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DiNapoli Urges New Yorkers to Fill Out 2020 Census Forms
… The stakes are high and New York could not only lose Congressional representation but critical funding for … data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions and commonly requested data. … New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-fill-out-2020-census-formsComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Criminal Conviction and False Claims Act Settlement with Bottini Fuel for Diverting Customers' Credit Balances for Their Own Benefit
… Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or by mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-criminal-conviction-and-false-claims-actState Audit Shows Need to Improve Response to Noise Complaints in NYC
… SLA limited its use of data relevant to noise problems in NYC. As such, there was substantial risk that serious noise … from 2010 to 2015, here: http://osc.state.ny.us/press/docs/nyc-nightlife-noise-complaints-map.pdf Read the report , or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/state-audit-shows-need-improve-response-noise-complaints-nycSelected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy
… Objectives To determine selected State agencies’ roles in providing financial literacy offerings, including how they … and vulnerable consumer groups and how they measure gains in individuals’ knowledge after participating in financial literacy offerings. We also sought to determine …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/14/selected-state-agencies-roles-financial-literacyOpinion 92-41
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … within the district) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Repairs (by fire district) TOWN LAW, §176(21): A fire district may not … a series of concrete "sidewalks". The "sidewalks" are used by residents and the fire district fire department for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-41DiNapoli: Audit Finds NYC Needs to Improve Income Verification and Enforcement at Mitchell-Lama Housing
… Some residents of Mitchell-Lama apartments in New York City make far more than the program’s … (HPD) has not done enough to verify that residents are reporting their true income and are paying the correct … ranging from 5 to 50 percent of the individual’s monthly rent or co-op fees. Under state law, if a household’s income …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-audit-finds-nyc-needs-improve-income-verification-and-enforcement-mitchell-lama-housingXII.3 Record Retention – Accounts Payable Vouchers and Land Claims – XII. Expenditures
… Salary and Fringe rates must be substantiated.) Certified payroll registers Time cards Overtime authorization and/or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii3-record-retention-accounts-payable-vouchers-and-land-claimsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Law. City of Cortland – Non-Contractual (NC) Employees’ Payroll Benefits (Cortland County) Two OSC audits issued in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 89-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … program activities and training programs is eligible for State aid reimbursement when such coordination is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-52Opinion 90-16
… with the municipality if he or she receives a direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit as the result of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16Opinion 88-8
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … INTEREST -- Maintenance Contracts (fire commissioner who is president and stockholder of company servicing district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8Sodus Central School District – Software Management (2022M-64)
… software from being installed on District computers. As a result, we found: All 39 network user accounts that we … and 27 (20 percent) were unneeded or did not have a specific business purpose, including eight unauthorized … software applications on 17 different computers. In addition, sensitive IT control weaknesses were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/sodus-central-school-district-software-management-2022m-64Allocation, Billing, and Collection of Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act (2019-S-5) 90-Day Response
To determine if the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) is appropriately allocating, billing, and collecting the expenses of administering the Motor...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s5-response.pdfOther Bulletin No. 35
… Purpose To provide the State University Construction Fund instructions for … and Did not have a withholding recommendation approved by the Division of the Budget. Promotion Recalculation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-35-april-2017-state-university-construction-fund-scfOther Bulletin No. 26
… Purpose To inform the State University Construction Fund of OSC’s automatic … April 2015 SCF M/C Salary Increase. The report is sorted by Department ID, then by employee name in alphabetical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-26-april-2015-state-university-construction-fund-scfOther Bulletin No. 55.1
… . Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the State University Fund of OSC’s automatic processing of the … wage is not addressed in this bulletin. Employees who were on a Leave of Absence (other than Workers’ Compensation … These monies are taxable income subject to all employment taxes and income taxes, will be included in the employee’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-551-april-2020-state-university-construction-fund-scf-civilState Agencies Bulletin No. 1000
… Purpose To explain OSC’s automatic processing and to provide instructions for agency processing for the portion … stipend amount. Any additional adjustment that is required due to the change in stipend that will not be calculated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1000-retroactive-april-1-2010-salary-increase-employees-represented-civilOpinion 88-36
… is subject to the rule of strict or absolute liability for the loss of public funds. Hence, liability exists whether … sheriff or other employee also may be personally liable for loss of public funds caused by misconduct, whether … prohibits the county from ever being made responsible for the acts of the sheriff bars local legislation by which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-36DiNapoli: Problems Caused by Outdated System Left State's Unemployment Insurance Program Vulnerable to Fraud
… The state Department of Labor’s (DOL) failure to replace its long-troubled Unemployment Insurance (UI) system and ad hoc workarounds to compensate for the old system weakened oversight and ultimately contributed to an estimated billions of dollars in improper payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-problems-caused-outdated-system-left-states-unemployment-insurance-program-vulnerable-fraudNew York’s Agriculture Industry: A Resilient Part of State and Local Economies
… industry supports jobs and communities throughout New York State. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic … back into the farmer’s community, supporting a variety of businesses providing fuel, seed, equipment and veterinary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-agriculture-industry-resilient-part-state-and-local-economies