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DiNapoli Audit: Growing Number of Youth in Juvenile Justice Centers at Risk Due to Staff Shortages
… staff’s ability to properly assess the physical and mental health of youth at intake as physical altercations, illegal … of at least one required screening having been completed. Medical admission checklists were missing, along with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-audit-growing-number-youth-juvenile-justice-centers-risk-due-staff-shortagesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… issued. Department of Civil Service: Payments by Beacon Health Options for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services … Ineligible Members (2021-S-18) The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP), administered by Civil Service, … possess adequate insurance coverage, or are financially secure, to compensate those persons they might injure or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Audit Recommends Improvements in Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking
… data on whether human trafficking survivors are taking advantage of the assistance available to them from social service offices or provider services. For instance, auditors found that OTDA … or maintain records on which social service office or provider a survivor goes to, and it cannot confirm which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-audit-recommends-improvements-services-survivors-human-traffickingThe Concerning Growth of Hate Crime in New York State
… Introduction New York State has seen a concerning surge in reported hate crimes … Definition, Data and Reporting A hate crime is an offense that is motivated by a perception or belief about the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/concerning-growth-hate-crime-new-york-stateAnnual Financial Report
… and Supplementary Information Notice to CFOs [pdf] The videos listed below contain tutorials on how to navigate and … of negative values in the financial statements will be very limited. In most cases, issues resulting in a negative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/annual-financial-reportControls Over Tablet and Kiosk Usage by Incarcerated Individuals (Follow-Up)
… cost to Incarcerated Individuals (or Individuals) through a contract with Securus and its subsidiary JPay Inc. … educational material; purchase DOCCS-approved music, videos, e-books, and other media; and communicate with family … an account (JPay Account) created on the Provider’s website. The objectives of our initial audit, issued in May …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/08/05/controls-over-tablet-and-kiosk-usage-incarcerated-individuals-followOpinion 88-39
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BAIL MONEYS -- Disposition (cash bail on felony complaint held by town court and forfeited … LAW, §27(1); UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, §2021(1): Cash bail which is posted in a town justice court in connection …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-39DiNapoli: Youth in NYC Face Double Digit Unemployment Rate
… in New York City between the ages of 16-24 continued to face a high 13.2% unemployment rate in 2024, which was 3.6 … Hispanic, and Asian youth, especially males, continued to face even higher unemployment rates, with young Black workers … New Yorkers, who tend to work in lower wage industries, face serious challenges in finding work,” DiNapoli said. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-youth-nyc-face-double-digit-unemployment-rateCriminal History Background Checks of Unlicensed Health Care Employees
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Health (Department) effectively oversees and monitors efforts … safeguard patients through requests for required criminal history background checks when hiring unlicensed persons in … before, the CHRC Legal Unit reviews the case using information from its initial request and any subsequent New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/08/criminal-history-background-checks-unlicensed-health-care-employeesHomer Central School District - Criminal History Background Checks (2019M-76)
… the safety of their students by performing proper criminal history background checks. Key Finding Officials did not perform fingerprint-supported criminal history background checks on nine out of 157 employees … to ensure that they have gone through proper criminal history background checks. District officials agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/21/homer-central-school-district-criminal-history-background-checks-2019m-76Opinion 88-31
… FEES -- Refund (refund by county treasurer of 2% cash bail fee) COUNTY TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (refund of 2% cash bail fee) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-m: A county treasurer is … 155-a], a sum of money deposited in connection with a cash bail or a partially secured bail bond is received by a court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-31Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Criminal Conviction and False Claims Act Settlement with Bottini Fuel for Diverting Customers' Credit Balances for Their Own Benefit
… Company, Inc., which conducts business as Bottini Fuel, for falsifying their business records to improperly divert … Fuel, headquartered in Wappingers Falls, provides heating oil to customers throughout Hudson Valley. From 2004 to 2016, … customer overpayments and duplicative payments for heating oil. Bottini Fuel did not inform customers that they had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-criminal-conviction-and-false-claims-actOpinion 2000-1
… in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Payment (of police officers' legal fees as moral obligation) LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (authority to pay police officers' legal fees) -- Municipal Funds (authority to pay police officers' legal fees) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-1Seized Assets Program (Follow-Up)
… During the course of an investigation or an arrest, law enforcement agencies may seize assets, including cash, … or other items that are suspected of being used to conduct criminal activity, are the proceeds from a criminal activity, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/11/28/seized-assets-program-followCriminal History Background Checks of Unlicensed Health Care Employees (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the one recommendation included in our initial audit report, … in our original audit. The Department has implemented the one recommendation contained in our original audit report. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/20/criminal-history-background-checks-unlicensed-health-care-employees-followState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… (2020-F-9) An audit issued in 2019 identified $416,237 in Medicaid overpayments on inpatient claims that … timely and within budget. Office of Victim Services (OVS): Controls Over Selected Expenditures (Follow-Up) … (2020-F-16) An audit issued in September 2018 found that OVS’ controls generally ensured that its expenditures for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDespite Progress, Pay Gap for Women Persists
In 2020 women earned 83 cents to every dollar earned by men a wage gap of more than $10435 based on median earnings for men and women who worked fulltime as reported by the US Census Bureau
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/despite-progress-pay-gap-women-persistsDiNapoli Statement on Charges Against Former Delhi Village Clerk
… use. She now faces grand larceny charges. Thanks to my investigators and auditors and their work with the New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-statement-charges-against-former-delhi-village-clerkComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Conviction of Atlanta, Ga Resident in Pension Fraud Case
… York State and Local Employees Retirement System. Powell was a New York State pensioner, retired from the Department … retirement system to ensure that no one is cheating it. When we identify fraud, we actively work with law enforcement … County Court Judge Peter A. Lynch, Cook was sentenced to parole with a deferred sentence of three to six years in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-atlanta-ga-resident-pension-fraud-caseWaterville Central School District – Criminal History Background Checks (2016M-23)
… The Waterville Central School District is located in the Towns of Augusta, Kirkland, Marshall, Paris, Sangerfield and Vernon in Oneida County and the Towns of Brookfield and Madison in Madison County. The District, which operates two schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/09/waterville-central-school-district-criminal-history-background-checks