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DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for June 2014

… financial officer, DiNapoli’s office reviews contracts for all state agencies and certain contracts for state public authorities and audits all state payments. … monthly notice to provide current information about the number and types of contracts and payments entered into by …

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DiNapoli: Fire Department Treasurer Arrested for Stealing Public Funds

… transfers, withdrawals and deposits from the department’s account, as well as from the firemen's benevolent …

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DiNapoli: Fiscal Stress May be Looming for Glens Falls

… due to burdensome debt costs, the subsidization of a downtown civic center and expenses that outpace revenues, … 4.5 percent annually, higher than the 3.3 percent growth for all cities in the state. By comparison, the city’s … monthly expenditures during 2012. Glens Falls, however, does have a number of positive socio-economic factors working …

DiNapoli: IDA Audits Reveal Need For Improved Project Oversight

… approval process and could not verify that staff submitted all IDA projects for its approval. This failure raises the … performance data provided by businesses;  Ensure that all project agreements contain a recapture clause that would …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Launches Academy for Local Government Officials

… for New York State Local Officials that will provide an enhanced training program to help local administrators and … for New York State Local Officials that will provide an enhanced training program to help local administrators and …

DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for November 2014

… Challenge Grants to seven recipients including Yonkers Partners in Education, New York City Outward Bound Center and … crime labs and crime analysis centers statewide. Office of General Services $200,000 with Wilkins Mechanical Inc. to … Center for Child Development ($630,000) and Visiting Nurse Service of New York ($580,000). $1.9 million Office of …

Subway Service Diversions for Maintenance and Capital Projects (Follow-Up)

… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit … July 29, 2011, determined that while Transit has a number of policies and procedures for managing and controlling …

DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for September 2014

… for post-Hurricane Irene property elevation to the village of Babylon.  $378,000 for post-Hurricane Irene property elevation to the village of Mamaroneck. Department of Environmental … to Boilermatic Welding Industries Inc. for a chiller plant at SUNY Stony Brook. $2 million to Pitts Management …

Medicaid Overpayments for Inpatient Care Involving Mechanical Ventilation Services

… Purpose To determine whether Medicaid overpayments were made to … December 31, 2018. Background Mechanical ventilation is the use of a device to inflate and deflate a patient’s … more (i.e., four days or more) of mechanical ventilation, it may cause Medicaid’s payment to the hospital to increase. …

Annual Assessment of Market Orders for 2015 and 2016

… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) had adequate procedures in place … covered the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016 for the Apple and Sour Cherry Market Orders and the period April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2016 for the Apple, Cabbage, and Onion Research and Development …

DiNapoli Finds Slow Property Tax Growth for Local Governments

… Municipalities and school districts face growing challenges to keep pace with … cut refuse collection by $79.3 million. The number of school districts originally planning to ask taxpayers to … and released reports on a variety of issues such as school district revenue challenges, sales tax collections, local …

DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Jump for Third Year

… Thomas P. DiNapoli. Collections across the state of $17.5 billion grew by $872 million, or 5.3 percent. “Local … annual growth rate in sales tax collections in each of the last three years, with the exception of the Finger Lakes (which slowed from 4.9 percent in 2017 to …

Brighter Choice Charter School for Boys - Payroll (2018M-139)

… Audit Objective Determine whether internal controls were in place to ensure that employee compensation was accurate, …

Empire BlueCross BlueShield – Controls Over Payments for Special Items

… payments which result from contracts with hospitals that do not include language that limits the reimbursement of … amounts for special items; however, some contracts do not have similar limitations. As of December 31, 2016, Empire had … special items; 29 based the reimbursement of special items on the hospitals’ gross charges (i.e., no limit); and 16 did …

DiNapoli: Scores Reveal Fiscal Stress Continues for Certain Communities

… , this includes 12 counties, 11 cities and 21 towns. For the third consecutive year DiNapoli’s office has … over the past three years, and it is looking tougher for New York’s cities,” said DiNapoli. “While it is clear … DiNapoli noted 14 municipalities were designated in stress for each of the three years since he implemented the system, …

DiNapoli: Farms Generate $4.8 Billion for New York's Economy

… products ranked in the top five nationwide, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … to 2017. New York's farmers are dealing with increased financial uncertainty caused by tariffs imposed on … government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's 150,000 contracts, billions …

DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for January 2015

… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1,577 contracts valued at $1.2 billion and … due to fraud, waste or other improprieties. As the state’s chief financial officer, DiNapoli’s office reviews contracts for all state agencies and certain …

Overpayments for Services Also Covered by Medicare Part B (Follow-Up)

… extent of implementation of the two recommendations made in our audit report, Overpayments for Services Also Covered … Many of the State’s Medicaid recipients are also enrolled in Medicare Part B, which provides supplementary medical … fees, and medical supplies. For individuals enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare, Medicare is generally the …