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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1378
… Purpose To provide the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency … Employees in Bargaining Unit 05 on 04/01/13 are eligible to receive the 2013 PEF OFPC Uniform Maintenance Allowance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1378-2013-and-2014-uniform-maintenance-allowance-employees-fire-protectionState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… project funds and three community development funds have negative fund balances that may require a transfer from … of the city’s eight union collective bargaining agreements have expired or will expire soon and the city could face … which may not be available in future years and does not include a specific appropriation for contractual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsCity of Yonkers – Budget Review (B23-6-5)
… projections in the City’s proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The City of Yonkers is … $45 million to liquidate current deficits in the City School District’s general fund as of June 30, 2014. Chapter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/05/16/city-yonkers-budget-review-b23-6-5DiNapoli Op-Ed: The Double-Edged Sword of Pandemic-Driven Technological Acceleration
… communications. Many artificial intelligence (AI) products have come out of these advances, and many are being put to … pace. New York City and state agencies, for example, have experienced a broad expansion of AI applications, such … of AI applications during the pandemic, New York City does not have an effective AI governance framework. As we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/dinapoli-op-ed-double-edged-sword-pandemic-driven-technological-accelerationOversight of Building Construction Site Safety
… Objective To determine if the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) adequately monitors … in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Key Findings We found DOB’s oversight of building construction sites, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/01/oversight-building-construction-site-safetyMaximizing Incentives for Individuals With Disabilities
… American Community Survey (ACS), there were approximately 1 million working-age adults (ages 21–64) with a disability in New York State. The employment rate of working-age adults with a disability was 33% compared to 74% for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/08/30/maximizing-incentives-individuals-disabilitiesDiNapoli: Town of Altona Official Misused $23,500
… DiNapoli. “This individual controlled town finances with little oversight and had no difficulty in pocketing public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-town-altona-official-misused-23500Opinion 93-19
… certified copies of orders of adoption. This is in reply to your correspondence in which you requested our opinion … office. The Surrogate's Courts are divided in practice as to how SCPA, §2402(13) should be applied to certificates of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-19Opinion 93-11
… district or fire district (see also State Constitution, art VIII, §4). Section 104.00(a) defines "indebtedness", for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-11Opinion 97-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular … department to pay the cost of constructing a trophy case in the department's meeting room, and to pay for furniture … fire insurance tax moneys except as otherwise provided in any special law 1 . These sections provide that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-14XIX.4 Suballocations – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… when an owning agency for a given project has the need to have assistances from other state agencies to support their efforts on the activities of the overall … transferring the budget authority from the owning agency to the supporting agency(s). Once the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix4-suballocationsDiNapoli: Transparency Needed as NYC Moves Forward with Difficult Budget Choices
… greater transparency for nondiscretionary costs that it does not have direct control over to help the public, policymakers and … operational needs, or a lack of lower-cost alternatives, have historically prevented the city from avoiding unplanned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-transparency-needed-nyc-moves-forward-difficult-budget-choicesComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Arkport Central School District , Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services , Fabius-Pompey Central … (Westchester County) The board and district officials need to improve controls over the district’s information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli: MTA Not Holding Paratransit Contractor Accountable
… calls and provided inaccurate travel planning information to customers who utilize the MTA’s Access-A-Ride (AAR) … mistakes, there is no real incentive for the contractor to improve its practices. I urge MTA officials to collect the penalties owed and beef up its monitoring of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-mta-not-holding-paratransit-contractor-accountableState Agencies Bulletin No. 759
… Purpose To provide agencies with information regarding the processing … incurred by the employer for educational assistance to the employee if the assistance is furnished pursuant to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/759-educational-assistance-benefitsMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Managed Long Term Care Partial Capitation Plans
… than 120 days; have both Medicaid and Medicare; and are age 21 or older. Medicaid pays Plans a monthly capitation … Plans 5,368 monthly capitation payments totaling about $21.4 million for recipients who were subsequently disenrolled … Determined by the New York State of Health System (2014-S-4) Department of Health: Optimizing Medicaid Drug Rebates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/30/medicaid-program-improper-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-managed-long-term-careComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Village of Catskill , Town of East Fishkill , … Water District and the Village of West Hampton Dunes . “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … general ledger to be out of balance by nearly $7 million. In addition, the board has not developed a multiyear …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Train On-Time Performance
… City Transit (Transit) provides rapid transit services in New York City, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The MTA’s … station stops or fails to operate on its scheduled route in accordance with the timetable). Transit’s Department of … percent. On balance, there has been a persistent decline in OTP during the period. For the period March 2013 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/12/train-time-performanceXII.6.E Making an Emergency Payment – XII. Expenditures
… AND POLICIES This section informs Business Units how to process vouchers to vendors when an emergency procurement exists and the … vendor cannot be added using the Vendor Add process prior to payment. An emergency procurement is one in which an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6e-making-emergency-paymentState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… City School Support Services (NYCSSS) – was created solely to provide custodial services at DOE schools. Auditors found DOE did not fulfill all the elements required to determine if negotiated services – the non-competitive procurement method used to award the custodial services contracts – was in its best …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits