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Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Information Technology (2024M-38)
… adequate inventory records for information technology (IT) equipment and developed an IT contingency plan. Key Findings BOCES officials did not … network user accounts, maintain complete and accurate IT inventory records and develop an IT contingency plan. As a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/08/09/southern-westchester-board-cooperative-educational-services-information-technologyLocal Road Conditions in New York State
… issued by the Office of the New York State Comptroller in January 2022, Locally Owned Roads by the Numbers , … roads eligible for federal funding. The data was collected in 2019 and 2020, and represents just over 25,500 lane-miles, … about 13 percent of the 192,500 locally owned lane-miles in New York State – a percentage that varies quite a bit from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/local-road-conditions-new-york-stateNiagara County – Consumer Protection: Accuracy of Weights and Measures (S9-24-6)
Determine whether the Niagara County County Department of Weights and Measures Department completed required testing of all weighing and measuring devices used to price goods and whether complete records were maintained
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/03/niagara-county-consumer-protection-accuracy-weights-and-measures-s9-24-6Nassau County – Consumer Protection: Accuracy of Weights and Measures (S9-24-9)
Determine whether the Nassau County County Weights and Measures Division Division completed required testing of all weighing and measuring devices used to price goods and whether complete records were maintained
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/03/nassau-county-consumer-protection-accuracy-weights-and-measures-s9-24-9Washington County – Consumer Protection: Accuracy of Weights and Measures (S9-24-4)
… required by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets regulations and article 16 of the New York State … Agriculture and Markets Law (AML).As a result, consumers are at increased risk of paying more than necessary for goods … devices that we reviewed were not inspected as required. There was no system in place to maintain a complete and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/03/washington-county-consumer-protection-accuracy-weights-and-measures-s9-24-4Madison County – Consumer Protections: Accuracy of Weights and Measures (S9-24-8)
… measuring devices used to price goods and whether complete records were maintained. Key Findings The Director of … devices or maintain complete inspection or inventory records as required by New York State Department of … measuring devices used to price goods and whether complete records were maintained …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/03/madison-county-consumer-protections-accuracy-weights-and-measures-s9-24-8Center Moriches Union Free School District – Payroll (2024M-155)
… totaling $100,103 were accurately paid. We questioned the reasonableness of payments for 258 chaperoning and sports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/18/center-moriches-union-free-school-district-payroll-2024m-155Other Bulletin No. 13
… are eligible for the payment provided the employee: Is on the payroll September 30, 2010 (Active, on Paid Leave … as used in determining eligibility for the LLS payment, is paid service (including part-time annual-salaried service, … during 2010-2011: An employee who otherwise qualifies but is on an approved Leave of Absence without Pay including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-13-october-2010-suny-construction-fund-longevity-lump-sumDiNapoli: Convicted Drunk Drivers Not Installing Court-Ordered Ignition Locks
… While efforts were made to strengthen Leandra’s Law, it is still too easy to circumvent the law. City officials must … more senseless accidents and tragedies, but clearly there is work to be done statewide.” In New York state, a person convicted of DWI is subject to a range of sanctions, including license …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-convicted-drunk-drivers-not-installing-court-ordered-ignition-locksState 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 … a detailed review of the complaint history for a Manhattan location showed that, of the 1,350 noise complaints received … 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-nycOpinion 2000-2
… the village, by resolution, may accomplish much of what is proposed, in the context of recreation, senior citizen and … Law, §224[13]; General City Law, §20[25-b]). While there is no analogous provision in the Village Law, villages are … to that authorized for towns in Town Law, §64(17-b) is a matter of the property, affairs and government of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 94-25
… company". The service award statute does not define what is meant by "official meetings of [a] volunteer fire company" … view, an "official meeting of [a] volunteer fire company" is a duly authorized meeting of the entire membership of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25Opinion 88-61
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … Service which is dated by postmark with a date on or before the last day for the payment of taxes without penalty. … mailing is acceptable as proof of the date of mailing of a petition for redetermination under the Internal Revenue Code …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-61Opinion 99-2
… would be subject to competitive bidding requirements if it is known or reasonably expected that the competitive bidding … monetary threshold for purchases will be exceeded. If it is not known or reasonably expected that the competitive … with its procurement policies and procedures. This is in reply to your letter concerning competitive bidding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-2Opinion 99-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … Pursuant to Town Law, §202(5), the debt service costs for each extension are charged only against the benefited … the procedure by which the outstanding indebtedness issued for the water district and its extensions may be charged to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-12Opinion 88-8
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … 567, affd 54 AD2d 159, 388 NYS2d 422; 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-180, p 226; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-75, p __). Therefore, abstention by the board member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8SUNY Bulletin No. SU-269
… wages to fund the program. Paid Family Leave coverage is funded by employee payroll deductions. State employees who … represented by a union may be covered if Paid Family Leave is collectively bargained. Complete details on Paid Family … for PFL waivers, and upon determining that an employee is no longer eligible for a waiver, the agency must advise …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-269-new-york-state-paid-family-leave-program-united-universityDiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Budget Financial and Capital Plans
… of an economic downturn." The $170.3 billion spending plan is up $6.5 billion from SFY 2017-18. Total receipts are … than two-thirds of federal funds spending, $38.3 billion, is for local assistance Medicaid payments through the … budgetary risks for New York. State-supported debt service is projected to increase by an average 4.4 percent annually …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-budget-financial-and-capital-plansDiNapoli, Stringer Lead Investors Calling on Olympic Sponsors to End Their Silence, Defend Russian LGBT Rights
… the nearly $150 billion New York City pension funds. “It is long past time these sponsors take a stand and condemn … social policies and practices to protect shareholder value is at the heart of the recently promulgated United Nations … and Shareholder Advocacy at Clean Yield Management. “There is simply no justification for silence and inaction on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-stringer-lead-investors-calling-olympic-sponsors-end-their-silence-defend-russian-lgbtDiNapoli: Audit Identifies $800,000 in Ineligible Costs Submitted by NYC Special Education Provider
… education preschool program providers found a Brooklyn school that claimed $800,000 in costs that were not eligible … to recover the ineligible reimbursements.” The Milestone School for Child Development is a for-profit preschool that … Education (DoE) refers students to Milestone and pays the school’s expenses based on rates set by the State Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-audit-identifies-800000-ineligible-costs-submitted-nyc-special-education-provider