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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… not structurally balanced. The board used fund balance to finance operations. This resulted in the four main operating funds’ combined unrestricted fund balance to decline 65% from $1,165,418 as of Jan. 1, 2018 to $403,003 … were communicated confidentially to officials. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Central School District – Procurement (Jefferson County) A review of 24 purchases totaling about $128,000 found that … was overfunded by nearly $1.9 million as of June 30, 2019. When unused appropriated fund balance and the overfunded … by a vendor in January 2019. In January 2020, the vendor reimbursed the district for the lost revenue. In addition, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Public Safety – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… or a county probation department and treated as juvenile delinquents with opportunities for diversion. … The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/public-safetyOversight of Registration, Licensing, and Inspection of Radioactive Materials Facilities and Radiation Equipment Facilities
… to test new drugs and to study cellular functions, and in various industrial applications to protect food and blood … and regulation of radiation and radioactive materials in New York State, outside of New York City. To fulfill these … 1- to 5-year inspection time frames by relying on a buffer. The buffer is intended to allow for more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/23/oversight-registration-licensing-and-inspection-radioactive-materials-facilities-andCompliance With Special Education Regulations for the Provision of Services
… Objective To determine if the New York City Department of Education (DOE) arranged for eligible students to be … programs within the required time frames, and provided all of the services and programs recommended in the students’ … services and programs. Our audit covered the period of July 1, 2016 through January 21, 2020, and included all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/30/compliance-special-education-regulations-provision-servicesFormer Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Sentenced to 8-24 Years for Stealing Nearly $250,000 in State Grant Funds
… York State Department of Taxation and Finance for their hard work through the course of a lengthy investigation and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/former-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-sentenced-8-24-years-stealing-nearly-250000-stateMedicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments Involving Fee-for-Service Claims for Recipients With Multiple Client Identification Numbers
… may have more than one CIN assigned during the time they are in receipt of benefits, such as one CIN under FFS … FFS enrollments under different CINs. Multiple CINs are often the result of incorrect/missing recipient …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-involving-fee-service-claims-recipientsDiNapoli Op-Ed in Buffalo News Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
… P. DiNapoli today pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by the … next installment of federal stimulus legislation. Let’s do it right: The federal response must fill the revenue gaps … Thomas P DiNapoli today pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-op-ed-buffalo-news-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… adjustments and late fees and penalties added to customer accounts. For access to state and local government spending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0How to Conduct a Vendor Responsibility Review
… a procurement, you must decide whether you will conduct a vendor responsibility review for: all vendors as part of … such a review. In the solicitation document, you should state that: only responsive and responsible vendors will be … except for private information, such as social security number, personal address, or personal telephone number. This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/how-conduct-vendor-responsibility-reviewHazard Mitigation and Coordination (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the six recommendations … objective of our initial audit report, issued October 25, 2022 and covering the period January 2018 through April 2022, … COOP plans were often incomplete and had incorrect points of contact listed. Moreover, many City agencies were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/05/08/hazard-mitigation-and-coordination-followState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… today announced the following local government and school audits were issued. Town of DeWitt – Planning and … loss of collectible town revenues. Pembroke Central School District – Investment Program (Genesee County) District … which had an average of $13.4 million available for investing. Had officials considered other legally …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli: Former Erie County Deputy Clerk Arrested for Stealing More Than $200,000 From County
State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli Erie County District Attorney John J Flynn and Erie County Sheriff John C Garcia announced the arrest of former Deputy Erie County Clerk Alexander McDougall for allegedly stealing over $200000 in county funds
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-former-erie-county-deputy-clerk-arrested-stealing-more-200000-countyState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… policy limit. Actual revenues exceeded estimated revenues by an average of $210,000 (42%) in the general fund and … accessed websites, such as shopping, entertainment, online gambling and social media, on district computers although the … were no longer needed and should have been disabled and 11 of 21 local user accounts (52%) reviewed on 12 district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Oversight of Registration, Licensing, and Inspection of Radioactive Materials Facilities and Radiation Equipment Facilities (Follow-Up)
… for the period from January 1, 2017 through February 28, 2020 and other information through March 5, 2021. We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/10/oversight-registration-licensing-and-inspection-radioactive-materials-facilities-andDiNapoli: New York City Projecting $3.4 Billion Surplus for 2016
… 2016 surplus stems largely from unanticipated growth in tax revenues, debt service and agency savings, and a drawdown of reserves not needed in the current year. DiNapoli’s report, however, points to … the city to be concerned going forward. Economic growth in China has slowed, and the U.S. economy’s growth slowed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapoli-new-york-city-projecting-34-billion-surplus-2016Time and Attendance Practices of Selected Employees
… were beyond the metropolitan area were actually residing in New York City and would therefore owe New York City … Background The MTA provides transportation services in and around the New York City metropolitan area. Each MTA … by various documents including tour schedules, sign-in and sign-out sheets, time clocks, and KRONOS (an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/04/time-and-attendance-practices-selected-employeesComplaint Processing
… For example, CCRB has automated notifications that cases are nearing the statute of limitations. However, given the … that cases approaching the 18-month statute of limitations are identified and prioritized more timely, allowing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/05/complaint-processingOversight of Building Construction Site Safety
… Objective To determine if the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) adequately … is a dangerous business.” From 2018 through 2020, 26% of all worker deaths in NYC were construction related. DOB … 31, 2021, we visited 43 construction sites located in all five boroughs of NYC. Eighteen of these sites were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/01/oversight-building-construction-site-safetyLocal Sales Tax Collections up 10.2% in Third Quarter of 2022
… Local government sales tax collections grew by 10.2% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period … value of sales tax revenue for the third quarter was about 1.8%. New York City’s third quarter collections this year … increased economic activity, with hotel occupancy rates rising above 90% in September, even though business travel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/local-sales-tax-collections-up-10-point-2-percent-in-third-quarter-2022