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Ithaca City School District – Transportation State Aid and Information Technology (2017M-63)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s transportation State aid procedures … network in at least six months. The Board has not adopted a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Key Recommendations … a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that identifies how essential data will be preserved during a disaster and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/07/21/ithaca-city-school-district-transportation-state-aid-and-informationTown of Ontario - Information Technology, Financial Management and Procurement (2017M-137)
… or monitored. The Board has not reduced excessive fund balance; adopted a comprehensive multiyear financial or capital plan, or an adequate fund balance policy; or developed policies and procedures to … estimates of revenues, expenditures and the amount of fund balance to be used to fund operations. Revise the Town's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2018/07/06/town-ontario-information-technology-financial-management-and-procurement-2017m-137Greenburgh Central School District – Tax Certiorari Reserve (2023M-163)
… tax certiorari reserve fund and maintained it at a reasonable level. Key Findings The Board of Education … However, District officials did not develop procedures to ensure: Tax certiorari judgments were adequately … the annual report prepared by the Treasurer to determine how to maintain and manage the District’s tax certiorari …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/30/greenburgh-central-school-district-tax-certiorari-reserve-2023m-163Highland Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-358)
… in fiscal year 2010-11, resulting in a deficit fund balance in the school lunch fund and a decline in the general fund balance. District relied on its general fund to subsidize … Develop a realistic plan to accumulate fund balance, within the legal limit, so that the District is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/03/07/highland-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-358Williamsville Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-274)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the District’s financial management for the period … The reserve fund policy did not adequately address how reserves would be funded and used. The District’s … based on actual needs to avoid levying taxes at a level greater than needed and ensure that estimates in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/02/williamsville-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-274Sag Harbor Union Free School District – Child Care Program (2016M-211)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the District’s oversight of its child care program … fee schedule, who is eligible for financial assistance, how past due accounts are to be collected or the records to be maintained. The Director did not maintain a separate record for each family to document if the full or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/09/02/sag-harbor-union-free-school-district-child-care-program-2016m-211Village of Lyons Falls – Financial Management (2013M-393)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to assess the Board’s management of the level of unexpended … in Lewis County and is governed by four Trustees and a Mayor, which comprises the elected Board of Trustees. The … fund balance remaining at year end, which helps determine how much is available to fund next year’s operations. Village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2014/03/28/village-lyons-falls-financial-management-2013m-393Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… school finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being … Operations (Albany County) The school contracts with a not-for-profit foundation for various services. The … the foundation is not sufficiently detailed to determine how the delivery of services will be measured and the fee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits25-Year Benefit (Section 384) – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… Eligibility You will be eligible to retire with 25 or more years of creditable service, … regardless of age. “Creditable service” is: Service as a firefighter or police officer under a 20- or 25-year plan; … 90 days before your date of retirement. For information on how to apply for a service retirement benefit, read Applying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/25-year-benefit-section-384State Comptroller Releases Municipal Audits
… The board also inappropriately used town funds to pay at least $8,000 for fundraising activities. Auditors … have signed the checks. However, the committee treasurer, a private citizen or a board member signed them. Village of … December 2017 but was completed in October 2020. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-releases-municipal-auditsCVS Health – Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service
… Objective To determine if CVS Health invoiced and remitted commercial rebate revenue related to Empire Plan drug utilization in accordance with its … To determine if CVS Health invoiced and remitted commercial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/06/cvs-health-accuracy-drug-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civil-serviceComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… School District . State Comptroller DiNapoli has made it a priority to audit school district, BOCES and charter school finances … and necessary levels for reserve funds and prescribes how the reserve fund balances are to be monitored, analyzed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-1Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the implementation status of the five … audit report on March 1, 2017. The audit objective was to determine whether the Department of Health (Department) took sufficient steps to control the Medicaid costs of recipients diagnosed with … To determine the implementation status of the five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/05/reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-end-stage-renal-disease-followDiNapoli: Agricultural Activity Brings $37.6 Billion Into New York’s Economy
… strength.” Milk is the state’s largest commodity, with $2.4 billion in sales, followed by grains, peas and … cream, and was the second-largest wine producer in 2013, with 34 million gallons. The state also ranked second … As of 2012, roughly 56,000 New Yorkers operated farms, with an additional 61,000 people hired as farm laborers. Both …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-agricultural-activity-brings-376-billion-new-yorks-economyPrompt Payment
… – A.7579 (Peoples-Stokes) / S.4929 (DeFrancisco) – To meet the intent of the prompt contracting law, allows the … of time a payment is delayed due to the fund or sub-fund from which the payment is to be made having insufficient … To meet the intent of the prompt contracting law allows the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/prompt-paymentDiNapoli: 2023 Wall Street $34 Billion Bonus Pool Relatively Flat Over 2022
… The average annual Wall Street bonus dipped to $176,500 last year, a 2% decline from the previous year’s average of $180,000, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s annual … The average annual Wall Street bonus dipped to $176500 last year a 2 decline from the previous years …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-2023-wall-street-34-billion-bonus-pool-relatively-flat-over-2022Cost-Saving Ideas: Using State Contracts to Acquire Goods or Services
… The procurement process goal is to obtain goods and services that are both high in quality … and effort spent researching, soliciting and negotiating to obtain goods and services may not always result in the … purchase goods and services under existing State contracts to reduce duplicative contracting efforts and potentially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-using-state-contracts-acquire-goods-or-servicesDiNapoli: Five Fortune 500 Companies Reach Agreements on Corporate Political Spending
… Union Pacific and Centerpoint Energy – have agreed to the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) request … stockholders’ meeting. “Investors have the legal right to know how corporate dollars are being spent in the … said. “These companies should be commended for agreeing to voluntarily disclose their political expenditures. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-five-fortune-500-companies-reach-agreements-corporate-political-spendingDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Grow by 1.5% in April Compared to Last Year
… in New York state increased by 1.5% in April compared to the same month in 2022, according to an analysis released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … totaled $1.74 billion, up $25.8 million compared to the same time last year. “Year-over-year sales tax growth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-grow-1.5-percent-in-april-compared-last-yearState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on New State Budget
… agreed on a new state budget as the state is struggling to recover from the economic devastation caused by COVID-19. More than a … in education and health care programs, provide benefits to the middle class, and importantly offer relief to New … agreed on a new state budget as the state is struggling to recover from the economic devastation caused by COVID19 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-new-state-budget