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DiNapoli Releases Report on FY 2027 Proposed Executive Budget
… Budget warns the trajectory of projected state spending is estimated to increase at a rate faster than expected … levels. The largest dollar change in projected federal aid is with the Essential Plan, for which DOB projects a decrease … billion as compared to SFY 2026. Aid for social welfare is projected to decrease by $270 million. The dramatic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/dinapoli-releases-report-fy-2027-proposed-executive-budgetWest Niles Fire Company – Financial Activities (2017M-205)
… properly recorded and reported and money was safeguarded for the period January 1, 2016 through July 26, 2017. Background The West Niles Fire Company is a not-for-profit organization, incorporated in 1977 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2018/01/05/west-niles-fire-company-financial-activities-2017m-205Additional Service Credit for Unused, Unpaid Sick Leave – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… the optional sick leave benefit provided by Section 341(j) of the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL). To be … must retire directly from public service or within a year of separating from service. For most members, the maximum number of sick leave days allowable is 165. The additional credit is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/additional-service-credit-unused-unpaid-sick-leaveTown of Perrysburg – Supervisor’s Fiscal Responsibilities (2014M-169)
… 21, 2014. Background The Town of Perrysburg is located in Cattaruagus County, has approximately 1,600 residents and … that his accounting records are accurately maintained in a timely manner. The Board should ensure that the Clerk …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/10/10/town-perrysburg-supervisors-fiscal-responsibilities-2014m-169XVI.3.F Public Benefit Corporations – XVI. Financial Reporting
… was established in 2002 to receive the charitable funds resulting from the conversion of Empire Blue Cross Blue … (SONYMA) The SONYMA was created to help make mortgage funds available to the public during times of credit … from banks on the condition that the banks reinvest the funds in new home mortgages within the State. The SONYMA is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3f-public-benefit-corporationsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… today the following audits have been issued. Department of Motor Vehicles – Language Access Services (Follow-Up) … the State’s language access policy requiring translation of vital documents into the 12 most common non-English … Limited English Proficiency New Yorkers. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), one of the agencies required to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department to take steps to ensure that school bus drivers, monitors, and attendants are qualified and properly … and, consequently, did not have assurance that drivers, monitors, and attendants across the state were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-222
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the State University Professional Services Negotiating … implemented the 2011-2016 Agreement between the State of New York and the United University Professions, provides for … to BIW, HRY or FEE will be determined by the campus based on the employee’s obligation. Eligibility Criteria Employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-222-2015-salary-increase-psnu-employees-represented-unitedSUNY Bulletin No. SU-205
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the State University Professional Services Negotiating … implemented the 2011-2016 Agreement between the State of New York and the United University Professions, provides for … to BIW, HRY or FEE will be determined by the campus based on the employee’s obligation. Eligibility Criteria Employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-205-2014-salary-increase-psnu-employees-represented-unitedOpinion 90-45
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Standardization (contents … opinion, efficiency or economy will be served. This is in reply to your letter requesting our opinion on the … or economy will be served. Further, we stated as follows: [C]arefully drawn specifications will normally meet most …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… days of creating a wage investigation case, as recommended in its procedures. In 55 of the 69 cases, the first contact did not occur for … auditors could not determine whether the 976 claimants in these cases received recovered wages totaling $413,582. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1659
… inform Agencies of the suspension of the Federal exclusion for qualified moving expense reimbursements from employee’s … the creation of a new Earnings Code that should be used for taxing moving expense reimbursements Affected Employees … on December 22, 2017 suspends the moving expense deduction for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1659-tax-withholding-moving-expenses-tax-year-2018Falconer Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-146)
… Background The Falconer Central School District is located in the Towns of Carroll, Ellicott, Ellington, Gerry and Poland in Chautauqua County. The District, which operates three … schools with approximately 1,100 students, is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education. Budgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/15/falconer-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-146DiNapoli: Improved Guidance Needed for State Agencies Using AI To Avoid Risks
… Department of Transportation (DOT). The audit, the second in a series on AI Use in New York Government, follows a 2023 audit of New York … how it mitigates biases in the system, but it was not clear if those efforts work because DOCCS does not monitor or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-improved-guidance-needed-state-agencies-using-ai-avoid-risksCampbell-Savona Central School District -- Budget Review (B2-14-11)
… fund balance for the 2014-15 fiscal year in excess of the 4 percent limitation is $100,000 and, therefore, … amount. Use unexpended surplus funds in excess of the 4 percent limit to benefit taxpayers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/04/24/campbell-savona-central-school-district-budget-review-b2-14-11State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… financial and capital plans. Their budgeting practice of consistently appropriating $1.4 million in fund balance … over three fiscal years is, in effect, a reservation of fund balance that is not allowed by statute and a circumvention of the 4% surplus fund statutory limit. As a result, district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsTown of Lockport – Culvert Pipe Fee Collections (2025M-57)
… are collected, recorded and deposited. The Superintendent is responsible for all of the Department’s cash collections, including … fees collected and recorded without him or another Town official providing oversight or reviewing this work for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-lockport-culvert-pipe-fee-collections-2025m-57Town of Wawayanda – Financial Operations (2024M-160)
… [read complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Wawayanda (Town) Town Board (Board) and officials properly … for all funds and the surplus fund balance at the end of 2023 totaled $7.7 million. Audit Summary The Board and … approximately $5.2 million and appropriated $2.2 million of fund balance that was not needed to fund operations during …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/04/25/town-wawayanda-financial-operations-2024m-160As Personal Income Tax Checkoffs Increase in Number, Disbursements Lag for Most Funds
Of the 42 states that impose a personal income tax, nearly all allow taxpayers to make charitable contributions through checkoffs on their personal income tax (PIT) returns.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/tax-checkoffs-2024.pdfLocal Sales Tax Collections Up 3.6 Percent in the Third Quarter of 2023
Analysis of local government sales tax collections in New York State for the third quarter of 2023.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/2023-sales-tax-third-quarter.pdf