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DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Better Protections for Child Performers
… permit renewals, and 3,500 permits not identified by type. For the same period, DOL issued 844 employer certificates. … performers, the Comptroller’s office established accounts for performers’ earnings (deposits from employers) if parents … more than $640,000 had been deposited with the Comptroller for about 5,600 child performers. Auditors examined the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-audit-recommends-better-protections-child-performersChild Care Stabilization Grants
… internal controls to enable it to oversee and monitor child care stabilization grantees to ensure proper use of child care stabilization grant funds; and to determine … whether the grants met their intended purpose to stabilize child care operations to maintain care. The audit covered the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/11/07/child-care-stabilization-grantsOversight of Critical Foster Care Program Requirements
… March 22, 2017. Background OCFS regulates and supervises child welfare services, including foster care and adoption, through its Division of Child Welfare and Community Services. Regional Offices …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/21/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirementsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… federal COVID-19 support. ESD awarded the entirety of the $760 million allocated for small businesses to 40,842 applicants, with an average grant amount of $18,608. Auditors found ESD awarded almost $4.1 million to … type, need, or factors established in the original goals of the Program when awarding grants, instead favoring a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2002-14
… the issues discussed in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Compromise and Settlement (incurrence of reasonable expenses to evaluate … appropriateness of settlement) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (work performed on private property in connection … In order to assist in assessing the merits of the claim and the possibility of settlement, the village is considering …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14Division of Housing and Community Renewal – Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments Located Outside New York City
… of Mitchell-Lama developments, supervised by Homes and Community Renewal’s (HCR) Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), are provided safe and clean living conditions, and whether funds are properly … residents of MitchellLama developments supervised by Homes and Community Renewals HCR Division of Housing and Community …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/12/08/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchellComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… for 2013. However, the staffing shortfalls have required it to cut back on other activities or goals it also considers important to quality control and safety …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsLinkNYC Program Revenues and Monitoring
… each PCS that provides telephone service is deemed a PPT and is generally subject to the PPT rules with the same … generate over $500 million in revenue over the program’s first 12 years. The Agreement detailed the required annual … of Links, and their residents thus unserved. For 2015, the first year of the contract, the Minimum Annual Guarantee of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/30/linknyc-program-revenues-and-monitoringSUNY Bulletin No. SU-234
… State University Police Officer titles hired under Section 355 of the Education Law in Bargaining Units 08, 13 and 31 … State University Police Officer titles hired under Section 355 of the Education Law Background State University Police Officers hired under Section 355 of the Education Law were previously members of and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-234-state-university-police-officer-eligibility-police-andDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for September 2014
… Erdle Perforating Company and former Dinaburg Distributing sites in Rochester. Department of Transportation $39.2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-september-2014Opinion 94-14
… to finance projects located outside the municipality for whose benefit the agency was created); (development … of any project located wholly outside the municipality for whose benefit the IDA was created. This prohibition does not apply, however, to projects for which an agency has authorized any assistance prior to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14Mitigation for Extreme Weather Conditions and Flooding
… stretching 120 miles from Montauk in Long Island to Penn Station and Grand Central Madison in Manhattan, to Atlantic … and can hamper the LIRR’s ability to provide regular train service. Additionally, hurricane season can bring high …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/13/mitigation-extreme-weather-conditions-and-floodingDiNapoli: State Education Department Missed Red Flags of Proprietary Schools' Financial Trouble
… The State Education Department’s (SED) weak enforcement of licensing requirements for non-degree proprietary schools … are stretched, but it must ensure these schools are worthy of a license and are not going to rip off vulnerable New … proprietary schools that provide training in a number of areas, such as business, computer/information technology …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-state-education-department-missed-red-flags-proprietary-schools-financial-troubleDiNapoli: Identity Theft Cases Surged in New York in 2020
… Identity thefts in New York surged during the pandemic with more than 67,000 … a variety of other purposes. Identity thefts have surged in New York over the past decade, but reported arrests and … Identity thefts in New York surged during the pandemic with more than 67000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-identity-theft-cases-surged-new-york-2020Oversight of Language Access Services
… and local laws, and providing sufficient oversight of Language Access Services. The audit covered the period from … the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens (see Exhibits A and B). Language Access Services (LAS) are pivotal to DOHMH’s work … Proficiency (LEP). DOHMH established its comprehensive Language Access Policy in 2016 to eliminate language barriers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/03/25/oversight-language-access-servicesOpinion 92-23
… storage tanks and the erection of a switching station near a well) TOWN LAW, §§198(12)(a), 215(8): A separate board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-23DiNapoli: Outreach Failure Contributes to Rise in Subway Homeless Population
… had called in sick. March 20, 2019 at Crown Heights/Utica Ave. (3/4) station and Utica Ave. (A/C) station. Outreach workers didn’t show at these … Sq NQR” and “’I’M OKAY F Train Unknown’ at 14th Street-6th Ave FLM.” While some people may resist giving their names, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/dinapoli-outreach-failure-contributes-rise-subway-homeless-populationState Contract and Payment Actions in June
… retaining walls in New York City. $11.2 million with Crane Hogan Structural Systems, Inc. for access improvements and a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/state-contract-and-payment-actions-junePassenger Vehicle Fleet Management
… Purpose To determine what steps the Office of General Services (OGS) has taken to manage the State’s … To determine what steps the Office of General Services OGS has taken to manage the States …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/17/passenger-vehicle-fleet-managementDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for February 2015
… Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance. Department of Health $13 million contract between Helen Hayes Hospital and … Department of Agriculture & Markets $806,000 to the American Dairy Association for New York milk and milk … and Disability Assistance $35 million in federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) benefits to assist more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-february-2015