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Harrisville Central School District – Transportation State Aid and Debt for Bus Purchases (2020M-48)
Determine whether the District applied for all transportation State aid for new bus acquisitions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/harrisville-2020-48.pdfNiagara Wheatfield Central School District - Niagara Power Coalition and Native American Revenues (2019M-227)
Determine whether District officials properly managed and accounted for Niagara Power Coalition and Native American revenues.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/niagara-wheatfield-2019-227.pdfProcurement of Electricity and Natural Gas Through Aggregators (2018MS-5) - West Seneca School District
Assess whether local governments/school districts who utilize aggregators for energy are ensuring they are procuring electricity and natural gas at lowest price
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/west-seneca-school.pdfProcurement of Electricity and Natural Gas Through Aggregators (2018MS-5) - North Syracuse School District
Assess whether local governments/school districts who utilize aggregators for energy are ensuring they are procuring electricity and natural gas at lowest price
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/north-syracuse-school.pdfOpinion 2011-1
… DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Officers and Employees (serving as staff of not-for-profit corporations) -- Powers and Duties (hiring employees to serve as staff of not-for-profit corporations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … lacks authority to hire employees and assign them to serve as the staff of not-for-profit corporations. This is in reply …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2011-1Report on the State Fiscal Year 2023-24 Executive Budget
The Executive Budget for SFY 2023-24 totals $227 billion, and DOB projects shortfalls in revenues and increases in spending, particularly in Medicaid and school aid, over the financial plan period.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/budget/pdf/executive-budget-report-2023-24.pdfDisruption to Special Education Services: Closing the Gap on Learning Loss from COVID-19
New York students with disabilities lost partial or full special education services because of school shutdowns and the shift to remote learning during the pandemic, likely exacerbating pre-existing achievement gaps.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/special-education-report.pdfOversight of Smart Schools Bond Act Funds (2019-S-13) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the State Education Department is monitoring the use of Smart Schools Bond Act funds to ensure that school districts have appropriately utilized them for their intended purpose.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s13-response.pdfRoscoe Central School District - Cost-effective and Equitable Expenditure Controls (2018M-182)
… and equitable measures to control expenditures and share services. Key Finding District officials effectively … to minimize expenditures. Monitor the value of shared services provided by the District to ensure the District is … and equitable measures to control expenditures and share services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/12/07/roscoe-central-school-district-cost-effective-and-equitable-expenditureNorwich City School District - Safe and Supportive Educational Environment (2018M-199)
… and Disruptive Incident Reporting System and Dignity for All Students Act incidents and found that District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/11/30/norwich-city-school-district-safe-and-supportive-educational-environmentOneida-Herkimer-Madison Board of Cooperative Services (BOCES) – Information Technology (2020M-99)
Determine whether OneidaHerkimerMadison BOCES officials ensured security awareness training was provided information technology IT assets were accessed for appropriate purposes and IT controls over BOCES network and financial system were adequate to safeguard information
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2020/12/18/oneida-herkimer-madison-board-cooperative-services-boces-information-technologyMental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (2022-MS-1)
Determine whether the school districts (Districts) used resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) training requirement to staff.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/mental-health-training-component-of-the-new-york-state-save-act-2022-ms-1.pdfDiNapoli Releases Economic Snapshot of Long Island Highlighting Growth and Challenges
… fruits; poultry and eggs; and aquaculture (e.g., fish, clams). Since the start of its wine industry in 1973, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/dinapoli-releases-economic-snapshot-long-island-highlighting-growth-and-challengesPreventing Inappropriate and Excessive Costs in the New York State Health Insurance Program
The New York State Health Insurance Program administered by the State Department of Civil Service is one of the nations largest public sector health insurance programs
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/09/preventing-inappropriate-and-excessive-costs-new-york-state-health-insurance-programDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for November 2014
… of New York State’s Common Core. $353,000 to The After School Corp. for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-november-2014Opinion 2001-5
… No. 82-242, p 302; cf . 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-254, p 272). As to a fire district's implied authority to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5Comptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Fourth and Final Guilty Plea in Monroe Co. Bid-Rigging Case
… Lynch was originally indicted in November 2013 along with John Maggio, also a local businessman, Robert Wiesner, former … to be sentenced to five years of probation. In November, John Maggio pleaded guilty to one class “E” felony charge of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-fourth-and-final-guilty-plea-monroe-co-bid-riggingDiNapoli: New York City's Tech Sector Is Booming
… New York state's technology sector is the third largest and among … than 80 percent of these job gains were located in New York City. The State Comptroller and Mayor de Blasio … digital health clinic for women based in Manhattan. "New York City has become one of the most important tech hubs in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-new-york-citys-tech-sector-boomingOpinion 90-23
… Limit (exclusion from - cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §§6, 12; LOCAL … FINANCE LAW, §105.00: The cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse may exclude from their constitutional debt … of Buffalo and Rochester and $5,000,000 in the case of Syracuse. This is in reply to your request for our opinion as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-23DiNapoli: State Financial Condition Improving
… as intended. The budget also includes billions of dollars in new debt and lump sum appropriations for the Executive and … estimates by the Assembly indicate that All Funds spending in the Enacted Budget will total $150.3 billion, an increase … the Enacted Budget also includes more than $7.4 billion in new and increased authorizations for state-supported …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-state-financial-condition-improving