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Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District – Procurement of Goods and Services (2022M-122)

… Objective Determine whether Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District (District) officials procured goods and … officials did not seek separate competition for 35 public work projects totaling almost $3.1 million, as …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/18/katonah-lewisboro-union-free-school-district-procurement-goods-and

State Contract and Payment Actions in November

… for document conversion services. Major Payments Approved Tax Refunds $565.1 million for 76,000 personal income tax refunds. $146.9 million for 183,000 property tax credits. $121.2 million for 21,000 corporate and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/state-contract-and-payment-actions-november

Compliance With State Arts Education Requirements

… education reduces the risk of students dropping out of school and helps them develop their creativity, motivation, … State Education Department (SED) Regulations, each high school student must earn at least one unit of Arts education … 310 New York City students who attended 166 New York City public high schools. These 310 students were from the cohort …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/02/28/compliance-state-arts-education-requirements

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately … School District – Information Technology (Greene County) The district has computer/Internet use policies, but they … unrestricted fund balance exceeded the statutory limit by about $11.5 million in 2012-13, $10.6 million in 2013-14, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-1

Implementation of the Dignity for All Students Act

… and bullying on school property, on school buses, and at school functions. Its initial provisions, which took … reporting some DASA incidents or may not be reporting them at all. In addition, several schools were not able to … whether or not the incidents were reportable. Officials at most schools we visited were not aware of DASA record …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/13/implementation-dignity-all-students-act

DiNapoli Report Finds Big Five School Districts' Use of Pandemic Aid Reflects Different Priorities

… are using the funds. The New York City Department of Education plans to use a smaller share of the billions of dollars of its federal aid to help close pandemic learning …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-report-finds-big-five-school-districts-use-pandemic-aid-reflects-different-priorities

DiNapoli: Former Town Clerk Arrested in Mayfield Theft

… the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-former-town-clerk-arrested-mayfield-theft

DiNapoli: 31 School Districts Designated in Some Level of Fiscal Stress

… Thirty-one school districts statewide were designated in fiscal stress under New York State Comptroller Thomas P. … conditions, even if their fiscal stress scores were low in the early days of the crisis.” The Fiscal Stress … found two school districts were designated as being in “significant fiscal stress”: Mount Vernon City School …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-31-school-districts-designated-some-level-fiscal-stress

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits

… School District – Financial Management (Genesee County and Wyoming County) Auditors determined that while the board and district officials used $3.1 million in excess reserve … Internet security awareness training. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0

DiNapoli: New York Needs to Improve Cybersecurity Support to Local Governments and Public Authorities

… the critical cybersecurity support they are providing to state agencies, local governments, and public authorities … through their Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) is achieving the desired outcomes or is targeting the … attacks and incidents of compromised accounts. Although it is responding to incidents, CIRT has not made enough …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/dinapoli-new-york-needs-improve-cybersecurity-support-local-governments-and-public-authorities

DiNapoli Launches Audits on School Safety

… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced he has begun audits of the State Education Department (SED) and the New York City … children safe in schools are being followed. We need to do everything we can to prevent senseless tragedies." "When … prevention training. DiNapoli will also be auditing how several school districts across the state have …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-launches-audits-school-safety

Audit Advisory Committee

… internal and external audit processes related to the Retirement System and the Common Retirement Fund and on the … Financial Report. Jennifer Mulligan, Chairperson Director of Business and Finance East Greenbush Central School …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/resources/audit-advisory-committee

Opinion 88-76

… granted, must be filed with this Office within sixty days after the close of the fiscal year (General Municipal Law, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76

Cincinnatus Central School District – Procurement (2021M-111)

… - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether Cincinnatus Central School District (District) officials sought competition to procure …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/10/01/cincinnatus-central-school-district-procurement-2021m-111

Privacy and Security of Student Data (Follow-Up)

To determine the extent of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report State Education Department Privacy and Security of Student Data Report 2021S29

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/26/privacy-and-security-student-data-follow

DiNapoli: School District Budget Voter Participation More Than Tripled During COVID-19 Lockdown

… for school district budgets statewide more than tripled to 1.6 million votes cast amid the COVID-19 lockdown for the … School District Budget Vote Data Individual District Data Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-school-district-budget-voter-participation-more-tripled-during-covid-19-lockdown

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits

… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … reduce the district’s share of health insurance costs for new employees and retirees as of July 2018. Hoosic Valley …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits

… monitor employee internet use. Auditors also found network and application user accounts were not properly managed. … by a total of $2.7 million from 2016-17 through 2018-19 and annually appropriated $225,000 of fund balance that was … and update the district procurement policy. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits

DiNapoli: Cyberattack Complaints in New York Rise 53%

… Cyberattack complaints in New York state increased 53% between 2016 and 2022, jumping …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/cyberattack-complaints-in-new-york-rise-53-percent

Newburgh Fire Chief Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Fraudulently Obtaining Retirement Benefits

… of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau … him with fraudulently obtaining approximately $95,000 in pension benefits by failing to report his return to work in the public sector to the New York State and Local Police …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/newburgh-fire-chief-charged-white-plains-federal-court-fraudulently-obtaining-retirement-benefits