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DiNapoli: Audit Identifies $800,000 in Ineligible Costs Submitted by NYC Special Education Provider
… The Milestone School for Child Development is a for-profit preschool that offers special education … of its payments to Milestone. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, Milestone reported approximately $3.8 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-audit-identifies-800000-ineligible-costs-submitted-nyc-special-education-providerState Agencies Bulletin No. 1033
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing and to provide instructions to … Employees must have been on the payroll at the end of the pay period in which 11/1/10 falls. The Eligibility … agencies. Eligible employees must have had a status of Active, Paid Leave or Leave of Absence with a reason of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1033-2010-uniform-cleaning-and-maintenance-allowance-lifeguardsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-85
… to eligible employees are authorized under Chapter 203 of the Laws of 2004 that implements agreements between the State of New York and various bargaining units in the Unified Court … upon return from leave, provided the return to the payroll is prior to November 30, 2005. Eligible employees on Workers' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-85-june-2005-uniform-allowance-paymentState Agencies Bulletin No. 1107
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing and to provide instructions to … Employees must have been on the payroll at the end of the pay period in which 11/1/11 falls. The Eligibility … agencies. Eligible employees must have had a status of Active, Paid Leave or Leave of Absence with a reason of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1107-2011-uniform-cleaning-and-maintenance-allowance-lifeguardsOpinion 2007-7
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (reporting “days worked” for elected officials) STATE … for purposes of 2 NYCRR 315, an employer may record time actually spent by the elected official to perform an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-7State Agencies Bulletin No. 170
… replaces the section titled "Ending Additional Pay" found in Bulletin #96, page 2. Affected Employees Annual salaried … the employee was eligible for the earnings. Put "0" (zero) in the Annual Addl Earnings. The system will not calculate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/170-canceling-additional-annual-salary-factorPension Payment Option Election – Divorce and Your Benefits
… a small share of the overall pension benefit. For a full description of each option, see the Pension Payment … death. Available options include the Joint Allowance Full (100 percent), Joint Allowance Half (50 percent) or any … member with a customized pension payment option election form during the processing of their retirement application. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/pension-payment-option-electionDiNapoli: ESD Falls Short in Reporting Results of Economic Development Programs
… to meet more than half of the reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs, diminishing … many of the programs it supervises. Reporting requirements for specific programs vary and some of the requirements are … auditors were not provided an explanation by ESD officials for why they had not completed required reports. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-esd-falls-short-reporting-results-economic-development-programsHealth, Safety, and Accessibility in District 75 Schools
… that provides highly specialized instructional support in a wide variety of settings and locations. In school year 2019-20, approximately 26,000 special education students were enrolled in District 75 facilities/schools. District 75’s network of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/04/12/health-safety-and-accessibility-district-75-schoolsSubway Wait Assessment
… assessment goals. However, Transit has not developed a full and comprehensive plan to deal with the long-term causes … statistics of the various lines and shuttles and promote full and transparent disclosure of such data. Develop a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/06/subway-wait-assessmentNational Investors Call for Workplace Disability Inclusion
… more than $1 trillion in combined assets, led by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read, today called on companies they … the nation's leading institutional investors and pension funds marks a key turning point in the disability rights …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/national-investors-call-workplace-disability-inclusionState Agencies Bulletin No. 1926
… Employees Employees designated management or confidential in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … LLS payment during 2021-2022: Leave of Absence/Preferred List on 03/31/2021: An employee who otherwise qualifies for … Leave or Unpaid Military Leave) or on a preferred list on 03/31/2021 becomes eligible if they return to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1926-april-2021-managementconfidential-mc-retroactive-longevity-lump-sum-llsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1925
… Employees Employees designated management or confidential in the following bargaining units, who meet the eligibility … LLS payment during 2020-2021: Leave of Absence/Preferred List on 03/31/2020: An employee who otherwise qualifies for … Leave or Unpaid Military Leave) or on a preferred list on 03/31/2020 becomes eligible if they return to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1925-april-2020-managementconfidential-mc-retroactive-longevity-lump-sum-llsSecurity Over Critical Information Systems (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Security Over Critical … Department officials have not made significant progress in correcting the problems we identified in the initial report. Of the two recommendations, one has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/13/security-over-critical-information-systems-followTown of Schuyler – Financial Management (2014M-182)
… 31, 2013. Background The Town of Schuyler is located in Herkimer County and has a population of approximately … a result, the Town has accumulated excessive fund balance in the general fund and sewer district fund. At current … levels, the unrestricted, unappropriated fund balance in the Town’s general fund would cover more than a full …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/08/29/town-schuyler-financial-management-2014m-182DiNapoli Recovers $42K From Woman Who Stole From State and Local Retirement System
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and the New York State … for stealing nearly $42,000 of her deceased mother’s pension payments. Robertson pleaded guilty to petit larceny …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/dinapoli-recovers-42k-woman-who-stole-state-and-local-retirement-systemDiNapoli: Former Clerk/Treasurer of Village of Norwood Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $70K From Village
… of the Village of Norwood, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree for stealing $73,725 from the village. … village and she resigned from her position shortly after in June 2022. Berger was appointed Clerk/Treasurer in January 2017. She pleaded guilty before Judge Gregory P. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-former-clerktreasurer-village-norwood-pleads-guilty-stealing-over-70k-villagePutnam Northern Westchester County Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Overtime (2023M-82)
… audit period. Our review determined BOCES officials may have been able to reduce overtime by up to $28,337, or almost 11 percent. … through Saturday work week. Therefore, this overtime may have been avoided if some employees worked Tuesday through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2023/11/17/putnam-northern-westchester-county-board-cooperative-educational-services-overtimeHerkimer Central School District – 2014 Building Renovation Capital Project (2022M-136)
… than needed for the initial project and used the funds to make other non-voter approved renovations. Borrowed … agreement that did not clearly define the services to be provided and paid related claims that lack sufficient … $95,100. Release of this report was held in abeyance due to a separate Comptroller investigation involving the former …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/herkimer-central-school-district-2014-building-renovation-capital-projectOpinion 92-15
… §207-c(1) provides, in relevant part, that a county must pay to a deputy sheriff who is injured in the performance of … county to make cash payments to the deputy sheriff and to pay the deputy sheriff's medical expenses (see General … section 207-c benefits, the municipality is required to pay only the difference between the police officer's full …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-15