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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… on their financial operations while developing their 2021 fiscal year budgets. Below are the findings of some of … were not authorized by the contract or contract amendment. East Meredith Rural Fire District – Financial Activities … exceeded known liabilities by $3,436 as of June 30, 2020. NFC Development Corporation – Project Approval and Monitoring …

Compliance With the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act and Monitoring and Enforcement of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Requirements

… Objectives To determine if the Department of Environmental Conservation … with the 2013 Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act (Act), and is adequately monitoring and enforcing requirements of … To determine if the Department of Environmental Conservation is ensuring …

Review of the Financial Plan of the City of New York, May 2023

Three years removed from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City faces ongoing and new risks to its finances just as the economy has shown signs of slowing.

List of Villages and Cities in Fiscal Stress

The Fiscal Stress Monitoring System and resulting fiscal stress designations rely on data (as of 2/29/2024) from annual financial reports submitted by local governments to the Office of the State Comptroller.

Broadband Availability, Access and Affordability in New York City

The shift to work and schooling from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted high-speed internet access as a household necessity countrywide, as well as across New York State.

Lynbrook Union Free School District – Medicaid Reimbursements (2022M-81)

Determine whether Lynbrook Union Free School District (District) officials ensured students received all services from their individualized education programs (IEPs) and Medicaid eligible services were properly filed to receive Medicaid reimbursements.

XIII.10 Refunds Owed to the State by an Employee – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement

Retroactive Service Credit Due to Litigation, Settlements, and Arbitration Awards – Enhanced Reporting

… settlements or arbitration when such actions result in the payment of retroactive salary. If you would like legal … be charged for the employer portion of this adjustment in a future annual invoice.   Rev. 2/23 …

DiNapoli: Former Town Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of $240,000

… Brown pleaded guilty today in front of Judge Hon. Frank B. Revoir, Chenango County, to Grand Larceny in the …

DiNapoli: Middletown Chiropractor Sentenced to Nine Years for Insurance Fraud

… P. DiNapoli announced James “Jay” Spina was sentenced in federal court for running a large-scale health care … and today was sentenced to serve 108 months (nine years) in federal prison, plus three years of probation and pay $9.7 million in restitution and forfeit $9.1 million. "Mr. Spina …

Retroactive Service Credit due to Litigation, Settlements, and Arbitration Awards – Legacy Reporting

… through Retirement Online including their earnings the number of days they worked and more …

Empire BlueCross BlueShield – Payments to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital (Follow-Up)

… were implemented. Background The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) provides health insurance coverage to active and retired State, participating … Related Audits/Reports of Interest New York State Health Insurance Program: Empire BlueCross Blue Shield - Payments to …

Compliance With Requirements to Maintain Systems at Vendor-Supported Levels (Follow-Up)

… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Compliance With Requirements to … and convenient public transportation to customers in eight counties (Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, … of October 29, 2020, of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report. Key Finding RGRTA officials have …

Improper Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations (Follow-Up)

… in our initial audit report, Improper Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations … monthly premiums, MCOs can receive a one-time Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payment (SMCP) for the prenatal and … or birthing center delivery costs associated with the maternity care of a recipient. However, MCOs are not eligible …

DiNapoli Audit Finds MTA Needs to Strengthen Extreme Weather Preparations

… (MTA Bus) need to improve their preparations for extreme weather as an audit released today by New York State … of resiliency equipment, and a failure to follow weather alert procedures. “While the MTA has been funding and … the transportation system to climate change and extreme weather, and developed plans and procedures to activate for …

DiNapoli: NYS Common Retirement Fund Rises to Estimated $180.7 Billion

… 2014 on March 31 with a value of $176.8 billion. The net growth in the value of the fund reflects earnings over the … mortgages (26.6 percent), private equity (7.8 percent), real estate (6.8 percent), absolute return strategy (3.1 percent) …

DiNapoli: Sales Tax Collections Growth Slowed in First Half of 2015

… local sales tax growth statewide. Still, the city’s growth rate fell from a 4.8 percent growth rate for the same period in 2014. The Capital District had … (1.2 percent), the Mohawk Valley (1.0 percent), the Finger Lakes (0.4 percent) and the Mid-Hudson region (0.4 percent). …

Opinion 93-30

… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (liability for the cost of transportation to county jail) COUNTY SHERIFF -- Powers and Duties … to do so, the cost of the transportation is a county charge. You ask whether the cost incurred by a village in …

DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores With Analysis of 10 Years of Fiscal Monitoring System Data

… Supervisor Peter G. Crummey said. “In fact, last year, in my first year as Colonie town supervisor, I implemented the … we were a little hesitant at the county level. We had just come out of the Great Recession. It was a very rocky time in …

Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Sentencing of Queens Pharmacy Owner for Stealing More than $1.5 Million from Medicaid

… of Arkady Goldin, 40, of Brooklyn, owner of Value Pharmacy Inc. ("Value"), a pharmacy formerly located in Queens before re-locating to its … and 200 hours of community service. Goldin and Value Pharmacy will be required to pay $1.5 million to New York …