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State Agencies Bulletin No. 2048.1

… payroll check greater than $19.99 on September 23, 2022. A second outreach letter was sent via certified mail to … uncashed payroll check greater than $999.99 on October 21, 2022. Signed outreach letters returned to OSC prior to March …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/20481-outreach-and-escheatment-2021-uncashed-payroll-checks

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2152.1

… outreach and escheatment of uncashed payroll checks for calendar year 2022. Affected Employees: Employees with one or more uncashed payroll checks originally issued in calendar year 2022 are affected. Background: Abandoned … outreach and escheatment of uncashed payroll checks for calendar year 2022 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/21521-outreach-and-escheatment-2022-uncashed-nys-payroll-checks

Selected Employee Travel Expenses

… Purpose To determine whether the use of travel monies by selected government employees complied with … spend between $100 million and $150 million each year on travel expenses. These expenses, which are discretionary and … fuel, and incidental costs such as airline baggage and travel agency fees. As part of a statewide audit initiative …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/07/selected-employee-travel-expenses

Medicaid Program – Payments for Death-Related One-Day Inpatient Admissions

… the new APR DRG-based hospital inpatient payment system for Medicaid services when patient deaths occur within one … reimbursement methodology used to compensate hospitals for inpatient medical care. The new methodology, based on All … was implemented to provide a more equitable payment method for hospital inpatient services and to better reflect the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/15/medicaid-program-payments-death-related-one-day-inpatient-admissions

Monitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs (Follow-Up)

… administers 11 State and federal grant programs aimed at crime prevention and control. Among these public protection … and the SNUG (“guns” spelled backward) program. GIVE is a crime-fighting program designed to assist the 17 counties that account for more than 80% of violent crime – such as aggravated assault, forcible rape, murder, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/16/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programs-follow

Rolling Stock Programs Department – Selected Aspects of the M9 Rail Car Project Management

… 2020, with deficiencies under a Conditional Acceptance (CA) agreement. Further, the deficiencies were not corrected … Prioritize the correction of all outstanding items on CA cars so that they can be finally accepted. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/03/25/rolling-stock-programs-department-selected-aspects-m9-rail-car-project-management

Oversight of Smart Schools Bond Act Funds

… Objective To determine whether the State Education Department … is monitoring the use of Smart Schools Bond Act funds to ensure that school districts have appropriately utilized them for their intended purpose. … To determine whether the State Education Department is …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/06/10/oversight-smart-schools-bond-act-funds

Anthem Blue Cross – Coordination of Benefits With Medicare

… Objective To determine whether Anthem Blue Cross coordinated benefits to properly pay claims … 1.1 million of the members. Civil Service contracts with Anthem Blue Cross (Anthem) to administer the Hospital Program … To determine whether Anthem Blue Cross coordinated benefits to properly pay claims …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/08/19/anthem-blue-cross-coordination-benefits-medicare

Problem Gambling Treatment Program

… treatment are referred to the nearest OASAS outpatient program and to Gamblers Anonymous. Key Findings OASAS has not … or social impact study to identify the number or location of individuals in need of problem gambling treatment … though four commercial casinos opened in New York State in 2013. Therefore, we could not determine whether OASAS has …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/05/problem-gambling-treatment-program

Medicaid Payments for Pharmacy Claims – Joia Pharmacy and a Related Prescriber (Follow-Up)

… made in our initial audit report, Medicaid Payments for Pharmacy Claims – Joia Pharmacy and a Related Prescriber (Report 2013-S-4 ). … 31, 2012, the Department of Health (Department) paid Joia Pharmacy, Inc. (Joia) more than $7.7 million for 50,060 … made in our initial audit report Medicaid Payments for Pharmacy Claims Joia Pharmacy and a Related Prescriber Report …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/medicaid-payments-pharmacy-claims-joia-pharmacy-and-related-prescriber-follow

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1970

… provide agencies with information regarding the outreach and escheatment of uncashed payroll checks for calendar year … that remain uncashed as of April 2022 will be stopped and the funds will be remitted to the NYS Office of Unclaimed … for payroll checks issued between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Eligibility Criteria Employees with …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1970-outreach-and-escheatment-2020-uncashed-payroll-checks

NYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Third Quarter Results

… The New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (CRF) overall return in the third quarter of state fiscal … Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The state pension fund enjoyed a solid third quarter and, barring a significant downturn, is … and strengthened the state pension fund to what it is today – a highly diversified fund with its highest ever …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-third-quarter-results

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… monitor financial activities or keep appropriate records and reports. The board did not ensure basic accounting … Auditors reviewed 171 disbursements totaling $381,186 and determined that 34, totaling $30,126, were not processed … totaling $4,530 lacked a payment authorization date and seven disbursements totaling $1,371 were not adequately …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0

State Pension Fund Adds $30 Million for Investments in New York Companies

… will be made through the pension fund’s In-State Private Equity Investment Program, designed to make … will help grow the pension fund and expand businesses and jobs across New York state," said DiNapoli. "With $293 … Vnomics, a fleet management software company located near Rochester and FieldLens, a construction industry mobile …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/state-pension-fund-adds-30-million-investments-new-york-companies

NYS Common Retirement Fund Reports Second Quarter Results

… State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) estimated return in the second quarter of the State Fiscal Year 2018-2019 was … 2018, with an estimated value of $213.2 billion, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The Fund … 30, 2018, the Fund had 41.4 percent of its assets invested in publicly traded domestic equities and 15.6 percent in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/nys-common-retirement-fund-reports-second-quarter-results

NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on McDonald's Agreement to Tie Executive Compensation to Diversity, Workforce Management

… Fund, released the following statement today in response to McDonald’s decision to disclose workforce diversity data and tie executive compensation to the company’s ability to foster inclusion and ensure … Common Retirement Fund released a statement in response to McDonalds decision to disclose workforce diversity data …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-mcdonalds-agreement-tie-executive-compensation-diversity

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1924

… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2020 M/C Retroactive Salary Increase and provide instructions … a salary increase of two percent (2.00%) for fiscal year 2020-2021 and includes the April 1, 2020 M/C Salary Schedule and the April 1, 2020 Salary …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1924-april-2020-managementconfidential-mc-retroactive-2-salary-increase

Borrowing Against Your Contributions – New Career Plan

… If you meet eligibility requirements, you may take a loan from NYSLRS. Tier 1 and 2 Members The following rules … portion of your retirement benefit will be permanently reduced . You cannot pay off your loan once you retire. The … can also see how much you are eligible to borrow, what the repayment amount would be and if your loan will be taxable. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1515/borrowing-against-your-contributions