Process
… was built decades ago and is heavily used. It is in need of ongoing maintenance, repair or replacement, but … its Ten-Year State of New York Statewide Capital Plan in June 2013. DiNapoli said the plan provides a broader, more … capital spending across the state. It includes spending in the State Capital Plan as well as for a number of public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-calls-improvements-capital-planning-processFormer Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million
… Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), William F. Sweeney Jr., the … of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State … his embezzlement of more than $1.1 million from the PFD. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “As he admitted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-his