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DiNapoli: Timely Remediation Essential for Success of State's Brownfield Cleanup Program
… audit reviewed DEC’s administration of the program from January 2019 to January 2025. Remediation Delays While many … cleanup and specific remedies for lack of progress. As a result, each site is handled on a case-by-case basis. In … or soil, can be eligible for the BCP. The audit identified 27 sites that were admitted to the program that potentially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-timely-remediation-essential-success-states-brownfield-cleanup-programControls Over Computers (Follow-Up)
… Department of Environmental Conservation is responsible for the protection of the environmental health, welfare, and … asbestos monitoring and removal. As the agency responsible for the City's environment, the Department also regulates air … the risk that equipment may be misappropriated, or used for personal use outside of the Department, without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/21/controls-over-computers-followOpinion 98-12
… all funds raised or collected by the authorities in a city for school purposes or to be used by the board of education for any purpose authorized in this chapter, or any other … to a city and received from any source whatsoever for similar purposes, shall be paid into the treasury of such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-12State Agencies Bulletin No. 1339
… Purpose To inform agencies that position pools in PayServ may require updates for SFS lapsing Overview Certain cost centers in SFS will be lapsing and will no longer be available for use in PayServ. OSC will provide a weekly spreadsheet of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1339-sfs-cost-centers-payserv-09152014-09302014-lapse-datesProtection of Child Performers
… in trust on behalf of the child. If an employer or payroll company does not have valid information about a child’s trust … by the child’s parent or guardian when applying through a web portal and automatically posted to the System. Unit staff … from the System contain errors. Key Recommendations Design and implement a system of internal controls to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/27/protection-child-performersCreate Users and Assign Roles
… has administrative control over the account. Users who are not authorizers may only perform certain tasks within the … type, activity and other identities. can view (but not edit) questionnaire responses and contract data. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/create-users-and-assign-rolesPoland Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-20)
… Services (BOCES) to test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary remediation. Testing and reporting for lead contamination began in 2016, and subsequent testing … have access to and could consume water from, were sampled for testing. Therefore, we determined 132 of the 176 (75 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/poland-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-20State Agencies Bulletin No. 825
… Employees Federation (PEF). The agreement provides for a retroactive 3% General Salary Increase and an increase to other payments effective … payments of the April 1, 2007 Salary and Inconvenience Pay increases and the April 1, 2008 Salary and Location Pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/825-april-1-2007-and-april-1-2008-salary-and-other-increases-employeesHomeowners Association, Inc.
… York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) in accordance with the terms and conditions of contract. … The majority of the contract funds were budgeted for the purchase of equipment to enable Homeowners to i) … demonstrate it used the items purchased with State monies for purposes consistent with the contract. Homeowners used …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/10/homeowners-association-incSackets Harbor Central School District – Financial Condition (2016M-89)
… Harbor Central School District is located in the Towns of Adams, Henderson and Hounsfield in Jefferson County. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/10/sackets-harbor-central-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-89State Agencies Bulletin No. 827
… To provide procedures to process the lump sum payment for Special Assignment to Duty Pay ( SAD ) for PEF employees. Affected Employees Employees working in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/827-50000-retroactive-lump-sum-payment-special-assignment-duty-pay-sadAwarding and Oversight of Statewide Interoperable Communications Grants (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the three … and Emergency Services (Division) awarded contracts to entities that met eligibility requirements and provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/13/awarding-and-oversight-statewide-interoperable-communications-grants-followSelected Aspects of the Dam Safety Program (Follow-Up)
… of the nine recommendations included in our initial audit report, Selected Aspects of the Dam Safety Program (Report … received sufficient training on the proper use of the inventory database nor ensured the database was accurate or complete. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/06/04/selected-aspects-dam-safety-program-followComptrollers DiNapoli & Stringer Call on Corporations to Protect LGBT Rights Around World
… "We want our portfolio companies to protect our investment for the long haul, and that means ensuring that their strong … am confident that companies will find that taking a stand for what is right is also a way to protect the bottom line." … Comptroller Stringer said. "It is simply unacceptable for a corporation to fail to police its own site according to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/comptrollers-dinapoli-stringer-call-corporations-protect-lgbt-rights-around-worldOffice of Temporary and Disability Assistance SSP Payments Made to State Employees
… other qualifying New York State residents. To be eligible for SSP, individuals must be at least 65 years old, blind or … System – the State’s repository of recipient information for multiple benefit programs, and self-certification by … the SSA contained incorrect income eligibility information for an additional 3,000 SSP recipients. Officials planned to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/01/09/office-temporary-and-disability-assistance-ssp-payments-made-state-employeesOffice of Temporary and Disability Assistance - SSP Payments Made to Deceased Individuals
… $42,000 to 78 individuals who died from 1 to more than 16 years prior to their last SSP payment in the examination …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/01/09/office-temporary-and-disability-assistance-ssp-payments-made-deceased-individualsMedicaid Program – Medicaid Overpayments for Medicare Part B Services Billed Directly to eMedNY
… all costs of Part B services until their annual deductible is met. After the deductible is met, Medicare begins to pay its share and the enrollee is responsible for any coinsurance. Typically, Medicare will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/11/medicaid-program-medicaid-overpayments-medicare-part-b-services-billed-directly-emednyBuffalo Business Delivers $9 Million Investment Gain To The State Pension Fund
… instruments and has consistently been ranked as one of the best managed and best funded plans in the nation. Over the past 20 years, 82 … named an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company and among the “Best Places to Work in Money Management” by Pensions & …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/buffalo-business-delivers-9-million-investment-gain-state-pension-fundDiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… 29 of 32 approved full-time equivalent staff; two single adult shelters had inadequate night shift coverage (one staff … Catholic Charities Men Syracuse Onondaga 112 Webster House Adult Poughkeepsie Dutchess 60 Dorothy Day Expansion Women Syracuse Onondaga 27 City Mission Adult Buffalo Erie 25 Orange County DSS Adult Newburgh Orange …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureTown of Porter – Sewer Billings to Fort Niagara State Park (2017M-162)
… The purpose of our audit was to review the Town’s billing for sewer services provided to the Fort for the period January 1, 2014 through April 17, 2017. Background The Town of Porter is located in Niagara County and has a population of approximately 6,600 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/12/01/town-porter-sewer-billings-fort-niagara-state-park-2017m-162