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Comptroller DiNapoli: 26 School Districts in Fiscal Stress

… include scores for the dependent school districts in the “Big Four” cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. … this year. The monitoring system does not score New York City. For a list of school districts designated in fiscal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/comptroller-dinapoli-26-school-districts-fiscal-stress

DiNapoli Report Looks at Foreclosure Impact on Local Governments

… Thomas P. DiNapoli. The continuing foreclosure challenge is squeezing municipal budgets when property values decrease, … increasing costs for individuals and municipalities. This is particularly problematic when it contributes to increasing …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-report-looks-foreclosure-impact-local-governments

West Hill Fire District No. 3 – Financial Condition (2014M-160)

… financial condition for the period January 1, 2012 through March 6, 2014. Background The West Hill Fire District No. 3 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/08/15/west-hill-fire-district-no-3-financial-condition-2014m-160

Local Governments Should Improve Accessibility for New Yorkers

… some facilities at the following 20 municipalities: City of Auburn (Cayuga County) City of Batavia (Genesee County) City of Cohoes (Albany … (Oneida County) Town of Babylon (Suffolk County) Town of Big Flats (Chemung County) Town of Brookhaven (Suffolk …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/local-governments-should-improve-accessibility-new-yorkers

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… communities reviewed: Adequacy of 2021 Budgets – Town of Big Flats (Chemung County) Town of Big Flats officials adequately assessed the impact of the … in the 2021 adopted budget. Adequacy of 2021 Budgets – City of Canandaigua (Ontario County) City of Canandaigua …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits

Adequacy of 2021 Budgets - Town of Big Flats (S9-21-20)

The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the Town’s adopted budget for the 2021 fiscal year.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/adequacy-2021-budgets-town-big-flats-s9-21-20.pdf

DiNapoli: Unrestricted State Aid for Local Governments Failed to Keep Up With Inflation

… beneficiary of AIM funding. Cities outside of New York City received nearly 91% of total AIM funding from SFY 2012 … receive nearly 13% of their revenues from revenue sharing. Big Four Cities: Buffalo (31.4%), Syracuse (23.5%), Yonkers … for nearly 7% of total revenues on average. New York City: Before AIM, New York City received a large share of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-unrestricted-state-aid-local-governments-failed-keep-inflation

Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Earth Day 2016

… mitigate climate change and help save the planet. “Today is an historic day, as leaders from around the world … the companies in which the Fund invests. Currently, he is asking ExxonMobil to explain how it can adjust its … growing low carbon economy. The centerpiece of this effort is an expandable $2 billion low emissions index for public …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/comptroller-dinapoli-statement-earth-day-2016

DiNapoli: Audit Finds NYC Needs to Improve Income Verification and Enforcement at Mitchell-Lama Housing

… Some residents of Mitchell-Lama apartments in New York City make far more than the program’s maximum allowed incomes … Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) … of renters and 40 percent of homeowners in New York City exceeded the federal “home affordability threshold” of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-audit-finds-nyc-needs-improve-income-verification-and-enforcement-mitchell-lama-housing

DiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for 17 Cities

… ending between March 31 and July 31. This includes the “Big Four” cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. … to fiscal stress” or has “no designation.” The city of Yonkers, designated as “susceptible to fiscal stress,” is the only city in the group to receive a stress designation. However, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-17-cities

DiNapoli: New York's Medicaid System Improperly Paid Over $16 Million in Claims

… New York State Department of Health’s eMedNY computer system improperly paid $16.2 million in Medicaid claims during a six-month period that started in … Thomas P. DiNapoli. “My office pays close attention to Medicaid because it’s critical for so many New Yorkers and a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-new-yorks-medicaid-system-improperly-paid-over-16-million-claims

Wyandanch Union Free School District - Budget Review (B22-7-1)

… The Wyandanch Union Free School District (District) is located in Suffolk County. Chapter 18 of the Laws of 2020, … Local Finance Law Section 10.10(d), when a school district is authorized by a special or general law to incur debt to … with the fiscal year during which the school district is authorized to issue the deficit obligations, and for each …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/04/01/wyandanch-union-free-school-district-budget-review-b22-7-1

“Nation’s Report Card” Underscores New York’s Need for Academic Recovery

… National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is administered by the U.S. Department of Education’s … National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the largest nationally representative assessment of … performance. Unlike individual state assessments, the NAEP is the only common measure of student achievement that allows …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/nations-report-card-underscores-new-yorks-need-academic-recovery

DiNapoli: 26 School Districts in Fiscal Stress

… that were listed in stress last year. "While it is welcome news that so few school districts across the state have been …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-26-school-districts-fiscal-stress

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively.” Bayport-Blue … School District – Leave Accruals (Suffolk County) There is no supervisory review to ensure that leave time earned and used is accurate and in accordance with collective bargaining …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… had five reserves as of June 30, 2015. The unemployment insurance reserve had a balance of $2.9 million. However, … it is overfunded. The current balance in the unemployment insurance reserve could pay for unemployment insurance costs … that the district consider using the EBALR surplus when planning its future budget. The board and district officials …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits

Mental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (2022-MS-1)

… school districts (Districts) used resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against … Key Findings The 20 Districts we examined did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school … that staff were, at a minimum, trained on recommended mental health components such as the 10 mental health warning …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/08/mental-health-training-component-new-york-save-act-2022-ms-1

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… audits of the Chazy Union Free School District , Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District , Haldane Central School … accurately paid at their approved salaries or wages. Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District – Reserve Funds (Westchester … audits of the Chazy Union Free School District Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District Haldane Central School …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-2