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Employment Recovery Is Slow for New Yorkers with Disabilities
… steadily to 34.7 percent in 2022, the highest rate on record dating back to 2009. 3 In contrast, the ratio … people with disabilities. In 2022, lawmakers expanded the State’s preferred source contracting program to boost … certification program for employers that have taken the State’s EmployAbility pledge to demonstrate their commitment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/employment-recovery-slow-new-yorkers-disabilitiesExamination of Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… requests and payments DOL approved were appropriate and in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and … including: (i) high risk payment requests DOL approved in 2015; and (ii) prior year payments related to those 2015 … duplicate payments; and (iii) out of country indicators in the claimants’ log file to the DOL payment file to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/16/examination-unemployment-insurance-benefitsDiNapoli: NYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for 2025-26
… P. DiNapoli today announced employer contributions rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26. Employers’ average … rates will increase from 15.2% to 16.5% of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 31.2% to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-2025-26DiNapoli: New Yorkers Deserve a Transparent Hiring Process When Artificial Intelligence Is Used To Vet Their Job Applications
… City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is falling short in enforcing Local Law 144 (LL144) which … apply for work, and that includes knowing if a company is using artificial intelligence to evaluate their resumes or … candidates when and how the technology will be used. DCWP is responsible for LL144’s enforcement. DiNapoli’s audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/12/dinapoli-new-yorkers-deserve-transparent-hiring-process-when-artificial-intelligence-used-vet-theirOMH Contract With Shorefront Mental Health Board - Compliance With Prevailing Wage Law (2013-S-62)
We audited the Office of Mental Health, South Beach Psychiatric Center’s contract with Shorefront Mental Health Board Inc. to determine whether its janitorial w
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2015-13s62.pdfImplementation of Suicide Prevention Task Force Recommendations
… facilitate greater access, awareness, collaboration, and support of effective suicide prevention activities. The audit … facilitate greater access, awareness, collaboration, and support of effective suicide prevention activities. In April … mortality and morbidity and that new tools and sources of support to address those challenges have been developed in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/12/17/implementation-suicide-prevention-task-force-recommendationsUnited Cerebral Palsy Association of the Rochester Area, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Rochester Area, Inc. … Other Related Audits/Reports of Interest Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy: Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost … Determine whether costs reported by United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Rochester Area Inc …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/03/united-cerebral-palsy-association-rochester-area-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualWashington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Meals Provided at Meetings (2023M-183)
… appropriate, which increased the risk that BOCES may have paid for unnecessary meals. BOCES paid $136,878 for meals provided at meetings during the audit … $63,009 provided at 80 meetings. Officials did not document the need for meals totaling $62,357 (99 percent) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/03/29/washington-saratoga-warren-hamilton-essex-board-cooperative-educational-servicesNYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for 2024-25
… for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS). NYSLRS is made up of these two systems, which pay retirement and … had a funded ratio of 90.3% as of March 31, 2023. NYSLRS is consistently ranked among the nation’s best funded … actuarial assumptions recommended by NYSLRS’s actuary, who is required to review the actuarial assumptions and issue an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-2024-25Overtime Temporarily Excluded from Tier 6 Contribution Rates
… An April 2024 State law excluded overtime pay earned from April 1, 2022 … and lowered affected Tier 6 members contribution rates for State Fiscal Year 2024-25 (April 1, 2024–March 31, 2025) and … Online . If we had detailed earnings information on file or if your Reporting Contacts provided earnings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/overtime-temporarily-excluded-tier-6-contribution-ratesExamination of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payments (January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018)
… and regulations and Department policies and procedures. In addition, we performed data analytics to identify and … payroll information and various information maintained in the Department’s mainframe applications. Key Findings We … overpayments totaling $788,487, which included $55,423 in fraudulent claims, and underpayments totaling $48,728. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/16/examination-unemployment-insurance-benefit-payments-january-1-2018-december-31-2018City of Yonkers – Budget Review (B6-16-10)
… include an appropriation for textbooks. The District has three unsettled union contracts that expired in June 2014 but … transfer $11 million to the Municipal Bond Bank Agency for distribution to the City in accordance with the 2015 … transfer $11 million to the Municipal Bond Bank Agency for distribution to the City in accordance with the 2015 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2016/05/19/city-yonkers-budget-review-b6-16-10CUNY Bulletin No. CU-690
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the processing of the 2020 Prepaid … applied. Tax Information The Prepaid Legal Service benefit is supplemental taxable income, will be added to the … taxable gross wages, for tax withholding purposes, and is subject to employment and income taxes. Federal, State, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-690-prepaid-legal-service-benefit-cuny-employeesVillage of Dresden – Clerk-Treasurer’s Duties and Multiyear Financial Planning (2013M-3)
… Board’s oversight of the Village’s financial activities for the period June 1, 2010, to November 15, 2012. Background … officer, and two Trustees. Budgeted appropriations for the 2012-13 fiscal year were $287,914 for the general fund and $140,900 for the water fund. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/04/26/village-dresden-clerk-treasurers-duties-and-multiyear-financial-planning-2013m-3DiNapoli: Report Finds Mixed Job Picture in Upstate NY
… Somewhat smaller gains occurred in the Finger Lakes and Western New York. Five regions lost jobs over the period, … positions. Such reductions were widespread across upstate. Western New York, the largest overall labor market in the … closely by the Capital Region, Central New York and Western New York; and The Upper Hudson Valley led upstate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-report-finds-mixed-job-picture-upstate-nyState Agencies Bulletin No. 2376
… Earnings Begin Date The pay period begin date of the first full pay period the employee is eligible. Please note: The … ineligible, enter the pay period end date of the last full pay period the employee was eligible for the payment. … employee’s taxable gross, and reported on the employee’s Form W-2. Special Wage Payments for Individuals Who Filed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2376-retroactive-2023-2025-increases-annual-stipend-canine-handlersState Agencies Bulletin No. 872
… the new process for checking the Retirement Plan checkbox in Box 13 of the Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement. Background In accordance with IRS Publication 590, “Individual … Instructions for Form W-2, the Retirement Plan checkbox in Box 13 of the Form W-2 must be checked for all employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/872-change-process-retirement-plan-checkbox-form-w-2State Agencies Bulletin No. 298
… New York State Deferred Compensation Plan's HELPLINE at(800) 422-8463. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/298-changes-processing-deferred-compensation-calendar-year-2002State Agencies Bulletin No. 191
… Purpose To inform agencies of the new earn codes and increased rates, and to provide agency … 10/25/00 (Administration) and 11/02/00 (Institution). The new codes and the increased rates should be used beginning in … and 9/7/00 (Institution). OSC has established new earn codes OMO (OT Meals OT Eligible for CSEA/Council …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/191-new-earn-codes-overtime-meals-and-intermittent-inconvenience-pay-andSUNY Bulletin No. SU-310
… purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the 10/01/2020 Stipend Increase. Affected … of America/Graduate Student Employees Union, provides for an increase in stipend and an increase in the minimum stipend of two percent (2.00%) for the 2020-2021 academic year. Effective Dates The October …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-310-october-2020-stipend-increase-gnsu-employees-represented