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City of Newburgh – Budget Review (B20-6-12)
… [read complete report - pdf] Purpose of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant … and expenditure projections in the City’s 2021 proposed budget. Background The City of Newburgh, located in Orange … The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/11/13/city-newburgh-budget-review-b20-6-12Examples from GASB Statement 34 - Sample City Statement of Net Assets Proprietary Funds
… debt 72,728,293 360,281 73,088,574 8,690,746 Restricted for debt service 1,451,996 1,451,996 Unrestricted … as proprietary funds, the nature of the activity accounted for in them is generally governmental. By reporting internal … funds separately from the proprietary funds that account for business-type activities, the information in the "Totals" …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/examples-gasb-statement-34DiNapoli: Former Mahopac VFD Treasurer Sentenced After $5.6 Million Embezzlement
… Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL KLEIN, the former treasurer of the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department ("MVFD”), was … today by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel to 77 months in prison for wire fraud, subscription to false tax returns, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-former-mahopac-vfd-treasurer-sentenced-after-56-million-embezzlementNew Windsor Couple Charged With Stealing Over $2 Million From New York By Submitting False Medicaid Provider Claims
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange … 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, age 45, both of the Town of New Windsor, were arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in … First Degree in connection with a scheme to defraud the New York State Medicaid program of millions of dollars. Raja …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/new-windsor-couple-charged-stealing-over-2-million-new-york-submitting-false-medicaid-provider-claimsOpinion 89-42
… §165.00: A village may temporarily invest in short term United States Treasury bills issued in book-entry form, which … concerning the investment of village funds in short term United States Treasury bills under a system known as … to this section may also be made in obligations of the United States of America... b. Such obligations, unless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-42Opinion 89-60
… Inspector (engaged in private business of performing home inspections) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 805-a(1)(b), … inspector engaged in the private business of performing home inspections for prospective purchasers of homes does not … inspector also engaging in the business of providing home inspection reports to prospective purchasers of homes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-60Opinion 89-59
… of (authority to impose water rates to raise both operation and maintenance and capital costs) WATER DISTRICTS … Costs (authority to impose water rates to raise both operation and maintenance and capital costs) TOWN LAW, … §§198(3)(d), 202, 202-a: A town board may raise all the operation and maintenance and capital expenses of a water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 91-49
… advised us that the county owns fee simple title to the road bed. Highway Law, §131-b(1) provides that a county … 329; Opn No. 82-104, supra , relative to abandonment of a road if the municipality does not have fee title; 20 Opns St … Highway Law, §118-a may require that the abandoned county road be conveyed to adjacent property owners in certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 93-5
… County, the hearing "shall be held" on or before the tenth day of December. Section 108 further provides that the … at any other time ( Lancaster Sea Beach Improvement Co. v City of New York , 214 NY 1; Metcalf v City of New York , 49 Hun 607, 1 NYS 873; Consolidated Edison …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-5State Comptroller DiNapoli and Manhattan D.A. Bragg Announce Indictment of Former NYU Director of Finance for $3.5M Fraud
… for filing in the First Degree and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree. 1 “Our multilingual learners and … and making her answer in court.” According to court documents and statements made on the record in court, between … a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class E felony, two counts Falsifying Business Records in the First …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-manhattan-da-bragg-announce-indictment-former-nyu-director-finance-35mDiNapoli: Syosset Man Sentenced for Role in $12 Million Ponzi Scheme
… man was sentenced today to up to ten-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a $12 million Ponzi scheme that targeted nearly 50 victims—many of them seniors—between 2015 and 2017. Matthew Eckstein, 52, … Syosset man was sentenced today to up to tenandahalf years in prison for his role in a $12 million Ponzi scheme that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-syosset-man-sentenced-role-12-million-ponzi-schemeXIV.14.F Valuation of Capital Assets – XIV. Special Procedures
… for examining and recording title Cost of title guarantee insurance policies Cost of real estate surveys Cost of an … duties, handling and storage costs Specific in-transit insurance charges Sales, use and other taxes imposed on the … of capital assets such as those due to strike, flood, fire or other casualties. The cost of abandoned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14f-valuation-capital-assetsComptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Schneiderman & DOI Commissioner Peters Announce The Sentence of Non-Profit Executive In Theft Scheme
… intended for public services and capital improvements in New York City, was sentenced to one to three years in state prison. A multi-agency investigation, including NYC … agencies, exposed the theft of approximately $300,000 in public funds provided by New York State, the New York City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-doi-commissioner-peters-announce-sentence-non-profit-executiveDisability Retirement – When Employees Retire
… can be filed by the employee or someone authorized to file on the employee’s behalf. For example, the employee’s … as the employer, you also have the authority to file on behalf of your employee. When we receive a disability … the case and recommend approval or disapproval. Filing on Behalf of an Employee You can file a disability retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/when-employees-retire/disability-retirementSign up for emails DiNapoli: Former Tupper Lake Fire Treasurer Pleads Guilty in $30k Theft
… probe began after the Tupper Lake VFD discovered Brown’s credit card abuse and contacted the Comptroller’s office. The audit … Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or by mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/sign-emails-dinapoli-former-tupper-lake-fire-treasurer-pleads-guilty-30k-theftDiNapoli: Former Fire Company Treasurer Charged in $20,000 Theft
… A former Citizens Hose Fire Company official was charged today with grand larceny in the third degree after allegedly stealing over $20,000 in Fire Company funds, following an audit and investigation … A former Citizens Hose Fire Company official was charged today with grand larceny in the third degree after allegedly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-former-fire-company-treasurer-charged-20000-theftDiNapoli and Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea in $120K Fraud of State Pension Benefits
… announced that Graycelia Cizik, 64, a resident of Polk County, Florida, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment … before Supreme Court Judge Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Court. Cizik will be sentenced to 2 to 6 years in … Cizik was arrested in August 2014 by agents of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida and extradited to Albany …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-and-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-120k-fraud-state-pension-benefitsThe Domestic Relations Order – Divorce and Your Benefits
… Law Section 236 ( Majauskas v. Majauskas , 61 NY2d 481, 474 NYS2d 699). When a NYSLRS member is divorced, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/domestic-relations-orderMedicaid Program – Appropriateness of Medicaid Eligibility Determined by the New York State of Health System
… York State of Health (NYSOH) as a new online marketplace for individuals to obtain health insurance coverage, including Medicaid. Individuals who apply for public assistance benefits, including Medicaid, are … deceased individuals and continued Medicaid coverage for individuals who had died after enrollment, resulting in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/10/28/medicaid-program-appropriateness-medicaid-eligibility-determined-new-york-state-healthOverpayments of Claims for Selected Professional Services (Follow-Up)
… in our initial audit report, Overpayments of Claims for Selected Professional Services (Report 2010-S-73). … examined whether inappropriate Medicaid payments were made for selected providers who also received payments from Medicare. For the two year audit period ended December 31, 2011, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/23/overpayments-claims-selected-professional-services-follow