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DiNapoli: NYS Pension Fund Commits $1.3 Billion to Sustainable Investment Program
… Retirement Fund (Fund) committed $1.3 billion to two funds as part of its Sustainable Investments and Climate … in the markets.” The Fund committed $1 billion to funds tracking the MSCI World ex-USA Climate Change Index, … enabling institutional investors such as retirement funds to integrate climate risk considerations in their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-nys-pension-fund-commits-13-billion-sustainable-investment-programDiNapoli, Wharton, Myrie Op-Ed: Putting the Public Back Into Campaign Finance
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Citizen Action of New York’s Democracy Coalition Coordinator Karen Wharton and State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Chair of the Committee on Elections. The full op-ed is below: … Into Campaign Finance Democracy works best when the voices of all people are included and represented. The launch last …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-wharton-myrie-op-ed-putting-public-back-campaign-financeNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Calls on Companies to Adopt Better Workers' Rights Policies
… (NLRB) has received approximately 250 complaints filed by Walmart employees alleging the company used disciplinary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-calls-companies-adopt-better-workers-rights-policiesDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities
… villages as “susceptible to fiscal stress.” The village of Coxsackie (Greene County) was classified in “moderate … No municipalities were designated in the highest category of “significant fiscal stress” in this round of scoring. “Federal pandemic relief packages provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-citiesMTA's East Side Access Project 10 Years Late and $4.4 Billion Over Budget
… MTA’s initial estimate of $709 million to $1.9 billion, an increase of 170 percent. The cost of the Queens segment, … has grown from less than $2.2 billion to $5.6 billion, an increase of more than 150 percent. The federal government’s … the completion of East Side Access in 2019, is expected to increase overcrowding on subway platforms and surrounding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/03/mtas-east-side-access-project-10-years-late-and-44-billion-over-budgetDiNapoli: State Department of AG and Markets Should Improve Pollinator Protection Program
… today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “New York’s farmers know how important honey bees and other pollinators … audit found the Department of Agriculture and Markets can do more to detect the diseases and parasites that destroy … honey bees entering the state are healthy and free from disease. To determine the Department’s effectiveness at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-state-department-ag-and-markets-should-improve-pollinator-protection-programDiNapoli: Public Authority Debt Ballooned to $329 Billion
… my audits have shown, New York’s public authorities must do more to improve their transparency and accountability to the public and demonstrate they are operating effectively and efficiently.” Public authorities have an outsized impact in New York where they are responsible for a wide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/dinapoli-public-authority-debt-ballooned-329-billionDiNapoli Op-Ed: New York Should Opt Into Public Financing of Elections
… * * * In 2014, I faced one of the hardest decisions of my career: Should I opt into a public financing program for … public financing of political campaigns. I’d even pushed my own legislation to start with the State Comptroller’s … … In 2014 I faced one of the hardest decisions of my career Should I opt into a public financing program for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-op-ed-new-york-should-opt-public-financing-electionsDiNapoli: Audit Finds up to $12.1 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments
… today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. By the end of audit fieldwork, about $2.1 million of the overpayments were recovered. "My auditors continue to find glitches in the Department of Health's payment control systems that allow wasteful …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-audit-finds-121-million-inappropriate-medicaid-paymentsDiNapoli: Preschool Special Education Provider Received Nearly $6 Million for Ineligible Expenses
… Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. DiNapoli's audit of New York League for Early Learning Inc. (NYL) focused on … "We have referred our findings to the SED for the recovery of this money. Department officials are in agreement with our … special education students. It was also a member of the eight-member Young Adult Institute Network, which also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-preschool-special-education-provider-received-nearly-6-million-ineligible-expensesDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Services for Vulnerable Adults
… in harm’s way, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Every month …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-services-vulnerable-adultsDiNapoli Releases Dashboard Tracking Federal Covid Funding and State Relief Programs
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the launch of his new online tool to monitor spending of federal recovery aid and COVID-19 relief programs in the … DiNapoli said. “New York has received an historic level of federal funding to weather the COVID-19 pandemic. This has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/10/dinapoli-releases-dashboard-tracking-federal-covid-funding-and-state-relief-programsDiNapoli: Port Authority Falling Short of Compliance With Americans With Disabilities Act
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The Americans with Disabilities Act says that people with disabilities should be able to … Transit systems are facing many challenges, but it is important that trains and buses are accessible to all.” … only accessible by escalators and stairs. In 2007, the Department of Justice issued a best practices tool kit for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-port-authority-falling-short-compliance-americans-disabilities-actDiNapoli: Medicaid Audits Find Nearly $800 Million in Savings and Revenue
… Covered by Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) Plans (2018-S-65) Many of the state’s Medicaid recipients are enrolled in … MLTC services as the responsibility of the MLTC plan. Medicare Part D Clawback Payments (2018-S-46) Under federal … drugs for state residents who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. From Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 1, 2018, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/dinapoli-medicaid-audits-find-nearly-800-million-savings-and-revenueDiNapoli: NYC Forecasts $965 Million Surplus Fueled by Federal Aid
… annually from FY 2023 through FY 2025 in the adopted budget in June 2021, were narrowed substantially to an annual average of $2.6 billion, or 3.6% of City-Fund … 2024, and $3.3 billion in FY 2025, fueling gaps that could total more than $5 billion annually beginning in FY 2023. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-nyc-forecasts-965-million-surplus-fueled-federal-aidGlobal Investor Coalition Calls on Exxon to Prepare for a Lower Carbon Future
… led by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and the Church of England are urging ExxonMobil to disclose the … the company, and its investors, requires Exxon to assess how it will perform as the world changes.” “Climate change … of RPI +5% Supporting poorer dioceses with ministry costs Providing funds to support mission activities Paying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/global-investor-coalition-calls-exxon-prepare-lower-carbon-futureNYS Pension Fund Commits $2 Billion to Climate Transition Index
… $2 billion in an index focused on reducing the risks of climate change and capitalizing on the opportunities … economy, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the fund, announced today. This is part of the Comptroller's Climate Action Plan announced in 2019 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/nys-pension-fund-commits-2-billion-climate-transition-indexDiNapoli: Erie County Medical Center Paid Over $670,000 in Improper and Questionable Incentives and Bonuses
… its incentive and bonus programs, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments that should not have been paid or for … said. “ECMCC has been taking steps to address many of the concerns identified in our audit.” Between Jan. 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-erie-county-medical-center-paid-over-670000-improper-and-questionable-incentives-and-bonusesDiNapoli: NYC Needs to Develop Comprehensive Plan to Manage Pandemic-Battered Finances
… by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. DiNapoli urged the federal government to provide relief, as it has after … a significant revenue loss for the city while driving up costs to deal with its effects,” DiNapoli said. “The … from Past Recessions: Borrowing for Operations Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-nyc-needs-develop-comprehensive-plan-manage-pandemic-battered-financesDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Step Up Enforcement of Patient Safety Violations
… The State Department of Health (DOH) has failed to hold accountable certain health … make informed decisions,” DiNapoli said. “The Department of Health generally has improved the public’s access to … The Patient Health Information and Quality Improvement Act of 2000, known as Lisa’s Law, was named after Lisa Smart, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-doh-needs-step-enforcement-patient-safety-violations