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Town of Hempstead – Budgeting (2021M-169)
… budgets for 2017-2020 fiscal years did not include the fund balance estimates required by Town Law. Town officials … levied $37.6 million more in taxes than was necessary to fund budgeted expenditures, over the four-year audit period … estimates in a realistic and transparent manner, and show fund balance estimates for each fund, with the required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/02/25/town-hempstead-budgeting-2021m-169City of Yonkers – Budget Review (B20-6-6)
… [ read complete report - pdf ] Purpose of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to identify issues which impact the … taxes may be limited in future years if property values do not increase. Key Recommendations Replace nonrecurring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/06/24/city-yonkers-budget-review-b20-6-6GASB Statement No. 33 "Accounting and Financial Reporting for Nonexchange Transactions"
… nonexchange transactions. A nonexchange transaction is one in which a government receives (or gives) value without … revenues. The statement describes four categories of nonexchange transaction: Derived tax revenues (for example … Account code 8015 should be used to reduce beginning fund balance on the Analysis of Changes in Fund Equity Statement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/gasb-statement-no-33-accounting-and-financial-reporting-nonexchange-transactionsVillage of Margaretville - Fiscal Management (2018M-78)
… the Board overestimated budgeted appropriations, resulting in general fund surpluses. As a result, the Town did not need …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2018/08/17/village-margaretville-fiscal-management-2018m-78Town of Moreau – Budgeting and Multiyear Planning (2017M-185)
… March 31, 2017. Background The Town of Moreau is located in Saratoga County, and the Village of South Glens Falls is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2018/04/13/town-moreau-budgeting-and-multiyear-planning-2017m-185DiNapoli: 82 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
… districts have been designated as fiscally stressed under New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress … the monitoring system creates an overall fiscal stress score which classifies whether a district is in “significant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-82-school-districts-fiscal-stressSUNY Bulletin No. SU-356
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of a business process change in the … or www.TIAA.org/sunyvsp . … The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with the Process Change for SUNYs Voluntary 403b Savings Plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-356-process-change-sunys-voluntary-403b-savings-planOpinion 88-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … service requirements, and for making contributions for retirement, social security, health insurance, workers' … that, except as otherwise expressly provided by the State Legislature, all contracts for public work involving an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12SUNY Bulletin No. SU-370
… payroll check, OSC will accept a photocopy of this form along with a new Report of Check Exchange. Questions: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-370-new-preceptor-incentive-program-payment-state-universityTown of Forestport – Financial Management (2013M-184)
… Ensure that interfund loans between funds with different tax bases are paid with interest to the respective funds. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/09/06/town-forestport-financial-management-2013m-184Town of Schuyler – Financial Management (2014M-182)
… not adopted policies and procedures to govern the level of fund balance to be maintained. As a result, the Town has accumulated excessive fund balance in the general fund and sewer district fund. At current spending levels, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/08/29/town-schuyler-financial-management-2014m-182Opinion 96-5
… exemption applies in the situation in which the counsel for MVAIC represents the appellant on behalf of MVAIC but the … construed the word to mean fees paid to public officers for services performed, such as statutory recording fees, … 248 NYS 832 [1963]). Therefore, it is our opinion that for the purposes of section 5225, supra , where the counsel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5DiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $90,000 From the Essex County Agricultural Society and Town
… and personal purchases using the society’s bank account. She also used $5,300 of society funds to repay a … payments rather than depositing the funds into the town’s account. The forensic analysis revealed that on certain days … nearly identical cash deposits into her personal bank account. Brown pled guilty to grand larceny in the second …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-former-essex-county-fair-treasurer-and-willsboro-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-stealing-nearlyTown of North Norwich – Budgeting (2015M-54)
… Town Board. Budgeted appropriations in the general fund and highway fund for 2014 totaled $572,650. Key Findings The Board-adopted budgets for the highway fund were not structurally balanced. The Board planned to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2015/07/31/town-north-norwich-budgeting-2015m-54State Agencies Bulletin No. 1001
… Position has both equated grade and NTE Position and job do not match Salary below hiring rate OSC Actions: Automatic … Position has both equated grade and NTE Position and job do not match Salary below hiring rate Automatic Retroactive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1001-retroactive-april-1-2010-salary-increase-employees-represented-publicState Agencies Bulletin No. 985
… Position has both equated grade and NTE Position and job do not match FIS missing FIS at or below current FIS below … Position has both equated grade and NTE Position and job do not match FIS missing FIS at or below current FIS below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/985-retroactive-2010-performance-advances-graded-and-ns-equated-gradeState Agencies Bulletin No. 2207
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April … correct an automatic retroactive adjustment, agencies must submit the following information on the Time Entry page or … taxable gross, and will be reported on the employee’s Form W-2. The adjustments (Earnings Codes AJR, ARC, and ARO) and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2207-april-2022-retroactive-200-salary-increase-and-april-2023-retroactiveState Agencies Bulletin No. 2202.1
… BOO – multiply the amount in the Annual Addl Earnings field on the employee’s Additional Pay page for Earnings Code …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/22021-public-employees-federation-pef-fy-2024-2025-higher-educationState Agencies Bulletin No. 2310
… BOO – multiply the amount in the Annual Addl Earnings field on the employee’s Additional Pay page for Earnings Code …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2310-public-employees-federation-pef-fy-2025-2026-higher-educationThe Sentinel - Winter 2024
A semiannual newsletter for members of the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/publications/pdf/sentinel-winter-2024.pdf