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DiNapoli: As State Tax Check-Off Options Increase, Spending Lags for Most
… New York state has the highest number of personal income tax (PIT) check-offs in the nation, but an analysis by State Comptroller Thomas P. … New York state has the highest number of personal income tax PIT checkoffs in the nation but an analysis by State Comptroller Thomas P …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-state-tax-check-off-options-increase-spending-lags-mostManaged Care Payments to Unenrolled Providers (Follow-Up)
To assess the extent of implementation of 10 recommendations included in our initial audit report Medicaid Program Managed Care Payments to Unenrolled Providers
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/03/31/managed-care-payments-unenrolled-providers-followAccrued Payments and Leave Credits – When Employees Retire
… submitted final payment and service information, and it is being processed by NYSLRS. Cancelled : NYSLRS no longer … service information for the employee. No further action is needed. In search results, click anywhere in a row to go … information or instructions for a field. Go Rev. 6/26 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/when-employees-retire/accrued-payments-and-leave-creditsAnnual Report on Local Governments for FYE 2021
This report provides a summary analysis of the financial state of the local governments outside of New York City for local fiscal years ending in 2021. Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to present local officials with financial and operational challenges. In this report, we summarize these
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/annual-report-on-local-governments-for-fye-2021.pdfAFR Modernization – Uploading Financial Data with Bulk Load
This webinar is one in a series preparing local officials for the new Annual Financial Report (AFR) currently being developed by our staff at the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). In this session, attendees will learn how to upload Financial Statement data into the AFR using a newly developed b
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/afr-modernization-bulk-load-09-22-22.pdfFirst Quarter 2022 Local Sales Tax Collections Up 21 Percent
Local government sales tax collections totaled nearly $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 21.1 percent, or $901 million, compared to the same quarter the previous year. This growth was at least partially driven by inflation, which hit a 40-year-high in March, most notably for g
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/2022/pdf/2022-sales-taxes-first-quarter.pdfFirst Quarter 2022 Local Sales Tax Collections Up 21 Percent
Local government sales tax collections totaled nearly $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 21.1 percent, or $901 million, compared to the same quarter the previous year. This growth was at least partially driven by inflation, which hit a 40-year-high in March, most notably for g
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Richmond County D.A. Michael E. McMahon: President of Staten Island Special Needs Pre-School and Wife Indicted for Stealing Approximately $771,000 in Public Funds
… items including; landscaping for their home, car and insurance payments for their vehicles, flowers and other … cell phone payments, personal purchases at Costco, life insurance, and also created a more than $100,000 no-show … website ($220), personal purchases at Costco ($17,835), life insurance for Dennis Mosesman with Elsie Mosesman as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-and-richmond-county-da-michael-e-mcmahon-president-staten-islandState Comptroller DiNapoli and Department of Financial Services Acting Superintendent Asrow Designate New Banking Development District to Support Community Banking in the Towns of Shandaken and Olive
… and credit union branches across the state where there is a demonstrated need for banking services. DFS administers … of Shandaken and Olive as a BDD. USB’s Phoenicia location is now a designated BDD branch eligible for state deposits. … and promote long-term economic growth.” “The BDD program is an important tool to support underserved communities with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-department-financial-services-acting-superintendent-asrow-designateWestchester Attorney Indicted for Fraud and False Statement Charges Arising From His Attempt to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service ("USPIS") announced that a federal grand … Attorney Geoffrey Berman and the United States Postal Inspection Service, he will now be held accountable for his … praised the outstanding investigative work of the Postal Inspection Service and the New York State Comptroller. This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleDiNapoli: Former Town Clerk Pleads Guilty to $35,000 Embezzlement
… than $27,000 in property taxes and more than $8,000 of the dog licensing fees and other fees. She submitted monthly … and falsely claimed that she turned over portions of the dog licensing money to the county treasurer. The State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-former-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-35000-embezzlementNew York City Economy Continues to Set Records
… the business services sector, which includes accountants, lawyers, programmers and clerks, added the most jobs of any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/new-york-city-economy-continues-set-recordsOpinion 90-51
… access line per month on the customers of every service supplier within such municipality to pay for the costs … telephone system to serve such municipality. The service supplier acts as collection agent of the surcharge for the … surcharge monies remitted to the municipality by a service supplier and other funds dedicated to the payment of "system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51Opinion 2007-6
… and the other compensation , as defined in subdivision two of this section, of the permanent full-time head of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6Opinion 89-17
… p 40 is still valid in light of the enactment of chapter 588 of the Laws of 1988. In Opn No. 84-32, supra , we … reserve fund established pursuant to that section. Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1988, effective on September 1, 1988, adds … (1-a) without voter approval. Because of chapter 588 expressly authorizes school districts to establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-17Opinion 96-9
… both salary and fringe benefits (see, e.g., Taylor v McGuire , 100 Misc 2d 834, 420 NYS2d 248; Christian v City of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-9Opinion 96-8
… toll collection regulations pertaining to the "E-Z Pass" electronic toll collection program. The violations are … It is our opinion, then, that a violation of the "E-Z Pass" toll collection regulations constitutes an "offense" … as evidenced by a photo-monitoring system, of the "E-Z Pass" toll collection regulations handled by a town or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-8Opinion 96-7
… based on property valuations or population. Article 5-G of the General Municipal Law, (§119-m et seq ) generally … NY Const. art IX, section 1[c]; see also e.g., 1993 Opns St Comp No. 93-6, p 10; 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-14, p 53). … agreed to by the parties to the agreement. April 18, 1996 William N. Young, Jr., Esq., Counsel Westmere Fire District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-7Opinion 96-24
… be subject to permissive referendum requirements. This is in response to your letter concerning a fire district … replacement vehicle. If so, you ask whether voter approval is required. A capital reserve fund is the mechanism by which a fire district may accumulate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24Opinion 92-7
… firefighter and his or her family, that the firefighter is indigent and that the expenditure will provide personal … running of his business. You state that the firefighter is behind in several payments to creditors and is requesting funds to help him through this "slow period". …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-7