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Freeport Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-10)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 43 percent of the sampled IT assets were not properly accounted for. Specifically: Four IT assets with combined costs of approximately $1,500 could not be located and were not inventoried and seven IT assets with combined costs of $2,050 were inventoried but could not be located. Fifteen …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/freeport-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-10Central Valley Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-7)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 8 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. … Two Chromebooks with a combined estimated cost of $430 based on recent purchases could not be located. One … laptops, one costing $510 and one with an estimated cost of $600, were not inventoried. In addition, annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/central-valley-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-7Pine Bush Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-21)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 7 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. Specifically: Four Chromebooks, with a total cost of approximately $1,300, of the initial 40 IT assets could not be physically located …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/pine-bush-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-21Parishville-Hopkinton Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-19)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 38 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. Specifically: One Chromebook with a cost of $263 could not be located and was not inventoried. Six additional Chromebooks with estimated total costs of $1,580 could not be located. Seventeen assets (16 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/parishville-hopkinton-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22Norwich City School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-18)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 12 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. Specifically: Two Chromebooks with a total cost of $534, two Chromebooks with an estimated cost of $448 based on recent purchases, and one iMac that did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/16/norwich-city-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-18Newfield Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-17)
… in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. Of the 41 IT assets we selected to confirm their location and … IT assets selected to confirm were inventoried, 25 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. … were not inventoried, and one Chromebook (estimated cost of $288 based on similar purchases) could not be located but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/newfield-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-17Mechanicville City School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-16)
… inventoried and safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key … officials did not appropriately track or inventory IT assets, maintain complete IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to … school mechanicville IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/mechanicville-city-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-16Town of Ballston - Water Fund Financial Operations (2023M-60)
… of water fund operations. As a result, delinquent accounts were not accurately relevied, and the Town lost revenue. … rates were applied consistently, and meters were accounted for. The water clerk (clerk) inaccurately relevied all 25 accounts we reviewed because she included $3,784 that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/12/15/town-ballston-water-fund-financial-operations-2023m-60North Tonawanda City School District – Information Technology (2023M-102)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether North Tonawanda City School District (District) officials … audit school north tonawanda …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/11/03/north-tonawanda-city-school-district-information-technology-2023m-102Village of Canaseraga – Claims Audit (2023M-48)
… purposes, certain claims were not adequately supported or properly audited and approved before payment. As a result, there was an increased risk that improper or unsupported payments could have been made and not detected … (68 percent) totaling approximately $656,000 had one or more exceptions and should not have been approved for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2023/07/28/village-canaseraga-claims-audit-2023m-48Le Roy Central School District – Reserve Funds (2022M-110)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Le Roy … $2 million held in four reserves was reasonable or needed. For example, as of June 30, 2021, the unemployment insurance … enough to pay average annual unemployment expenditures for more than 200 years, and the employee benefit accrued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/09/30/le-roy-central-school-district-reserve-funds-2022m-110Serven Volunteer Fire Company – Board Oversight (2024M-97)
… safeguarded, which increased the risk that errors or irregularities could occur and remain undetected and … The Board did not: Ensure that the bylaws were adequate or enforce their limited financial provisions, Establish supplemental financial policies or procedures, Conduct a thorough audit of bills, or Conduct …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/10/31/serven-volunteer-fire-company-board-oversight-2024m-97Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-250
… an employee who, as a result of disciplinary action, was on leave without pay and/or had lost time withheld which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-250-december-2017-unified-court-system-ucs-uniform-and-equipmentOpinion 98-1
… St Comp, 1966, p 745; cf . 22 Opns St Comp, 1966, p 228; Amherst v Gross , 80 AD2d 719, 437 NYS2d 137, holding that … bidding (see, e.g., 22 Opns St Comp, 1966, supra ; Amherst v Gross , supra ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… announced the following local government and school audits were issued. Town of Pound Ridge – Procurement and Claims … officials cannot support that all goods and services were procured in the most cost-effective manner, which may … $745,372. In addition, 48 claims totaling $299,716 were not properly audited by the board before payment and 226 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Former Chief of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Embezzling More Than $120,000
… today by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel to 12 months in prison for charges arising out of his embezzlement of more … Berman. "Mr. Garcia betrayed his neighbors and colleagues in the fire department to steal over $120,000 meant to … the New York State Police for their continued partnership in rooting out fraud." According to documents filed in court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-chief-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-sentenced-12-months-prison-embezzling-more-120000Cost-Saving Ideas: How to Reduce Energy Costs
… school district or local government by paying less for energy and consuming less energy. Reducing energy consumption also makes communities greener. Pay Less … CostSaving Ideas How to Reduce Energy Costs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-how-reduce-energy-costsIndustrial Development Agency Board Governance (2017-MS-1)
… provided effective oversight of the IDAs’ operations for the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015. … of the people of the State. An IDA’s Board is responsible for the IDA’s general management and control. In June 2016, … the efficiency and transparency of IDA operations 1 . For new projects, the law requires standard application forms …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2017/09/22/industrial-development-agency-board-governance-2017-ms-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… a result, the former district fire department chief, who was also a director of the Border City Hose Company, entered … of most company money. As a result, company money was not always properly accounted for, and a director, who was also the Border City Fire District Fire Department chief, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Special Disability Benefits – Career Plan
… fluids that may have involved the transmission of this disease), tuberculosis or hepatitis after contact with … public. Firefighters who are permanently disabled by heart disease, certain types of cancer or lung disease, but passed a physical examination upon entry to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1642/special-disability-benefits