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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… with no oversight. As a result of the Comptroller’s audit and subsequent investigation, the former … totaling $94,562 and inappropriate and unauthorized payroll payments totaling $341,992. She also did not maintain … and accurate accounting records, provide financial reports to the board, file payroll reports or remit biweekly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1Opinion 95-24
… "approved expenditures" is defined to include "only . . . new construction, reconstruction, purchase of existing … structures, for site purchase and improvement, for new garages, for original equipment, furnishings, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24Opinion 89-65
… INTEREST -- Legal Services (contract with town attorney's law firm) TOWN ATTORNEY -- Conflict of Interest (contract by town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 88-15
… relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees. Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15Opinion 95-3
… the county imposes a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy, amusement admissions … the county imposes a 3% sales tax on utility services and restaurant meals and the two other cities within the county each impose a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy and amusement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-3SUNY Bulletin No. SU-250
… Purpose To provide agency instructions for processing the October 1, … (Administration PP 14L Pay End Date) are eligible to receive the stipend increase for October 1, 2016: … the automatic negative retroactive adjustment may not have been processed because the overpayment was either not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-250-october-2016-and-october-2017-stipend-increase-gsnuFormer Chief of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Embezzling More Than $120,000
… Fire Department ("BMFD"), was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel to 12 months in prison for … April 2013. His election to that position also made him an officer of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Council, which oversees … office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption and encourages the public to help fight fraud and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-chief-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-sentenced-12-months-prison-embezzling-more-120000Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Arizona Man For Theft of Over $100,000 in NYS Pension Benefits
… in the second degree, a class C felony. Eydeler is alleged to have stolen over $100,000 in pension payments from the New … Attorney General Schneiderman, our investigation expanded to three states and led to Mr. Eydeler's arrest in Arizona.” “When individuals …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-arizona-man-theft-over-100000-nys-pensionMedicaid Program – Ambulatory Patient Groups Payments for Duplicate Claims and Services in Excess of Medicaid Service Limits (Follow-Up)
… Ambulatory Patient Groups Payments for Duplicate Claims and Services in Excess of Medicaid Service Limits (Report … had established adequate controls to prevent duplicate and excessive Medicaid payments to clinics and outpatient facilities reimbursed by the Ambulatory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/06/medicaid-program-ambulatory-patient-groups-payments-duplicate-claims-and-services-excessMedicaid Program – Inappropriate Premium Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Family Health Plus
… of health care services their members require. The State’s Medicaid program offers different types of managed … paid premiums or refund the inappropriate premiums by check. Key Findings For the period October 1, 2010 through … differences in the improper premium payments identified by our office and the OMIG audits, and enhance the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/11/medicaid-program-inappropriate-premium-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-mainstreamFormer Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Sentenced to 8-24 Years for Stealing Nearly $250,000 in State Grant Funds
… the case. I also wish to thank the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State Office of the State Comptroller, and the New York State … York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Michael Schmidt said. “When that money is instead used for someone’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/former-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-sentenced-8-24-years-stealing-nearly-250000-stateExamples from GASB Statement 34 - Sample City Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances Governmental Funds
… to the change in net assets in the statement of activities is presented in an accompanying schedule . … Examples from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/examples-gasb-statement-34-1Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Georgia Resident for Stealing Over $200K in NYS Pension Benefits
… authorities allege, Cook routinely accessed the pension funds deposited into a joint account he had held with his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-georgia-resident-stealing-over-200kComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentence of Brooklyn Man for Stealing Over $22K in Deceased Mother's Pension Benefit
… in state prison by the Honorable Elizabeth Foley in Kings County Supreme Court. "Jimmie Buie concocted an elaborate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentence-brooklyn-man-stealing-over-22k-deceasedDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City
… Objectives To determine whether tenants living in Mitchell-Lama … was created in 1955 by the Limited Profit Housing Act, to provide affordable rental and cooperative (co-op) housing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/15/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchellComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Conviction of Florida Resident for Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney … announced that Renee Kanas, 63, a resident of Tamarac, Florida, pleaded guilty today to Grand Larceny in the Third …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-florida-resident-stealing-over-148k-nysComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Florida Resident For Allegedly Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… Mr. Yudenfreund and Kanas. Kanas allegedly accessed these funds after her father’s death and liquidated all but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-florida-resident-allegedly-stealingDiNapoli: Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft and Must Pay Back $459K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan K. Buchanan and Inspector General for the Social Security Administration … guilty to the federal crime of theft of government funds and must pay back $459,050 in New York state pension and Social Security payments that were issued to her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-woman-pleads-guilty-theft-and-must-pay-back-459k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsMedicaid Program – Excessive Premium Payments for Dual-Eligible Recipients Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Health and Recovery Plans
… whether Medicaid overpaid Mainstream Managed Care and Health and Recovery Plan premiums on behalf of dual-eligible … The Department of Health (Department) administers the State’s Medicaid program. Many Medicaid recipients are … care to recipients aged 21 or older with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Within MMC and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/31/medicaid-program-excessive-premium-payments-dual-eligible-recipients-enrolled-mainstreamDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Public Campaign Financing Commission to Keep Fusion Voting and Open Up Political Process
… matches small-dollar donations with public matching funds and limits spending. This provides citizens, who do not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-public-campaign-financing-commission-keep-fusion-voting-and-open