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SUNY Bulletin No. SU-280
… On-Call Pay, the new Time Entry Codes for On-Call Pay in NYC and Long Island and to provide instructions for payments … to receive on-call pay in Long Island and New York City shall be paid $8.00 per hour or part thereof. Employees … physician’s assistant, radiology, respiratory therapy, and social work. OSC Actions The Office of the State Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-280-increase-call-pay-psnu-employees-represented-unitedMonitoring of Not-for-Profit Cemeteries for Fiscal Stability and Adequate Facility Maintenance (Follow-Up)
To determine the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report Monitoring of NotforProfit Cemeteries for Fiscal Stability and Adequate Facility Maintenance 2016S79
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/monitoring-not-profit-cemeteries-fiscal-stability-and-adequate-facility-maintenance-followDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Improve Drug Rebate Collections
… million of rebates by the end of the audit’s fieldwork and changed policies that would allow for the collection of … is still missing out on millions in savings to taxpayers and wasting millions more in processing errors,” DiNapoli … review the issues identified in our reports released today and last February and fix the problems found by my auditors. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-doh-needs-improve-drug-rebate-collectionsDiNapoli: Nine Million New Yorkers Employed, Highest Count Since 2008
… For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial data and information on 130,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-nine-million-new-yorkers-employed-highest-count-2008State Comptroller DiNapoli: Costs Will Climb for Municipal Landfills
… and garbage-related activities. Local governments and public authorities own and operate various types of solid … of which at least 768 are owned by local governments and public authorities. These entities own most of the transfer … waste; 20 of these are owned by local governments or public authorities. DiNapoli's report revealed that for local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-costs-will-climb-municipal-landfillsBuffalo Business Delivers $9 Million Investment Gain To The State Pension Fund
… Fund’s In-State Private Equity Program, which is designed to make profitable investments in New York State-based … instruments and has consistently been ranked as one of the best managed and best funded plans in the nation. Over the past 20 years, 82 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/buffalo-business-delivers-9-million-investment-gain-state-pension-fundUnitedHealthcare – Improper Payments for Medical Services Designated By Modifier Code 59 (Follow-Up)
… to medical providers are based, in part, on procedure codes billed on claims that indicate the medical services … assessment to identify providers with unusual modifier 59 billing patterns and take appropriate actions, including … new fraud and abuse detection program to identify aberrant billing patterns, including inappropriate uses of modifier …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/27/unitedhealthcare-improper-payments-medical-services-designated-modifier-code-59-followCUNY Bulletin No. CU-559
… fringe benefits, including employer reimbursed health club benefits, are considered taxable income. Therefore, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-559-new-earnings-codes-workwell-nyc-cunyDiNapoli: Tax Collector Pleads Guilty After Faking Her Own Tax Payments
… DePeyster Town Clerk Michelle Sheppard resigned her two public jobs and agreed to pay $4,303 in restitution for … guilty today to two counts of attempted tampering with public records, an E felony, in St. Lawrence County Court, … her government job gave her the right to tinker with public records and delay her tax payments,” DiNapoli said. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-tax-collector-pleads-guilty-after-faking-her-own-tax-paymentsFood Safety Monitoring (Follow-Up)
… 18, 2013. The objective was to determine whether the Department adequately monitors the processing, distribution, and sale of food products in New York State. During the original audit, we found that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/07/06/food-safety-monitoring-followNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the New York Common Retirement Fund (the Fund), released … and its investors that it is taking steps to uphold its terms of service. It needs to show that it has the ability to protect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-congressional-testimonyOpinion 99-4
… to be corporate governmental agencies, constituting public benefit corporations (General Municipal Law, §§852, 856[2]). 1 It is a general rule that public benefit corporations, such as industrial development … or any agency of either of them, any municipality, any public or private corporation or any other legal entity, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4State Agencies Bulletin No. 1074
… of the Statewide Financial System Project (SFS), a new employee identifier field was created in PayServ. The … should send their requests to: Robin Rabii Director of State Payroll Service 8th floor, 110 State Street Albany NY 12236 Questions Questions should be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1074-new-york-state-employee-identifier-nys-emplidSecurity and Effectiveness of Division of Criminal Justice Services' Core Systems (Follow-Up)
… that ITS did not have established policies and procedures for backup of key Division systems. Also, ITS does not have … regional backup site, and Division systems are at risk for total data loss in the event of a regional disaster. We … policies and did not establish adequate processes for monitoring and oversight of user access of Division …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/07/security-and-effectiveness-division-criminal-justice-services-core-systems-followOpinion 90-11
… -- Compensation (overtime pay and compensatory time off) -- Overtime (compensatory time off - effect of Fair … provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are applicable to particular municipal employees, they are … not inconsistent with the FLSA. As to New York State law, we note initially that collective bargaining between public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-11DiNapoli: Environmental Protection Fund Spending Reflects Historic State Commitment
… While about one-third of this was replaced with borrowed funds, $507.2 million, or nearly 15 percent of total … the state's Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT); a portion of unclaimed bottle and can deposits; certain penalties … over deposit initiators' management and repayment of unclaimed container deposits. The shortcomings in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-environmental-protection-fund-spending-reflects-historic-state-commitmentDiNapoli Finds Opportunities for Improved NYPD Hate Crimes Reporting
… the audits, said. “I commend State Comptroller DiNapoli for undertaking the first-ever audit of New York’s Hate Crimes Act, which is a crucial tool for understanding why these insidious crimes are on the rise. … diversity. A hate crime is an offense against all we stand for as a city – and the NYPD will do everything possible to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-finds-opportunities-improved-nypd-hate-crimes-reportingOpinion 92-52
… operate and manage a water supply and distribution system to serve the Water Authority of Great Neck North … and maintenance of a water supply and distribution system by the authority for any municipality having power to construct and develop a water supply and distribution system, upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-52Opinion 91-60
… the accounts of public corporations, including OTBs (NY Const, art X, §5; Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and … authority in connection with political subdivisions (NY Const, art V, §1) is different from his constitutional authority over other public corporations (NY Const, art X, §5; Patterson , supra ), we believe that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-60Opinion 91-1
… LAWS -- Competitive Bidding (cannot create exception for public work under county contract) -- Preemption (competitive … -- Competitive Bidding (cooperative bidding for public work) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Purchases Through County or … Municipal Law, §119-o[2][d], [h]; cf . Gallagher v Central School District No. 1 , 43 Misc 2d 360, 251 NYS2d 119, where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-1