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DiNapoli: New York's Labor Force Decreased Sharply During the Pandemic and Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Peak
… rates were highest for Hispanics, at just over 61% on average over the 10-year period. Participation rates were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-new-yorks-labor-force-decreased-sharply-during-pandemic-and-remains-below-pre-pandemic-peakDepartment of Labor Examination of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payments January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
… Office’s audit of the Department’s UI program, we examined high risk payment requests approved by the Department during …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/19/department-labor-examination-unemployment-insurance-benefit-payments-january-1-2017Management of General School Funds (Follow-Up)
… had poor controls over its General School Fund (GSF) bank account. In addition, we concluded that the school principal … funds and that DOE’s guidelines had been ignored. The GSF account is used to deposit monies collected for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/01/16/management-general-school-funds-followExamination of Unemployment Insurance Benefits 2016 Annual Report
… to select 57,054 transactions for audit, including: (i) high risk payment requests DOL approved in 2016; and (ii) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/28/examination-unemployment-insurance-benefits-2016-annual-reportPress Conference on the Flushing Snapshot Report
… on the economic health of the greater Flushing area in Queens, NY. He will be joined by local elected officials … making it one of the fastest growing local economies in NYC. Tragically the pandemic hit the region particularly … issues such as significant rent burdens, poverty, and public transportation reliability. An unprecedented year and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/events/flushing-snapshotSherburne-Earlville Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-61)
… Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund balance and reserves. As a result, real property tax levies were higher than needed to finance actual expenditures. By continually overestimating … high balances or did not use reserve balances to pay related expenditures in three of the District’s seven …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/04/sherburne-earlville-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-61Brockport Central School District - Financial Management (2023M-107)
… approved budgets made it appear as though the Board needed to appropriate fund balance and reserves and increase real property taxes by 13 percent to close projected budget gaps. However, the District … $30 million (8 percent) and underestimated revenues by a total of $8.7 million (4 percent). Five reserves had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/01/12/brockport-central-school-district-financial-management-2023m-107DiNapoli: OCFS Should Improve Foster Care Placement Oversight
… of six counties (Erie, Ontario, Schenectady, Tompkins, Wayne and Westchester) and four VAs (Buffalo Urban League, … found the first contact with a child from Schenectady County placed in June 2015 did not occur until 91 days after … of Child Abuse and Maltreatment checks requested by the county were done, and also lacked a required medical report. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-ocfs-should-improve-foster-care-placement-oversightDiNapoli: NYC Parks Can Do More to Correct Barriers to People With Disabilities
… them. It ranked the problems it found in a prioritization plan, ranging from Readily Achievable (Priority Level 1), which includes … catalogued. Auditors observed 297 Priority 1 or 2 barriers from the Parks survey at these facilities and found that 64% …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-nyc-parks-can-do-more-correct-barriers-people-disabilitiesAdministration of Tenant Complaints
… To determine whether New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s Office of Rent Administration addresses tenant … 31, 2012. Background New York State Homes and Community Renewal consists of all the State’s housing and community renewal agencies. These agencies include the Division of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/11/administration-tenant-complaintsProcessing of Paper Tax Returns
… Purpose To determine whether the deliverables of the contract with … for the Disabled (NYSID)/SourceHOV were met and, if not, to assess actions the Department of Taxation and Finance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/09/processing-paper-tax-returnsDiNapoli: Many NYC Senior Citizens Remaining Too Long on DFTA Wait Lists for Services
… City Department for the Aging’s (DFTA) client wait lists to get critical assistance like home delivered meals, … care services because the agency is not doing enough to monitor the service providers it hires, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-many-nyc-senior-citizens-remaining-too-long-dfta-wait-lists-servicesMonitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs
… of violent crime – such as aggravated assault, forcible rape, and robbery – in the State, excluding New York City. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/24/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programsOversight of Chronic Absenteeism (Follow-Up)
… absenteeism is a widespread problem, defined by the State Education Department (Department) as a student missing … 2,620,000 K–12 public school students enrolled in New York State’s 732 public schools. Nationally, 7 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/06/oversight-chronic-absenteeism-followMonitoring of Construction Management
… management contracts to ensure they meet the terms and requirements, and if the oversight and administration … engineering, and construction management services for buildings statewide. To achieve its mission, the Office’s … construction projects. After completing the bid process for services, the construction management consultant with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/12/30/monitoring-construction-managementDiNapoli: Former NYU Finance Director Pays Over $660,000 in Restitution for Role in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
… companies she created by using subcontractors to serve as pass throughs. None of the subcontractors performed work on … and employee reimbursements but kept more than $660,000 to pay for personal expenses, including renovations to her home … by filing a complaint online at https://www.osc.ny.gov/investigations , or by mailing a complaint to: Office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-former-nyu-finance-director-pays-over-660000-restitution-role-multi-million-dollar-fraudNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Announces Responsible Workforce Management Policy for Private Equity Investments
… adopting strong labor principles in private equity at the White House Workers’ Capital Event later today. “The Fund is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-announces-responsible-workforce-management-policy-private-equityDiNapoli: Audits Find More Than $1 Million of Waste in New York's Medicaid Program
… The state Department of Health (DOH) inappropriately paid more … Medicaid program, providing health care for millions of New Yorkers, accounts for a huge share of the state budget … care needs. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, New York’s Medicaid program had approximately 6.5 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audits-find-more-1-million-waste-new-yorks-medicaid-programCost-Saving Ideas: Minimizing Unemployment Insurance Costs
… Claims are charged to your account and could increase your tax rate in future years if your government uses the tax … listed on the quarterly report, NYS-45 Quarterly Combined Withholding, Wage Reporting, and Unemployment Insurance … Guide to Unemployment Insurance, Wage Reporting, and Withholding Tax (NYS-50) [pdf] Unemployment Insurance: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-minimizing-unemployment-insurance-costsOpinion 93-7
… responsible bidder. Therefore, it would be an unreasonable construction of the bidding statute to apply it to these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-7