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Special 20-Year Plan for Investigators in the Office of a District Attorney (Sections 89-d and 89-d(m))

… Top) VO1875 (Rev. 7/11) © 2011, New York State and Local Retirement System This publication provides a general summary of retirement benefits, rights and responsibilities, and is not a … … Information for members about special 20 year retirement plan for Tier 1 and Tier 2 investigators assigned to the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/special-20-year-plan-investigators-office-district-attorney-sections-89-d-and-89-dm

Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by Former Met Council CFO in $9M Kickback Scheme

… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the … Three other defendants, David Cohen, William Rapfogel and Joseph Ross, previously pleaded guilty in the case. Further …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-former-met-council-cfo-9m-kickback

DiNapoli: NYC Transportation and Warehousing Sector Fares Better Than Other Sectors in Recovery Amid Shift to E-Commerce

… The sector’s relatively strong job gains over the past two years were fueled by increased demand for moving goods … This demand historically fueled employment in the two largest subsectors of the transportation and warehousing …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-nyc-transportation-and-warehousing-sector-fares-better-other-sectors-recovery-amid-shift-e

Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Multiyear Planning and Software Management Audit Follow Up (2016M-249-F)

… approximately $102.7 million. Results of Review Based on our limited procedures, BOCES has made progress …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2023/03/10/ontario-seneca-yates-cayuga-wayne-board-cooperative-educational-services-boces

Identifying, Reporting, and Providing Services for Youth at Risk of Sexual Human Trafficking in New York City

… report on, and provide services for victims of child sex trafficking and those at risk of child sex trafficking. The audit covered the period from January … crimes. In 2014, the U.S. Congress enacted the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, which …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/06/identifying-reporting-and-providing-services-youth-risk-sexual-human-trafficking-new-york

Beaver River Central School District – Collection of Real Property Taxes and Retiree Health Insurance Contributions (2021M-123)

… account clerk/tax collector (clerk) who is responsible for receiving, recording, depositing and reporting all money collected for real property taxes and retiree health insurance … officials do not provide oversight of employees who handle funds, there is an increased risk that errors or …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/10/22/beaver-river-central-school-district-collection-real-property-taxes-and

Inappropriate Premium Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Family Health Plus (Follow-Up)

… extent of implementation of the five recommendations made in our initial audit report, Inappropriate Premium Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Family Health Plus (Report … receive monthly premium payments for individuals enrolled in their plans. The Department of Health (Department) has the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/02/25/inappropriate-premium-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-mainstream-managed-care-and

Selected Aspects of Leasing Practices for Real Estate Department, Aviation, World Trade Center, and Leasing of Properties

… determine whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) collected all revenues due and identified … private enterprise or attempted by either New York or New Jersey alone. PANYNJ conceives, builds, operates, and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/05/04/selected-aspects-leasing-practices-real-estate-department-aviation-world-trade-center-and

Medicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments for Claims Not in Compliance With Ordering, Prescribing, Referring, and Attending Requirements

To determine whether the Department of Health paid for claims in violation of federal and State regulations that require an appropriate National Provider Identifier for ordering prescribing referring and attending OPRA health care providers

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/17/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-claims-not-compliance-ordering-prescribing

DiNapoli: Former Tax Collector Accused of Pocketing $88,000 for Car Loans, Amazon Purchases, Food and Other Expenses

… of Jennifer Colucci, 41, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., for allegedly stealing more than $88,000 in tax funds collected for the use of the town of Beekman and its schools. The … their tax money to benefit their community, not to pay for an individual’s personal lifestyle. I thank Dutchess …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-former-tax-collector-accused-pocketing-88000-car-loans-amazon-purchases-food-and-other

NYS and NYC Pension Funds To SEC: Greater Disclosure Needed On Risks Faced By Fossil Fuel Industry

… City Retirement Systems, manage more than $330 billion in assets for more than 1.7 million current and retired … approach,” DiNapoli said. “It’s time for the SEC to step in and, through regulatory or enforcement action, require … companies can’t acknowledge climate change and their role in it, but then act as if it won’t affect them and their …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/nys-and-nyc-pension-funds-sec-greater-disclosure-needed-risks-faced-fossil-fuel-industry

Medicaid Program – Ambulatory Patient Groups Payments for Duplicate Claims and Services in Excess of Medicaid Service Limits

… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Health established adequate controls to prevent duplicate and … to two times per year, yet we found Medicaid reimbursed a clinic for 41 dental exams (totaling $2,771) for one patient …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/29/medicaid-program-ambulatory-patient-groups-payments-duplicate-claims-and-services-excess

Medicaid Claims Submitted by Accordis, Inc. on Behalf of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

… Purpose To determine whether Accordis Inc. submitted appropriate … Background Healthcare providers submit Medicaid claims to the Department of Health’s eMedNY claims processing system … properly supported by medical documentation. HHC providers do not review claims submitted by Accordis prior to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/03/12/medicaid-claims-submitted-accordis-inc-behalf-new-york-city-health-and-hospitals

Unnecessary and Potentially Illegal Consultant Contract With Former New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director

… Purpose To assess Empire State Development Corporation's personal services contract with former New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director Heather …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/26/unnecessary-and-potentially-illegal-consultant-contract-former-new-york-state-council-arts

Charter School of Educational Excellence – Middle School Capital Project and Board Oversight of the Management Company (2015M-7)

… The Charter School of Educational Excellence is a public school, located in the City of Yonkers, that is not under the control of the local school board. The School, which is governed by an eight-member Board of Trustees, had approximately 640 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2015/05/08/charter-school-educational-excellence-middle-school-capital-project-and

Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Adult Education Program and Professional Services (2016M-206)

… program and the procurement of professional services for the period July 1, 2014 through March 16, 2016. … agreements (IMAs) with its component districts for the operation of its adult education programs. BOCES … for guidance regarding the proper disposition of surplus funds generated from adult education programs and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/11/10/erie-2-chautauqua-cattaraugus-board-cooperative-educational-services-boces-adult

DiNapoli: NYC IDA Needs To Improve Its Administration of Business Tax Breaks and Monitoring of Job Creation

… for all businesses. NYCIDA has the power to recapture money if a company violates its agreement. Auditors looked at …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-nyc-ida-needs-improve-its-administration-business-tax-breaks-and-monitoring-job-creation

City of Yonkers – Separation Payments and Health Insurance Buyouts of Yonkers City School District Employees (2024M-36)

… School District (District) employees’ separation payments and health insurance buyouts were accurate. Key Findings … not always ensure District employees’ separation payments and health insurance buyouts were accurate. Officials also … certain employees did not receive separation payments and health insurance buyouts in accordance with contractual …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2024/07/26/city-yonkers-separation-payments-and-health-insurance-buyouts-yonkers-city-school