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Dual Employment
… Purpose To determine whether Unified Court System (UCS) employees who are dually employed at other … Supreme and County courts, Family Courts, Surrogate's Court, and City and District courts. UCS includes the Office of Court Administration (OCA), which is the administrative arm …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/18/dual-employmentResponsiveness to Noise Complaints Related to Construction Projects (Follow-Up)
… report, Responsiveness to Noise Complaints Related to Construction Projects (Report 2016-N-3 ). About the Program … Code) and adequately addressed noise complaints related to construction in New York City. The audit period was January … June 30, 2016. The audit identified a total of 90,861 construction noise complaints were called in to New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/02/04/responsiveness-noise-complaints-related-construction-projects-followImproper Fee-for-Service Payments for Pharmacy Services Covered by Managed Care (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Improper Fee-for-Service … Key Finding Department officials have made some progress in addressing the problems we identified in the initial audit report. However, further actions are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/23/improper-fee-service-payments-pharmacy-services-covered-managed-care-followInappropriate Medicaid Payments for Recipients With Multiple Identification Numbers and No Social Security Numbers (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations made in our audit report, … issued on July 24, 2012, examined whether the Department of Health (Department) ensured local social service districts … To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations made in our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/06/inappropriate-medicaid-payments-recipients-multiple-identification-numbers-and-no-socialOpinion 90-37
… section does not require either a public hearing or public sale for the sale of unneeded village real property. A village may not accept the lower of two offers for the sale of village real property based upon a determination that … Whether the village may sell the property at private sale and if so whether it is required to accept the higher of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-37DiNapoli Faults Oversight at Public Service Commission of Orders and Agreements
… inaccurate data to track service reliability and imposed only four penalties in four years. “When New Yorkers flip on … $5 million it was owed under that agreement, but has only been able to collect $1 million. PSC and DPS officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-faults-oversight-public-service-commission-orders-and-agreementsDiNapoli: School District Budget Voter Participation More Than Tripled During COVID-19 Lockdown
… for school district budgets statewide more than tripled to 1.6 million votes cast amid the COVID-19 lockdown for the … replaced with absentee ballots. The results were similar to 2019 when only 1.6 percent of the budgets failed to pass on the first vote, according to a report released …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-school-district-budget-voter-participation-more-tripled-during-covid-19-lockdownRochester Academy Charter School – Purchasing (2013M-144)
… our audit was to review the School’s purchasing practices for the period July 1, 2011, to March 1, 2013. Background The … in the City of Rochester, in Monroe County. The oversight for school operations is provided by the Board of Trustees … totaling $320,000 to determine if the disbursements were for school purposes, properly supported by a detailed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2013/07/26/rochester-academy-charter-school-purchasing-2013m-144Oversight of Undistributed Child Support Funds
… by enforcing child support obligations. OTDA oversees New York’s child support program. OTDA’s responsibilities … efforts and reporting these undistributed collections (UDC) to Family Court initiates the escheatment process. … the money be returned to the payer or deposited with the County Treasurer or, in New York City, the Commissioner of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/09/oversight-undistributed-child-support-fundsFormer Assistant Director of Queens Pre-School Provider Pleads Guilty to Stealing $5 Million Intended for Special Needs Students
… Hiller, 59, of Far Rockaway, Queens. Hiller appeared yesterday afternoon before Queens Supreme Court Justice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/former-assistant-director-queens-pre-school-provider-pleads-guilty-stealing-5-million-intendedPlanning
… of where you are and what you would like your life to be in the future. However, having goals is one thing — … to do. You need to determine how much income you will need in retirement. The first step is to draw up a list of all … Security income of 20 percent of pre-retirement earnings. In our example, the combination of Social Security and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/planningRevenue Enhancement Ideas: Cash Management for Local Governments and School Districts
… frequent cash flow analyses if your local government or school district is experiencing fiscal stress or a declining … payments can be made directly to your local government or school district’s bank account. Set up electronic funds … if you haven’t already, to guide your local government or school district in making these decisions, and review it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/revenue-enhancement-ideas-cash-management-local-governments-and-school-districtsBenefits Advisement Services for Individuals With Disabilities Seeking Employment (Follow-Up)
… an Employment First Policy for New York State with the main goal of increasing the employment rate of individuals … within the New York Employment Services System (NYESS) to address the Report’s benefits advisement recommendation. … OMH did not take steps to assess the effectiveness of its email notification system. Active system customers may not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/22/benefits-advisement-services-individuals-disabilities-seeking-employment-followSecurity and Effectiveness of Division of Criminal Justice Services' Core Systems (Follow-Up)
… mishap that disables normal processing. We found that ITS did not have established policies and procedures for backup … in the event of a regional disaster. We also found ITS did not comply with certain State cybersecurity policies and … systems. The eight recommendations addressed user access, change management, patching, business continuity, disaster …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/07/security-and-effectiveness-division-criminal-justice-services-core-systems-followCity of Rochester – Code of Ethics and Procedures – Follow Up (S4-09-116-F)
… City of Rochester Code of Ethics and Procedures Follow Up S409116F …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/06/21/city-rochester-code-ethics-and-procedures-follow-s4-09-116-fCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data)
… and easily usable. The audit covered the period between February 1, 2013 and October 16, 2019. About the Program … As of December 6, 2019, the Department had published 18 data items on Open Data. Key Findings The Department has … ITS and make publicly available a complete catalogue and schedule of publishable State data for addition to Open Data. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/08/compliance-executive-order-95-open-data-0Opinion 90-57
… program are set forth in General Municipal Law, §216. Subdivision 1 of section 216 provides that upon the … least sixty percent of the governing board of a "political subdivision" having control of the fire departments and fire … referendum of the eligible voters within "such political subdivision" to determine whether the governing board shall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Village of Bellerose – Procurement and Cash Receipts (2014M-218)
… 31, 2013. Background The Village of Bellerose is located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County and has a population of approximately 1,200. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2014/11/21/village-bellerose-procurement-and-cash-receipts-2014m-218About the Record of Activities – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials
… On call time is not to be included on the ROA. They may only record the time actually spent performing a work-related … for previous service credit. Since retirement credit can only be given for actual time worked, service credit accrued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/about-record-activitiesDiNapoli: Audit Finds False Elevator Inspections, Safety Hazards Overlooked
… Private elevator inspectors in New York City are missing hazardous violations and allowing unsafe conditions to go … Yorkers should have to worry about false inspections or hazardous conditions. Even in a limited group of inspections, … Private elevator inspectors in New York City are missing hazardous violations and allowing unsafe conditions to go …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-false-elevator-inspections-safety-hazards-overlooked