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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … at approximately $4,600, was not supported by an employee’s time and attendance records. In addition, 33 hours of comp … actual expenditures. The board did not adopt formal fund balance, reserve and budgeting policies, along with multiyear …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued. Town of Cairo – Fuel Management (Greene County) Auditors found that 87 percent of fuel usage … awareness training. Town of Moriah – Cash Management (Essex County) The board did not develop and manage a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli: Former Town Supervisor Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement
… clothes, jewelry, home utilities, and work on his property. Brown, 72, was arrested on April 10, 2019. Brown …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-former-town-supervisor-sentenced-prison-embezzlementDiNapoli: New Law Will Help Local Governments Weather Coronavirus Pandemic
… Legislation introduced at the request of the State Comptroller that will help ease the … burdens they will face until our economy fully recovers. I thank Governor Cuomo and the Legislature for enacting this … assistance and information needed at this time. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-new-law-will-help-local-governments-weather-coronavirus-pandemicComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… seek necessary approval to establish any of these reserve funds. In addition, internal controls over the justice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli Releases Report on 30-Day State Budget Amendments
… Amendments to the proposed state budget appropriately lower tax collection estimates in the Financial Plan for state … of teachers and principals, a proposed education tax credit program, extension of tuition assistance to … Budget. These adjustments primarily address a shortfall in tax revenues relative to the most recent projections, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-releases-report-30-day-state-budget-amendmentsDiNapoli Applauds Top Court Ruling Reaffirming Audit Powers
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today applauded … today’s decision from its 2009 charter school decision (New York Charter Schools Assn v DiNapoli) — in which it held …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-applauds-top-court-ruling-reaffirming-audit-powersDiNapoli: Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $121,000 in Pension Checks Sent to Late Grandmother
… woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $121,000 in state pension checks that were sent to her deceased … its members.” “Elona Roberts abused a system that is meant for dedicated public servants who spend long careers working … am pleased that the defendant is taking responsibility for this major theft from the taxpayers of the State of New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-rochester-woman-pleads-guilty-stealing-121000-pension-checks-sent-late-grandmotherAdult-Use Cannabis (AUC)
… for making AUC tax revenue payments to counties and NYC. We anticipate that most of the revenue associated with … revenue to cities, towns and villages. For Counties and NYC OSC will deposit AUC tax revenue for counties and New … contact the SFS Helpdesk at 855-233-8363 or through email at [email protected] . Other AUC Resources …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/adult-use-cannabis-aucDiNapoli: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $80,000 in Pension Payments Meant for His Deceased Father
… District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the son of a Long Island state pensioner pleaded guilty today to … hard knowing that the benefits they earn will ease their retirement. This defendant, motivated by his own greed, tried … into the account from 2019 to 2022. Gaines Jr. was not an account holder on his father’s checking account and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-florida-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-nearly-80000-pension-payments-meant-his-deceased-fatherDiNapoli Releases Guide to Federal Funding in New York
… A new online resource released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli details the vast array …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-releases-guide-federal-funding-new-yorkDiNapoli: MTA Faces Its Greatest Challenges in Decades
… 53 percent since 2007, nearly three times faster than the rate of inflation. Fares and tolls are scheduled to rise 4 … employees. Read the report , or go to: https://osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt8-2019-mta-financial-outlook.pdf Find out how …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-mta-faces-its-greatest-challenges-decadesOpinion 99-16
… Conditions (indemnification provision in custodial bank agreement) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to indemnify … of 1992 (see Office of the State Comptroller's Financial Management Guide, Cash Management and Investment Policies and … for damages sustained through the town's use of the leased property as a town garbage dump. We indicated that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-16DiNapoli Releases Executive Budget Report
… Governor and the Legislature, legal settlements and robust tax revenues this year,” DiNapoli said. “Yet structural … on campaign contributions. Fiscal Position Growth in tax collections and lower-than-anticipated spending through … percent increase that would be allowed under a statutory cap linked to growth of personal income in the state. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-releases-executive-budget-reportOpinion 90-54
… other person. We have been asked to discuss the procedures for the equitable distribution of retirement benefits payable … (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) which provide for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO's) (see ERISA, … Retirement System will not establish a separate account for an alternate payee. The pension funds payable to a member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-54Opinion 90-1
… of Senate Bill No. 8895, enacted as L 1986 ch 812, New York StateLegislative Annual, 1986, pp 339-340). In view of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-1DiNapoli: Thruway Authority Toll Increases Should Be Last Option
… schedule of systemwide toll increases to begin in 2024, but a new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. … for higher toll rates that would take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and again on Jan. 1, 2027, for the highway system and barriers, and annually over four years beginning in 2024 for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo (Cuomo) Bridge. It also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-thruway-authority-toll-increases-should-be-last-optionDiNapoli Calls for Long-Needed State Debt Reform
… debt levels, largely because measures to restrict the excessive use of debt have been circumvented over the years … translates into higher borrowing costs for the state. Excessive debt is costly to residents and misuse of debt can … All state debt should be required to be issued with a level or declining debt service structure, be limited to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-calls-long-needed-state-debt-reformOpinion 89-53
… control of the fire department (Insurance Law, §§9104[a][1]-[3]; 9105[d][2][B]-[D]). In a multi-company fire … department of which it is part (Insurance Law, §9104[f][1]; 9105[d][3][A]). Insurance Law, §§9104 and 9105, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 88-62
… (creation of capital reserve fund to finance) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Solid Waste Facility (creation of capital … a capital reserve fund to finance the cost of closing and capping a landfill owned by the town and may pay into … landfill will provide environmental and public health benefits into the future as well as in the present (see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62