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DiNapoli Report Examines Broadband Availability, Access and Affordability in NYC
… leaders should focus on measures to improve accessibility for those with the lowest incomes.” Key highlights of the … The Bronx and Brooklyn faced the highest average price for monthly broadband service among the five boroughs as of … suggests local infrastructure is less of an impediment for internet access than in other parts of the state or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-report-examines-broadband-availability-access-and-affordability-nycDiNapoli: Proposed Congressional Cuts to SNAP Program Mean More New Yorkers Without Enough Food
… Proposed federal changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), … helping households obtain food, would increase costs to state governments, limit eligibility and reduce the value of future benefits according to a new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-proposed-congressional-cuts-snap-program-mean-more-new-yorkers-without-enough-foodDiNapoli: Construction Jobs in NYC Not Fully Recovered From Pandemic Amid Lower Demand for Nonresidential Projects
… the composition of the labor force and recent immigration enforcement actions by the federal government have the … spending, it also has a critical administrative and regulatory role through its Department of Buildings (DOB), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-construction-jobs-nyc-not-fully-recovered-pandemic-amid-lower-demand-nonresidential-projectsDiNapoli: NYC Area Is Country's Second Largest Market for Venture Capital
… again spiked in late 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, the United States saw $92.9 billion in deal activity, … in 2015 (32.6% of total funding in the country) to $100 billion in 2024, accounting for nearly half of all investment that year. In the first half of 2025, the share jumped to 57.8%, with more than $94 billion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-nyc-area-countrys-second-largest-market-venture-capitalDiNapoli: Convicted Drunk Drivers Not Installing Court-Ordered Ignition Locks
… The New York City Department of Probation (NYC Probation) failed to properly supervise thousands of New … by either the Queens District Attorney’s Office or NYC Probation. This audit examined those under the supervision of NYC Probation. Under the Child Passenger Protection Act, also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-convicted-drunk-drivers-not-installing-court-ordered-ignition-locksCUNY Bulletin No. CU-394
… The 2007-2010 Memorandum of Agreement between CUNY and the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY includes an agreement to … leave for full time employees who take leave to care for a newborn child or for a newly adopted child up to five years … with the exception of the following: Code Narrative 274 Professional Staff Congress 290 Professional Staff Congress …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-394-cuny-paid-parental-leave-benefitOpinion 2000-12
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: There is no provision in article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq.) … Municipal Law §806, however, a town board may require in its code of ethics that town board members abstain from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Permanent COLA
… enact a law providing an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees. A COLA payment is a change, based on the cost of living index, … it occurs. Once you become eligible and receive your first COLA payment, subsequent COLA adjustments will continue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/permanent-colaOpinion 93-29
… the village, without regard to whether the newspaper is published within the village. You ask whether a village is required to designate as its official newspaper the only newspaper which is "published" in the village. The Village Law contains no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29Opinion 2000-9
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Officers … The governing board of the industrial development agency, in fixing the executive director's total compensation, … previously expressed the view that the word "compensation" in similar contexts generally connotes the total …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9Opinion 2002-13
… TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding fire department sports or recreational teams); (paying expenses of fire … or company (see, e.g., 2000 Opns St Comp No. 2000-6, p 16; 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-16, p 34; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-88, p 130; 1982 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13DiNapoli Urges NYC to Shore Up Rainy-Day Fund
… Thomas P. DiNapoli urged New York City officials to better prepare for financial downturns by evaluating the … city’s rainy-day reserve fund, establishing targets for how much should go into the fund each year and setting the … law enabling the use of these funds, called on the city to define how these resources are accumulated and used. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/dinapoli-urges-nyc-shore-rainy-day-fundSelected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy (Follow-Up)
… Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, Selected State Agencies’ Roles … the skills, knowledge, and tools that equip people to make individual financial decisions and actions to attain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/23/selected-state-agencies-roles-financial-literacy-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 1177
… Period 12L Automatic Restoration of Contract Pay After the payroll is audited for Pay Period 12L Administration and … of the agency’s academic year or later. Please refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 1171 . Reporting Additional Pay for 21P … of the agency’s academic year or later. Please refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 409 issued July 1, 2003. The Contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1177-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachersState Agencies Bulletin No. 1006
… regarding the following: Contract Pay and Additional Pay for Contract Pay teachers Submitting Salary Withholding for 21P employees Reporting Time Entry earnings Reporting … Pay Basis Codes Transfers between agencies Work schedule for CAL teachers Restoration of health insurance for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1006-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachersState Agencies Bulletin No. 1084
… Automatic Restoration of Contract Pay After the payroll is audited for Pay Period 12L Administration and … of the agency’s academic year or later. Please refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 1077 , issued June 23, 2011. Reporting … of the agency’s academic year or later. Please refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 409 issued July 1, 2003. The Contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1084-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachersTrash Can Free Stations Pilot Program (Follow-Up)
… well monitored, and no metrics were established to focus on the primary goal, reducing “exposed bags.” However, the … issuance of the follow-up review to provide information on any actions that are planned to address the unresolved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/02/14/trash-can-free-stations-pilot-program-followNew York Mills Union Free School District – Financial Management (2016M-107)
… unnecessary fund balance, the Board and District officials have withheld significant funds from productive use and … taxes that were higher than necessary. District officials have not developed a multiyear operational plan. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/24/new-york-mills-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2016m-107Young Women’s College Prep Charter School of Rochester – Information Technology (2016M-24)
… of Trustees and has approximately 290 students, is located in the City of Rochester, Monroe County. The School had … private and sensitive information (PSSI). The School does not have a disaster recovery plan. Each user does not have his or her own unique user name for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/05/06/young-womens-college-prep-charter-school-rochester-information-technologyOntario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Multiyear Planning and Software Management (2016M-249)
… reserve funds. BOCES officials established the retiree health insurance reserve without proper statutory authority. … Although a previous OSC audit indicated the retiree health insurance reserve was improper, BOCES officials did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/12/09/ontario-seneca-yates-cayuga-wayne-board-cooperative-educational-services-boces