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Chenango Forks Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-98)
… budgeted appropriations for the 2013-14 fiscal year are $30.5 million. Key Findings The Board-adopted budgets for … recurring expenditures. Although the District is currently financially stable, relying on one-time revenues combined with decreasing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/08/08/chenango-forks-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-98Assessment and Collection of Selected Fees and Penalties
… whether the Department of Labor (Department) is assessing and collecting all required fees and penalties. Our audit covered the period April 1, 2008 … through July 31, 2011. Background The Department assesses and collects a wide range of fees for various … whether the Department of Labor Department is assessing and collecting all required fees and penalties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/05/31/assessment-and-collection-selected-fees-and-penaltiesTown of Poughkeepsie – Parking Violation Enforcement and Collection (2016M-416)
… parking ticket collection process for the period January 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Background The Town of Poughkeepsie is located in Duchess County and has a population of approximately … since September 1990. One clerk was responsible for all aspects of Court ticket functions without oversight. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/11/22/town-poughkeepsie-parking-violation-enforcement-and-collection-2016m-416East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-1)
… Moriches Union Free School District’s (District) Board of Education (Board) and Superintendent effectively managed … has continuously grown over the past five fiscal years. As of June 30, 2021, it was over $7.1 million, or 24.3 percent of the next year’s budget, exceeding the 4 percent statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementCanton Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-287)
… has been depleted from $1.9 million to just over $730,000 (or 3.1 percent of District appropriations) in 2011-12. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/20/canton-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-287Village of Delhi – Financial Condition (2013M-110)
… while the Village’s real property tax levy continued to increase slightly by 7 percent from 2007 to 2012. As of May …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/07/26/village-delhi-financial-condition-2013m-110Henrietta Fire District – Financial Condition (2021M-27)
Determine whether the Board of Commissioners Board effectively managed the Henrietta Fire Districts Districts financial condition
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/07/16/henrietta-fire-district-financial-condition-2021m-27Dalton-Nunda Central School District – Financial Management (2020M-92)
… and made it appear that the District needed to both increase taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/10/16/dalton-nunda-central-school-district-financial-management-2020m-92DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $267.7 Billion at End of First Quarter
… estimated value of the New York State Common Retirement Fund Fund was $2677 billion at the end of the first quarter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-267-point-7-billion-end-first-quarterDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $274.6 Billion at End of Second Quarter
… Sept. 30, 2024, Fund investments returned an estimated 4.15%. “While investors continue to face uncertainty, steady … remaining Fund assets by allocation are invested in cash, bonds, and mortgages (22.22%), private equity (14.45%), real …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-274-point-6-billion-end-second-quarterTown of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and Valley Stream Union Free School District 30 – Green Acres Mall PILOT Payments (2017M-233)
… and procedures when approving and administrating the Green Acres Mall and Commons development projects and whether District 30 appropriately budgeted for the Green Acres payments-in-lieu of taxes (PILOTs) and the … by the Board of Education, which includes five members. Green Acres parcels paid $20.6 million in property taxes in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2017/12/19/town-hempstead-industrial-development-agency-and-valleyOpinion 98 - 22
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … law, created a publicity fund "in an amount not exceeding $5,000 in a fiscal year". The village board is considering …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-22Responsiveness to Noise Complaints Related to Construction Projects
… Noise Code (Noise Code) and adequately addressed noise complaints related to construction in New York City. Our … June 30, 2016, a total of 90,861 construction noise complaints were called in to New York City’s 311 system. … are the agencies primarily responsible for handling such complaints. The Noise Code states that DEP is responsible to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/08/31/responsiveness-noise-complaints-related-construction-projectsDiNapoli: Funds Dedicated for Highway & Bridge Capital Projects Continue to be Diverted for Operating and Debt Costs
… Money in the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund continues to be diverted for non-capital purposes, leaving critical highway and bridge projects at increased risk as the state faces fiscal … Money in the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund continues to be diverted for noncapital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-funds-dedicated-highway-bridge-capital-projects-continue-be-diverted-operating-and-debtPractices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees
… he/she decide to contest a Notice of Violation (NOV or summons). TAB also handles the actual processing of the NOVs, … efforts on uncollected violations 18 months after a summons issue date, although a substantial amount of fines … months of 2015, TAB purged $66.8 million of uncollected summons fines and fees because their 20-year limit had been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/11/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-feesPension Payment Option Election – Divorce and Your Benefits
… At retirement, a member must elect a pension payment option, which determines how the retirement benefit … after their death. Some DROs require the member to elect a pension payment option that provides a continuing benefit to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/pension-payment-option-electionNY Common Retirement Fund Announces New Measures to Protect State Pension Fund From Climate Risk and Invest in Climate Solutions
… increase its climate index investments by 50% to over $10 billion over the next two years, with the longer-term goal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/ny-common-retirement-fund-announces-new-measures-protect-state-pension-fund-climate-risk-and-investDiNapoli: Heroin, Opioid Overdose Death Rates Rose Faster in New York Than in Most States
… heroin and prescription opioid abuse reached record highs in New York state in 2014, according to a report issued today by State … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The overdose death rates in New York increased faster over the preceding decade than … heroin and prescription opioid abuse reached record highs in New York state in 2014 according to a report issued today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-heroin-opioid-overdose-death-rates-rose-faster-new-york-most-statesDiNapoli Report Examines State School Aid Trends
… of the GEA entirely for 200 mostly high need districts and reducing it by at least 30 percent for the remaining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-report-examines-state-school-aid-trendsFare Evasion (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the 19 recommendations included in our initial audit report, Fare Evasion ( 2019-S-7 ). … network, serving a population of 15.3 million people in the 5,000-square-mile area fanning out from New York City … Fare Enforcement and Worker Safety Program was effective in achieving its goal of reducing annual fare evasion losses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/22/fare-evasion-follow