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Islip Fire District – Financial Condition (2020M-25)
Determine if Board & District officials effectively monitor the District’s financial condition by ensuring that budget estimates and fund balance are reasonable
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/islip-district-2020-25.pdfWest Seneca Fire District #4 – Procurement (2020M-52)
Determine if District officials are obtaining competitive pricing in compliance with the District’s procurement policy and General Municipal Law (GML).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/west-seneca-district-4-2020-52.pdfPocatello Fire District - Audit Follow-Up (2016M-301F)
The purpose of our review was to assess the Fire District’s progress, as of September 2019, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report released in
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/pocatello-district-2016-301f.pdfHorseheads Fire District #1 - Board Oversight (2019M-82)
Determine whether the Board provided adequate oversight of the District’s finances.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/horseheads-2019-82.pdfMiddlesex Fire District – Fiscal Transparency (2025M-130)
Did the Middlesex Fire District (District) Secretary/Treasurer (Treasurer) provide monthly and annual financial reports to the Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) and prepare and file the required annual financial report (AFR) with the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC)?
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2026/pdf/middlesex-fire-district-2025-130.pdfTruxton Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2022M-123-F)
The purpose of our review was to assess the Truxton Fire District’s (District) progress, as of October 2025, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report Truxton Fire District – Board Oversight (2022M-123), released in November 2022.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2026/pdf/truxton-fire-district-2022-123-f.pdfTown of Somerset – Budgeting for Sales Tax (2016M-419)
… our audit was to review the Town's allocation of sales tax for the period January 1, 2015 through November 18, 2016. … Budgeted appropriations in the general and highway funds for 2016 totaled $2 million. Key Findings Town officials … Town of Somerset Budgeting for Sales Tax 2016M419 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/11/22/town-somerset-budgeting-sales-tax-2016m-419Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… of the Town Allegany , Chili Public Library , Clyde Fire Company , Village of Cohocton , Concord Industrial … from the private funds account prior to their payment. This increases the risk that errors or irregularities would … and local government spending and 50,000 state contracts, visit OpenBookNY . The easy-to-use website was created by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES – Online Banking (2021M-21)
… bank to provide confirmations of online transactions. A dedicated computer is not used for online banking. Key … to supporting information. Update bank agreements. Use a dedicated computer for online banking. BOCES officials agreed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2021/05/14/herkimer-fulton-hamilton-otsego-boces-online-banking-2021m-21Coeymans Hollow Fire District – Board Oversight (2021M-211)
Determine whether Coeymans Hollow Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) ensured it had an adequate service contract in place, annual financial reports were filed in a timely manner and disbursements were supported and approved.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/coeymans-hollow-2021-211.pdfState Comptroller DiNapoli Launches Academy for Local Government Officials
… Officials that will provide an enhanced training program to help local administrators and employees become more effective in the day-to-day operations of their government. The Academy, operated … watchdog. We look over the shoulders of local officials to make sure the books are managed right, but we also offer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-launches-academy-local-government-officialsDiNapoli: Tax Cap Remains Below One Percent in 2017
… towns, fire districts, 44 cities and 10 villages. "In what is becoming the norm, New York’s local governments … cap, which first applied to local governments beginning in 2012, limits tax levy increases to the lesser of the rate … the tax cap. The 2017 fiscal year is the fourth year in a row that local governments have had their levy growth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-remains-below-one-percent-2017Upstate Cerebral Palsy – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… special education provider located in Utica, New York. UCP provides preschool special education services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/11/05/upstate-cerebral-palsy-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualThe ARC of Ulster-Greene – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by The ARC of … education services. Ulster-Greene provides these services to children with disabilities between the ages of three and … provided preschool special education services to about 130 children from ten school districts located in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/02/arc-ulster-greene-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualWhitestone School for Child Development – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… the State Education Department’s (SED) Reimbursable Cost Manual (Manual). The audit included all expenses claimed for the … $154,563 in reported costs that did not comply with Manual requirements and recommend such costs be disallowed. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/07/whitestone-school-child-development-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualAspire of Western New York – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by Aspire of Western … 2012. Background Aspire provides a wide range of services to children with disabilities from birth through age 21, … between the ages of three and five years. Pursuant to the State Education Law, providers such as Aspire are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/29/aspire-western-new-york-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualAccuracy of Reported Discharge Data (Follow-Up)
… Specifically, when we examined DoE’s discharge classifications for its 2004-08 general education cohort … 74, therefore, should have been classified as dropouts. By classifying them as discharged, DoE’s reported graduation … its efforts to improve the accuracy of its discharge classifications, and hence its dropout and graduation rates. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/09/accuracy-reported-discharge-data-followIX.12.P Annual Schedule of Expenditures of Federal and Non-Cash Awards – IX. Federal Grants
… of Expenditures of Federal Awards: 10.542 Pandemic EBT Food Benefits 10.551 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix12p-annual-schedule-expenditures-federal-and-non-cash-awardsDiNapoli: Local Tax Cap Will Be Two Percent in 2022
… Property tax levy growth will be capped at 2% for 2022 for local governments that … as 44 cities and 13 villages. "Allowable tax levy growth will be limited to 2% for a third time in four years for … Property tax levy growth will be capped at 2 for 2022 for local governments that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-local-tax-cap-will-be-two-percent-2022Headstart of Rockland, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… (CFR) were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s (SED) … to children with disabilities who are between three and five years of age. HSOR is reimbursed for preschool … ineligible costs included $6,841 in personal service costs and $1,117 in other than personal service costs. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/headstart-rockland-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manual