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DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for February 2015
… from agricultural activities. Community Dispute Resolution Center of the NYS Office of Court Administration $137 million … Aid Society of Rochester New York State Council on the Arts $3.75 million cultural services grant to New York … patrol services at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction site. Department of Transportation $55 million with Ecco III …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-february-2015DiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office found that hundreds of county jail inmates received inappropriate payments totaling … reports; DSS officials ensure they retain and use the county jail inmate reports to monitor county inmate … up-to-date information on county inmate admissions; and County Jail officials limit an inmate’s ability to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsDiNapoli: Over One Million New Yorker Households Are Not Connected to Broadband
… progress in making high-speed connections available to New Yorkers, ranking second in the U.S. in the percentage of … clear during the COVID-19 pandemic when millions of New Yorkers turned their homes into schools and workplaces,” … significant steps to make broadband available to most New Yorkers, but there is still a digital divide in rural …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-over-one-million-new-yorker-households-are-not-connected-broadbandDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for November 2015
… fraud, waste or other improprieties. In total for calendar year 2015, DiNapoli’s office approved approximately 19,500 … $5 million with Total Wrecking and Environmental LLC for site improvements at the New York State Fair. Department of Civil Service $4.6 billion for eight health maintenance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-november-2015DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for December 2015
… fraud, waste or other improprieties. In total for calendar year 2015, DiNapoli’s office approved approximately 19,500 … $5 million with Total Wrecking and Environmental LLC for site improvements at the New York State Fair. Department of Civil Service $4.6 billion for eight health maintenance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-december-2015DiNapoli Announces State Contract And Payment Actions For October 2015
… were accelerated into September to allow for an upgrade of the Statewide Financial System. Cumulatively through October … financial officer, DiNapoli’s office reviews contracts for all state agencies and certain contracts for state public authorities and audits all state payments. This independent review ensures that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/11/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-october-2015Operational Advisory No. 13
… Subject Monthly advisory of accounting periods open within the Statewide Financial System (SFS). Guidance After the … 31, 2017, OSC will be closing June 2017 . SFS will inform all users when the system is available. OSC will be leaving … by 3 PM on July 31th to be picked up in the nightly batch. All transactions that have an accounting date outside of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/operational-advisory/13-august-2017-monthly-advisory-open-accounting-periodsThe Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
… May 2021 PDF Version Message from the Comptroller The era of COVID-19 has brought enormous suffering and persistent … of a decade earlier. Whether identity theft involves credit cards, bank accounts, business or personal loans, … New York State has taken numerous steps in recent years to address identity theft, which is punishable by up to seven …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/increasing-threat-identity-theftIX.5.B Billing for Onboarding Agencies – IX. Federal Grants
… their own agency PCBU Use the Commitment Control in SFS to budget for Federal Grant Projects Utilize funds distribution … of state resources. Agencies access the Manage Billing Worksheet screen to select the bills they want to approve for … Later also requires an additional step of Processing Worksheet Approval. After approval, the system creates actual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix5b-billing-onboarding-agenciesDiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk Ordered To Pay Full Restitution for Theft of Nearly $90,000
… and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced that Bridget Brown, the former treasurer of … County District Attorney Crawford and Superintendent James for their partnership in ensuring Bridget Brown was … the very communities public servants are sworn to serve,” James said. “Ms. Brown betrayed that trust for personal gain, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-former-essex-county-fair-treasurer-and-willsboro-town-clerk-ordered-pay-full-restitutionDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Problems with Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Program
… fire districts are not accurately calculating credits for Length of Service Awards Programs (LOSAP) and as a result … and municipalities across the state have established LOSAP for their volunteers. “The men and women who volunteer their … and the maximum number of points that can be earned for performing each activity over the course of a year. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-problems-volunteer-firefighters-benefit-programDiNapoli: Audit Shows Mixed Results on School Districts' Compliance With Physical Education Rules
… in New York during the 2016-17 school year: Baldwinsville Central School District (Onondaga County), Binghamton City School District (Broome), Brockport Central School District (Genesee, Monroe, Orleans), Camden Central School District (Lewis, Oneida, Oswego), Corning City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-audit-shows-mixed-results-school-districts-compliance-physical-education-rulesXII.10.D Monitoring Moving Services – XII. Expenditures
… a thorough BAFO, an agency should identify the move origin and destination locations, prepare a complete list of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii10d-monitoring-moving-servicesDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for December 2014
… Thomas P DiNapoli announced today his office reviewed 2027 contracts valued at $33 billion and approved nearly 16 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-december-2014DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for May 2016
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1,636 … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1636 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-may-2016DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for April 2016
… his office approved 990 contracts valued at $750 million and approved nearly 3.9 million payments worth more than … billion in April. His office also rejected 116 contracts and related transactions valued at $330 million and nearly 6,000 payments valued at more than $10.7 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-april-2016DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for April 2015
… office approved 1,204 contracts valued at $22.1 billion and approved more than 1.3 million payments worth more than … billion in April. His office also rejected 99 contracts and related transactions valued at $111 million and roughly 6,000 payments valued at nearly $13.2 million due …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-april-2015New York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (February 18, 2021)
… Trends More Than 1.7 Million New York Adults Suffer from Food Scarcity New York ranks seventh among all the states in the percentage of adults who are experiencing food scarcity, at 14 percent compared to the 11 percent … and early February. (The Census Bureau refers to either “food scarcity” or “food insufficiency” to characterize these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/impact-covid-19-february-18-2021DiNapoli: Halfway Through the Year, Revenue Hole Persists
… process in early November will provide a clearer picture for policymakers as they prepare to address our budget … $8.8 billion in September, $922.3 million higher than the latest projections by the state Division of the Budget (DOB). … That drop of 5.4 percent was the lowest monthly decline for sales tax since the fiscal year began in April. However, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-halfway-through-year-revenue-hole-persistsMedicaid Program – Improper Fee-for-Service Pharmacy Payments for Recipients With Third-Party Health Insurance
… and, if so, whether appropriate recoveries were made. The audit covered the period July 2016 through June 2021. … oversight of Gainwell’s recovery process to ensure all available recoveries on FFS pharmacy payments were made. … result in a recovery (due to carrier denials), and ensure all necessary follow-up actions are taken to obtain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/05/11/medicaid-program-improper-fee-service-pharmacy-payments-recipients-third-party-health