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DiNapoli: Westchester Sisters Admit to Stealing $22,000 of Deceased Mother's Pension Payments
… 60, and Mary Nash, 59, who hid their mother’s death to collect nearly $22,000 in her state pension payments from 2013 to 2015. The two … York State and Local Employees Retirement System. They now have judgments against them to repay the stolen funds. Those …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-westchester-sisters-admit-stealing-22000-deceased-mothers-pension-paymentsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… interest rate quotes or prepare cash flow forecasts to estimate the amount of funds available for investment. … and annually appropriated fund balance that was not used to finance operations. Unrestricted fund balance ranged … services from 13 vendors who were paid $73,032. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Audit of the Tuition Assistance Program at Dowling College
… complied with the Education Law and the Commissioner of Education’s Rules and Regulations when certifying students … to the school for 2,152 students. We reviewed a sample of 125 randomly selected TAP awards paid to 123 students as … one student who had not declared a major by the beginning of her junior year. SED and HESC agree with the audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/11/05/audit-tuition-assistance-program-dowling-collegeOpinion 92-56
Whether the Town of Fallsburg pursuant to chapter 791 of the laws of 1972 may pay its town manager a flat monthly fee as an allowance for use of his own automobile on official business
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56Opinion 96-15
… 626 NYS2d at 513; 88 NY2d at 53, _____ NYS2d at _____). You ask whether the damages payable pursuant to this judgment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Opinion 2007-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE … as well as “base salary.” These amendments were “[b]ased on the same parity logic which supported” the original salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6Opinion 89-65
… of the exceptions in General Municipal Law, §802 applies. You ask whether a town, without the adoption of a local law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 2004-2
… supply of goods and services by the board member's spouse. You ask whether a town is prohibited from entering into a … not the obligation, to remove gravel from the property. You indicated that neither the town board member nor the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-2DiNapoli: Pre-K Special Education Schools Took $1.4 Million in Unallowed Expenses
… special education providers, claimed nearly $1.4 million in taxpayer reimbursements for ineligible costs, according to … taxpayer dollars they spend,” DiNapoli said. “The children in our special education programs need every dollar available … during the 2013-2014 school year. It reported $11 million in costs for reimbursement in the three fiscal years ended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-pre-k-special-education-schools-took-14-million-unallowed-expensesOpinion 2001-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN ASSESSOR -- … Town Law (Municipal Home Rule Law §10[1][ii][d][3]). Based on this grant of authority, we have concluded that, pursuant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Caton No. 1 Fire District – Financial Oversight (2013M-262)
Caton No 1 Fire District Financial Oversight 2013M262
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/01/24/caton-no-1-fire-district-financial-oversight-2013m-262Town of White Creek – Board Oversight of Financial Activities (2013M-64)
… adequate oversight of the Town’s financial activities for the period January 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012. … members. Budgeted 2013 appropriations were $271,156 for the general fund and $672,290 for the highway fund. Key Findings Our audit revealed that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/09/13/town-white-creek-board-oversight-financial-activities-2013m-64DiNapoli: Former Almond Treasurer Took $22,000 in Fire Department Funds
… stealing $22,000 in cash by pocketing fundraising proceeds and writing numerous checks to herself. Dieter, 40, was … DiNapoli’s office uncovered missing funds during an audit and investigation of the Almond Fire Department, located in … Attorney Keith Slep for their diligent work on this case.” The audit, released today, found from 2009 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-former-almond-treasurer-took-22000-fire-department-fundsTuition Assistance Program – Metropolitan Learning Institute
… Rules and Regulations when certifying students for State-funded Tuition Assistance program (TAP) awards and other State financial aid. Background TAP is an entitlement … TAP awards totaling almost $8.7 million that were paid on behalf of 1,890 students. At the time of our audit, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/18/tuition-assistance-program-metropolitan-learning-instituteVillage of Lyndonville – Leave Time Benefits and Information Technology (2012M-259)
… were administered in accordance with Board-adopted policy and if Village information technology (IT) policies and procedures were adequate for the period June 1, 2007, … is located in the Town of Yates in Orleans County and has approximately 800 residents. The Village is governed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/03/08/village-lyndonville-leave-time-benefits-and-information-technology-2012m-259Town of Ellenburg – Justice Court and Town Clerk Financial Operations and Wind Power Revenues (2013M-190)
… fund balance. Although we commend Town officials on their use of these moneys to reduce the tax levy and build …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/11/15/town-ellenburg-justice-court-and-town-clerk-financial-operations-and-wind-powerVillage of Deposit – Fiscal Monitoring and Selected Financial Operations (2013M-205)
… provided without Board approval. The Clerk-Treasurer and her Deputy perform most aspects of the cash receipt and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/12/13/village-deposit-fiscal-monitoring-and-selected-financial-operations-2013m-205Opinion 89-4
Whether a town may designate a bank as a depository if the town supervisor is a director of the bank and a shareholder of less than one percent of the banks outstanding stock
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Opinion 89-18
… in light of the public policy concerns discussed in that case, it appears that an officer or employee, in certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18DiNapoli: Syosset Man Sentenced for Role in $12 Million Ponzi Scheme
… man was sentenced today to up to ten-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a $12 million Ponzi scheme that targeted nearly 50 … before Judge Teresa Corrigan to charges of Grand Larceny in the First Degree (a B felony) and Conspiracy in the Fourth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-syosset-man-sentenced-role-12-million-ponzi-scheme