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NYC Department of Education Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the pandemic, the City had to develop and implement novel remote-learning protocols to continue educating students, and was later among the first major city districts in the nation to offer a return to in-person schooling.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-8-2022.pdfFederal Funds To New York City: A Review of Categorical Grants
The federal administration has ordered freezes, pauses, and reviews of federal assistance funding to identify grant programs which are implicated by the President’s recent executive actions and could be subject to reduction or elimination.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-1-2026.pdfInappropriate Payments Related to Procedure Modifiers (Follow-Up) (2019-F-10)
To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations made in our initial audit report, Inappropriate Payments Related to Procedure Modifiers ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-19f10_0.pdfHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Oversight of the Residential Emergency Services to Offer Home Repairs to the Elderly Program (Follow-Up) (2022-F-18)
To assess the extent of implementation of the six recommendations included in our initial audit report, Housing Trust Fund Corporation: Oversight of the Residential Emergency Services to Offer Home Repairs to the Elderly Program (Report 2020-S-4).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-22f18.pdfUpstate Transportation Authorities Suffer Revenue Plunge
… COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for the State’s regional transportation authorities by disrupting operations, … public transportation in four upstate areas of New York State. 1 Combined, the Capital District Transportation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/upstate-transportation-authorities-suffer-revenue-plungeYouth Facility Chargeback Rates to Localities (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the seven … in our original report, Youth Facility Chargeback Rates to Localities (2009-S-20). Background Our initial audit … copy is available to other staff on a shared network drive. Additionally, OCFS has made considerable progress in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/01/16/youth-facility-chargeback-rates-localities-followImproper Medicaid Payments to a Transportation Provider (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the recommendation made in … report, Improper Medicaid Payments to a Transportation Provider (Report 2018-S-10 ). About the Program The State’s … unacceptable, or false, any Medicaid payments will be recouped and the provider may be subject to other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/10/15/improper-medicaid-payments-transportation-provider-followDiNapoli Urges Department of Labor to Improve Investigations of Hours Worked by Nurses
… DiNapoli. "Patients need care around the clock, and nurses are often required to stay and work extra hours," DiNapoli … by the state so patient care is not jeopardized, nurses are not overworked and employers are complying with the law. … about the complaint. DOL also does not have set time frames for investigating complaints. It is DOL's practice to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-urges-department-labor-improve-investigations-hours-worked-nursesLetter to Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitting Companies
DiNapoli sent a letter to 10 of the largest greenhouse gas emitting companies held by the Fund, urging them to reduce emissions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/press/pdf/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-emission-reduction-targets-paris-agreement.pdfInappropriate Payments Related to Procedure Modifiers (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations made in our initial audit report, … (Report 2016-S-63 ). About the Program The Department of Health (Department) administers the State’s Medicaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/31/inappropriate-payments-related-procedure-modifiers-followHuntington Man Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny
… K. Johnson, 63, of Huntington and a former employee of the Town of Huntington, pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree for stealing more than … in the Fourth Degree, a Class E felony, before Acting Supreme Court Justice Steven Pilewski. Justice Pilewski …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/huntington-man-pleads-guilty-grand-larcenyState Education Department Examination of Payments to Tough Man, Inc.
… or reimbursable from other funding sources. This includes registration fees, sponsorships, licensing fees, and … for the contracts we examined. Each student paid a registration fee to participate in the triathlons supported …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/01/state-education-department-examination-payments-tough-man-incDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Monitoring of Mental Health Facilities
… mental health facilities are not ensuring parents and guardians are properly notified of incidents of abuse and … “Jonathan’s Law” was enacted to expand parents’, spouses’, guardians’, and other qualified persons’ access to records … do not always provide all records to parents and guardians when requested or are not providing them within 21 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-monitoring-mental-health-facilitiesDiNapoli: SED Agrees to Improve Oversight of Migrant Education Program
… The State Education Department (SED) has agreed to update its Migrant Education Program and better monitor … all migrant students who have been enrolled in a school in New York since the ninth grade earn a high school diploma at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-sed-agrees-improve-oversight-migrant-education-programDiNapoli: School Districts Need to Improve Oversight of Technology Equipment
… across New York state found many could not always locate information technology (IT) assets such as laptop … and Phoenix Central School District — were able to locate all equipment, 17 could not locate over 100 assets worth approximately $32,700, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-school-districts-need-improve-oversight-technology-equipmentDiNapoli: Former Town Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of $240,000
… would have been able to prove at trial. I hope that this case serves as a reminder to those who enjoy the honor of … and public works committees. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/dinapoli-former-town-supervisor-pleads-guilty-embezzlement-240000DiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Oversight of Child Care Grants
… heavily on providers’ established capacity (calculated by square footage of the provider’s space) to determine the … OCFS’ criteria for determining capacity (SED requires more square footage per child). Auditors found that 45 of the 73 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-oversight-child-care-grantsTown of Brookhaven – Physical Accessibility to Programs and Services(S9-24-45)
… (Town) officials could take additional steps to increase physical accessibility to programs and services provided at selected Town facilities. Key Findings Of the 1,022 applicable physical accessibility components …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2025/03/07/town-brookhaven-physical-accessibility-programs-and-servicess9-24-45DiNapoli: NYC Parks Can Do More to Correct Barriers to People With Disabilities
… surveyed 2,745 facilities and found accessibility issues at more than 2,000 of them. It ranked the problems it found … funded projects are ADA compliant, over removing barriers at existing facilities. Auditors visited 115 facilities at 22 … fountains and a spray shower at Staten Island’s Clove Lake Park. An inaccessible service desk, weight room and lockers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-nyc-parks-can-do-more-correct-barriers-people-disabilitiesNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (March 4, 2021)
… March 4, 2021 Edition Selected Economic Trends New York Unemployment Claims Show a Year of Economic Devastation … A year after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in New York State, the economic disruption caused by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/impact-covid-19-march-4-2021