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Privacy and Security of Student Data
… York State school districts to ensure they are complying with the legislation and regulations that govern data privacy … include oversight of more than 700 school districts with 2.4 million students. The Department is responsible for … provide adequate oversight of school districts’ compliance with the notification requirements for data incidents. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/05/16/privacy-and-security-student-dataNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Second Quarter Results
… The New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) overall return in the second quarter of state fiscal year 2016-2017 was 3.51 percent for the three-month period ending … The New York State Common Retirement Funds Fund overall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-second-quarter-resultsFormer Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million
… Investigation (“IRS-CI”), William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division … by writing checks to the two businesses he owned, 211 Medical, P.C. (“211 Medical”) and N.A.S. Management Co., Inc. (“N.A.S.”). MELIN …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-hisNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces First Quarter Results
… The New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) overall return in the first quarter of the state fiscal year 2016-2017 was 2 percent for the three-month period ending … The New York State Common Retirement Funds Fund overall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-first-quarter-resultsNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces First Quarter Results
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Strong domestic stock market returns continued to buoy our investments through the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-first-quarter-resultsDiNapoli: State Missing Out on Millions in Medicare Payments for Kidney Patients
… of Health (DOH) could have saved the Medicaid program as much as $146 million over a six-year period if it had helped Medicaid patients with end stage renal disease … them enrolled, the Medicaid program could have saved as much as $146 million. Based on an analysis of potential …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-state-missing-out-millions-medicare-payments-kidney-patientsDiNapoli: Wall St. 2021 Profits near Record Levels
Wall Streets run of prosperity extended into the first half of 2021 with $31 billion in pretax earnings beating 2020s outsized first half profits of $276 billion even as job losses accelerated in New York Citys securities industry according to State Comptroller DiNapolis annual report
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/10/dinapoli-wall-st-2021-profits-near-record-levelsDiNapoli: NYC Projects $3 Billion Surplus for 2015, Balanced Budget Next Year
… New York City is projecting a surplus of $3 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2015 and a balanced budget for FY 2016 with relatively small gaps … New York City is projecting a surplus of $3 billion for fiscal year FY 2015 and a balanced budget for FY 2016 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-nyc-projects-3-billion-surplus-2015-balanced-budget-next-yearDiNapoli: NYC’s Restaurant, Retail and Recreation Sectors Continue to Struggle During Pandemic
… New York City’s restaurant, retail and recreation (RRR) sectors continued to … COVID-19 pandemic, even before the latest surge in cases, with 169,700 fewer jobs in November than from two years ago, … the nation felt the impacts of the pandemic on their restaurant, retail and recreation sectors, New York City was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-nycs-restaurant-retail-and-recreation-sectors-continue-struggle-during-pandemicNYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street's 2020 Bonuses Rose Amid Volatility
… tax collections in city fiscal year (CFY) 2020. Pretax profits in 2020 for the broker/dealer operations of New York … firms (the traditional measure of securities industry profits) increased by 81 percent to $50.9 billion. It was the fifth consecutive year of growth in profits, which are up 256 percent since 2015. Profitability …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-wall-streets-2020-bonuses-rose-amid-volatilityNYS Common Retirement Fund Reports First Quarter Results
… one of the nation’s strongest, providing retirement security to our 1.1 million working and retired members and … Fund is the third largest public pension fund in the United States. The Fund holds and invests the assets of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-reports-first-quarter-resultsOpinion 91-63
… who resides with president and owner of hardware store) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A town councilman who resides with the owner and president of a hardware store and maintains office space in the same building in which the store is located, but has no relationship with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63DiNapoli: Better Monitoring of "Leandra’s Law" Enforcement Needed
… with state regulations in six counties – Cortland, Erie, Montgomery, Otsego, Suffolk and Wayne. “Individuals who … said DiNapoli. “Local officials should follow through with law enforcement and report potential violations so that … friends, crashed in Manhattan. State regulations require county probation departments to monitor court-ordered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-better-monitoring-leandras-law-enforcement-neededOpinion 91-31
… rabies treatment for individual injured within the town) PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, §§2140, 2144, 2145: A town is not legally obligated under Public Health Law, §2144 to reimburse a private hospital for … animal within the town We assume that the town is a local health district see Public Health Law 21c 3022 341 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-31Opinion 89-45
… in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning … PLANNING -- Zoning Board of Appeals (paying fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning … specified additional services. You ask whether a town may pay an attorney employed as counsel to the zoning board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 88-8
… (abstention from voting not an exception) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3)(c),(d), 801(1); TOWN LAW, §176(4-a): … by his company unless the pertinent exceptions in General Municipal Law, §802 apply. Abstention from voting on matters … to contracts made prior to the officer's or employee's election or appointment, we note that this provision would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8DiNapoli: Number of New Yorkers Going Hungry Increases Despite Improving Economy
… to 11.2% during 2020 through 2022. “As the COVID pandemic ended, so did many of the enhanced federal benefits that … high as 16% in 2022. Data from the first three months of 2024 indicate that while rates are dropping, roughly … to Feb. 2023, when supplemental emergency SNAP allotments ended. SNAP recipients increased to 2.8 million by June 2020, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-number-new-yorkers-going-hungry-increases-despite-improving-economyDiNapoli Calls for Improvements to Capital Planning Process
… that reforms are needed to ensure that New York State is spending its billions of capital project dollars wisely. … of New York's infrastructure was built decades ago and is heavily used. It is in need of ongoing maintenance, repair or replacement, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-calls-improvements-capital-planning-processSelected Management and Operations Practices – BuildSmart NY/Executive Order 88
… On April 1, 2020, New York introduced the BuildSmart 2025 program, which expands upon the original program and … of 11 trillion BTUs of energy savings to be achieved by 2025 through the BuildSmart 2025 program. Each ASE shall work … Summary includes 123 projects of 158 that are not scheduled to be completed until as late as 2024. NYPA engaged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/28/selected-management-and-operations-practices-buildsmart-nyexecutive-order-88DiNapoli: Troy's Proposed Bond Financing for Its Lead Pipe Replacement Program Is Lawful and Constitutional
… In response to a request from the Troy City Council, New York State Comptroller Thomas … issue bonds in connection with financing the city seeks from the State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) … using public funds for private purposes. “Exposure to lead from water service pipes is a public health crisis that poses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-troys-proposed-bond-financing-its-lead-pipe-replacement-program-lawful-and-constitutional