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State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Signing of New Legislative Package on Gun Control
… Hochul's signing of a new legislative package addressing gun control: "Gun violence in our nation has gotten worse and hurts too … Texas, this scourge knows no geographic boundaries. The gun control bills signed into law by Governor Hochul today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-signing-new-legislative-package-gun-controlCounty of Rockland – Budget Review (B20-6-13)
… [read complete report - pdf] Purpose of Budget Review The purpose of our … expenditure projections in the County’s proposed budget for the 2021 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The … during which it was authorized to issue obligations and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the deficit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2020/11/13/county-rockland-budget-review-b20-6-13Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District – Financial Management (2015M-155)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the … 2015. Background The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District is located in the Town of Tonawanda, Erie …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/11/06/kenmore-town-tonawanda-union-free-school-district-financial-managementState Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on the Governor's 2025 State of the State Address
… York's families are feeling squeezed by the high cost of living. The Governor’s proposals for expanding child tax … addressing New York’s startlingly high rate of children living in poverty. These and other proposals and how we pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-governors-2025-state-state-addressBelfast Central School District – Reserve Funds (2021M-135)
Determine whether the Belfast Central School District District Board of Education Board and District officials properly established and used reserve funds and maintained them at reasonable levels
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/belfast-central-school-district-reserve-funds-2021m-135Williamson Central School District – Procurement of Professional Services (2016M-55)
… review the District’s procurement of professional services for the period July 1, 2014 through January 11, 2016. … five-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2015-16 fiscal year total approximately $22 million. … purchasing policy and regulations do not provide guidance for seeking competition when soliciting professional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/10/williamson-central-school-district-procurement-professional-servicesEnlarged City School District of Troy – Leave Accruals (2014M-144)
… of Troy is located in the City of Troy and the Town of Brunswick in Rensselaer County. The District is governed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/07/11/enlarged-city-school-district-troy-leave-accruals-2014m-144Genesee Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Purchasing (2016M-259)
… which combined educate approximately 22,200 students, in Genesee, Livingston, Steuben and Wyoming Counties. BOCES …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/10/21/genesee-valley-board-cooperative-educational-services-purchasing-2016m-259Credit Cards – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… district may authorize designated employees to use a credit card issued in the name of the local government or school district to pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/credit-cardsEast Ramapo Central School District – Budget Review (B21-5-4)
… [ read complete report - pdf ] Purpose of Budget Review The objective of this review was to provide … an independent evaluation of the East Ramapo Central School District’s (District’s) proposed budget for the … and members of the New York State Legislature requested our Office to complete a financial review, which led to our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/05/05/east-ramapo-central-school-district-budget-review-b21-5-4DiNapoli: Former Long Island School Official Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme
… P. DiNapoli announced that earlier today, Sharon Gardner, the former Director of Food Services for the Hempstead Union Free School District … are held accountable for their actions in the criminal justice system,” said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-former-long-island-school-official-pleads-guilty-kickback-schemeNew York Schools Reported More Than 32,000 Violent and Disruptive Incidents in the 2017-18 School Year
… New York State public and charter schools, with a combined … more than 32,000 violent and disruptive incidents in the 2017-18 school year (SY), including assaults, bomb … had a student population of more than half a million. When looking at schools by grade level, elementary schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/new-york-schools-reported-more-32000-violent-and-disruptive-incidents-2017-18-school-yearTown of Attica – Payments to Not-for-Profit Organizations (2021M-125)
… - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether payments Town of Attica (Town) officials made to not-for-profit … corrective action. … Determine whether payments Town of Attica Town officials made to notforprofit organizations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/12/17/town-attica-payments-not-profit-organizations-2021m-125DiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… to take steps toward providing a safe learning environment for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Under … extent to which the seventh school, Burgard Vocational High School in Buffalo, underreported because it used an … designate schools on the 2014-15 persistently dangerous list. While SED has used this data in the past to identify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawPrattsburgh Central School District – Financial Management (2020M-108)
… report - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine if the Board of Education (Board) and Prattsburgh Central School District (District) officials adequately managed the … capital plans. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/12/18/prattsburgh-central-school-district-financial-management-2020m-108Genesee Community Charter School Non-Payroll Disbursements (2020M-34)
… policies. Of 1,317 disbursements reviewed, 207 check disbursements, totaling $176,847, and 274 debit and credit card transactions, totaling $84,672, did not have adequate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2020/07/24/genesee-community-charter-school-non-payroll-disbursements-2020m-34Audit of the Tuition Reimbursement Account for the Three Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013
… eligible for a tuition refund when they are enrolled in a post-secondary private school licensed by the State Education Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/07/24/audit-tuition-reimbursement-account-three-fiscal-years-ended-march-31-2013Southside Academy Charter School - Enrollment and Billing (2019M-70)
… Objective Determine whether student enrollment records and billings to school districts were accurate and supported. Key Findings The School overbilled the … in charter school tuition for the 2017-18 school year and it under-billed four other resident districts a total of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2019/05/31/southside-academy-charter-school-enrollment-and-billing-2019m-70City of Yonkers – Budget Review (B6-14-13)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our budget review was to determine … $45 million to liquidate the current deficits in the City School District’s general fund as of June 30, 2014. Chapter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/05/20/city-yonkers-budget-review-b6-14-13DiNapoli: Lack of Transparency With School Districts' Financial Reports May Leave Taxpayers in the Dark
… All but two, Beacon City School District and Rockville Centre Union Free School District, did so in an easy to find … District, New Lebanon Central School District, Rockville Centre Union Free School District and York Central School … Otego-Unadilla Central School District, Rockville Centre Union Free School District and Saranac Central School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-lack-transparency-school-districts-financial-reports-may-leave-taxpayers-dark