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Sign up for emails DiNapoli: Former Tupper Lake Fire Treasurer Pleads Guilty in $30k Theft

… repay the $30,000 he stole for private vacations revealed in an audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Brown, 54, of Tupper Lake, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Court last week to grand larceny in the third degree, a Class D felony, and is expected to be …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/sign-emails-dinapoli-former-tupper-lake-fire-treasurer-pleads-guilty-30k-theft

Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Follow-Up)

To determine the implementation status of the eight recommendations in our initial audit report Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services Report 2013S1

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/12/eye-care-provider-and-family-inappropriately-enroll-recipients-and-overcharge-vision

DiNapoli Statement on the Governor’s 9th Proposal for the 2018 State of the State

The New York State Common Retirement Fund is a leader among public pension funds that are investing to build a low carbon economy and urging corporations to tackle climate risk

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-statement-governors-9th-proposal-2018-state-state

Practices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees

… and fines and fees collected were appropriately accounted for. The audit covered the period January 1, 2013 to December … by State legislation in July 1985 to provide a forum for processing and adjudicating summonses for violations of … fines and fees, resulting in potentially millions of dollars going uncollected. For example, one of the methods …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/11/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-fees

Audit of the Tuition Reimbursement Account for the Three Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013

… of the Financial Statements of the Tuition Reimbursement Account for the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2013. … Reimbursement Fund, now titled the Tuition Reimbursement Account Special Revenue Fund (TRA), to protect the financial …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/07/24/audit-tuition-reimbursement-account-three-fiscal-years-ended-march-31-2013

DiNapoli: Former Morley Fire Company Treasurer Ordered to Pay $50,000 for Theft of Public Funds

… Fire Co., Cindi Perkins, was yesterday ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution and sentenced to serve five years … the fourth degree in November 2023. “Ms. Perkins diverted money meant to protect her community to line her own … to herself from the fire company’s account and pocketed money, including some from fundraisers, that she was supposed …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-former-morley-fire-company-treasurer-ordered-pay-50000-theft-public-funds

DiNapoli: Great Demand For NYS General Obligation Bonds Allows State to Reduce Costs to Taxpayers

… yesterday awarded through negotiated sale $572,715,000 of New York State General Obligation (GO) Bonds. After a one-day … times the amount of bonds offered, which allowed the State to reduce yields in many maturities. Ultimately, retail …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-great-demand-nys-general-obligation-bonds-allows-state-reduce-costs-taxpayers

Under Reporting of Net Available Monthly Income for Nursing Home Residents Causes Medicaid Overpayments (Follow-Up)

… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the five … on September 28, 2011, examined whether Medicaid payments to nursing homes were properly reduced by Medicaid … that Medicaid overpaid nursing homes about $42 million due to system flaws within eMedNY and because localities did …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/16/under-reporting-net-available-monthly-income-nursing-home-residents-causes-medicaid

Empire BlueCross – Improper Payments for Special Items Billed by Hospitals Within Long Island Health Network

… special items according to the terms of its contract with Long Island Health Network and, if not, whether Empire BlueCross …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/29/empire-bluecross-improper-payments-special-items-billed-hospitals-within-long-island-health

Life Skills Home Training Tutorial Program for Preschoolers, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual

… Objective To determine whether the costs reported by Life Skills Home Training Tutorial Program for Preschoolers, Inc. (Life Skills) on its Consolidated … the recommended disallowances identified by our audit and make the necessary adjustments to the costs reported on Life …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/12/17/life-skills-home-training-tutorial-program-preschoolers-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost

Medicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments Involving Fee-for-Service Claims for Recipients With Multiple Client Identification Numbers

… of Social Services (Local Districts) and the NY State of Health (NYSOH, the State’s online health insurance … WMS. The eMedNY system relies on the information sent by the WMS and NYSOH systems to update its enrollment data, … payments for foster care recipients with multiple CINs. By the end of our fieldwork, $16.6 million of the improper …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-involving-fee-service-claims-recipients

DiNapoli: LIRR Must Better Prepare for Severe Weather to Prevent Service Disruptions and Costly Damages

… Island to Penn Station and Grand Central in Manhattan to Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Hunters Point Avenue station in Queens. The … reviewed four of the projects, including a rebuild of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel and resiliency improvements at the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-lirr-must-better-prepare-severe-weather-prevent-service-disruptions-and-costly-damages

DiNapoli: Rochester Woman Arrested for Stealing $121K in Pension Checks Sent to Her Late Grandmother

… today for the alleged theft of more than $121,000 in state pension checks that were sent to her deceased grandmother, … should serve as a warning that attempts to defraud our pension fund will be found and prosecuted,” DiNapoli said. … County in December 1998, she received a monthly pension check. When she passed away in 2017, the state pension system …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-rochester-woman-arrested-stealing-121k-pension-checks-sent-her-late-grandmother

DiNapoli: Son Who Left His Dad’s Body In Morgue Sentenced For Stealing His Retirement Payments

… of Queens for concealing his father’s death to collect his pension and Social Security payments. “This case is a warning to anyone attempting to steal state pension funds,” DiNapoli said. “We are tracking you and you … General for their partnership with us in rooting out pension fraud.” Bunn left his father in the Nassau County …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/11/dinapoli-son-who-left-his-dads-body-morgue-sentenced-stealing-his-retirement-payments

DiNapoli Op-Ed: Act on Proposal to Help State & Local Governments Pay for Retiree Health Care

… The Albany Times Union today, urging the state Legislature to act on his proposal to create an optional investment pool … an unfunded liability, because there is no money being set aside now to cover these future costs. New York’s state … costs over the long term. There would be no limit on how much or how little a government can deposit into the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-op-ed-act-proposal-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-care

DiNapoli: Troy's Proposed Bond Financing for Its Lead Pipe Replacement Program Is Lawful and Constitutional

… have already replaced over 350 lines and have an ambitious plan to replace all lead pipes within the next three years. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-troys-proposed-bond-financing-its-lead-pipe-replacement-program-lawful-and-constitutional

DiNapoli: NYC Finances Stabilizing With Drop in Costs for Asylum Seekers and Resilient Tax Revenue

… Overall, the amount of money in the city’s Rainy-Day Fund is virtually unchanged over the last two years, as … has required better than expected revenues to be used to fund new costs. Funds in the Rainy-Day Fund now equal 1.6% of … the city budgetary flexibility for its economic and policy objectives and demonstrate that it is preparing for an …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-nyc-finances-stabilizing-drop-costs-asylum-seekers-and-resilient-tax-revenue

Thousands of State Computers and Other IT Devices Unaccounted for or Stored With Lax Security

… Technology Services’ (ITS) lax inventory records have led to thousands of computers and other costly information … devices rather than donating or selling them, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Information Technology Services needs to do a better job of keeping an accurate inventory of its …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/thousands-state-computers-and-other-it-devices-unaccounted-or-stored-lax-security