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Town of Lockport – Asphalt Millings Inventory (2025M-55)
… price of millings in accordance with the current average market price, as required by the Town’s surplus asphalt … for $929 should have been sold for $9,875 based on average market prices at the time of the sale, a difference of … Because there were no procedures or physical safeguards in place, and proper inventory records were not maintained and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-lockport-asphalt-millings-inventory-2025m-55Opinion 94-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-24Opinion 92-39
… IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Establishment (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- … (eligibility to vote) TOWN LAW, §209-e: Persons who do not own taxable real property situate in a proposed water or … Whether persons who do not own taxable real property in a proposed district are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-39DiNapoli: Rise in NYC Metro Area Housing Costs Outpaces Other U.S. Cities
… or renters spent an average of $30,300 on housing costs, only trailing the San Francisco and Seattle metro areas, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-rise-nyc-metro-area-housing-costs-outpaces-other-us-citiesOpinion 89-18
… TAX LAW, §§310, 318; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: In the absence of express statutory authority, a town may … certain circumstances). Further, although Town Law, §116(1) authorizes a town to pay all actual and necessary expenses … wages. This Office, in interpreting Uniform Justice Court Act, §105, which provides for the reimbursement by a town or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (Nassau County) The board and officials did not properly … The board did not provide appropriate oversight and management of budgets and fund balance or ensure annual audits were completed. More real property taxes were assessed than necessary to fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2City of Yonkers - Budget Review (B21-6-7)
… for income tax surcharge, city and state mortgage tax, sales and use tax and sales and use tax-education, parks, real estate transfer tax, sewer rents and metered water sales that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/05/17/city-yonkers-budget-review-b21-6-7City of Salamanca – Selected Financial Activities (2015M-284)
… of our audit was to review City officials’ financial management practices and the collection of overdue real property taxes and ambulance service charges for the period … balance totaled approximately 11 times the City’s annual property tax levy. The Comptroller did not provide the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2016/03/04/city-salamanca-selected-financial-activities-2015m-284Town of Easton – Sales Tax Allocation (2014M-355)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Town's practice for allocating sales tax revenue for the … The purpose of our audit was to review the Towns practice for allocating sales tax revenue for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2015/02/13/town-easton-sales-tax-allocation-2014m-355Town of North Salem - Agricultural Exemptions (2018M-194)
Determine whether the Town Assessor (Assessor) is properly administering agricultural real property tax exemptions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/north-salem-194.pdfIII.1 Statewide Financial System (SFS) Overview – III. Statewide Financial System (SFS)
… In 2009, New York State (NYS) established the Statewide Financial System Program … an integrated Statewide Financial System (SFS) to support NYS’s accounting, management, audit and control of Finances. … to improve project management. The implementation of Real Estate and Asset Management modules. Guide to Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iii/iii1-statewide-financial-system-sfs-overviewTown of Amity - Town Clerk (2018M-183)
… but were not always remitted to the appropriate parties in a timely manner. Cash receipts totaling $238,321 were … and remit all real property taxes and fees intact and in a timely manner. Perform an adequate annual audit of, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2018/01/11/town-amity-town-clerk-2018m-183Mottville Fire District - Budgeting and Financial Recordkeeping (2020M-26)
… complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Board adopted realistic budgets and the Treasurer accurately recorded and reported financial activities. Key Findings The Board’s budgets were incomplete because the real property … Determine whether the Board adopted realistic budgets and the Treasurer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2020/05/15/mottville-fire-district-budgeting-and-financial-recordkeeping-2020m-26Opinion 93-24
… 55). In furtherance of these purposes, fire districts have only those powers expressly granted by statute and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-24Town of Farmersville - Town Clerk (2019M-49)
… complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town Clerk (Clerk) recorded, deposited, remitted and … intact but were not always recorded or remitted to the appropriate parties in a timely manner. Clerk fees were … in a timely manner. Deposit all Clerk fees within the statutory deadline or sooner if practicable. Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/05/24/town-farmersville-town-clerk-2019m-49Reporting on Foreclosure of Real Property Funds – Kings County (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Reporting on Foreclosure of Real Property Funds – Kings County ( Report … referees did not always properly report and account for foreclosure funds. Referees deposited surplus funds late in … included in our intl audit report Reporting on Foreclosure of Real Property Funds Kings County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/31/reporting-foreclosure-real-property-funds-kings-county-followBaldwinsville Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-65)
… Central School District is located in the Towns of Clay, Lysander and Van Buren in Onondaga County. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/17/baldwinsville-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-65State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the … Fire District, Village of Deposit , Multiple Dwelling Property Inspections , Orleans County Soil and Water Conservation District and the City of Yonkers . "In today's fiscal climate, budget transparency and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: NYS Pension Fund Announces $400 Million in Sustainable Investments
… The New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) has committed … Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the Fund, announced today. This action is tied to DiNapoli’s comprehensive … real assets (sustainable infrastructure), and real estate. New York State Common Retirement Fund The New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/dinapoli-nys-pension-fund-announces-400-million-sustainable-investmentsWestfield, Town of – Financial Management (2013M-389)
… allocated State retirement contributions and medical insurance costs to the highway town-outside-village … town-wide and highway town-outside-village funds based on personal service costs. Account for all sales and use tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/05/02/westfield-town-financial-management-2013m-389