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DiNapoli: NYC Remains on Solid Ground but Budget Risks Need to be Managed
… current fiscal year, ending on June 30, which will be used to balance the 2019 budget, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "New York City’s finances look to be on solid ground, with a strong economy, a balanced … current fiscal year ending on June 30 which will be used to balance the 2019 budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-nyc-remains-solid-ground-budget-risks-need-be-managedDiNapoli: State Must Improve Oversight of Most Dangerous Sex Offenders
… state’s Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (Act) at regional DOCCS offices in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Elmira, New … quarter of the 92 cases tested. For example, in the Bronx regional office, officers did not make the minimum number of … Act. This includes: Evaluate the reasons for variations in regional office compliance with the act and department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-state-must-improve-oversight-most-dangerous-sex-offendersDiNapoli: Fiscal Stress May be Looming for Glens Falls
… burden, the city is offering the civic center at public auction in August 2014. Although the city has tried to cut …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-fiscal-stress-may-be-looming-glens-fallsDiNapoli: Audit Recommends Improved Oversight of Nurse Licensing by State Education Department
… independently verifies applicants' education credentials, exam results and out-of-state licenses to ensure they meet …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-audit-recommends-improved-oversight-nurse-licensing-state-education-departmentComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (NYC HPD): Housing Preferences for Veterans (2014-F-14) An … or disregard by housing companies and lax enforcement by NYC HPD. Auditors found two housing companies in Manhattan … their waiting lists. In a follow-up report, auditors found NYC HPD has made progress in addressing the issues identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsDiNapoli: Contamination of New York's Waterways From Combined Sewer Overflows Remains a Challenge
… year 2016-17, sewer system operators reported a total of 1,900 unique overflow events, 87 percent of which made … 10 percent of the overflow reports excluded a required volume estimate altogether or reported it erroneously, … (DEC). Using this data, DEC estimated that the total volume of discharge of partially or untreated wastewater …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/dinapoli-contamination-new-yorks-waterways-combined-sewer-overflows-remains-challengeDiNapoli: MTA Needs to Improve Efforts to do Business with Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
… The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) set annual goals for minority- and women-owned business … and did not give rationale for the lower target, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … chance to do business with the state,” DiNapoli said. “The MTA needs to do a better job living up to its obligations to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mta-needs-improve-efforts-do-business-minority-and-women-owned-businessesDiNapoli: OCFS Should Improve Foster Care Placement Oversight
… Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) could not show that caseworkers contacted children in foster care … The state Office of Children and Family Services could not show that caseworkers contacted children in foster care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-ocfs-should-improve-foster-care-placement-oversightDiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Financial Plan, Warns of Federal Risks
… The state faces substantial reductions in federal aid for health care and other programs if proposed changes in … aid. However, it is unclear how this provision would impact the state budget as well as service providers and … decade, transportation is expected to represent a smaller share of total capital spending in coming years, with larger …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-financial-plan-warns-federal-risksDiNapoli: New York State Gets 91 Cents for Every Dollar Sent to Washington
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. New York ranked 46th in the nation in its balance of payments between the amount it … with a budget deficit of $680 billion. That same year, the latest for which detailed figures are available, New York … national average of $4,139, ranking New York sixth in the nation. Connecticut was first at $8,479. The largest of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-new-york-state-gets-91-cents-every-dollar-sent-washingtonDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Revised Executive Budget
… of just over $1 billion in the coming fiscal year. The bulk of this increase flows from a proposal to extend the top …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/dinapoli-releases-analysis-revised-executive-budgetWall Street Profits for 2014 May Not Reach 2013 Level
… period last year. This suggests that full year profits for the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange … In 2013, Wall Street profits declined by 30 percent to $16.7 billion because of higher noncompensation expenses, … employment, which had hovered at slightly more than 20 percent for the past decade, declined to less than 19 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/wall-street-profits-2014-may-not-reach-2013-levelArchived: Legislative Session 2019–2020
… – A.8314 (Weinstein) – To include unclaimed virtual currency within the scope of property covered under the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2019-2020Opinion 2003-1
… original district. Subdivision 5 also makes provision for charging to the properties within the extension a portion of … no corresponding provision in section 202(5), however, for charging any portion of the expense of the extension to the … contain a provision similar to that in section 202(5) for charging maintenance expenses of an extension only upon …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 2005-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … to make cash reimbursement to firefighters for out-of-pocket expenses in operating their personal vehicles in … fire insurance tax monies to reimburse active members of the department for mileage expenses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-2Opinion 88-71
… and Duties (waiver of penalties arising from nonpayment of water rents to compromise a claim) CLAIMS -- Compromise or … of (waiver of penalties arising from nonpayment of water rents) GENERAL CITY LAW, §20(1): Under its general … of penalties arising from a property owner's nonpayment of water rents in the context of compromising a claim asserted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-71Opinion 96-21
… Increase or Improvement of Facilities (reconstruction or replacement of damaged, destroyed or worn-out facilities or … does not define what constitutes reconstruction or replacement of damaged, destroyed or worn-out facilities and … town-owned beach within the district would constitute the replacement of destroyed, damaged or worn-out facilities. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21Opinion 97-22
… Uses (financing by county of construction of community college dormitory) COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- Powers and Duties … -- Powers and Duties (financing the cost of community college dormitory) EDUCATION LAW, §§6304, 6306: The county governing board, and not the county community college board of trustees, may authorize the issuance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 99-11
… recognition of long-time service - framed municipal bond) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Award Program (authority to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11Opinion 2004-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Foreign fire insurance tax monies may not be expended to purchase annuities for the … fire company. You ask whether foreign fire insurance tax monies may be expended to purchase annuities for the benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5