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Opinion 2007-5
… COUNTIES -- Fund Transfers (referendum requirements for transfer from capital reserve fund) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- … item of equipment into another capital reserve fund is not subject to permissive referendum requirements. You ask … with obligations issued by counties that operated under an alternative or optional form of government on September 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Sentencing of Queens Pharmacy Owner for Stealing More than $1.5 Million from Medicaid
… NEW YORK – Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood and State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the … pay $1.5 million to New York State as restitution for the money stolen from Medicaid and an additional $1.5 million in … program, a class E felony. An investigation conducted by the Attorney General and Comptroller’s Joint Task Force on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-sentencing-queens-pharmacy-ownerDiNapoli & Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former MET Council Insurance Broker
… jail time. That applies to all New Yorkers, including the rich or powerful,”said Attorney General Schneiderman. “We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-insurance-brokerState Comptroller DiNapoli: Former Corrections Officer Used Fake Pay Stubs to Seek $237,000 Mortgage Loan
… were arraigned Friday before Bethlehem Town Justice Andrew Kirby and are due back in court on July 17. Since …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-former-corrections-officer-used-fake-pay-stubs-seek-237000-mortgage-loanState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… state's 145,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Former Rosendale Court Clerk to Repay Stolen Funds
… full restitution after admitting to stealing nearly $6,000 in cash from bail collections. The clerk, Trudy Harper, 40, was arrested in June and charged by Ulster County District Attorney D. … as clerk. “My office continues to work closely with law enforcement to ensure local officials who abuse their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/0215/03/dinapoli-former-rosendale-court-clerk-repay-stolen-fundsDiNapoli: Former Le Roy Fire Dept Treasurer Sentenced For Gambling-Related Theft of $46,000
… The former treasurer of the Le Roy Fire Department and the Le Roy Fireman’s Benevolent … funds to pay for gambling at local casinos, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Dennis Snow, 62, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-former-le-roy-fire-dept-treasurer-sentenced-gambling-related-theft-46000XI.18.I Sexual Harassment Prevention Certification – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… State Finance Law §139-l requires bidders on state … or agency thereof, where competitive bidding is required by statute, rule or regulation shall contain the following statement subscribed by the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true under the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18i-sexual-harassment-prevention-certificationDiNapoli: Former Beekman Tax Collector Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $86,000 for Personal Expenses
… pleaded guilty to stealing more than $86,000 in tax funds collected for the use of the town of Beekman and its … Colucci put her greed ahead of the community these tax funds were meant to support,” State Police Superintendent … pleaded guilty to stealing more than $86000 in tax funds collected for the use of the town of Beekman and its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-former-beekman-tax-collector-pleads-guilty-embezzling-86000-personal-expensesOversight of Critical Foster Care Program Requirements (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the three … certain foster homes, and providing casework services to children and families. OCFS and these entities use the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/02/03/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirements-followVillage of Rockville Centre – Cash Receipts from Recreational Activities and Information Technology (2013M-63)
… We found that copies of back-up data are not stored in a secure off-site location, and the Board has not developed a … cash. Ensure that back-up copies of data are stored at a secure off-site location for retrieval in case of an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/05/31/village-rockville-centre-cash-receipts-recreational-activities-and-informationDiNapoli: Otsego County Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing From School District
… to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by calling the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-otsego-county-woman-pleads-guilty-stealing-school-districtTemporary Assistance – Federal Funding and New York
… In New York, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families … and a small number of Safety Net Recipients that are TANF cases in the non-cash portion of the Safety Net program, as … by OTDA. It does not include Safety Net Assistance cases that are State funded. New York Federally Participating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/temporary-assistanceOpinion 95-24
… "approved expenditures" is defined to include "only . . . new construction, reconstruction, purchase of existing … structures, for site purchase and improvement, for new garages, for original equipment, furnishings, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24Opinion 2003-5
… the issues discussed in the opinion. PAID FIREFIGHTERS -- Death Benefits (line-of-duty presumption) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Death Benefits (line-of-duty presumption for paid … of certain types of cancers 1 that result in the total or partial disability or death to a paid firefighter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 95-10
… discussed in the opinion. CEMETERIES -- Public Burial Grounds (duty of town to erect fences around certain cemeteries and burial grounds) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (erection of fences around certain cemeteries and burial grounds) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (erection of fences …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10Opinion 88-23
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … the village unless (a) his or her stock ownership amounts to less than 5% of the outstanding stock and (b) as employee and officer of the corporation, his or her duties do not involve the procurement, preparation or performance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-23Opinion 98-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … of duties in connection with) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §554; COUNTY LAW, §§369, 577, 600: If the office of county auditor or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-4XII.6.U Payments Pursuant to Awards and Non-Judicial Settlement Agreements – XII. Expenditures
… This section informs Business Units how to process vouchers for payments pursuant to Awards and Non-Judicial Settlement Agreements. Note: These … procedures take effect June 17, 2013 and are retroactive to April 1, 2013 for purposes of classifying expenditures to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6u-payments-pursuant-awards-and-non-judicial-settlement-agreementsComptroller DiNapoli, Manhattan D.A. Bragg Announce Guilty Plea of Former NYU Director of Finance for Major Fraud
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr today announced the guilty plea of CINDY TAPPE 57 for orchestrating an approximately $35 million 6year fraud relating to two New York University NYU programs
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/comptroller-dinapoli-manhattan-da-bragg-announce-guilty-plea-former-nyu-director-finance-major-fraud