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State Agencies Bulletin No. 2288

… Employees: All interest arbitration ineligible employees in the Security Services Unit (SSU) – BU21 who meet the … provides for a uniform allowance for eligible employees in the Security Services Unit, including Appendix D … Part-Time employees Agreement) for eligible employees in the Security Services Unit. Effective Dates: The 2024 SSU …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2288-2024-uniform-cleaning-and-maintenance-allowance-eligible-employees

West Sparta Independent Volunteer Fire Department Company Number 1, Inc. – Board Oversight (2025M-44)

… to an OSC Audit Report , which you received with the draft audit report. We encourage the Board to make the CAP …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/08/29/west-sparta-independent-volunteer-fire-department-company

DiNapoli: Special Education Pre-K Provider Claimed Nearly $1 Million in Ineligible Expenses

… claimed nearly $1 million in expenses that did not qualify for reimbursement from taxpayers, including bonuses that were … referred our findings to the State Education Department for recovery of this money.” Gingerbread is a not-for-profit organization that provides center-based (full-day, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-special-education-pre-k-provider-claimed-nearly-1-million-ineligible-expenses

DiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters

… Thomas P. DiNapoli. "When you get a hot meal at a homeless shelter, it should not come with a health warning," DiNapoli … were fully tested for calendar year 2017. In fact, shelter providers were not able to provide any TB testing … and procedures; Ensure that food service workers remain current with TB testing requirements; Require shelter …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-shelters

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… of Social Services, the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is responsible for providing transitional housing and … improvement projects. At the time of the initial audit, DHS’ capital budget totaled about $84 million. That audit, issued in August 2020, found that DHS lacked the necessary controls over its homeless shelter …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits

… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued. Town of Ballston – Water Fund … 2022 fiscal year-end physical inventory. Fairport Central School District – Payroll and Employee Benefits (Monroe …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1

DiNapoli: Temporary Federal Spending Drives Up NY’s National Ranking in States’ Balance of Payments

… The surge in federal spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic significantly improved New York’s per … The surge in federal spending in response to the COVID19 pandemic significantly improved New Yorks per …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-temporary-federal-spending-drives-nys-national-ranking-states-balance-payments

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

… corruption.” Met Council is a New York State not-for-profit organization that provides the poor and elderly in the … in this scheme. Prior to Rapfogel, Cohen was Met Council’s executive director. After resigning that top post, he served as a …

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

Oversight of the Home Delivered Meals Program

… for the Aging (DFTA) effectively oversees the provision of home delivered meals. The audit covered the period from … Council on September 20, 2021, the Executive Director of Hunter College’s Food Policy Center stated that hunger, … public policy and service issues for the aging. As of 2019, there were over 1.76 million seniors residing in the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/01/20/oversight-home-delivered-meals-program

DiNapoli: Nearly 1 in 3 Students Were Chronically Absent From School

… new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli details how chronic absenteeism rates among New York public and … A new report by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli details how chronic absenteeism …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-nearly-1-3-students-were-chronically-absent-school

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… (JCDC), a New York City-based not-for-profit organization, is approved by the State Education Department (SED) to … and not implementing one. Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance – Monitoring of Homeless Data … toward achieving permanent housing, and better determine what programs are used or needed by the homeless population. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits

State Police Bulletin No. SP-259

… All employees in the State Police Investigators Unit (BCI) – BU62 represented by NYSPIA who meet the eligibility …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-259-2025-expertise-pay-eligible-employees-state-police-investigators-unit

Great Neck Park District – Capital Assets (2025M-27)

… District (District) officials properly record and account for capital assets? Audit Period January 1, 2023 – August 31, … policies and procedures. The recorded historical cost for the District’s capital assets totaled approximately $51.2 … District officials did not properly record and account for all the District’s capital assets. Without accurate and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2025/12/12/great-neck-park-district-capital-assets-2025m-27

Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director

… former executive director and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council), has … ordered to pay $3 million in restitution to Met Council. The Attorney General’s investigation revealed that Rapfogel … his co-conspirators stole approximately $9 million from the taxpayer-funded nonprofit organization in a 20-year grand …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council

Opinion 91-6

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … Administration contract) -- Purchase Through County or State (no similar exception for federal General Services …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-6

Controls Over the Collection of the Public Safety Communications Surcharge

… Purpose To determine if the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has adequate controls to … billing, collecting, and remitting the appropriate amount of Surcharges to which the State is entitled; and if the … services provided to customers whose primary place of use is within New York State. Surcharge revenue is used …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/04/controls-over-collection-public-safety-communications-surcharge

DiNapoli: Federal Housing Aid Going Unused Despite New York's Affordable Housing Crisis

… housing agency, Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), can do more to help low-income New Yorkers find housing by making … housing agency Homes and Community Renewal HCR can do more to help lowincome New Yorkers find housing by making …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-federal-housing-aid-going-unused-despite-new-yorks-affordable-housing-crisis

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2199

… Minimum Hourly Wage Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, or Westchester $16.00 Other … (location outside of Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, or Westchester Counties) $15.00 … Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, or Westchester $33,408/$16.00 Other …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2199-january-2024-increase-minimum-wage