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DiNapoli: MTA Must Prioritize Safety and Service to Win Riders Back
… The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continues to make progress on bringing back riders, but ridership … reliability and frequency — where the MTA can take steps to improve riders’ experience and encourage their return, to effectively fulfil its mission and stabilize its fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-mta-must-prioritize-safety-and-service-win-riders-backDiNapoli: Service Delivery Critical to Ensure New York City’s Continued Recovery
… to respond to demands for critical services just as it is trying to ensure a robust and broad recovery, DiNapoli … for more than 80% of those overtime costs. The city is not likely to be able to close the workforce gap and reach …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-service-delivery-critical-ensure-new-york-citys-continued-recoveryState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… the following local government audits were issued. Town of Amherst Industrial Development Agency – Project … financial and capital plans. Town of Randolph – Justice Court Operations (Cattaraugus County) The justice accurately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: MTA Faces Worst Financial Crisis in History
… as reported in its July Financial Plan : $3.4 billion in 2020, $6.3 billion in 2021, $3.8 billion in 2022, $2.8 billion in 2023 and $3.1 billion in 2024. The 2021 budget gap is more than half (53 percent) of … as parts of the economy reopen, fare and toll revenues for 2020 through 2023 are projected to be $10.3 billion lower …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-mta-faces-worst-financial-crisis-historyDiNapoli: DEC Needs to Improve Efforts to Control Invasive Species
… P. DiNapoli. “Invasive species can wreak havoc on our natural ecosystems and be harmful to people. They cause a … to protect New Yorkers and keep our precious natural resources intact.” “We applaud the progress over the last 10 … audit points out, unfortunately this infrastructure and programs meant to preserve Adirondack waters continue to go …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-dec-needs-improve-efforts-control-invasive-speciesDiNapoli: Small Business Owners Are Backbone of New York's Economy
… large businesses: in New York, 23% are majority-owned by women and 26% by minority business owners — compared to less … owners in New York, state taxes on business income, what the survey describes as unreasonable government … a steady rise in “non-employer businesses,” firms that do not directly employ any workers. Many non-employer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/03/dinapoli-small-business-owners-are-backbone-new-yorks-economyState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… service and program material expenses. One grantee's subcontractor inappropriately requested specific invoice … could have been purchased directly by the grantee and its subcontractor, rather than through a third party, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli Urges Congress to Expand Eligibility for Savings Program for Individuals with Disabilities
… Congress to increase the eligibility age from 26 to 46 for individuals who can participate in the Achieving a Better … Experience (ABLE) program, a savings and investment tool for individuals with disabilities. NY's ABLE program, which … in assets saved by individuals and their families to pay for medical and living costs. "People who become disabled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-urges-congress-expand-eligibility-savings-program-individuals-disabilitiesComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… advance accounts by transferring the funds to an unrelated account without notifying the Office of the State Comptroller … them to OSC as required by state law. The petty cash account, which had not been reconciled in at least four … it should have, and officials were unable to explain or account for the surplus. It was also significantly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… network adequacy review. Auditors also found that DOH does not provide MCOs with adequate guidance regarding the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2002-4
… The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or … and Expenditures (appropriation of current funds to pay for dredging privately-owned channel) -- Highway Funds … cost of the work is charged to the town's general fund. You ask whether a town may expend current tax monies and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-4Opinion 90-36
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- … to the collection of town and county taxes are set forth in Article 9 of the Real Property Tax Law, (RPTL) and Article … that a postdated check is not a "sum of money" within the meaning of sections 35 and 37 of the Town Law until the date …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-36Opinion 90-1
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … LAW, §27-0925; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i): Where a town imposes an assessment on the gross receipts of a commercial hazardous waste facility, the proceeds must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… – Budget Review (Rockland County) Auditors identified a number of issues with revenues and expenditures. They found … to $31.3 million in 2023-24 and unassigned fund balance as a percentage of the ensuing year’s appropriations increasing … that transfer station collections were remitted on time. However, they were not adequately supported or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsOpinion 89-53
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES--Recipients (basis for allocation between or among fire companies in a multi-company fire department) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Where foreign … Concerning how foreign fire insurance tax moneys should be allocated to each …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 88-6
… (authority of municipality to contribute to "defined contribution pension plan") CIVIL SERVICE LAW, §§200 et seq … law or collective bargaining, contribute to a "defined contribution pension plan" under which the municipality's … not payable until retirement. You ask whether a "defined contribution pension plan" established pursuant to an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 88-5
… policy may apply to elected officials; Whether the policy can be changed in a manner which would reduce benefits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-5Opinion 92-19
… single-family dwellings, although the "Rules of the Road" would apply upon private roads open to public traffic. … roads. We note, however, that the so-called "Rules of the Road" contained in Title VII of the Vehicle and Traffic Law … §1660 to these roads. As noted, however, the "Rules of the Road" would apply to the roads in question if they are open …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-19Opinion 95-28
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (in obligation issued by a financial institution and secured by a letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank) LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authorizing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-28Federal Employees in New York State – Federal Funding and New York
… were more than 116,000 federal civilian employees working in New York in 2024, earning $11.2 billion in wages. … more than 147,000 federal government employees working in New York, and is likely to decrease in 2025 as a result of … were more than 116000 federal civilian employees working in New York in 2024 earning $112 billion in wages …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-employees-new-york-state