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DiNapoli Releases Dashboard Tracking Federal Covid Funding and State Relief Programs

… to assist New Yorkers in need. My office will follow the money to ensure federal funds are getting where they are … Executive Director Betsy Gotbaum, “With such large sums of money coming to New York through the American Rescue Plan and … detailed disclosure so the public can further track how money is being spent. We encourage local governments to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/10/dinapoli-releases-dashboard-tracking-federal-covid-funding-and-state-relief-programs

III.3 Scope of the SFS – III. Statewide Financial System (SFS)

… System (SFS) includes the last three phases of the New York State Financial Cycle as previously outlined in Chapter II …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iii/iii3-scope-sfs

Review of the Enacted Budget: State Fiscal Year 2021-22

… parents, and $1.6 billion in small business recovery grants and loans, including specific programs for … SFY 2020-21 and Huge Boost in SFY 2021-2022 The State was allocated historic amounts of federal aid through five major … expenses like payroll and rent. $25 million for a New York Restaurant Resiliency Grant Program to provide grants to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/review-enacted-budget-state-fiscal-year-2021-22

How to Obtain Your Personal Records Under the Personal Privacy Protection Law

… 6-A of the Public Officers Law (§§91-99), is intended to protect your privacy by regulating the manner in which … information about you. The PPPL also enables you to access and/or correct information the Office of the State … symbol, mark, or other identifier such as an address). How to Make a Request Requests for access and corrections …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/help/how-obtain-your-personal-records-under-personal-privacy-protection-law

Improper Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Covered by Managed Long-Term Care Plans (Follow-Up)

… Covered by Managed Long-Term Care Plans (Report 2018-S-65 ). About the Program The State’s Medicaid program offers … for each member enrolled. Some services are excluded (i.e., carved out) from benefit packages and may be paid …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/31/improper-fee-service-payments-services-covered-managed-long-term-care-plans-follow

Copiague Fire District – Procurement (2020M-114)

… conflicts of interest existed. No competition was sought for professional services. Officials paid the 12 providers … The District has been contracting with the company for about 10 years. Key Recommendations Provide guidance for procuring professional services through a competitive …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/07/16/copiague-fire-district-procurement-2020m-114

UnitedHealthcare – Overpayments for Out-of-Network Anesthesia Services Provided at In-Network Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Follow-Up)

… included in our initial audit report, Overpayments for Out-of-Network Anesthesia Services Provided at In-Network … implemented. Key Recommendation Officials are given 30 days after the issuance of the follow-up report to provide … are planned to address the unresolved issues discussed in this report. … To determine the extent of implementation of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/18/unitedhealthcare-overpayments-out-network-anesthesia-services-provided-network-ambulatory

City of Hornell – Business Improvement District (2018M-38)

… of the Business Improvement District (BID) to ensure it operated in accordance with the BID Plan (Plan). Key … of the Business Improvement District BID to ensure it operated in accordance with the BID Plan Plan …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2022/04/08/city-hornell-business-improvement-district-2018m-38

XIII.10.A Refunds Owed to the State by an Employee - Using a State-Issued Check – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement

… Unit must follow the check cancellation procedures for joint custody bank accounts outlined in Chapter XII, … Unit must follow the check cancellation procedures for joint custody bank accounts outlined in Chapter XII …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii10a-refunds-owed-state-employee-using-state-issued-check

Medicaid Program – Cost of Pharmacy Services Under Managed Care

… 31, 2019. About the Program The Department administers New York’s Medicaid program, which covers prescription and … (which MCOs did not always provide as required) for all drugs delivered under managed care, but the Department …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-cost-pharmacy-services-under-managed-care

Administration 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 … certain client apartments identified what appeared to be ongoing conditions that could negatively affect the health … These expenses included charges for a profit-sharing account that primarily benefited three PCMH executives; a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/administration-contract-postgraduate-center-mental-health-follow

DiNapoli: Former Ontario Town Water Superintendent Charged With Covering Up Failure to Fix Water Leaks

… Office, the New York State Police, and Acting Wayne County District Attorney Christopher Bokelman, State Comptroller … The Comptroller then partnered with the State Police and District Attorney to fully expose Peets’ alleged crime.” "Mr. … in government. I thank the State Police and Acting District Attorney Bokelman for their efforts to fight public …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-former-ontario-town-water-superintendent-charged-covering-failure-fix-water-leaks

DiNAPOLI: Unadilla Valley schools save more than $300,000 on special education

… The Unadilla Valley Central School District saved more than $300,000 in special education …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-unadilla-valley-schools-save-more-300000-special-education

Opinion 91-32

… Mahon v Board of Education of the City of New York , 171 NY 263; Teachers' Ass'n Central High School District No. 3 v … VIII, §1 (see, e.g., Ausable Chasm Co. v State , 266 NY 326; City of Rochester v Chiarella , 98 AD2d 8, 470 NYS2d 181, affd 63 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32

Opinion 94-14

… to finance projects located outside the municipality for whose benefit the agency was created); (development … of any project located wholly outside the municipality for whose benefit the IDA was created. This prohibition does not apply, however, to projects for which an agency has authorized any assistance prior to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14

Opinion 88-56

Whether a fire district commissioner who is also a salaried employee of a firm doing business with the district would have a prohibited conflict of interest in contracts between the firm and the district

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56

DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions For March 2014

… money. The independent audits ensure payments are free from fraud, waste and improprieties. The Comptroller’s office … LLC for pharmacy benefit services for the State’s Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, and Student Health Plan. Paid more than … valued at $531 million because they lacked the required verifications, and rejected 5,036 payments valued at …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-march-2014

Opinion 89-10

… PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - Conferences and Training Schools (authority of public library to provide for cash … incurred in connection with conventions, conferences or schools attended pursuant to General Municipal Law, §77-b. … incurred in connection with conventions conferences or schools attended pursuant to General Municipal Law 77b …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-10