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DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Better Protections for Child Performers
… conditions and enforcing trust accounts. DOL issues one-year permits to performers under 18 years of age and … the State Comptroller for multiple performances over a two-year period. Auditors found five performers without permits … highest single deposit was over $26,000. Accounts are as old as May 2004, with one having a balance over $25,000. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-audit-recommends-better-protections-child-performersDiNapoli: New York State Pension Fund Expands List of Corporations That Disclose Political Spending
… Fund (Fund) reached agreements with six major corporations to voluntarily disclose their political spending, New York … DiNapoli said. “I believe shareholders have the right to know where their money is being spent. I applaud J. M. Smucker Co. for agreeing to voluntarily disclose its political spending. Transparency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-new-york-state-pension-fund-expands-list-corporations-disclose-political-spendingOversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (Follow-Up)
… was adequately monitoring and enforcing SIST conditions for sex offenders placed in the community. We identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/oversight-sex-offenders-subject-strict-and-intensive-supervision-and-treatment-followDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for January 2014
… and 1,735 payments valued at nearly $1.1 million due to fraud, was As the state’s chief financial officer, … other improprieties. The Comptroller’s office averages 11 to 13 days for contract reviews. DiNapoli began releasing … Co. LLC. Approved a $140,000 contract for the sale of Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility, Clinton County, to 2825902 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-january-2014Former President of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $120,000
… the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/former-president-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-pleads-guilty-embezzling-more-120000Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Follow-Up)
… Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Report 2013-S-1 ). Background We issued … whether the Provider inappropriately billed Medicaid for vision services. The scope of the audit was from January … received over $22,000 in improper Medicaid payments for claims with inappropriate coinsurance charges and for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/12/eye-care-provider-and-family-inappropriately-enroll-recipients-and-overcharge-visionDiNapoli: NYC Experiencing Record Job Growth
… has outpaced the nation and New York state since the end of the recession, according to a report released today by … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The city added a total of 702,200 jobs between 2009 and 2017, more than during any … and more jobs are being created in the boroughs outside of Manhattan than ever before." Employment in New York City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-nyc-experiencing-record-job-growthDiNAPOLI: Unadilla Valley schools save more than $300,000 on special education
… manner.” After the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services discontinued operating … were appropriate for recovering the costs to the district of providing these programs and related services. To read the … taxpayers with better access to the financial workings of government. … The Unadilla Valley Central School District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-unadilla-valley-schools-save-more-300000-special-educationOpinion 91-32
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … , 96 Misc 2d 755, 759, 410 NYS2d 199, 200). As the court in the Evans case noted, however, "[e]ssential to the … Misc 2d 501, 505, 434 NYS2d 90, 92). As the United States Supreme Court has said, "[a] reduction or increase in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32Opinion 94-14
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … in the opinion. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to finance projects located outside the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14XIX.1 Overview – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… of Federal and Capital costs under one project. Pre April 2021, DOB maintained capital projects information in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix1-overviewState Agencies Bulletin No. 2088
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of the following … increase from $20,500.00 to $22,500.00. An additional 50 and Over Catch-Up deferment is available to employees age 50 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2088-deferred-compensation-maximum-contributions-limits-calendar-year-2023XV.2 Fiscal Year Period – XV. End of Year
… The Fiscal Year period in the Statewide Financial System … which operate under a different fiscal year, e.g. SUNY and CUNY. Pursuant to various sections of law and to complete the execution of the financial plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xv/xv2-fiscal-year-periodNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli on NYC Executive Budget
… its actions for setting reserve levels amid an unsettled global economic picture and significant spending uncertainty …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-nyc-executive-budgetXIII.10.A Refunds Owed to the State by an Employee - Using a State-Issued Check – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… a State-issued check resulting from an expense report, the Business Unit must follow the check cancellation procedures … report and credit the appropriation if still in effect. Business Units do not need to process any documents to credit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii10a-refunds-owed-state-employee-using-state-issued-checkDiNapoli: Former Ontario Town Water Superintendent Charged With Covering Up Failure to Fix Water Leaks
… and the ordered restitutions of over $50 million in public funds. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-former-ontario-town-water-superintendent-charged-covering-failure-fix-water-leaksImproper Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Covered by Managed Long-Term Care Plans (Follow-Up)
… wish to stay in their homes and communities. MLTC plans offer a range of services, such as home health care, nursing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/31/improper-fee-service-payments-services-covered-managed-long-term-care-plans-followCopiague Fire District – Procurement (2020M-114)
… Commissioner, employed by a company the District contracts with, did not disclose his company’s interests or abstain or … claims and warrants. The District has been contracting with the company for about 10 years. Key Recommendations … any interest in contracts. District officials disagreed with certain findings but indicated they plan to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/07/16/copiague-fire-district-procurement-2020m-114Medicaid Program – Cost of Pharmacy Services Under Managed Care
… pharmacy providers directly for each drug dispensed to a Medicaid recipient. Under managed care, the Department … unnecessary costs to the Medicaid program. The Department does not require MCOs to use the most cost-effective drugs to … is steered toward drugs with the lowest net cost when medically appropriate. … To determine whether the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-cost-pharmacy-services-under-managed-careAdministration of the Contract With the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (Follow-Up)
… The audit found sampled clients were program-eligible and were referred to the program via the proper authorities and that client case files contained required documentation. … recommendations to PCMH resulting from field visits, and excessive delays by OMH to recover $1.4 million in surplus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/administration-contract-postgraduate-center-mental-health-follow