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DiNapoli: Too Many New Yorkers Still Without High-Speed Broadband Access
… Broadband access is increasingly necessary for everyday activities and especially vital for businesses, remote workers, online education and health care … fallen short of its mission to bring universal broadband access to New Yorkers, according to an audit by State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-too-many-new-yorkers-still-without-high-speed-broadband-accessDiNapoli: NYC Spending Priorities Shifted During Pandemic
… address pressing needs, but some new critical programs and services may face fiscal cliffs, according to a new report from State Comptroller … said. “Funding for education, public health and social services have risen to counter the effects of the pandemic, … address pressing needs but some new critical programs and services may face fiscal cliffs according to a new report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-nyc-spending-priorities-shifted-during-pandemicDiNapoli: MTA Budget Continues to Face Serious Risks
… Authority is expected to devote one-fifth of total revenue to debt service by 2023 as it relies increasingly on … to finance its capital needs, leaving a smaller share of revenue for other priorities and hindering budget flexibility … an increasing share of MTA revenues. The share of total revenue needed to fund debt service will reach 22.5 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-mta-budget-continues-face-serious-risksDiNapoli: Stronger Oversight Needed for Social Adult Day Care Programs
… paying illegal kickbacks and bribes and submitting claims for services that were never provided. DiNapoli’s office had … at three SADCs, one with two locations in Gravesend and Coney Island, Brooklyn; another in Flushing, Queens; and a third in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/dinapoli-stronger-oversight-needed-social-adult-day-care-programsDiNapoli: Three Arrested in Connection With Over $1 Million Medicaid Transportation Fraud Scheme
… County Sheriff's Office, the Oneonta Police Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General August 28, … by billing for fake transportation services, duplicating and inflating costs, and paying kickbacks to Medicaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-three-arrested-connection-over-1-million-medicaid-transportation-fraud-schemeHoward Public Library – Board Oversight (2026M-3)
… operations? Audit Period January 1, 2024 – January 13, 2026 We extended the audit period back to January 1, 2017, to … waste and fraud. From January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, deposited collections totaled $82,953 and … oversight of the library’s financial operations. As a result, the Board lacked the necessary financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2026/04/24/howard-public-library-board-oversight-2026m-3DiNapoli: MTA Faces Growing Risks to Its Capital Funding
… helped stabilize the MTA’s finances last year, but its capital program for maintaining and upgrading the regional … due to funding issues, which may also pressure its next capital plan, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The MTA’s capital program is critical to winning riders back to public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-mta-faces-growing-risks-its-capital-fundingTown of Catharine – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-25-26)
… Town of Catharine (Town) Board (Board) conduct or provide for an annual audit of the Town Supervisor’s (Supervisor) … did the Supervisor file the Annual Financial Report (AFR) with the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) as required? … of 1,651, Town officials budgeted a total of $887,849 for the general fund and highway fund appropriations in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2026/05/15/town-catharine-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-25-26Opinion 92-8
… BONDS AND NOTES -- Permissible uses (financing non-federal share of federally-aided city bridge project) -- Proceeds … (issuance of obligations to finance non-federal share of federally-aided city bridge project) HIGHWAY LAW, … and notes issued by the city to finance the non-federal share of a federally-aided city bridge project. You ask …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-8Existential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA
… bus, and commuter railroad services. The pandemic led to a dramatic drop in riders – and ridership revenue – for … the continued provision of service is especially critical to the economic health of New York City and its residents. … More than half of City residents used public transit to commute to work in 2019. The New York City metro area also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/existential-questions-facing-national-public-transit-systems-create-new-fiscal-pressures-mtaGASB Statement 87, Leases
… lessor’s option to terminate that you don’t expect them to exercise; and Periods covered by lessee’s or lessor’s option to extend the lease term that you do expect them to exercise. Note: If you’re reasonably certain the lessee or lessor will exercise a fiscal funding clause, use the date you expect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/guidance/gasb-statement-87-leasesComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Guilty Plea of Queens Pharmacy Owner for $1.5 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
… resolve a separate civil asset forfeiture and False Claims Act law suit filed by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud … to Value, Goldin paid the hospital employee a monthly cash referral fee and provided him with other items of value, … to pay kickbacks to another person in return for the referral of medical services ultimately paid for by Medicaid. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-guilty-plea-queens-pharmacy-owner-15-million-medicaidComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… report issued in May 2013 determined OCFS officials were not effectively managing energy consumption and had not achieved the 35 percent energy reduction goals set forth … is about once a year at most. In addition, the bills do not include up-to-date costs, which delays recovery of some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Better Protections for Child Performers
… issues one-year permits to performers under 18 years of age and certificates to employers every three years. From … trust information or other required documentation. At least 133 children were issued multiple temporary permits, … are no longer children, having already attained the age of 18. Some accounts consist of multiple deposits over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-audit-recommends-better-protections-child-performersComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… diligence and care over general school fund accounts. In a follow-up report, auditors found DoE and John F. Kennedy … In addition, an authority procurement card was used to buy personal items and other questionable items. New York … of the agreements on to the prescription drug program run by the Department of Civil Service. Auditors identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 88-45
… You ask whether, in our opinion, the proposed program is legal. The Local Finance Law is the exclusive law governing … Whether a line of credit between and the county is legal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-45DiNapoli: Report Warns of Growing State Debt
… debt is projected to reach $63.7 billion at the end of the current fiscal year and to increase over the following four … limits on the levels of debt outstanding and debt service. Current projections indicate the state's available borrowing … increase by $10.4 billion, or 17 percent, over the state's current five-year capital plan period. DiNapoli's report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-report-warns-growing-state-debtOpinion 92-5
… CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (granting of license or concession for fair and adequate consideration) REAL PROPERTY -- License (authority of school district to grant) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (authority to grant license) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: There is no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5The Survivor’s Benefit Program for New York State Management / Confidential Employees
… the Survivor’s Benefit Program. (Return to Top) Does divorce affect my beneficiary designation? If you are … the survivor’s benefit, are automatically revoked when a divorce, annulment or judicial separation becomes final, … (DRO) specify otherwise. For more information about how divorce may affect retirement benefits, visit our Divorce and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/survivors-benefit-program-nys-management-confidential-employeesOpinion 2002-14
… of settlement) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1; VILLAGE LAW §§1-102(5), 4-400(1)(l), 4-412(3)(3), 5-524: A village may incur reasonable expenses for the primary purpose … of pursuing a settlement of a claim against the village for property damage, even though work performed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14