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Annual 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.pdfOvertime Limits – Enhanced Reporting
… and Social Security Law limits the amount of overtime pay included in the calculation of pension benefits. Overtime … earnings (regular earnings, shift differential pay, location pay, longevity payments and top of pay grade bonus) from the … NYSLRS members have annual limits as to how much overtime pay is considered pensionable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/overtime-limitsFormer Treasurer of Patterson Fire Department Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Returns
… Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALBERT MELIN, the former treasurer of the … volunteer Patterson Fire Department ("PFD"), was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Roman to 33 months in … loan and to pay personal expenses, including the costs of family vacations. MELIN failed to report this income on his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/former-treasurer-patterson-fire-department-sentenced-33-months-prison-embezzlement-and-filing-falseComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… and two employees had eight time sheets that were missing. East Ramapo Central School District – Nonpublic … new students’ applications and no proof of birthdate for 15 students. Glens Falls Common School District – Cash … in 2016-17. In addition, district officials made excessive year-end budget transfers in 2016-17 and in 2017-18 without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0DiNapoli Proposal Would Provide More Accountability for Personal Income Tax Check-Off Funds
… on their personal income tax forms, but too much of this money remains unused when it should be fighting … Fund and the World Trade Center Memorial Fund) at the end of state fiscal year (SFY) 2012-13. No spending had occurred out of two funds – the prostate cancer check-off and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-proposal-would-provide-more-accountability-personal-income-tax-check-fundsFormer Hannibal Fire Chief Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Fire Company
… Chief Chris Emmons pleaded guilty today to Grand Larceny for stealing from the town’s fire company and agreed to pay … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Oswego County District Attorney Anthony J. DiMartino, Jr., and New York State Police … thank District Attorney DiMartino and Superintendent James for their continued partnership and ensuring Emmons was held …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/former-hannibal-fire-chief-pleads-guilty-stealing-fire-companyOpinion 2000-14
… the teacher prior to retirement; there would be no fiscal obligation for the school district to provide payments into … retirement; and the school district would have no fiscal obligation regarding payments due from the program to the … the teacher prior to retirement. There would be no "fiscal obligation" for the school district to provide payments into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14Opinion 88-29
… however, holding that the "contract for sale, although in form concerning only the county, by implication also involves …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-29State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: 59 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
… This is a decrease from 82 districts that were listed in stress last year and 90 the year prior. This is the fourth … latest round of scoring designated two school districts in “significant fiscal stress,” nine in “moderate fiscal stress” and the remaining 48 as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-59-school-districts-fiscal-stressCUNY Bulletin No. CU-118
… in TIAA/CREF in their FULL TIME position either at the senior campus or the community college Effective Date Checks … to that in the employee's full time record if at a senior campus. If the employee's full time record is at a … to that in the employee's full time record if at a senior campus. If the employee's full time record is at a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-118-tiaacref-pensionability-adjunct-earningsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-314
… Unrepresented and Benefits Ineligible Employees 01/27/2023 CT New York City Judicial Staff 01/27/2023 SA Citywide … affected bargaining units (Bargaining Units 87, 88, 86, CT, DR, F8, G9, SA, SD, SG, SK, SN, SR, SY, S9) provides for … Judicial Ratification Bonus. Bargaining Unit = 87, 88, 86, CT, SA, SD, F8, SR, SY, S9, DR, G9, SG, SK, and SN Payroll …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-314-2023-judicial-ratification-bonus-all-bargaining-units-ratifiedSelected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy (2020-S-53) 180-Day Response OTDA
To determine selected State agencies’ roles in providing financial literacy offerings, including how they identify and reach out to the most critical and vulnerable consumer groups and how they measure gains in individuals’ knowledge after participating in financial literacy offerings. We also ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s53-responseOTDA.pdfDo We have Your Money? $230 Million Returned to New York State Residents This Year
… will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also … unclaimed funds accounts until the money can be returned to its rightful owners. “I encourage everyone to come out to the community events to search for money that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/do-we-have-your-money-230-million-returned-new-york-state-residents-yearDiNapoli: Tax Cap Remains Below One Percent in 2017
… according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The latest inflation figure affects the tax cap calculations … 44 cities and 10 villages. "In what is becoming the norm, New York’s local governments must cope with extremely … beginning in 2012, limits tax levy increases to the lesser of the rate of inflation or 2 percent with some exceptions, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-remains-below-one-percent-2017State Agencies Bulletin No. 1813
… of the processing requirements for employees who claim exempt from Federal, State and/or Local tax withholding in tax year 2020. Affected Employees Employees who claimed exempt from Federal, State and/or Local tax withholding in … of the processing requirements for employees who claim exempt from Federal State andor Local tax withholdin …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1813-claiming-exempt-federal-state-andor-local-tax-withholding-tax-year-2020State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… support, which includes a disaster recovery plan template, a key component of an IT contingency plan. Although the district paid for a template, officials did not obtain it. Without a … in Comptroller DiNapoli’s July 2020 budget review letter. The district's proposed budget complies with the tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1Selected Management and Operations Practices
… New York, Disposition of Personal Property, and the Energy Efficiency Program. A. ReCharge New York Purpose To … metrics, and phased out customers of the former discounted energy programs as provided in the ReCharge New York law. … controls over fleet assets sales. C. Energy Efficiency Project Purpose To determine if Energy Efficiency project …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/01/selected-management-and-operations-practicesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-707
… page or Time Entry Interface (NPAY502) using Earnings Code UA6 – Uniform Allowance CUNY to pay the retroactive … Earnings End Date: Same as effective date Earnings Code: UA6 Amount: The difference between the new uniform …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-707-2019-and-2020-retroactive-uniform-allowance-increases