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Opinion 91-49
… advised us that the county owns fee simple title to the road bed. Highway Law, §131-b(1) provides that a county … therein...". We have interpreted similar authority in Village Law, §6-612 (and its predecessor statutes) to authorize a village board of trustees, upon discontinuing a village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49DiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Costs Increased 10.2% in 2024, Up 1.8M Hours Over 2023
… New York State agency overtime costs increased 10.2% in 2024 for a total of $1.3 billion, while the number of … not including SUNY and CUNY, grew from 2023 by 3.7% in 2024, or 5,330 positions, to an average annual total of … when it was over 177,000. “Overtime continued to grow in 2024 despite increases to a workforce that remains below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-costs-increased-10.2-percent-in-2024-up-1.8m-hours-over-2023Opinion 2006-9
… Whether the proposed transfer would constitute a sale for purposes of town law and be subject to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-9DiNapoli: Weak Oversight Leads to Tax Breaks for Ineligible Properties
… Audit Finds Properties in Forest Protection Program That Dont Qualify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-weak-oversight-leads-tax-breaks-ineligible-propertiesDiNapoli: Report Warns of Growing State Debt
… the following four years to $71.8 billion, according to a report issued today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. … state's current five-year capital plan period. DiNapoli's report notes: New York's current debt total is second only to … plan to guide the five-year Capital Plan. Read the report , or go to: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-report-warns-growing-state-debtState Police Bulletin No. SP-197
… returned and is undeliverable, the agency must complete form AC3340 , Request for Payroll Check Stop Payment, and … be returned with a completed Next of Kin Affidavit ( Form AC 934-P ), original death certificate, and a Report of Check Exchange ( Form AC 1476-P ). If a Next of Kin Affidavit has been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-197-april-2018-and-april-2019-retroactive-salary-increases-state-policeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… local government audits have been issued. Citizens Hose Company – Board Oversight of Financial Operations (Ontario County) Auditors determined Citizens Hose Company did not have adequate controls in place to … officials. As a result of the audit, the former Citizens Hose Fire Company treasurer pleaded guilty to felony grand …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Enacted State Budget
… Enacted Budget increases funding for education, health care and other programs, but allows more borrowing and limits … of health and other programs. Establishes a new Health Care Transformation Fund to pay for health care programs and other purposes, with authority to transfer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-releases-analysis-enacted-state-budgetOpinion 93-26
… however, the town board is also authorized to fix a schedule of fees or charges to be paid by persons requesting … This provision authorizes the town to charge fees on a per call basis to users of the district's ambulance services (see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-26Medicaid Program – Oversight of Health Homes
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health (DOH) has provided adequate oversight of Medicaid Health Homes to ensure that appropriate care was provided and … extending through October 2024. About the Program The Health Home Program (Program), implemented in New York in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/01/20/medicaid-program-oversight-health-homesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2096.1
… and Institution): Employees Currently Occupying a PR-50 Underfill Position (NYS Position Beginning with 62) in … 18), OSC will automatically reallocate employees in a PR-50 underfill position in the Nurse 1 titles to the … will remain in the Graduate Nurse 1 titles (grade 14) PR-50 underfill position. If the employee’s attained salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/20961-reallocation-nursing-titlesMedicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2021 Through March 31, 2022
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health’s … (Department’s) eMedNY system reasonably ensured that Medicaid claims were submitted by approved providers, were processed in … To determine whether the Department of Healths Departments eMedNY system reasonably ensured that Medicaid claims were submitted by approved providers were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/12/13/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2021-through-march-31-2022State Agencies Bulletin No. 2096
… and Institution): Employees Currently Occupying a PR-50 Underfill Position (NYS Position Beginning with 62) in … 18), OSC will automatically reallocate employees in a PR-50 underfill position in the Nurse 1 titles to the … will remain in the Graduate Nurse 1 titles (grade 14) PR-50 underfill position. If the employee’s attained salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2096-reallocation-nursing-titlesArkport Joint Fire District – Treasurer’s Records and Reports (2025M-126)
… For example, the former Treasurer: Inaccurately recorded or did not record 13 receipts totaling $93,978 and 20 disbursements totaling $24,502. Inaccurately reported or did not report 16 receipts totaling $1,436 and eight … the current Treasurer did not prepare any records or reports for nine receipts totaling $26,324 or six …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/01/16/arkport-joint-fire-district-treasurers-records-and-reports-2025m-126Oxford Academy and Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-12)
… growth, causing learning and behavioral issues or causing hearing and speech problems which can lead to greater … report the results and implement necessary remediation. Testing and reporting for lead contamination began in 2016, and subsequent testing cycles have followed: Cycle One: September 6, 2016 to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/oxford-academy-and-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Fitch Ratings' Upgrade of NYS General Obligation Bonds
… Service, is the latest indication of that improvement. While further steps to achieve structural budget balance are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/new-york-state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-fitch-ratings-upgrade-nys-general-obligationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… recommendations. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) – Bus Company: Fare Evasion (2019-S-7) MTA officials did not provide assurance that Fare Enforcement … its four special funds in 2019 — the Uninsured Employers Fund, the Special Fund for Disability Benefits, the Second …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 89-33
… the village treasurer who disbursed the payment and the body or official vested with the auditing function (see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33Health and Safety of Children in Foster Care (Follow-Up) (2019-F-23)
We have followed up on the actions taken by officials of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to implement the recommendations...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19f23.pdfOpinion 92-42
… provide an incidental private benefit (see, e.g., Schulz v Warren County Board of Supervisors , 179 AD2d 118, 581 NYS2d 885; Murphy v Erie County , 28 NY2d 80, 320 NYS2d 29; 1990 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42