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DiNapoli: New York Can Do More to Enhance Strategies to Lower Suicide Rate
Counties across New York arent getting the timely data they need to help them prevent suicides according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/12/dinapoli-new-york-can-do-more-enhance-strategies-lower-suicide-rateDiNapoli: LIRR Must Better Prepare for Severe Weather to Prevent Service Disruptions and Costly Damages
… The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) needs to do more to properly prepare for severe weather … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found the LIRR delayed a critical weather-related systemwide risk … officials need to be prepared to minimize its impacts. The LIRR is the busiest train system in North America and is the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-lirr-must-better-prepare-severe-weather-prevent-service-disruptions-and-costly-damagesDue Dates for Your ROA – Understanding Your Responsibilities: Elected & Appointed Officials
… officials who are members of NYSLRS and do not participate in a timekeeping system must file a Record of Activities ROA by the due dates specified in the table …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/ea-officials/due-dates-your-roaHDT (Magtape) File Layout
The Unclaimed Funds record layout within an HDT text file should have a length of 384 characters. Please note that although this format is acceptable, we do not
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/unclaimed-funds/reporters/pdf/hdt-magtape-file-layout.pdfDiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… Recent audits by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli have revealed a … report. Last year’s report noted that 112 active IDAs in New York provided $1.3 billion in total tax exemptions in … Recent audits by New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli have revealed a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataDiNapoli Op-Ed in Buffalo News Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
… services or tax increases. The economic impact of COVID-19 has produced dramatic drops in government revenue. … already facing unprecedented revenue drops. This could drive reductions to a wide range of local services or … City increased by nearly 60 percent. The economic toll of COVID-19 has been more immediate and more extreme than the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-op-ed-buffalo-news-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19DiNapoli: MTA Needs to Improve Efforts to do Business with Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
… and public authorities to promote the participation of MWBEs in their contracts. The agencies and authorities are … quarterly on their MWBE participation to the Department of Economic Development (DED). In 2011, DiNapoli issued a … shown its goals were reasonable; consistently fell short of reaching its goals; did not accurately report the results …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mta-needs-improve-efforts-do-business-minority-and-women-owned-businessesDiNapoli: New York City’s Public Hospitals Need To Do More To Provide Interpretation Services
… hospitals to have language assistance to ensure meaningful access to services. In the city’s fiscal year 2024, H+H … had no bilingual staff. Staff at mobile units did not have access to phone or video interpretation services provided by … to patients. The vendors H+H hires to provide language access services for patients are supposed to submit monthly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/dinapoli-new-york-citys-public-hospitals-need-do-more-provide-interpretation-servicesOpinion 92-39
… (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- Referendum (eligibility to … (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- Referendum (eligibility to … (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- Referendum (eligibility to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-39Do We have Your Money? $230 Million Returned to New York State Residents This Year
… will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also … unclaimed funds accounts until the money can be returned to its rightful owners. “I encourage everyone to come out to the community events to search for money that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/do-we-have-your-money-230-million-returned-new-york-state-residents-yearDiNapoli: NYC Department of Education Must Do More to Combat Mental Health Crisis Among Youth
… audits of health and safety in schools finds that, in the face of a mental health crisis among youth, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) can do more to ensure that … these issues, many of New York’s school children still face a mental health emergency, and schools are not equipped …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-nyc-department-education-must-do-more-combat-mental-health-crisis-among-youthOpinion 91-61
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … collected in a county not having such an approved plan. We have been asked whether town and village justice courts must … Laws of 1991, chapter 166, §383, in those counties which do not have an approved alternatives to incarceration service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-61DiNapoli Audit Finds Fixes Needed in NYC High School Matching Process
… to do more to ensure students are matched to high schools in line with existing regulations, according to an audit … excluding specialized high school admissions. Students in Temporary Housing Not Properly Prioritized The matching … address per student, which meant as many as 7,000 students in shelters or temporary housing may not have received …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-fixes-needed-nyc-high-school-matching-processDiNapoli: NYC Transit Must Ensure Cameras and Security Equipment Are Maintained and in Working Order
… Authority’s New York City Transit (Transit) needs to do a better job of maintaining its security and safety … Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) in the subway system, to avoid future unexpected failures, an audit from State … P. DiNapoli found. “The MTA’s security equipment is vital to riders’ personal safety and critical to Transit and first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-nyc-transit-must-ensure-cameras-and-security-equipment-are-maintained-and-working-orderAbout Filing the Resolution – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials
… What if I make a mistake in my data entry after I’ve certified it? Do I have to enter the … I do not have the ‘Submit Resolution for Official’ link on my Retirement Online Account Homepage. What do I do? What if … Social Security number? What if I make a mistake in my data entry after I’ve certified it? You cannot edit or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/about-filing-resolutionDo We have Your Money? Nearly $200 Million Returned to New York State Residents This Year
… P. DiNapoli’s office will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also known as unclaimed funds. DiNapoli … oversees 31 million unclaimed funds accounts until the money can be returned to its rightful owners. “I …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/do-we-have-your-money-nearly-200-million-returned-new-york-state-residents-yearDiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Pleads Guilty in $50,000 Theft
… County Court to grand larceny in the second degree and is expected to be sentenced on June 23 to 60 days in jail, five years probation and $50,000 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-pleads-guilty-50000-theftDiNapoli: State Missed Out on Over $180 Million in Medicaid Drug Rebates
… these to continue and let tens of millions of dollars slip away,” DiNapoli said. “While I am gratified that DOH is … of $16,149 but instead the claim was incorrectly excluded from invoices sent to the drug manufacturer. Rebates are … audit found DOH missed out on $26.1 million in rebates from January 2017 to March 2022 because MCOs submitted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-state-missed-out-over-180-million-medicaid-drug-rebatesDiNapoli: Thruway Authority Owed More Than $275 Million in Unpaid Tolls and Fees
… million). Vehicle owners get a warning if their E-ZPass account has a negative balance for over 30 days. If no payment is made in the next 30 days, the account is canceled and a $25 fee is charged. If the E-ZPass …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-thruway-authority-owed-more-275-million-unpaid-tolls-and-feesOversight of Career and Technical Education Programs in New York State Schools
… career and technical education (CTE) activities are sufficient to meet high-demand, high-growth, and … enrollments generally do not align with occupations that are most in demand, fastest growing, or highest salaried in … indicate 41 percent of Approved programs (421 of 1,021) are providing students with skills for occupations that pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/12/21/oversight-career-and-technical-education-programs-new-york-state-schools