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Opinion 96-13
… RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§40, 100, 101: A person may simultaneously participate in, and receive … the State Employees' Retirement System. You ask whether a person may simultaneously participate in, and receive … Retirement System, but does not prohibit membership by a person who is a participant in a service award program. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-13DiNapoli: Former Hempstead School District Official Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud
… for the Hempstead School District, pleaded guilty today at the federal courthouse in Central Islip to access device … and the plea proceeding, Gregg was the Chief of Facilities at the Hempstead School District from 2016 to 2018. In that … to use the credit card for his own personal purchases at Home Depot, in exchange for kickbacks to Gregg of cash and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-former-hempstead-school-district-official-pleads-guilty-credit-card-fraudDiNapoli: Former Marbletown Fire Chief Pleads Guilty in Connection With $100K Theft From the Department
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Wayne County District … G. James announced that William Storrs, a former fire chief and treasurer, pleaded guilty in connection with the theft of more than $101,000 from the … State Comptroller DiNapoli Wayne County District Attorney …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-former-marbletown-fire-chief-pleads-guilty-connection-100k-theft-departmentU. S. Steel and DiNapoli Agree on Enhanced Disclosure of Corporate Political Contributions
… Aetna Inc., Delta Air Lines, Express Scripts Holding Co., NextEra Energy Inc., Nisource Inc., Raytheon Company, … Companies Inc., Waste Management Inc., Western Union Co., and Wynn Resorts. The following 27 companies have … Timber Company, Inc. Qualcomm Inc. Southwest Airlines Co. 2012 CSX Corporation The Kroger Co. PG&E Corporation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/u-s-steel-and-dinapoli-agree-enhanced-disclosure-corporate-political-contributionsDiNapoli: Pleasant Valley Woman Arrested Stealing Funds From New York State and Local Retirement System
… to appear before the town of Stanford Court on September 26, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-pleasant-valley-woman-arrested-stealing-funds-new-york-state-and-local-retirement-systemState Health Department Slow to Inspect Violations at Adult Care Facilities, Audit Finds
… Department of Health (DOH) is not adequately overseeing adult care facilities, risking the health and safety of … documentation to show critical problems were corrected. “Adult care facilities across the state have a responsibility … then vulnerable residents could be left at risk.” Adult care facilities are primarily home to the elderly who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-health-department-slow-inspect-violations-adult-care-facilities-audit-findsDiNapoli: Improvements at NYS Parks Needed to Remove Barriers for People With Disabilities
… example, Midway State Park offered a wheelchair accessible playground, and Letchworth State Park had an Autism Nature …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-improvements-nys-parks-needed-remove-barriers-people-disabilitiesDiNapoli: Better DEC Oversight of Dams Recommended To Prevent Failures and Safeguard Communities
… including 153 of 505 (30%) Hazard Class B dams and five of 338 (1.5%) Hazard Class C dams. 456 of 685 dams (67%) did not … including 249 of 505 (49%) Hazard Class B dams and 29 of 338 (8.6%) Hazard Class C dams. 86 of 565 dams (15%) did not … including 110 of 505 (22%) Hazard Class B dams and five of 338 (1.5%) Hazard Class C dams. 248 of 728 dams (34%) did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-better-dec-oversight-dams-recommended-prevent-failures-and-safeguard-communitiesMitigation for Extreme Weather Conditions and Flooding
… service area include more extreme precipitation events, coastal storms and storm surges, flooding, and, in the longer … Metro-North has developed a Winter Storm Plan and a Coastal Storm and Hurricane Plan, which include standard … due to heavy rains. Metro-North’s Winter Storm Plan and Coastal Storm and Hurricane Plan do not account for weather …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/06/mitigation-extreme-weather-conditions-and-floodingIX.2.B Terminology – IX. Federal Grants
… is an electronic payment and information system developed in 1995 to provide a single point-of- contact for the request … draws can never exceed the award authorization entered in the ASAP system. Award - See Grant Award Award Periods … Number to uniquely identify entities. Now, entities doing business with the Federal government use the Unique Entity ID …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix2b-terminologyDiNapoli: State Needs to Ensure Timely Execution of Contracts with Not-For-Profits
… averaging nearly 70% late for more than twenty years. The number of contracts varies year to year. Click here for a … report is essential to the nonprofit sector,” said Reg Foster, President and CEO of United Way of New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-state-needs-ensure-timely-execution-contracts-not-profitsGenesee County Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2014M-66)
… demonstrate how GCIDA established its minimum cost-benefit analysis ratio. GCIDA officials do not adequately monitor … attributed to newly created jobs in the cost-benefit analysis. Formally develop a cost-benefit analysis ratio or ratios that meet its needs, is reflective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2014/05/14/genesee-county-industrial-development-agency-projectDiNapoli and NY State Pension Fund Reach Agreements with Major Companies on Executive Pay
… State Common Retirement Fund has reached agreements with Microsoft Corp. , CVS Health Corp. , Macy's Inc. , The TJX Companies Inc. and Salesforce.com to reexamine their CEO and executive pay and adopt policies that take into account the compensation of the rest of their workforces. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/dinapoli-and-ny-state-pension-fund-reach-agreements-major-companies-executive-payErie Community College – Board Oversight and Management of College Resources (2015M-212)
… benefits for senior executives and was allowed to do so without adequate Board oversight. The Board did not … that written agreements with affiliated entities stipulate how performance will be measured and evaluated and establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/community-college/2016/01/13/erie-community-college-board-oversight-and-management-college-resourcesDiNapoli Announces Sale of $636 Million State of New York General Obligation Bonds
… education and environmental purposes, and depending on market conditions, $454.8 million to refund a portion of … of the State of New York on March 16, 2021, as set forth in the Notice of Sale published in The Bond Buyer on March … of delivery, expected to be March 23, 2021. Dependent on market conditions, the State of New York reserves its right …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-announces-sale-636-million-state-new-york-general-obligation-bondsLength of Service Award Programs (2014-MS-1)
… were awarding Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) service credits to volunteer firefighters accurately … The fire district or municipality that sponsors a LOSAP is required to establish a point system that complies … Law (GML). The point system specifies how points toward LOSAP service credit will be earned by volunteers. GML …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2015/02/06/length-service-award-programs-2014-ms-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… enforcement resources and improve its ability to assess boating safety risks and mitigate them. Department of Health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… personnel; leak testing results for treatment lines; concrete inspection and testing results, including core …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Medicaid Program – Medicaid Overpayments for Medicare Part B Services Billed Directly to eMedNY
… Medicaid made improper payments to providers who submitted Part B cost-sharing claims directly to eMedNY. The audit … The Medicare program has multiple parts. Medicare Part B provides supplementary medical insurance coverage for … Medicare enrollees are responsible for paying all costs of Part B services until their annual deductible is met. After …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/11/medicaid-program-medicaid-overpayments-medicare-part-b-services-billed-directly-emednyState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… all of the fund balance appropriated to finance operations for fiscal years 2016-17 through 2018-19. The board has not … costs will need to be monitored closely to ensure they do not exceed budgeted appropriations. Consequently, the … implement budget cuts in the 2020-21 budget. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1