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Independent Oversight: OSC's Contract Review Safeguards Public Funds
… Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23 allowed at least $11 billion in spending without a competitive process or the benefit of … an OSC review. These actions build on exclusions adopted in prior budgets that have significantly eroded the Comptroller’s vital role in independent review and approval of contracts. OSC’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/independent-oversight-osc-contract-review-safeguards-public-fundsUnitedHealthcare – Improper Payments for Medical Services Designated By Modifier Code 59
… and retired State, participating local government and school district employees and their dependents. The Empire … billed with modifier 59 may involve a different anatomical site or separate injury. From September 1, 2012 to August 31, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/08/unitedhealthcare-improper-payments-medical-services-designated-modifier-code-59Overview – When Employees Retire
… Employees must apply for retirement in order to start receiving their pension. To …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/when-employees-retire/overviewState Agencies Bulletin No. 1090
… information. Note: PayServ uses the term Account Code to mean the value on the Account Code page that … Law. Additionally, there are CAS Object Codes that have no corresponding SFS Account Code. For example, 41700 and 42500 will no longer be available. SFS Account Code Format Personal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1090-payserv-data-conversion-requirements-statewide-financial-systemSelected Aspects of Bus Procurement
… in the best value for the lowest cost. The audit covered bus purchases from January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011. … has seven operating constituent agencies; two of them, MTA Bus and New York City Transit, provide bus service. In 2008, the MTA established its Regional Bus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/03/selected-aspects-bus-procurementComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… $115,000. Fonda-Fultonville Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility – Board Oversight (Montgomery County) Auditors … to operate the Fonda-Fultonville Joint Wastewater Facility, which provides sewage treatment services to … determined that the council did not adopt policies that address how compensatory (comp) time will be authorized, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsMedicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2020 Through March 31, 2021
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health’s (Department) … were submitted by approved providers, were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to the providers. The audit covered the period from October …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/19/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2020-through-march-31-2021Other Bulletin No. 8
… Unit 97 who meet the eligibility criteria Background The State University Construction Fund Resolution and Chapter 10 … employees who were placed on Military Stipend due to new military orders on or after the effective date of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-8-april-1-2009-salary-increase-suny-construction-fundCredit Card Debt in New York State, May 2018
In 2017, credit card debt in New York totaled $58.2 billion, the fourth highest amount of all states.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/economic-credit-card-debt-2018.pdfOpinion 93-28
… (CHIPs moneys subject to section 284 agreement) HIGHWAY LAW, §§10-c, 284: Consolidated Local Highway Assistance … superintendent pursuant to section 284 of the Highway Law. You ask whether moneys received pursuant to section 10-c of the Highway Law are subject to the agreement between the town board and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28XII.5.F Payment Dates and Terms Overview – XII. Expenditures
… AND POLICIES This section provides guidance to agencies on how the Basis Date impacts the Schedule Due and Discount … The Basis Date is managed by the Office of the State Comptroller’s Vendor Management Unit (VMU) through the … Date in the Statewide Financial System (SFS). Pursuant to State Finance Law §179-e, a proper invoice is a written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5f-payment-dates-and-terms-overviewState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits and Examinations
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued: Department of Health (DOH): New York City School-Based Health Centers: … potentially hazardous medical supplies. For example, 10 of the 11 SBHCs sampled had shortages in various medication …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-and-examinations-0Selected Programs to Assist Businesses in New York City
… Objectives To determine whether the New York City Department of Small … Advocates and Compliance Advisors provided services to assist businesses in opening, operating, and expanding … To determine whether the New York City Department of Small Business Services provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/14/selected-programs-assist-businesses-new-york-cityEssex County Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2024M-146)
… exemptions (e.g., real property, mortgage recording and sales and use taxes), to businesses to encourage various … receive IDA financial assistance, promise to create new jobs or retain existing jobs in the community and invest in … $360 million. Seven of the approved projects were granted sales and use tax exemptions and three were granted mortgage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/08/15/essex-county-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-and-monitoring-2024mOversight of Runaway and Homeless Youth (Follow-Up)
… on a given night. Counties with approved RHY programs can opt in to receive RHY funding from OCFS. Twenty-five counties and the municipality of New York City opt to receive funding; the other counties do not, and … possible mold. Additionally, for counties that did not opt in to receive RHY funding and did not operate certified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/05/17/oversight-runaway-and-homeless-youth-followSUNY Bulletin No. SU-365
… Grade 980 positions with a Comp Rate Code of CYF and CAL are affected. Background: In any fiscal year in which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-365-non-leap-year-factor-change-fiscal-year-2024-2025-suny-calDiNapoli: One in Ten New York Households Suffer From Food Insecurity
… should extend temporary benefits for SNAP, WIC and school meal programs until inflation’s impact on food costs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-one-ten-new-york-households-suffer-food-insecurityEscalation – Article 14 Benefits
… Service retirement benefits can be eligible for either full or partial escalation. If a benefit is eligible for full escalation, it will increase or decrease each April at a … will never decrease below the original amount paid. The full escalation date for a service retirement is the first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1644/escalationState Agencies Bulletin No. 1799.1
… of 25% of the employee’s disposable earnings for the week or the amount by which the employee’s disposable earnings for the week exceeds 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/17991-update-general-deduction-rules-writs-garnishments-and-new-york-stateState Agencies Bulletin No. 1799
… of 25% of the employee’s disposable earnings for the week or the amount by which the employee’s disposable earnings for the week exceeds 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1799-update-general-deduction-rules-writs-garnishments-and-new-york-state