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DiNapoli: Binghamton City School Finances Progressing
… City School District have helped to improve the district’s fiscal condition, according to an audit issued today by … to the school district, including central business office functions. During the audit period, July 2008 through … (3.7 percent) and other school districts within Broome County (5.2 percent). Last month, under DiNapoli’s fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-binghamton-city-school-finances-progressingDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… 468 stations were free of defects, and just 1-in-4 had most or all of their station components in good repair. “New … it addresses station conditions by giving priority to the most deteriorated structural components. NYCT estimates that … architectural components, although another 67 stations had most of their components in good repair. In total, only …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsDiNapoli: NYC Transit Should Improve Response to Safety-Related Defects
… Transportation Authority (MTA)'s New York City Transit is taking too long to correct safety-related defects … (water leaks and water on stairs or platform areas) which Transit defines as an "A" safety-related defect. The MTA's New York City Transit, Division of Station Environment and Operations is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-nyc-transit-should-improve-response-safety-related-defectsDiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… the city of Tonawanda in Erie County, manages a 257-unit apartment complex that consists of four main apartment … toward applicants who paid or would pay fair-market value rent. Meanwhile, the THA maintained a consistently high … in its responsibility to provide adequate and safe low-rent housing for qualified individuals. DiNapoli’s auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityOpinion 94-17
… -- Recycling Services (imposition and collection of fees for) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Tax Levy … the amount of unpaid fees imposed upon property owners for recycling services provided by the city under a contract … cities are authorized to enter into contracts to provide for a system of collection and disposal of solid waste …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-13*
… v Town of Albion , 62 AD2d 478, 405 NYS2d 521; Citiwide News v NYCTA , 62 NY2d 464, 478 NYS2d 593). It is equally … The Court of Appeals demonstrated again in Citiwide News , supra , that it considers the intent of the parties in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-13Opinion 90-6
… the Social Services Law on the condition that a day care room be permanently named in a manner which identifies the … may accept the grant conditioned upon naming a day care room in a county building in a manner which identifies the grantor, subject to the board's power to rename the room. You ask whether a county social services district may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-33
… In the absence of the village mayor at a village board meeting, the deputy mayor has the power to appoint village … Village Law, in the absence of the village mayor at the meeting of the village board of trustees, the deputy village … one of the village trustees as deputy mayor at the annual meeting. That paragraph further provides that the deputy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-33Opinion 88-44
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … an employee of an incorporated engineering firm with which the town has contracted for services has a prohibited conflict of interest in the towns contract with the firm …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44Opinion 88-79
… discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (applicability of prohibition to moneys received … the particular federal law without violating the gift and loan provisions of Art. VIII, §1 of the New York … of grant funds, including the repayment of principal and interest of any loan, constitutes "program income". The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79DiNapoli: Pension Contribution Rates for Employers Will Decrease for State Fiscal Year 2018-19
… keep rates stable," DiNapoli said. "Stable rates are very important to our employers and provide the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-pension-contribution-rates-employers-will-decrease-state-fiscal-year-2018-19DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… district's budgeted appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year are approximately $865 million, which are funded … $640.4 million for the district's 2014-15 and 2015-16 fiscal years. DiNapoli's auditors reviewed salary and wage … underpayments to employees as well. Auditors also found 16 of the initial 45 employees examined received bonus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsDiNapoli Releases April Cash Report
… (DOB) projections, according to the April state cash report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … percent higher than last year for the same period, which was $11.6 million lower than Enacted Budget projections. … varying less than $1 million from projections. The General Fund ended April with a balance of $10.3 billion, $33.4 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-releases-april-cash-reportDiNapoli Releases Profile of New York's Small Business Owners
… DiNapoli said. “Policymakers should encourage small business growth, and particularly initiatives to spur … DiNapoli’s report found that for 9 out of 10 New York business owners, being their own boss and greater income … potential were the primary reasons they started their business. Over 80% cited flexible hours, work-life balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-profile-new-yorks-small-business-ownersDiNapoli: Guess Inc. Agrees to Report on Workplace Safety, Environmental Risks
… has agreed to disclose its efforts to mitigate a variety of risks including workplace safety and environmental risks in its supply chain. As a result of the corporation’s agreement to publish an annual … value. In Bangladesh, we’ve witnessed the devastating loss of life that can result when workplace safety is neglected." …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-guess-inc-agrees-report-workplace-safety-environmental-risksDiNapoli: MTA Budget Outlook Improves
… of the MTA’s financial plan released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The MTA plans to use … to set a new record in 2013. Ridership on the Long Island Rail Road is not expected to return to pre-recession levels … level. For a copy of the analysis visit: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/mta6-2014.pdf …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/09/dinapoli-mta-budget-outlook-improvesXI.18.I Sexual Harassment Prevention Certification – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18i-sexual-harassment-prevention-certificationMessage from the Comptroller – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… plan was sudden and dramatic; ultimately, historic federal relief funding and higher-than-anticipated tax collections … indicators for revenue, spending, capital investments and debt. It highlights major issues in programmatic areas … as well as the ongoing decision-making regarding the best path forward for New York State. Thomas P. DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/message-comptrollerCredit Cards – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… may authorize designated employees to use a credit card issued in the name of the local government or school … to have a local government or school district credit card issued in both the name of the local government or … by allowing authorized employees to sign out a credit card when they need to travel, or by allowing the business or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/credit-cardsXII.6.F Paying Deceased Legislator Benefits – XII. Expenditures
… or Member of Assembly dies in Office, New York State will provide the beneficiary with a benefit equal to the … ID and submits the claim for payment, the Business Unit will notify the OSC’s Bureau of State Expenditures, by email … benefit payment. The Bureau of State Expenditures will keep a record of such notification. This record will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6f-paying-deceased-legislator-benefits