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DiNapoli: New York City's Tech Sector Is Booming
… New York state's technology sector is the third largest and … the fastest growing in the nation, adding more than 57,000 jobs since the Great Recession, according to a report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-new-york-citys-tech-sector-boomingState Comptroller DiNapoli Launches Academy for Local Government Officials
… a local government’s workforce trained and educated on the latest technical and fraud methods is not easy on a limited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-launches-academy-local-government-officialsDiNapoli Audit Praises Waterville Central School District
… reviewed records for 10 full-time employees and five sports officials in Waterville to determine if the district … than 50,000 state contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-audit-praises-waterville-central-school-districtDiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… $325,000 while incarcerated during the audit period. In New York state, counties provide social welfare benefits to … ensure they provide appropriate DSS officials with timely daily inmate admission reports and daily inmate master …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsState Health Department Unnecessarily Paid over $1 Billion for Patients Covered by Private Insurance
… people were enrolled in mainstream managed care plans – about 2.5 million were enrolled through New York State of … was the case for $26.9 million of the premium payments. About $70.6 million of the premiums were paid to MCOs that … DiNapoli's auditors noted however that $1.17 billion (about 3.2 million premiums), which represented about 91 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-health-department-unnecessarily-paid-over-1-billion-patients-covered-private-insuranceComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Guilty Plea of Queens Pharmacy Owner for $1.5 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
… case was litigated by Special Assistant Attorneys General Elizabeth Kappakas and Diana Elkind, with the assistance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-guilty-plea-queens-pharmacy-owner-15-million-medicaidOpinion 93-32
… 34, 811, 813; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §§87, 89: In connection with an examination into the accounts and financial affairs … access to annual financial disclosure statements filed with the local board of ethics by municipal officers and … Joseph's Hospital v Axelrod , 74 AD2d 698, 425 NYS2d 669, app den 49 NY2d 706, 428 NYS2d 1026; but see Xerox v Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-32Former Assistant Director of Queens Pre-School Provider Pleads Guilty to Stealing $5 Million Intended for Special Needs Students
… announced that Rabbi Samuel Hiller, the former assistant director of Island Child Development Center, once one of New … wedding and home renovations. Kurman had been the former Executive Director of ICDC; Roy Hoffmann had been hired by … Deputy Bureau Chiefs, and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/former-assistant-director-queens-pre-school-provider-pleads-guilty-stealing-5-million-intendedOpinion 89-27
… -- "Compensation" (for purposes of County Law, §200) NY STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE I, §11; UNITED STATES … protection provisions guarantees (U.S. Const, 14th Amd; NY Const, art 1, §11; see also Internal Revenue Code, §89, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Former New York City Council Candidate Albert Alvarez
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest of former New York City Council candidate Albert Alvarez for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-former-new-york-city-council-candidateOpinion 91-45
… 87 Misc 2d 1063, 386 NYS2d 984; see Hiscox v Holmes , 237 App Div 240, 260 NYS 667; Carlisle v Burke , 82 Misc 282, 144 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-45Opinion 92-11
… claims) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Insurance Reserve (transfer by school district into reserve for property loss and … made under section 6-n(2)(a), the municipal corporation, by resolution, may discontinue the other reserve and transfer … reserve fund of the municipal corporation authorized by the General Municipal Law, or to a reserve established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 1949.2
… establishing a temporary overtime rate for employees in certain titles represented by PEF or CSEA working at specific OCFS facilities. Affected Employees Employees in certain Institutional Services Unit (BU04) or … 2.5 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for employees in certain titles. The new overtime rate shall apply to all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19492-pilot-program-establishing-temporary-overtime-rate-employees-certainSUNY Bulletin No. SU-314.1
… Agencies must use the overtime factor of .00120 in the calculation when submitting any payments using Earnings Code … regular rate of pay as part of this pilot program. Retirement and General Deductions Monies paid using the … earnings codes mentioned above are included as salary for retirement purposes and are included in the calculation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-3141-pilot-program-establishing-temporary-overtime-ratesXVI.1 Financial Reporting Overview – XVI. Financial Reporting
… This chapter contains the policies followed by the Office of the State Comptroller (the Comptroller) for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi1-financial-reporting-overviewDiNapoli: Syracuse City School District Employees Pay Over $31,000 for Submitting False Timecards
… $11,118.75. This investigation was triggered in part by a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provision of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-syracuse-city-school-district-employees-pay-over-31000-submitting-false-timecardsDiNapoli: Problems Plague State's Rent Relief Program; Federal Funds To Help Renters at Risk
… Rental Assistance Fund, reflecting payments and support for the program. With unemployment in New York City close to … evictions. New York’s Congressional delegation has pushed for more efficient distribution of funds, while lawmakers … groups not caught up on rent payments. Rent arrears for Black households have grown fastest in the period since …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-problems-plague-states-rent-relief-program-federal-funds-help-renters-riskTown of Otselic – Records and Reports and Conflict of Interest (2021M-36)
… $874 in the accounting records. She recorded one deposit for $25,000 twice. The required 2016 through 2019 annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/07/16/town-otselic-records-and-reports-and-conflict-interest-2021m-36Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients Diagnosed With Severe Malnutrition (Follow-Up)
… Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients Diagnosed With Severe Malnutrition (Report 2017-S-85 ). About the … determine whether Medicaid made overpayments to hospitals that improperly billed All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/02/improper-medicaid-payments-recipients-diagnosed-severe-malnutrition-followDiNapoli: Wallkill Fire District Board Chair Charged with Stealing $240,000
… of conning a board member into signing blank checks which he later cashed for personal use. He was arraigned this morning in Shawangunk Town Court. “This … by filing a complaint online at [email protected].ny.us , or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-wallkill-fire-district-board-chair-charged-stealing-240000