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Life Changes: Membership in a Nutshell
… you to know how membership in the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) can directly affect your financial … and most important steps in planning your future. Your Retirement System is here to assist you and answer any … benefits vary depending on your tier and/or retirement plan coverage. You will find specific information about plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/life-changes-membership-nutshellBenefit Eligibility Assessment Process
… the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance's (OTDA) Fair Hearing process is used only as necessary. Background … resort, Clients deemed to be ineligible are entitled to a Fair Hearing administered by OTDA. OTDA's Fair Hearing Process costs taxpayers more than $32 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/28/benefit-eligibility-assessment-processDiNapoli: MTA Faces Worst Financial Crisis in History
… history, with few viable options without federal funding to avoid cuts in service and staff, additional fare hikes and … be $10.3 billion lower than expected in the February Plan. While the MTA projects ridership -- and the revenue it brings … budgeted for $3.9 billion in additional support this year, but has not assumed more afterward. The MTA has an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-mta-faces-worst-financial-crisis-historyWaterville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-111)
Determine whether Waterville Central School District District officials adequately managed network user accounts and developed an information technology IT contingency plan
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/waterville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-and-informationDiNapoli: Lagging Ridership Leaves MTA With Hard Choices, Must Adjust to Changing Demand
… MTA needs to lay out what is at stake and explain to the public what options it’s considering to close budget gaps and … have altered service to focus on riders that most rely on public transit. The MTA has taken some steps to meet changes … and Policy Insights: Existential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-lagging-ridership-leaves-mta-hard-choices-must-adjust-changing-demandState Agencies Bulletin No. 908
… This Bulletin is superseded by Bulletin 1786 Purpose To identify employees … negotiated and provide procedures for agencies to resolve the disposition of these checks. A new Control-D report, NPAY539, is now available to identify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/908-non-negotiated-andor-undeliverable-new-york-state-payroll-checkState Comptroller DiNapoli Announces Municipal Audits
… audits have been issued. Procurement of Electricity and Natural Gas through Aggregators (2018MS-5) Local governments and school districts did not always evaluate procurement … to ensure they received the lowest prices for electricity and natural gas. Five of seven entities reviewed (city of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-announces-municipal-auditsSelected Performance Measures
… 1, 2015 and August 22, 2018. About the Program The MTA is a public benefit corporation chartered by the New York … the millions of people who rely on MTA transportation, it is incumbent on its Agencies to accurately report on their … of train cars) – and misleading – MDBF. Our review of how MDBF was calculated by the LIRR found that the agency did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/06/selected-performance-measuresState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… district and charter school finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0Morristown Central School District – Information Technology (2021M-137)
… for granting, changing and revoking user access to the overall network. Perform periodic reviews of network user … Develop a comprehensive written IT contingency plan for the District. District officials generally agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/03/morristown-central-school-district-information-technology-2021m-137Rochester Prep Charter School 3 – IT Asset Management (2025M-36)
… date. In addition, School officials did not conduct annual physical inventories of all IT assets or ensure IT assets were stored in areas with adequate physical safeguards. The lack of adequate inventory records, physical safeguards and comprehensive annual physical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2025/08/29/rochester-prep-charter-school-3-it-asset-management-2025m-36City of Johnstown – Information Technology (2020M-127)
… whether City of Johnstown (City) officials safeguarded information technology (IT) resources to ensure personal, private and sensitive information (PPSI) was protected. Key Findings City officials did not adequately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/03/19/city-johnstown-information-technology-2020m-127DiNapoli: Read the Fine Print on Your New Gift Card
… track of their gift cards,” DiNapoli said. “Last year my office received over $13 million worth of unused cards. As …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/dinapoli-read-fine-print-your-new-gift-cardDiNapoli: Molson Coors Agrees to Disclose Political Spending
… have adopted or agreed to adopt such disclosure, including Bank of America Corp., Delta Airlines and PepsiCo Inc. New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-molson-coors-agrees-disclose-political-spendingOpinion 95-2
… in the opinion. FEES -- Exemption from (housing authority) PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Fees (exemption from cable television franchise fees) PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, §52; EXECUTIVE LAW, §§818, 819: The … is not a municipal "fee" falling within the exemption of Public Housing Law, §52. You ask whether a housing authority …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-2Opinion 89-12
… fire district of a professional engineer as an independent contractor to prepare plans and specifications, and to … construction project when the engineer also is a one-half owner of a construction firm which may bid on the building … capacity as an engineer and his firm also submits a bid as contractor. We note initially that Article 18 of the General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-12State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… state's 150,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-1State Agencies Bulletin No. 1805
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of an automatic Dues increase. Affected … Payroll Deduction mailbox. … The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of an automatic Dues increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1805-new-york-state-correctional-officers-police-benevolent-association-0Opinion 88-32
… A town board may determine to place an advertisement in a newspaper for the purpose of informing the public of the … proper town expense to publish an advertisement in a local newspaper stating the name, phone number, address and office … clerk to place or cause to be placed an advertisement in a newspaper stating the clerk's name, office address, office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-32Opinion 93-14
… the Town ofNiskayuna, Schenectady County , 235 AD 566, 258 NYS 690; see also 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-30, p 56; 1987 … People ex rel. Hilliker v Pierce , 1909, 64 Misc 627, 119 NYS 21, the court granted mandamus relief in relation to the … to the pro rata cost of original installation" (119 NYS at p 26; see also 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-453, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-14