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Accounts Payable Advisory No. 4

… Subject: Making Payments to Verizon for Landline Phone Services Guidance: Consistent with the … Improper preparation of vouchers payable to Verizon for landline services may delay payment crediting and … Units must ensure there is a unique invoice number for each voucher. Due to Verizon’s billing cycle, Business …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/4-complex-entity-verizon-landline-services

Hicksville Water District – Competitive Quotations (2013M-233)

… 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013. Background The Hicksville Water District is located in the Towns of Oyster Bay and Hempstead, in Nassau County. The District provides water to about 48,000 customers each year. A three-member … Hicksville Water District Competitive Quotations 2013M233 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2013/10/25/hicksville-water-district-competitive-quotations-2013m-233

DiNapoli: Under New Tax Cap Calculation, School District Tax Levy Growth Near Zero

… 677 school districts as well as 10 cities, including the “Big Four” cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. … state’s school districts (excluding New York City and the Big Four city school districts) will have about $308 million …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-under-new-tax-cap-calculation-school-district-tax-levy-growth-near-zero

Warren County Local Development Corporation – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-102-F)

… included 10 recommendations to help officials monitor and improve the Corporation’s oversight of the revolving loan program, including monitoring the use of the loans and enforcing repayment of the loans in accordance with … loan program. The EDC is a 501(c)(3) organization and is managed by a President who is an employee of the EDC. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/03/28/warren-county-local-development-corporation-audit-follow-2021m-102-f

Lily Dale Volunteer Fire Company – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-336)

… $4,045 for fundraising and soda sales was deposited on July 26, 2013, but not included in the July monthly … authorize all claims prior to payment to ensure that they have supporting documentation and are for legitimate Company …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/01/31/lily-dale-volunteer-fire-company-internal-controls-over-financial

Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency – Management Practices (2013M-251)

… Job creation was less than the agreed-upon amount by 1,398 jobs. Six of these 10 companies will receive tax exemption … their contracts, in part, because of their plan to create jobs in Dutchess County. Therefore, taxpayers may not be … $14,351,627 were not reported on the Public Authorities Reporting Information System report. Furthermore, two …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2014/03/04/dutchess-county-industrial-development-agency-management

Fixed Income

… who oversee the emerging managers on behalf of the Fund The partners source perform due diligence and recommend …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/emerging-manager/fixed-income

Review of the Enacted Budget: State Fiscal Year 2021-22, April 2021

The New York State All Funds Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021-22 totals an estimated $212 billion – the largest budget in State history, almost 10 percent greater than the prior year.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/budget/pdf/enacted-budget-report-2021-22.pdf

DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores

… financial statements, eight entities have received the highest designation of “significant fiscal stress.” This … Fourteen communities have been listed in the second highest category of “moderate fiscal stress.” This includes: … contracts, visit Open Book New York . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to promote openness in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scores

Reporting on Foreclosure of Real Property Funds – Kings County

… 1, 2010 through March 13, 2013. Background The Office of Court Administration is responsible for directing and … Brooklyn (Kings County) is in the 2nd District. The County Clerk's Office acts as the clerk of the respective county's … unable to negotiate a settlement, the plaintiff requests judicial intervention. If the foreclosure process continues, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/12/reporting-foreclosure-real-property-funds-kings-county

Cost-Saving Ideas: Overtime Planning and Management

… savings. Employee salaries and benefits, including pension benefits, are large expenses for New York's local … wages can significantly increase personal service 1 and pension costs. For example, 8 to 30 percent of wages paid to … legal counsel, as appropriate. AWS examples Five-day flex schedule: Regular start and end times, but allows for changes …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-overtime-planning-and-management

DiNapoli: MTA's Plan to Pull Trash Cans Didn't Make Stations Cleaner

… seemingly counterintuitive, experiment to reduce exposed trash and rats in subway stations by getting rid of trash receptacles showed little evidence of success, … for the fact that riders have a harder time finding a trash can." The MTA's NYC Transit launched its "Trash Can …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mtas-plan-pull-trash-cans-didnt-make-stations-cleaner

The Arc Erie County New York - Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2022-S-10) 180-Day Response

To determine whether costs reported by Arc Erie County New York on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s guidelines, including the Reimbursable Cost Manual and the Consolidated Fiscal Reporting and ...

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-22s10-response.pdf

Mainstream Managed Care Organizations – Administrative Costs Used in Premium Rate Setting (Follow-Up) (2018-F-10) 90-Day Response

To determine the extent of implementation of the seven recommendations made in our initial audit report, Mainstream Managed Care Organizations – Administrative Costs...

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18f10-response.pdf

Opinion 99-16

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Defense and Indemnification (indemnification of custodial bank) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and … Concerning the propriety of an indemnification provision in a proposed custodial …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-16

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1025

… Report, providing information on the addresses that do not meet the bar-code format. (Please note, improvements … be bar-coded. These guidelines can be found at www.usps.com and in the attached Guidelines for Writing Barcodeable …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1025-direct-mailing-direct-deposit-advice-statements

Opinion 2006-4

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … by a qualifying federal home loan bank) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§10(3), 11(2): The provisions of General Municipal Law §10(1)(h) that limit to ninety days the term of an …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-4

New York City’s Uneven Recovery: Youth Labor Force Struggling

… FIGURE 2 – Unemployment Rates for Workers Aged 16 to 24 by Race and Ethnicity in New York City White Black Hispanic … March 2022, at https://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/reports/nyc-sectors/arts-entertainment-and-recreation . 5 OSC, New … at https://tracktherecovery.org/ . 7 New York City Mayor Eric Adams, press release (Summer Youth Employment), February …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-citys-uneven-recovery-youth-labor-force-struggling