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DiNapoli: Former Beekman Tax Collector Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $86,000 for Personal Expenses
New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced that Jennifer Colucci 41 of Hopewell Junction pleaded guilty to stealing more than $86000 in tax funds collected for the use of the town of Beekman and its schools
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-former-beekman-tax-collector-pleads-guilty-embezzling-86000-personal-expensesDiNapoli: City Property Tax Assessments Show Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels Ahead of Schedule
… spot for New York City’s finances entering fiscal year (FY) 2023, amid uncertainty in the city's economic recovery … office buildings , are expected to increase by 11.7% in FY 2023, reaching levels just short of the peak in FY 2021. Multi-family residential (Class II) market value …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-city-property-tax-assessments-show-return-pre-pandemic-levels-ahead-scheduleEast Ramapo Central School District - Textbooks Loaned to Nonpublic School Students (2019M-171)
… school students. Key Findings The District did not have adequate systems in place to verify that textbooks … eligibility to receive textbooks. The District did not have systems in place to account for textbooks purchased for … a District-wide annual inventory, including textbooks on loan to nonpublic school students, and ensure nonpublic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/08/03/east-ramapo-central-school-district-textbooks-loaned-nonpublic-schoolState Police Bulletin No. SP-188
… Purpose To notify the agency of a modification to Deduction Code 302. Affected Employees Employees in … To notify the agency of a modification to Deduction Code 302 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-188-modification-deduction-code-302-pba-disability-insuranceState Comptroller DiNapoli and DFS Acting Superintendent Asrow Designate New Banking Development District to Support Community Banking in the Butternut Valley
… to encourage and incentivize qualified banks and credit unions to open or maintain bank branches in underserved … strengthen the local economy. Community banks and credit unions are vital to the stability of small towns, helping … further expand this program and have it utilized by credit unions to continue our mission to create an inclusive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-dfs-acting-superintendent-asrow-designate-new-banking-developmentDiNapoli, Wharton, Myrie Op-Ed: Putting the Public Back Into Campaign Finance
… creating a greater degree of transparency. The PCFP will only provide a match of public funds on eligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-wharton-myrie-op-ed-putting-public-back-campaign-financeDiNapoli: Former Vernon Center Fire Department Treasurer Arrested for Stealing Over $300,000
… District Attorney Todd Carville, and the New York State Police announced today. The defendant, Jonnell Rose, was … “I thank District Attorney Carville and the New York State Police for their partnership in this investigation.” “I want to commend our State Police members along with our partners at the Comptroller’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-former-vernon-center-fire-department-treasurer-arrested-stealing-over-300000Opinion 94-29
… have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. [edited for … or other agency representing a municipality. You indicate that these appeals generally arise in two proceedings: (1) a … matters are quasi-criminal in nature and that the party represented in a support proceeding is usually …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-29Middletown Employee Charged With Theft
… and brought to justice.” McKelevey was arraigned before Judge Stephen Brockett in the City of Middletown Court, on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/middletown-employee-charged-theftDiNapoli Halts $24 Million in Suspicious Tax Refunds
… after finding 7,482 improper filings –an 18 percent rise from last year. To date, DiNapoli's office audited and … after finding 7482 improper filings an 18 percent rise from last year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-halts-24-million-suspicious-tax-refundsDiNapoli Orders Divestment of Russia Holdings
… invasion of Ukraine, DiNapoli announced the Fund would freeze all new investments in Russian companies and review … toward economic crisis, we are protecting our state pension fund by divesting our minimal investments there and … State Common Retirement Fund is one of the largest public pension funds in the United States. The Fund holds and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-orders-divestment-russia-holdingsState Police Bulletin No. SP-178
… Purpose To notify the agency of the modification to Deduction Code 302. Affected Employees … 07, 17 and 18 represented by Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers, Inc. and employees in … Paychecks dated April 19, 2017 Background At the request of the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-178-modification-deduction-code-302-pba-disability-insurancePeconic Bay Community Preservation Fund (2023-MR-1)
Determine whether officials from the Towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold (Towns) properly administered the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund (CPF) to ensure that all collections were properly supported, recorded, and deposited and that disbursements were
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2024/pdf/peconic-bay-community-preservation-fund-2023-mr-1.pdfAccounting for Capital Assets
A municipality's inventory of capital assets often represents its most significant investment of resources. This session will cover the proper accounting for these valuable assets. We will also discuss best practices to ensure these assets are properly safeguarded from theft or loss.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/accounting-capital-assets-110624.pdfDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments Located Outside New York City – Sunnyside Manor: Unauthorized Bank Account (2024-S-12)
to determine whether residents of Mitchell-Lama developments supervised by DHCR are provided safe and clean living conditions, and whether funds are properly accounted for and used for intended purposes. Our audit covered the period from January 2019 through December 2022.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-24s12.pdfCity of Long Beach – Budget Review (B21-7-6)
Determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the City’s proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year are reasonable, and whether the City took appropriate action to implement or resolve recommendations from our budget review issued in May 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/long-beach-budget-review-b21-7-6.pdfHomeownership Rates in New York
… has the lowest homeownership rate among the states, with only 53.6 percent owning a home in the second quarter of … rate was the lowest in the nation at 55.4 percent. Only two other states have rates lower than 60 percent: … 40 percent of the State’s population resides, are also the only counties that had homeownership rates lower than the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/homeownership-rates-new-yorkAn Examination of the Finances of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority - April 2003
On February 19, 2003, the State Comptroller took the extraordinary step of issuing subpoenas for records and testimony from officials of the MTA.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-4-2004.pdfThe Securities Industry in New York City - November 2008
Wall Street and the nation have been pounded by the fallout from the subprime credit crisis that reached a critical point in July 2007.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-7-2009.pdfProperty Taxes in New York State
The Office of the State Comptroller collects property tax levy and assessed value data from local governments statewide and makes this information available.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/property-taxes-in-nys-2019.pdf