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State Contract and Payment Actions in November
… Comptroller’s review and approval of contracts related to the COVID-19 crisis through Jan. 1, 2021. At the … Services $2.4 million with RJ Green Construction Corp. to replace roofs and repair windows at New York State … support for charges, and improper payments. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/state-contract-and-payment-actions-novemberComptroller DiNapoli Releases Annual Review of MTA Finances
… grow from $392 million in 2020 to nearly $1.6 billion in 2023. These estimates, however, already assume successful … These efforts would reduce staffing levels by as many as 3,886 positions, which could require layoffs. The … in savings annually by 2022, which was the top end of the range provided by the consultant that developed the plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-annual-review-mta-financesDiNapoli Releases Analysis of SFY 2024-25 State Budget
… The estimated $237 billion Enacted Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 increases spending for vital state … to the overall lower PIT collections during the fiscal year. Major Spending and Policy Actions Projected All … requirements. Report Enacted Budget Report: State Fiscal Year 2024-25 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-releases-analysis-sfy-2024-25-state-budgetState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Year-End Accomplishments
… New York State Common Retirement Fund reached an all-time high of $160.7 billion in 2013, State Comptroller Thomas P. … closed the State Fiscal Year 2012-2013 at an all-time high value of $160.7 billion, with a 10.4 percent return. … of $29 million. Reported on the state’s increasingly high debt levels, shrinking debt capacity and continuing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-year-end-accomplishmentsAre You Vested? And What It Means
… credit to qualify for a pension benefit once you meet the minimum age requirements established by your retirement … enacted vesting requirement change affects members of both the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS). Previously, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/are-you-vested-and-what-it-meansPayroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-013
… Go Live activities. Affected Employees All agency PayServ, PS Query, and New York State Payroll Online (NYSPO) users are … may be affected. Background The Office of the State Comptroller is upgrading PayServ to PeopleSoft version 9.2 in … expects to have the system live for agency use by March 15, 2021. PayServ will be unavailable from noon on March 10, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-013-payroll-improvement-project-cutover-schedule-andComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Criminal Charges and Civil Lawsuit Against Pharmacy Owner for Allegedly Defrauding Medicaid
… Value Pharmacy, Inc. ("Value"), located at 257 Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, for allegedly defrauding the New York … Goldin, an owner of Value, is charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree and other crimes for having allegedly … million dollars of prescription medication it did not have in stock to dispense. The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-criminal-charges-and-civil-lawsuit-against-pharmacyDiNapoli: Some Affordable Apartments for Seniors Left Vacant for Years
… The shortage of affordable housing is especially hard on elderly New Yorkers, but many units are … DiNapoli said. “Unfortunately, the audit found that there is more they can do to make sure those next in line are not … that available apartments don’t sit vacant.” The NYC HPD is the largest municipal housing agency in America and among …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-some-affordable-apartments-seniors-left-vacant-yearsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… properties that were vacant for a combined 45 months as of Nov. 29, 2018, resulting in forgone revenue totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… following audits and examinations have been issued. Office of General Services (OGS): Compliance With Executive Order 88: Energy Efficiency of State Buildings (2018-S-62) OGS has developed targets and … to receive Medicaid payments. Auditors also identified 22.5 million MCO claims (totaling over $2 billion) that lacked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0DiNapoli: School Bus Safety Needs Improvement
… upstate school districts and their compliance with school bus safety requirements. The audit found school districts are not confirming all school bus drivers are completing required training and drug testing, and that school bus safety drills and inspections are done. "When parents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-school-bus-safety-needs-improvementXVI.4.A Cash and Investments – XVI. Financial Reporting
… 40 – Deposit and Investment Risk Disclosures (an amendment of GASB Statement No. 3) (GASB Codification Section C20 – … the State. Bank deposits may be under the joint custody of the State Comptroller and the Commissioner of Taxation and … risk exists when investments in any one type represent 5 percent or more of total investments and must be disclosed. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi4a-cash-and-investmentsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… appropriated fund balances in the general, water and sewer funds. In addition, the board maintained unreasonable levels of fund balance in these funds that ranged between 29 percent and 128 percent of … determined that had the supervisor invested available funds in a financial institution with higher available …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsNew York City Agency Services Monitoring Tool
… can impact the City’s ability to provide adequate public services for its residents, workers and prospective visitors. In New York City, the demand for services is especially high, being the most populous … strengthen oversight and allow the public a view into City services, has been modernized, including the release of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-city-agency-services-monitoring-toolAssessment of Costs to Administer the Workers’ Compensation Program for the Two Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013
… provided by employers. The Board is also responsible for tracking its costs to administer the Workers’ Compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/15/assessment-costs-administer-workers-compensation-program-two-fiscal-years-ended-march-31Former Assistant Director of Queens Pre-School Provider Pleads Guilty to Stealing $5 Million Intended for Special Needs Students
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown today announced … was located at 1854 Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens, and primarily provided services to pre-school children in the communities of Far Rockaway in Queens and Williamsburg and Borough Park, in Brooklyn. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/former-assistant-director-queens-pre-school-provider-pleads-guilty-stealing-5-million-intendedDiNapoli: Retired Westchester County Police Officer Indicted for Forging State Records to Illegally Double-Dip From State Pension Fund
… instructor Anthony Sciacca, a retired Westchester County Police Officer. Sciacca allegedly stole over $163,000 from … Clegg, the State Education Department and the State Police for their partnership in holding accountable those who … the pension system.” After retiring from the Westchester Police Department in 2005, Sciacca was hired as an instructor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-retired-westchester-county-police-officer-indicted-forging-state-records-illegally-doubleDiNapoli: Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft and Must Pay Back $459K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan K. Buchanan and Inspector General for the Social … S. Ennis today announced that Sandra Smith, a resident of Georgia, has pleaded guilty to the federal crime of theft of … 2005. To be closer to family, she moved from Brooklyn to Georgia afterward and passed away there on Sept. 14, 2006. As …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-woman-pleads-guilty-theft-and-must-pay-back-459k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsCVS Health – Accuracy of Empire Plan Medicare Rx Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service
… invoiced drug manufacturers and remitted corresponding rebate revenue to the Department of Civil Service for prescription drugs provided under the Empire Plan … invoiced drug manufacturers and remitted corresponding rebate revenue to the Department of Civil Service for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/21/cvs-health-accuracy-empire-plan-medicare-rx-drug-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civilSelected Payments for Special Items Made to St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital from January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011
… Plan. Empire processes Plan claims for hospital services in accordance with agreements they negotiate with member … $9,327 from St. Luke’s for the overpayments we identified in this audit. Develop and implement the controls necessary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/01/selected-payments-special-items-made-st-lukes-cornwall-hospital-january-1-2011-through