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The 80/20 Housing Program
… Program requirements regarding the number of designated affordable units and tenant eligibility; and to analyze the … HFA’s mission is to create and preserve high-quality, affordable, multifamily rental housing. Its 80/20 Program … these low-income units. Also, once tenants move into an affordable apartment, they may continue to reside in their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/31/8020-housing-programOversight and Monitoring of the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program
… of 1997 to provide all eligible four-year-olds in New York State with the opportunity for an early childhood education. … codes, and equipment and furnishings to be maintained in a state of good repair and sanitation and to be safe and … the program, as needed. The UPK program is funded by the State and NYC. The State’s portion is based on a State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/07/oversight-and-monitoring-universal-pre-kindergarten-programState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… inventory. Fairport Central School District – Payroll and Employee Benefits (Monroe County) District officials … However, one of the five employees that received a retirement incentive should not have been paid $2,000 because … assets totaling approximately $88,000 did not identify the employee to whom the assets were issued; and eight assets …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1DiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… the needs of all the vulnerable New Yorkers it was created to serve, according to a new audit released today by New York State Comptroller … Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative was created to improve the availability of supportive and affordable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellDiNapoli: NYC Put Federal Funds to Work Quickly To Shore Up Budget and Drive Recovery
… New York City is using the federal funds it received in the wake of the COVID-19 … mitigate negative economic impacts, similar to other major cities in the country, but it has used them at a faster pace …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-nyc-put-federal-funds-work-quickly-shore-budget-and-drive-recoveryDiNapoli: Employment Services System for New Yorkers with Disabilities Is Underutilized
… New York state is failing to promote and increase use of a key system designed to assist people with disabilities find employment services, … to these entities, as well as solicitation of feedback on how to improve the system based on users’ needs, could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-employment-services-system-new-yorkers-disabilities-underutilizedOpinion 98-20
… opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of minimum service requirement for appointment to fire police squad) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … may establish a reasonable minimum service requirement for appointment to a fire police squad, if the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 92-25
… commissioner, who is not a member of the fire department, to ride on fire vehicles during emergency calls, so long as … chief or assistant chief, however, would have discretion to determine whether the commissioner's presence in any … assume command, or attempted to instruct the fire chief on how to fight a fire (see Memoranda to the Governor by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… an adequate inventory policy or written procedures on how workbooks should be accounted for and how the inventory should be monitored. Officials did not … did not properly audit and approve all claims prior to payment. Auditors reviewed 100 claims totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli: Pandemic Necessity and Opportunity Fuel Business Growth in New York City
… businesses with fewer than five employees grew over 10% in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a … Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report details the growth in New York City’s small businesses, the industries that were … Street saw declines or slow business growth as overall population, commuters and foot traffic declined. Industry …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-pandemic-necessity-and-opportunity-fuel-business-growth-new-york-cityState Agencies Bulletin No. 2164
… be turned over to the Office of Unclaimed Funds in April 2024. Outreach to employees with uncashed paychecks issued in … on or prior to October 25, 2023, are due immediately. Pay Checks Issued On Must be Received by OSC No Later Than … time to be reflected on the employee’s 2023 W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement). NYS payroll checks or direct deposits stopped …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2164-schedule-submitting-2023-year-end-returned-checksUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-325
… Security Series title other than NYS Court Officer-Trainee on 04/01/2023; and Has served 120 workdays in the Security … Officer-Trainees must have one year of continuous service on or before 10/1/2023 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 to receive … Date – 03/27/2024 Active employees (including employees on a Leave With Pay or Paid Military Stipend Leave) receive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-325-april-2023-unified-court-system-ucs-security-and-lawDiNapoli: Audit Recommends Stronger Oversight of NYC’s Artificial Intelligence Programs
… New York City lacks needed guidelines and policies for agencies’ use of artificial intelligence (AI), leaving it … Executive Order 3 in January 2022, with responsibility for the oversight and governance of AI, which in the previous … the AMPO, many of the previous administration’s goals for creating guidelines for the fair and responsible use of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-audit-recommends-stronger-oversight-nycs-artificial-intelligence-programsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2104
… Security Wage Base Limit Contribution Limits on Pension/Retirement Plans Qualified Transportation and Parking Fringe … federal income tax on the wages of nonresident alien (NRA) employee is subject to an additional withholding amount which … annual income has increased to $9,550 for 2023 if the NRA employee was first paid wages before 2020 and has not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2104-summary-tax-related-changes-2023DiNapoli: Former Long Island School Official Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme
… held accountable for their actions in the criminal justice system,” said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll. “The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-former-long-island-school-official-pleads-guilty-kickback-schemeComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… service agreement to audit district claims, and a BOCES employee audited all district claims including those for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsNYS Comptroller DiNapoli Writes to President Biden in Support of His Planned Veto of Anti-ESG Resolution
… of the evaluation of ESG factors—especially climate change. Additionally, DiNapoli stated there should be no … of Labor’s rules, but ERISA guidance has the potential to change market standards by impacting the common and … of the evaluation of ESG factors—especially climate change. Far too many people are trying to impose their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-writes-president-biden-support-his-planned-veto-anti-esg-resolutionFormer Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million
… of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal … (“IRS-CI”), William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal … the former treasurer of the Patterson Fire Department in Patterson, New York (“PFD”), pled guilty today to wire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-hisPreferred Source Contracting
… agencies are monitoring contracts fulfilled by not-for-profit providers in partnership with private entities to … the State’s central procurement agency and is responsible for approving pricing for preferred source contracts over $50,000, and for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/28/preferred-source-contractingDiNapoli: NYC Transit Should Improve Response to Safety-Related Defects
… Authority (MTA)'s New York City Transit is taking too long to correct safety-related defects in subway stations, … 422 "A" defects reported each month and had sustained a "near-perfect" rate of for more than three years in repairing … financial data and information on 130,000 state contracts, visit Open Book New York . The easy-to-use website was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-nyc-transit-should-improve-response-safety-related-defects