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Rochester Attorney Admits to Unlawfully Receiving Retirement Benefits
Diane M Cecero age 64 of Pittsford New York admitted today to unlawfully doubledipping and receiving state retirement benefits to which she was not entitled She agreed to pay back those benefits with interest as part of a pretrial diversion agreement
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/rochester-attorney-admits-unlawfully-receiving-retirement-benefitsComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Brooklyn Man for Allegedly Pocketing over $23K in Deceased Mother's Pension Benefits
… State Comptroller DiNapoli. "Our fight against pension fraud has led to more than 20 arrests and $2.7 million in … My message is clear: If you try to get away with pension fraud, we will find you and hold you responsible. I thank … our commitment to rooting out and prosecuting pension fraud to the fullest extent." According to documents filed in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-brooklyn-man-allegedly-pocketing-over-23kDiNapoli, Erie Co. Da Keane and Erie Co. Sheriff Garcia: Former Erie County Deputy Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $320,000
… Attorney Michael J. Keane, and Erie County Sheriff John C. Garcia announced. “Instead of safeguarding public … District Attorney Michael Keane, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia and Erie County Comptroller Kevin R. Hardwick, he … Division of Investigations, 8th Floor, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-erie-co-da-keane-and-erie-co-sheriff-garcia-former-erie-county-deputy-clerk-pleads-guiltyDiNapoli: Former West Carthage Housing Authority Executive Director Sentenced in Embezzlement Scheme; Over $48,000 in Restitution Recovered
… online at https://www.osc.ny.gov/investigations , or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-former-west-carthage-housing-authority-executive-director-sentenced-embezzlement-scheme-overOpinion 92-51
… for reimbursement is public or private. December 28, 1992 Samuel J. Nasca, Chairman City of Hornell Industrial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-51Park Accessibility for People With Disabilities (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Park Accessibility for People With Disabilities (Report 2021-N-7) . About the … spaces, and recreational amenities; build a park system for present and future generations; and care for parks and public spaces. Parks maintains about 30,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/11/25/park-accessibility-people-disabilities-followCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data) (Follow-Up)
… Order 95 (EO 95), issued March 11, 2013, established an online Open Data Website ( Open Data ) for the collection and … in State government. The Department serves as the official compiler of State agency rules and regulations as well as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/18/compliance-executive-order-95-open-data-followU. S. Steel and DiNapoli Agree on Enhanced Disclosure of Corporate Political Contributions
… the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s request that it publicly report its corporate political spending. As a result of the agreement, the Fund withdrew a shareholder proposal it had filed for consideration at the Fortune 500 company’s … to the New York State Common Retirement Funds request that it publicly report its corporate political spending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/u-s-steel-and-dinapoli-agree-enhanced-disclosure-corporate-political-contributionsDiNapoli: FirstEnergy Corp. Agrees to Disclose Its Political Spending
… utility FirstEnergy Corp. to comprehensively disclose its political spending, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. … today. In response to the agreement, the Fund withdrew its shareholder resolution with the Ohio-based electric … for a company that has run into significant troubles with its political spending. Transparency is crucial and so is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-firstenergy-corp-agrees-disclose-its-political-spendingDelaware County Industrial Development Agency – Project Monitoring and Website Transparency (2025M-88)
… assistance, including tax exemptions (e.g., real property, mortgage recording and sales and use taxes), to businesses to … various types of economic and community development. In return for financial assistance, project owners who receive … over job performance, sales and use tax exemptions, mortgage recording tax exemptions and capital investments. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/12/19/delaware-county-industrial-development-agency-project-monitoring-and-websiteSocial Security Adjustment – Article 14 Benefits
… Beginning at age 62, your pension will be reduced by one-half (50 percent) of the … Article 14 information for PFRS Tier 3 members Covers pension disability and death benefits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1644/social-security-adjustmentOpinion 91-34
… for professional services (see, e.g., People ex rel. Smith v Flagg , 17 NY 584). Generally, professional services … in the performance of the contract (see People ex rel. Smith , supra ; Trane Co. v County of Broome , 76 AD2d 1015, … statute to apply it to these services (see People ex rel. Smith , supra , 17 NY, at p 589; 1A Antieau, Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-34Real Property Portfolio
… holdings and the need to either hold or dispose of properties, and if ESD disposed of real property in a manner … projects resulting from the acquisition and disposing of properties align with ESD’s mission and include developing … construction, and environmental planning. Most of ESD’s properties are owned and managed by individual ESD-owned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/08/21/real-property-portfolioOpinion 92-23
… described above require the approval of the town board? (3) Would a public hearing be necessary for the lease … or more appraisers with knowledge and experience in mobile radio telecommunications service (see Opn No. 89-64, supra ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-23Opinion 94-9
… NEWSPAPER -- Designation of (publication not registered as second-class matter but designated as official newspaper prior to 1940) PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, … LAW, §60(a): A publication which was designated as an official newspaper of a village from prior to 1940 … 725 of the Laws of 1975 permit a county to designate as one of its official newspapers a publication which is not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-9Opinion 2001-13
… a fee to certain users of town highways) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Toll Collection Provisions (authority … to reach the recreation area, and that the money collected from tolls would be used to replace this road. You also … local law" (Municipal Home Rule Law §10[l][i],[ii][a][6],[9-a]; NY Const, article IX, §2). A town's home rule power is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-13State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… timely manner, the clerk did not always remit funds to the commissioner in a timely or accurate manner. Remittances to the commissioner for non-mortgage fees totaling approximately … $95,000 (dating back to 2007) were not remitted to the commissioner, approximately $94,000 in revenues generated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli: Bombay Clerk Charged in Theft of Justice Court Fees
… A North Country court clerk is accused of pocketing more than $5,400 from the Bombay Justice Court while the other court clerk was absent, according to … A North Country court clerk is accused of pocketing more than $5400 from the Bombay Justice Court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-bombay-clerk-charged-theft-justice-court-feesDiNapoli: Springport Town Clerk Faces Criminal Charges
… trying to pad her hours," DiNapoli said. "Hopefully, her arrest will deter others from such corruption. My office … fund and thwart those who try to defraud the system." To date, DiNapoli’s investigation of retirement frauds has led …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-springport-town-clerk-faces-criminal-chargesWatertown Housing Authority – Internal Controls Over Claims Processing (2012M-221)
… are elected by the tenant population. The Board, which has ultimate responsibility for the Authority’s operations, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/02/01/watertown-housing-authority-internal-controls-over-claims-processing-2012m-221