Search
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
… Objective To determine if the Department of Health has provided adequate oversight of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Our audit covered … risk to children. Lead poisoning is most often the result of inhaling or ingesting lead-contaminated dust. The … To determine if the Department of Health has provided adequate oversight of the Lead …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/08/08/lead-poisoning-prevention-programOversight of Hazardous Materials and Waste
… 2015 through May 4, 2018. Background The State University of New York (SUNY) is the largest comprehensive system of public education in the nation, comprising 64 autonomous … in Albany. For fiscal year 2015-16, SUNY had a budget of $13 billion, including State support totaling $4 billion, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/03/oversight-hazardous-materials-and-wasteOperational Training and Medical Assessments of Train Crews
… network. New York City Transit (Transit), one of the MTA’s constituent agencies, operates bus and subway service within the City of New York. SIR is a subsidiary agency that operates a … separate operating unit, reporting to Transit’s Department of Subways. Train crews consist of two members: a Locomotive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/01/operational-training-and-medical-assessments-train-crews-0Management of Indoor Air Quality for Individuals With Asthma (Follow-Up)
… our initial audit report, Management of Indoor Air Quality for Individuals With Asthma (Report 2020-S-59 ). About the Program Asthma is … emergency care and hospital admission and is responsible for a high number of missed school and/or workdays. According … our initial audit report Management of Indoor Air Quality for Individuals With Asthma Report 2020S59 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/09/management-indoor-air-quality-individuals-asthma-followImproper Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Managed Long Term Care Partial Capitation Plans (Follow-Up)
… recipients who have both Medicaid and Medicare, are age 21 or older, and who need community-based long term care … 31, 2015. The audit found that Medicaid paid Plans $21.4 million in capitation payments for recipients who were … However, further actions are still needed as only $3.4 million of the $12 million in improper capitation payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/06/improper-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-managed-long-term-care-partial-capitationLehman College – Controls Over Bank Accounts
… Lehman College (Lehman) officials adequately assured that all Lehman bank accounts were authorized and used only for appropriate purposes and transactions. The audit covered Lehman’s bank accounts for the period of January 1, 2013 through February 5, 2015. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/21/lehman-college-controls-over-bank-accountsOversight of Student Immunization in Schools
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Health (DOH) and State Education Department (SED) are … preventing, and are prepared to respond to, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease. Our audit focuses on schools … developing policies to prevent and prepare for outbreaks of serious communicable diseases. The guidelines are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/16/oversight-student-immunization-schoolsPhysical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City (Follow-Up)
… Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the nine recommendations … included in our initial audit report, Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City (Report 2022-S-9 ). About the Program The Mitchell-Lama …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/09/physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchell-lama-developments-new-york-city-followVirtual Currency Licensing
… (DFS) provides adequate oversight of the applications for, and the supervision and examination of, virtual currency licensees to ensure compliance with New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) Title 23, … services regulator, and its Superintendent is responsible for ensuring the safety and soundness of the State’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/02/virtual-currency-licensingReimbursement of Homeless Shelter Providers – Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse
… adequately monitors and appropriately reimburses claims for homeless shelter providers, such as Rescue Mission … of Housing and Urban Development point-in-time count for New York State, for a specific day in January, homeless individuals numbered … adequately monitors and appropriately reimburses claims for homeless shelter providers such as Rescue Mission …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/26/reimbursement-homeless-shelter-providers-rescue-mission-alliance-syracuseControls Over Tablet and Kiosk Usage by Incarcerated Individuals
… Objectives To determine whether the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Department) … is responsible for the confinement and rehabilitation of approximately 31,000 individuals in its custody at 44 … populations are allowed limited access to two types of tablets: a law library tablet that contains access to law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/05/11/controls-over-tablet-and-kiosk-usage-incarcerated-individualsOversight of Shelter Placements
… whether the New York City Department of Homeless Services is effectively placing clients into shelters or facilities … of the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS), is the primary agency responsible for providing transitional … demographic information by interviewing clients. This is followed by a standardized mental health and substance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/12/01/oversight-shelter-placementsUnexpected Delays and Events
… both the largest commuter railroad and the oldest railroad in America operating under its original name. It extends from … oversees the movement of trains and train dispatchers in its Operations Center (Center) in Jamaica. It also communicates with train crews and signal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/27/unexpected-delays-and-eventsOversight of Adult Protective Services Programs
… Objective To determine if the Office of Children and Family Services adequately monitors Adult … 2021. About the Program In New York State, the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) administers the Adult … program to assist vulnerable adults. APS is a program of State-mandated services for adults (over age 18) who, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/17/oversight-adult-protective-services-programsMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs, Procedures, and Supplies Provided to Medicaid Recipients, Including Sex Offenders
… drugs, procedures, and supplies, and whether controls are in place to prevent abuse and misuse of these products. The … Medicaid recipients, including registered sex offenders. In addition, Medicaid must not pay for ED drugs, unless that … allows payment of these drugs under managed care. State law prohibits payment of ED procedures and supplies for sex …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-sexual-and-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-procedures-andPerformance of the Excelsior Jobs Program
… To determine whether firms that were issued a Certificate of Tax Credit met the eligibility requirements for job growth … Jobs Program (Program), established in Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2010, provides refundable tax credits to firms in targeted … Determine whether firms that were issued a Certificate of Tax Credit met the eligibility requirements for job growth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/07/performance-excelsior-jobs-programSocial Adult Day Services
… State agencies, particularly the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and the Department of Health (DOH), … assistance. NYSOFA currently has oversight responsibility for 17 SADS programs that it directly funds through … (AAAs). NYSOFA’s regulations establish minimum standards for program eligibility, service plans, staffing, training, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/02/social-adult-day-servicesTransformation of the MTA
… Transportation Authority (MTA) established a working plan for implementing Transformation with completion dates and the savings to be achieved. We also … Plan (Plan) that resulted in improved service levels for the customer, process efficiencies, and cost reductions. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/08/08/transformation-mtaAdministration and Monitoring of Financial Assistance to New York City Businesses
… York City Council in 1974 “to promote the economic welfare of its inhabitants and to actively promote, attract, … and industry through governmental action for the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration.” … to companies in New York City through tax waivers of City and State sales and use tax, local property tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/06/12/administration-and-monitoring-financial-assistance-new-york-city-businessesSelected Aspects of Collecting Outstanding Amounts Due for Parking Violations
… identifies and collects fines and fees that are due for parking violations. This audit covered 262,765 cases with … is responsible for collecting and processing payments for parking fines for the approximately 30 entities that can issue parking summonses within New York City (NYC). During fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/03/23/selected-aspects-collecting-outstanding-amounts-due-parking-violations