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Administration of the Contract With the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (Follow-Up)
… documentation. However, our visits to certain client apartments identified what appeared to be ongoing conditions … the health and/or safety of clients. For example, three apartments had significantly damaged ceilings/walls, two did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/administration-contract-postgraduate-center-mental-health-followOversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and … confinement and post-release supervision, of certain sex offenders. The Act applies to offenders who have been … controlling this behavior. The most dangerous of these sex offenders are confined in a secure treatment facility …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/oversight-sex-offenders-subject-strict-and-intensive-supervision-and-treatment-followAccounts Payable Advisory No. 20
… more information regarding the requirements for attaching images in support of payments, please see the GFO , Chapter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/20-document-attachments-sfsDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up More Than 17% in November
… Statewide local sales tax collections grew by 17.5% in November compared to … “As has been the case the past several months, November’s sales tax collections were greatly improved over last year,” … quarterly distributions against what had been reported by sales tax vendors for the reporting quarter and adjusts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-more-17-novemberComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Sentencing of Queens Pharmacy Owner for Stealing More than $1.5 Million from Medicaid
… out of $1.5 million. Today, Acting Supreme Court Justice Barry Kron of Queens County Supreme Court sentenced Arkady …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-sentencing-queens-pharmacy-ownerDiNapoli: Fix Delays With Child Support Payments
… approximately $59 million at the end of federal fiscal year 2016, according to an audit released today by State … cases, auditors found that Nassau County had a 38 year old account, while Rockland and Albany counties had … and Oneida) accounts averaged five years. For the three-year period ended Dec. 31, 2016, only five counties – Nassau, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-fix-delays-child-support-paymentsOpinion 2003-7
… in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Moneys in Lieu of Park Land (use of for preliminary costs and feasibility studies) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (use of park trust moneys for preliminary costs and feasibility … costs related to a capital improvement at a town park …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7Opinion 2007-5
… just ratios for the equalization of assessed valuations. Absent a special act to the contrary (see 1980 Ops St Comp …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Former Head of Niagara Falls Housing Authority Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Funds; Son and Daughter-in-Law Also Convicted
… General, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Brad Geary; and the Office of New York State Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/former-head-niagara-falls-housing-authority-pleads-guilty-stealing-government-funds-son-and-daughterDiNapoli & Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former MET Council Insurance Broker
… Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that Joseph Ross, the former insurance broker for the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (“Met Council”), … to Met Council and agreed to a judgment against him in the amount of $956,000 in favor of Met Council. The joint …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-insurance-brokerFormer Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million
Albert Melin the former treasurer of the Patterson Fire Department in Patterson PFD New York pled guilty today to wire fraud and false subscription to tax returns before Magistrate Judge Judith C McCarthy in connection with his embezzlement of more than $11 million from the PFD
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-hisDiNapoli: Audits Find $70 Million in Dubious Claims, Persistent Medicaid Billing System Failures
… two audits revealing more than $70 million in questionable Medicaid claims and payments. DiNapoli’s auditors found the … been kicked out of the system for wrongdoing. “New York’s Medicaid billing system is failing to catch waste, fraud, … of Health (DOH) made as much as $39.6 million in Medicaid overpayments through a reimbursement method intended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-audits-find-70-million-dubious-claims-persistent-medicaid-billing-system-failuresOversight 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 oversee the entities that provide child welfare services, including voluntary agencies (VAs) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/21/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirementsDiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… significant deficiencies in the New York State Office of Mental Health’s (OMH) oversight of ESSHI, which was launched in 2016 … including people with specific needs such as serious mental illness or disability. OMH serves as the lead …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellBorrowing Against Your Contributions – State Police Plan
… to repay the loan and interest within five years. Loans are repaid through payroll deductions. You may borrow … period. Prior to retirement, and 30 days after issuance, loans are fully insured in case you die before repaying them. … loan balances must be at least 2 percent of your earnings. Loans are repaid through payroll deductions. You may borrow …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/borrowing-against-your-contributions-0Opinion 88-23
… of construction company) -- Exceptions (no exception for emergency situations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801(1)(b), … interest provisions of General Municipal Law, article 18 for contracts entered into in emergency situations. This is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-23Opinion 2003-5
… applies to different groups (firefighters who belong to an organized fire company or department in the case of General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 95-24
… behalf of the city school district on account of a school building project for which indebtedness was contracted and … of the aid. State aid paid in relation to a school building project financed from a source other than the … concerning restrictions applicable to state aid for school building purposes paid to a city with 125,000 or more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24Opinion 98-4
… (delegation of duties in connection with) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §554; COUNTY LAW, §§369, 577, 600: If the office of … has been established in a county, the duties of the tax levying body provided for in Real Property Tax Law, §554 in connection with correction of errors on tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-4Opinion 95-10
… fence encircling a cemetery or burial ground in the first class described in Town Law, §291(1), that is, a cemetery or … fourteen years. In the case of a cemetery in the second class described in section 291(1), a town is required to … front of or encircling a cemetery falling within the third class described in section 291(1). This is in response to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10