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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued. Department of Health: Medicaid Program – Improper Payments for Brand …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Fairport Audits Reveal Unauthorized Practices for Economic Development Agencies
… Industrial Development Agency (FIDA) made a series of financial and accounting transactions outside their legal … accounts, and combined and inaccurate accounting records for the FIDA, the FURA and the Village of Fairport Local … using the FIDA’s moneys; Seek reimbursement of the FIDA’s startup capital from the FLDC and cease providing gratuitous …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-fairport-audits-reveal-unauthorized-practices-economic-development-agenciesDiNapoli: Federal Aid, Increasing Tax Revenues and Savings Boost New York City's Surplus
… New York City is expecting to generate a surplus of $3.7 billion … and planned savings, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on the city’s February financial plan. The surplus could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-federal-aid-increasing-tax-revenues-and-savings-boost-new-york-citys-surplusOversight of New York State Forest Tax Programs
… those properties through July 2021. About the Program New York State’s land area of 30.2 million acres comprises … each year a landowner receives a tax break, they must submit an annual commitment form recommitting their land for … 10 years. While the local assessors and landowners play a part in the 480a Program, the Department has general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/20/oversight-new-york-state-forest-tax-programsOpinion 88-45
… credit", it has also advised the county that the program is permissible because it complies with those provisions of … You ask whether, in our opinion, the proposed program is legal. The Local Finance Law is the exclusive law governing the manner in which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-45Opinion 2000-12
… member from voting on salaries for family members who are elected or appointed town officials. Pursuant to General … voting on resolutions fixing the salaries of relatives who are town officials and, even if the code of ethics does not … of family members. You ask whether town board members are required to abstain from voting on resolutions setting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 88-7
… BONDS AND NOTES - Proceeds (use of surplus proceeds to pay debt service) MUNICIPAL FUNDS - Appropriations and Expenditures (need to use debt service appropriation where surplus bond proceeds … LAW, §165.00: Where surplus bond proceeds are available to pay debt service for purposes of a town improvement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7DiNapoli: New York City's Government Workforce Expected to Increase for First Time Since Pandemic
… New York City’s full-time government workforce is expected to … and fill critical vacancies, while holding down costs. Staffing remains below pre-pandemic levels, but the city … and provide details linking spending and staffing to agency performance indicators. In November 2023, DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-new-york-citys-government-workforce-expected-increase-first-time-pandemicDiNapoli: New York's Public and Private Colleges and Universities Face Significant Challenges in Years Ahead
… robust higher education sector that attracts students and investment to our colleges and universities, which benefits … Degrees and Return on Investment Outcomes related to earning a degree, including salaries upon graduation, are … to spur applications and enrollment, addressing costs and financial aid gaps, and considering partnerships to keep up …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-new-yorks-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities-face-significant-challenges-yearsState Contract and Payment Actions in September
… to support the New York State Commission on the Future of Health Care. Long Island Power Authority $28.8 million with … and other tax refunds. $6.1 million for 24,956 additional child and earned income tax payments. Department of Civil … to I-Link Solutions Inc., $1.2 million to MVP Consulting Plus Inc., and $7.5 million to 20 other vendors. Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/state-contract-and-payment-actions-septemberOpen Book New York
… Chief Financial Officer, Comptroller DiNapoli believes New Yorkers deserve to know how their tax dollars are spent. Without transparency in government, there cannot be accountability. His open data … and spending commitments assigned to a New York City service since January 2020. View Dashboard New York City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/open-book-new-yorkOpinion 2024-1
… fisc and, like in Kradjian with respect to the guaranteed payments by the developers to satisfy the mortgage/federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2024-1Financial Toolkit for Local Officials
… Cash Flow Management Strategies … Local government and school district leaders are faced with unprecedented challenges in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/financial-toolkitOpinion 2011-1
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … corporations and similar entities (individually, a "development corporation" or "corporation"). The issue … IDA may not assign its employees to serve as the staff of a development corporation. Facts Each of the development …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2011-1Licensing and Monitoring of Proprietary Schools (2019-S-68) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the State Education Department’s Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision is verifying that schools have sufficient resources before initial licensing and is adequately monitoring schools and utilizing its database to look for warning flags of future closings.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s68-response.pdfOversight of Career and Technical Education Programs in New York State Schools (2019-S-29)
To determine whether current State Education Department (Department) career and technical education activities are sufficient to meet high-demand, high-growth, and high-salary job market needs; and what the Department, school districts, and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services can do to ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s29.pdfOffice of Children and Family Services - Financial Oversight of the Advantage After School Program (2016-S-39) 90-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has adequate controls in place to ensure that money provided to selected community...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2018-16s39-response.pdfOnondaga Central School District - Financial Condition Management and Fuel Records (2018M-181)
… the District experienced unplanned operating surpluses in two of the three completed fiscal years reviewed. During …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/12/07/onondaga-central-school-district-financial-condition-management-and-fuelPreventing Inappropriate and Excessive Costs in the New York State Health Insurance Program
… The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP), administered by the State Department of Civil Service (Civil Service), is one of the nation’s largest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/09/preventing-inappropriate-and-excessive-costs-new-york-state-health-insurance-programComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Fourth and Final Guilty Plea in Monroe Co. Bid-Rigging Case
… 2013 along with John Maggio, also a local businessman, Robert Wiesner, former Security Director of the Monroe County … to charges related to this bid-rigging scheme. In January, Robert Wiesner pleaded guilty to one class “E” felony, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-fourth-and-final-guilty-plea-monroe-co-bid-rigging