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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… appropriate district purposes, charges were not properly approved or adequately supported. All 230 charges had one or … approximately $38,000 in charges were not properly approved prior to the card being used; and approximately … invoices. Town of Berkshire – Procurement and Conflict of Interest (Tioga County) The board did not consistently seek …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… manner. Town of Marion – Misappropriation of Justice Court Cash Collections (Wayne County) The justices and board did not provide adequate oversight of court financial activities. As a result, the former court … and surcharges collected between Jan. 1, 2016 through May 31, 2021. In August 2023, the former court clerk pleaded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli Op-Ed: We Should Be Teaching Financial Literacy in NY's High Schools
… manage their finances before applying for a credit card, student loan or mortgage. It's time for New York to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-op-ed-we-should-be-teaching-financial-literacy-nys-high-schoolsComptroller DiNapoli and Acting Nassau County DA Singas: Pension Scammer Sentenced
… $465,647 in unlawful pension payments while earning a final full-time salary of $112,000 with Nassau Community … $465,647 in unlawful pension payments while earning a final full-time salary of $112,000 with Nassau Community …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-acting-nassau-county-da-singas-pension-scammer-sentencedDiNapoli: NYC's Property Tax Bills Rise Along With Burden on Working- and Middle-Class Homeowners
… The COVID-19 pandemic has caused property tax disparity to worsen in New York City, driving housing costs higher for many, … during the Great Recession the median market value for family homes dropped by 14.3%, but the median tax bill …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-nycs-property-tax-bills-rise-along-burden-working-and-middle-class-homeownersState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… benefits, and accrued leave records contained errors. As a result: $14.1 million of (97%) salary and wage payments … calculated — resulting in over/underpayments of $7,430. Two administrators received leave valued at $18,042 without … 41% of the required services may not have been received. Two of the 15 therapists did not schedule make-up sessions, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1DiNapoli: SUNY Campuses Need to Focus on Tuition Paid by Out-Of-State Graduate Students
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found that many campuses had little or no verification of residency for SUNY graduate … campuses (out of 150,116 total) and found 421 (35%) had little or no documentation of residence. The vast majority of … Buffalo, Binghamton, ESF and Geneseo — with Buffalo having little or no documented support for graduate students’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-suny-campuses-need-focus-tuition-paid-out-state-graduate-studentsXII.5.B Unique Invoice Number Requirements – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES The Statewide Financial System (SFS) requires Business Units to enter a unique Invoice Number on each supplier’s voucher. The SFS has validations … section, Business Units should use the invoice number on a vendor’s invoice to process the voucher. Business Units must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5b-unique-invoice-number-requirementsDiNapoli Finds Over $100 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments
… found more than $100 million in improper payments made by the Department of Health (DOH) for the Medicare buy-in … to millions of New Yorkers but the program is dogged by oversight problems and payment errors,” DiNapoli said. … government financial records, track state contracts, and find commonly requested data. … State Comptroller Thomas P …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/dinapoli-finds-over-100-million-inappropriate-medicaid-paymentsDiNapoli: State’s Financial Plan Reflects a Bleak Economic Outlook
… The state’s Enacted Budget Financial Plan anticipates a dire … cuts that could affect essential services provided by the state, schools and local governments, according to an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/05/dinapoli-states-financial-plan-reflects-bleak-economic-outlookIX.8.A Accounting for Federal Refunds – IX. Federal Grants
… All federal refunds will be processed through AP as an adjustment voucher regardless of whether the grant … agency will allow an alternate award to be used, such as when a subsequent year's award has an overlapping period … instances where a Single Payment Voucher must be used to pay back the federal agency. By limiting these payments, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix8a-accounting-federal-refundsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued. Office of Children and … (OCFS): Financial Oversight of the Advantage After School Program (Follow-Up) (2019-F-27) A report issued in … Auditors also identified $38,514 paid to six providers for program expenses that could not be supported or included …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1771
… of the process for handling the late submission of Form AC230 (Report of Check Return for Refund or Exchange) … 2019 (Inst) or January 3, 2020 (Admin) will be reflected in the employee’s 2019 Form W-2 and the agency appropriation will be refunded in full. Unfortunately, there are processing limitations for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1771-processing-2019-salary-refunds-received-osc-after-december-27-2019-instDiNapoli: Audit Questions Payments Made to Supportive Housing Provider
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has identified $32,271 in unallowable expenses and $489,616 in questionable costs that were paid by the state Office of … examined Rehabilitation Support Services Inc. (RSS) which, in 2014, claimed nearly $7.8 million in expenses to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-questions-payments-made-supportive-housing-providerDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Costs Decreased 11.6% in 2023, First Decline Since 2016
New York State agency overtime costs in 2023 were $12 billion down 116 from 2022 marking the first decrease in total overtime earnings since 2016 according to a report by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-costs-decreased-116-2023-first-decline-2016DiNapoli: Overtime Costs at State Agencies Reached All-Time High in 2021
… be responsive to 21 st Century needs, and to ensure that services are provided in a cost-effective manner without … rose significantly at the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and the City University of New York (CUNY), … reductions of almost 10%. Individual agency workforce count changes resulted from a variety of factors, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-overtime-costs-state-agencies-reached-all-time-high-2021State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… the corporation’s projected costs exceeded revenues by about $2.3 million. While the corporation received grant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1DiNapoli Announces More Climate Actions; NYS Pension Fund Launches Evaluation of Shale Oil and Gas Companies
… adopting, or implementing low-carbon transition strategies. Restricted Investments DiNapoli also announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-announces-more-climate-actions-nys-pension-fund-launches-evaluation-shale-oil-and-gasDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
… P. DiNapoli today pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by the … State, local governments can slide into fiscal black hole We are all painfully aware of the devastating health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. What is also becoming frighteningly clear is the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19DiNapoli: Audit Finds Counties Are Not Checking Prices and Scales at Retailers
… retail prices or test scanners, scales and devices used to price, weigh or measure goods at grocery stores, gas stations … to make sure that consumers were paying the correct price, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said … county officials said they did not have enough staff to do the inspections and others had difficulty reaching …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-audit-finds-counties-are-not-checking-prices-and-scales-retailers