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DiNapoli Audit: Pre-K Special Education Provider Spent $2.5 Million in Unallowed Expenses

… determines how special education providers can use public funds to make certain that children get the greatest … Education Department so that they can recover the misspent funds.” Shared staff at Starting Point Services divided their … uncovered waste, fraud and abuse of special education funds, DiNapoli announced an initiative involving a broad …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-audit-pre-k-special-education-provider-spent-25-million-unallowed-expenses

DiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters

… The state and city agencies in charge of overseeing food services … tuberculosis (TB), according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "When you … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-shelters

Oversight of Security Expenses in Single Adult and Adult Family Homeless Shelters

… Purpose To determine whether the New York City Department of Homeless … oversight of the homeless shelters. Governed by a “right to shelter” mandate, the City provides temporary emergency …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/07/oversight-security-expenses-single-adult-and-adult-family-homeless-shelters

Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-27

… : If an agency removes an employee from the eligibility list and later determines that the employee met all … so the agency removed the employee from the eligibility list. The employee received a Rescind Unsatisfactory Rating ( …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-27-october-2007-merit-step-payments-employees-represented

Financial Condition and Selected Expenses

… Purpose To assess the New York Racing Association, Inc.’s financial condition … (e.g., on-track, simulcast) totals about $2.3 billion. In November 2006, NYRA filed for bankruptcy due to its poor … a cumulative operating deficit of more than $135 million. In September 2008, upon renewal of its exclusive franchise, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/10/financial-condition-and-selected-expenses

DiNapoli Warns Federal Cuts to Health Care Could Hurt Millions of New Yorkers

… health care coverage for many residents, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-warns-federal-cuts-health-care-could-hurt-millions-new-yorkers

Permanent COLA

… increase the retirement benefit you receive from the New York State and Local Retirement System. Once you become … based on the first $18,000 of your annual Single Life Allowance amount, even if you selected a different …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/permanent-cola

Opinion 2000-21

… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … -- Establishment of (joint fire district when village is within two towns) TOWNS -- Fire Districts and Fire …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21

Oversight of Critical Foster Care Program Requirements

… and supervises child welfare services, including foster care and adoption, through its Division of Child Welfare and … Key Findings At each of the ten sites we visited, foster home records lacked evidence that counties or VAs met certain critical foster home certification/approval and recertification requirements, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/21/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirements

Oversight of the Supported Housing Program – DePaul Group, Inc. and Affiliates

… DePaul Group for both direct Program services and indirect administration costs. Key Findings The ultimate goal of the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/30/oversight-supported-housing-program-depaul-group-inc-and-affiliates

DiNapoli: Audits Find $70 Million in Dubious Claims, Persistent Medicaid Billing System Failures

… more than $7.5 million in duplicate claims to 2,244 doctors and other medical professionals who separately billed … on frequency limits being exceeded. Read the full report, including DOH’s response, Ambulatory Patient Groups … been taken to address system shortcomings. Read the full report, including DOH’s response, Medicaid Claims Processing …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-audits-find-70-million-dubious-claims-persistent-medicaid-billing-system-failures

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1834

… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the automatic processing for the bi-weekly Security Services Hazardous Duty Pay, and to provide instructions for payments not processed … will increase the following Additional Pay codes according to the chart below: Bargaining Unit 01 (Arbitration Eligible) …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1834-april-2020-hazardous-duty-pay-increase-arbitration-eligible-bu01-and

DiNapoli: NYC Transit Should Improve Response to Safety-Related Defects

… not corrected in a timely manner. Delays in identifying and responding to unsafe conditions is a risk that can be … in 25 subway stations in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. The MTA classifies safety defects in five … Most critical are the "A" defects which affect safety and security, and are revenue-related. According to the MTA, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-nyc-transit-should-improve-response-safety-related-defects

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… York City-based not-for-profit organization, is authorized by the State Education Department to provide full-day Special … of special education instruction and services as intended by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The … and once initiated were often delayed – in some cases by as much as 4 ½ years. Extensive delays may have resulted …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits

Employment Recovery Is Slow for New Yorkers with Disabilities

… with disabilities, see Office of the State Comptroller’s report, Pre-Pandemic Improvements in Employment Rates for … Research and Statistics using Current Population Survey (CPS) public use microdata for civilian, noninstitutional … . 3 In this report, the employment-to-population ratio is the number of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/employment-recovery-slow-new-yorkers-disabilities

Former Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million

… for the Southern District of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field … and false subscription to tax returns before Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy in connection with his embezzlement …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-his

DiNapoli: New York Power Authority’s Installation of Electric Vehicle Chargers Years Behind Schedule

… electric vehicle (EV) chargers where they are most needed by New York’s nearly 50,000 registered EVs, leaving nearly half of the state’s counties without any NYPA-installed charging … . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local government financial …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-new-york-power-authoritys-installation-electric-vehicle-chargers-years-behind-schedule

DiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues

… the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes, according to a follow-up report released today by New … to respond to infectious disease outbreaks at nursing homes, even before the pandemic, under the previous … had assessed the internal control environment. A separate independent review is underway at the direction of the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issues