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DiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… A state agency’s failure to adequately monitor and inspect homeless shelters allowed violations and squalid … at 8 shelters; Trash piled in a children’s play area at one shelter; Repairs to walls and ceilings made with plastic sheeting or garbage bags and duct tape at two shelters; One shelter with 143 residents and only four …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureUpstate Transportation Authorities Suffer Revenue Plunge
… authority, Figure 3 shows the percentage of revenue by source in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2020 (FY … affected operations. Figure 3: Authority Revenues by Source, FY 2020 Notes: Other includes municipal and public … the month, compared to March 2020 ridership of just over one million, and March 2019 ridership of 1.3 million. Federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/upstate-transportation-authorities-suffer-revenue-plungeX.5.A Assigned Single Payment Vendor IDs – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… vendor IDs for the specific business purposes noted below. Emergency Payments: Vendor ID number 0400000001 Generally, … agencies can do business with them. However, in certain emergency circumstances and when a vendor does not yet have … Vendor Name Agency Business Purpose 0400000001 STATEWIDE EMERGENCY VENDOR All For emergency payments. Non-Employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x5a-assigned-single-payment-vendor-idsX.4.A Identifying Information – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES The “Identifying Information” section of the Vendor Record contains useful information about the vendor. Information on this page can be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x4a-identifying-informationOpinion 95-26
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association (use of tax moneys to rent room); (use of tax moneys to pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-26Opinion 96 - 14
… COLLEGES -- Conflicts of Interest (purchases from hardware store owned by college trustee) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- … and Sales (community college purchasing from hardware store owned by college trustee) EDUCATION LAW, §6304(6); … year, the college purchases supplies from a hardware store owned by the trustee and the sum of the purchases plus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 94-16
… of bank as depository when IDA governing board member and treasurer is stockholder) -- Stock Ownership (designation … of bank as depository when IDA governing board member and treasurer is stockholder) -- Industrial Development … of bank as depository when IDA governing board member and treasurer is stockholder) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-16DiNapoli: Some NYC Schools Failing to Report Violent, Disruptive Incidents
… an audit of the New York City Department of Education (DoE) found it did not report hundreds of violent and … high rates of disruptive and violent incidents, and found: DoE failed to include more than 400 reportable incidents in … report with tDoE within 24 hours of its occurrence. The DoE’s Office of Safety and Youth Development determines which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-some-nyc-schools-failing-report-violent-disruptive-incidentsOpinion 98-5
… extent inconsistent with this opinion. February 9, 1998 Dennis V. Tobolski, Esq., County Attorney County of Cattaraugus 1 We note that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 2009-1
… treasurer ( see 1983 Ops St Comp No. 83-129, at 163; cf . Public Officers Law § 3 [1]; Town Law § 175 [3]; compare … any person from being employed as a teacher by a school district if he or she is related by blood or marriage … 2 Further, we note that the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of conduct and, on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-1Opinion 2005-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … EDUCATION LAW §§1901, 1914, 2102-a: A board member of a central high school district who is also an elected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Oversight of Passenger Safety
… Purpose To determine whether the Office for People With Developmental … 1, 2015 through June 26, 2018. Background OPWDD works to help people with developmental disabilities live richer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/01/oversight-passenger-safetyOversight of Contract Expenditures of Phoenix House New York
… its contracts with Phoenix House New York (PHNY) to ensure reimbursed claims are allowable, supported, and … treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. Its mission is to provide quality, accessible, and costeffective services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/09/oversight-contract-expenditures-phoenix-house-new-yorkComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being … that the board had audited the claims. Board minutes do not include sufficient information such as abstract … abstract dates or the numbers and dollar amounts of claims to document which claims are authorized for payment. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1State Agencies Bulletin No. 1688
… Purpose To provide agency instructions for processing the 2018 CSEA DMNA Uniform Maintenance … Relations (GOER) memorandum dated 10/01/18 provide for a Uniform Maintenance Allowance. Effective Date(s) The … Works full-time in an eligible title (see GOER memorandum for a list of eligible titles) and is required to wear a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1688-2018-uniform-maintenance-allowance-employees-division-military-andComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… school finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being … application of her signature on checks or compare checks to the warrant prior to issuance. Consequently, there is an … As a result, the district cannot properly account for how much fuel is pumped into specific vehicles and by whom. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… However, despite the magnitude of these payments, DOH does not adjust each MCO's premium to reflect the MCO's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsSafety of Seized Dogs (Follow-Up)
… and is believed to be dangerous. Municipalities that issue dog licenses are required to establish and maintain a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/18/safety-seized-dogs-followAkron Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing FEMA Grant Funding Intended for Education Expenses
… in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney John D. Fabian, who is handling the case, stated that on … Akron, New York, for committing FEMA grant fraud," stated John Tiano, Special Agent-in- Charge, Detroit Field Office. … General, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John Tiano, Detroit Field Office, and the New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/akron-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-fema-grant-funding-intended-education-expensesHomeless Outreach Program at the Metro-North Railroad
… Grand Central Terminal) distributed in seven counties in New York State (Bronx, Dutchess, New York [Manhattan], Orange, … and two counties in Connecticut (New Haven and Fairfield). The presence of the homeless at Metro-North …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/21/homeless-outreach-program-metro-north-railroad