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DiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters
… serving food were tested for TB. Three separate agencies are supposed to make sure that happens, but my auditors found … that serve food to residents. According to OTDA, there are 158 certified shelters in New York City (94 adult … their inspections. They now employ 28 inspectors who are tasked with inspecting each facility twice per calendar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-sheltersDiNapoli: State Missing Nearly $2.4 Million in Uncollected Tolls
… be done to ensure that those using our bridges and tunnels are paying the required tolls and that the TBTA is collecting … the license plates captured on camera cannot be traced or are not legible. The audit, which covered a period from … estimate based on the assumption that all unbilled tolls are cars. The toll for a five-axle tractor trailer is almost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-state-missing-nearly-24-million-uncollected-tollsDiNapoli and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Op-Ed: New York Mothers Should Not Be Dying in Childbirth in 2025
… from 2018-2021. And, as with many health issues, there are stark racial and ethnic disparities. Black women in New York City are dying at six times the rate of white women, and Hispanic women are dying at three times the rate of white women. About three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-and-brooklyn-borough-president-antonio-reynoso-op-ed-new-york-mothers-should-not-be-dyingOpinion 2000-9
… program under which specific performance criteria are set forth and disclosed to the executive director prior … 677 NYS2d 72). Although industrial development agencies are not constitutionally proscribed from making gifts of … evaluation plan under which identifiable criteria are fixed and made known to employees prior to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9XI.11.C Banking Services Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… banking services contracts. The following definitions are applicable to this section: Banking Services -- Services … services by retaining deposits with the bank, which are credited with interest pursuant to a formula prescribed … the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). These earnings are used to compensate the bank for services provided. State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi11c-banking-services-contractsVII.1 State Revenues Overview – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… to an appropriation as authorized in legislation. There are few exceptions to State laws that govern the disposition … of state revenues, such as inmate or client funds which are maintained outside the State Treasury in OSC approved … for credit to agency funds and accounts. State Agencies are required to notify BSAO CMU by e-mail at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii1-state-revenues-overviewXI-A.6 Auto-Sourcing Purchase Orders – XI-A. Purchasing
… on a PO that is already included on the contract, contract line, and/or distribution line. For example, a Contract Processor can stage 12 releases … module and an agency Buyer will be able to review the error message, Reset/Purge the requisition in error, and make …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a6-auto-sourcing-purchase-ordersSignal Maintenance, Inspections, and Testing
… section locations. NYCT employs Signal Maintainers, who are responsible for the maintenance, inspection, and testing … within the required intervals. Maintenance Supervisors are required to inspect all of the devices within their … $235 million. For example, signal relays, which are reported at an estimated 350,000 units in the SSPP, come …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/17/signal-maintenance-inspections-and-testingState Agencies Bulletin No. 2379
… exceed the $5,250 exclusion limit for calendar year 2025 are affected. Per IRS Publication 15-B, Employer’s Tax Guide … wages. Amounts in excess of $5,250 must be reported and are subject to federal, state, local, Social Security, and … qualified program. Benefits paid by a nonqualified program are fully taxable. Most State of New York programs are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2379-educational-assistance-benefits-2025State Agencies Bulletin No. 2409
… Affected Employees: Employees in the groups defined below are affected: Employees who were paid overtime in a title … 21, 2025. Employer Reporting : Employers and other payors are required to furnish information statements, such as IRS … Box 14 of the IRS Form W-2. Please Note : Employees that are exempt or ineligible under the FLSA may receive premium …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2409-reporting-premium-overtime-earningsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-733
… Employees CUNY employees in the title of Elevator Mechanic are affected. Background A Consent Determination has been … The retroactive rate increases for Elevator Mechanics are effective 09/25/2020, 03/17/2021, and 11/01/2021. … Criteria CUNY employees in Elevator Mechanic titles are eligible for the payment on the effective date. Further …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-733-cuny-elevator-mechanic-rate-increasesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-736
… employees in the title of Painter and Supervisor Painter are affected. Background: A Consent Determination has been … rate increases for Painters and Supervisor Painters are effective 11/25/2017, 11/25/2018, and 12/25/2019. … CUNY employees in Painter and Supervisor Painter titles are eligible for the payment on the effective dates. Further …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-736-cuny-painter-and-supervisor-painter-retroactive-rateState Agencies Bulletin No. 1945.1
… Employees: Employees on Workers’ Compensation leave are affected. Background: New Action/Reason for Workers’ … with a Workers’ Compensation injury related to an assault are entitled to two years of leave but only one year of Workers’ Compensation benefits. These employees are removed from the Workers’ Compensation leave code and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19451-process-changes-workers-compensation-leave-payservState Agencies Bulletin No. 2164
… payroll check outreach, any paychecks issued in 2022 that are not cashed, reversed, or reissued will be turned over to … Dates: Paychecks issued on or prior to October 25, 2023, are due immediately. Pay Checks Issued On Must be Received by … corresponding paperwork has been submitted, or the checks are identified as escheatable per the Abandoned Property Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2164-schedule-submitting-2023-year-end-returned-checksDiNapoli Audit: Pre-K Special Education Provider Spent $2.5 Million in Unallowed Expenses
… based on the eligible expenses they report. Providers are not allowed to charge the costs of related services to … recommended the school take steps to ensure its costs are properly reported and meet SED requirements for … Point’s services using rates established by SED. The rates are based on the financial information that Starting Point …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-audit-pre-k-special-education-provider-spent-25-million-unallowed-expensesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-845
… below bargaining units who meet the eligibility criteria are impacted: Bargaining Unit Description SB Teamsters City … paychecks dated 10/02/2025. The rate and effective date are as follows: Negotiating Unit Effective Date General … may be eligible for the General Salary Increase if they: Are in Department 70XX0 or 70XX2; and Are in a BU identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-845-cuny-2025-3125-general-salary-increases-internationalDiNapoli: Public Must Be Alerted to Sewer Overflow Problems
… redouble efforts to make sure all municipal sewer systems are complying with state law on reporting when overflow events occur and to make sure problems are addressed.” Two laws related to wastewater discharges … have certain reporting responsibilities. For example, many are required to submit periodic reports that detail facility …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-public-must-be-alerted-sewer-overflow-problemsOpinion 88-26
… pass to the State at the end of the lease term. There are two provisions in the Executive Law which may be … of the contract, including the manner in which costs are to be calculated and paid by the municipality. The … such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as are approved by the municipal governing board, any real …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-26Opinion 88-25
… Law (§§190, et seq .), the facilities in a park district are constructed and maintained wholly at the expense of the district and are exclusively for the benefit of the people within the … and district taxpayers, whether or not such taxpayers are residents, must be permitted to use district facilities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-25Opinion 90-32
… 220, or Highway Law, §142(4). Inconsistent prior opinions are superseded. You ask whether a town's proposed expenditure … 81 and 220, however, do not apply where the expenditures are to be made from surplus funds or are financed pursuant to the Local Finance Law (see In re …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-32