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DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2016
… or other improprieties. Cumulatively through June for calendar year 2016, DiNapoli’s office has approved 9,902 … Diem Expenses Legislative travel and per diem expenses for calendar years 2013 through the second quarter of 2016 are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2016Monitoring of Not-for-Profit Cemeteries for Fiscal Stability and Adequate Facility Maintenance (Follow-Up)
To determine the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report Monitoring of NotforProfit Cemeteries for Fiscal Stability and Adequate Facility Maintenance 2016S79
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/monitoring-not-profit-cemeteries-fiscal-stability-and-adequate-facility-maintenance-followState Comptroller DiNapoli: Costs Will Climb for Municipal Landfills
… and garbage-related activities. Local governments and public authorities own and operate various types of solid … of which at least 768 are owned by local governments and public authorities. These entities own most of the transfer … waste; 20 of these are owned by local governments or public authorities. DiNapoli's report revealed that for local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-costs-will-climb-municipal-landfillsUnitedHealthcare – Improper Payments for Medical Services Designated By Modifier Code 59 (Follow-Up)
… to medical providers are based, in part, on procedure codes billed on claims that indicate the medical services … assessment to identify providers with unusual modifier 59 billing patterns and take appropriate actions, including … new fraud and abuse detection program to identify aberrant billing patterns, including inappropriate uses of modifier …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/27/unitedhealthcare-improper-payments-medical-services-designated-modifier-code-59-followNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the New York Common Retirement Fund (the Fund), released … and its investors that it is taking steps to uphold its terms of service. It needs to show that it has the ability to protect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-congressional-testimonyBuffalo Business Delivers $9 Million Investment Gain To The State Pension Fund
… Fund’s In-State Private Equity Program, which is designed to make profitable investments in New York State-based … instruments and has consistently been ranked as one of the best managed and best funded plans in the nation. Over the past 20 years, 82 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/buffalo-business-delivers-9-million-investment-gain-state-pension-fundOpinion 99-4
… to be corporate governmental agencies, constituting public benefit corporations (General Municipal Law, §§852, 856[2]). 1 It is a general rule that public benefit corporations, such as industrial development … or any agency of either of them, any municipality, any public or private corporation or any other legal entity, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4Opinion 92-52
… operate and manage a water supply and distribution system to serve the Water Authority of Great Neck North … and maintenance of a water supply and distribution system by the authority for any municipality having power to construct and develop a water supply and distribution system, upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-52DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for March 2016
… valued at nearly $32.4 million. As the state’s chief financial officer, DiNapoli’s office reviews contracts for … and Family Services $76.4 million with Morpho Trust USA Inc. for fingerprint services. Department of Economic … intellectual and developmental disabilities. $ 169,000 to Summit Chemical Co. for mosquito traps and mosquito dunks. $ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-march-2016Annual Assessment of Market Orders for 2015 and 2016
… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) had adequate procedures in place … for inappropriate, excessive, or ineligible expenses from the NYAA. Work with UDC to implement procedures to more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/annual-assessment-market-orders-2015-and-2016State Agencies Bulletin No. 1074
… of the Statewide Financial System Project (SFS), a new employee identifier field was created in PayServ. The … should send their requests to: Robin Rabii Director of State Payroll Service 8th floor, 110 State Street Albany NY 12236 Questions Questions should be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1074-new-york-state-employee-identifier-nys-emplidSecurity and Effectiveness of Division of Criminal Justice Services' Core Systems (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the eight recommendations … included in our initial audit report, Security and Effectiveness of Department of Criminal Justice Services' … are given 30 days after the issuance of the follow-up review to provide information on any actions that are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/07/security-and-effectiveness-division-criminal-justice-services-core-systems-followDiNapoli: Tax Collector Pleads Guilty After Faking Her Own Tax Payments
… Michelle Sheppard resigned her two public jobs and agreed to pay $4,303 in restitution for dodging her personal town … payments over several years. Sheppard pleaded guilty today to two counts of attempted tampering with public records, an … Sheppard thought her government job gave her the right to tinker with public records and delay her tax payments,” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-tax-collector-pleads-guilty-after-faking-her-own-tax-paymentsFood Safety Monitoring (Follow-Up)
… Purpose The objective of our follow-up was to assess the extent of implementation, as of May 28, 2015, … 1, 2011 through September 18, 2013. The objective was to determine whether the Department adequately monitors the … of Food Safety and Inspection (Division) was unable to meet the demands of its inspection frequency schedule, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/07/06/food-safety-monitoring-followDiNapoli: Environmental Protection Fund Spending Reflects Historic State Commitment
… While about one-third of this was replaced with borrowed funds, $507.2 million, or nearly 15 percent of total … the state's Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT); a portion of unclaimed bottle and can deposits; certain penalties … over deposit initiators' management and repayment of unclaimed container deposits. The shortcomings in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-environmental-protection-fund-spending-reflects-historic-state-commitmentDiNapoli Finds Opportunities for Improved NYPD Hate Crimes Reporting
… the audits, said. “I commend State Comptroller DiNapoli for undertaking the first-ever audit of New York’s Hate Crimes Act, which is a crucial tool for understanding why these insidious crimes are on the rise. … diversity. A hate crime is an offense against all we stand for as a city – and the NYPD will do everything possible to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-finds-opportunities-improved-nypd-hate-crimes-reportingCUNY Bulletin No. CU-559
… fringe benefits, including employer reimbursed health club benefits, are considered taxable income. Therefore, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-559-new-earnings-codes-workwell-nyc-cunyOpinion 91-1
… LAWS -- Competitive Bidding (cannot create exception for public work under county contract) -- Preemption (competitive … -- Competitive Bidding (cooperative bidding for public work) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Purchases Through County or … Municipal Law, §119-o[2][d], [h]; cf . Gallagher v Central School District No. 1 , 43 Misc 2d 360, 251 NYS2d 119, where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-1Opinion 91-27
… of County Law, §215(6) that county real property be sold only to the highest responsible bidder. County Law, §215(3) … towns or all villages" (Municipal Home Rule Law, §2[5]; NY Const, art IX, §3). In our prior opinions, we concluded … County Law, §215(6) was not a general law because at least one county has a county charter which permits the conveyance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-27State Agencies Bulletin No. 338
… Purpose To notify agencies of the next step in the PS Query Upgrade process and to remind agencies that … Affected Employees All PS Query users who renamed queries in response to Payroll Bulletin 328 (Renaming PS Queries in Preparation for the Upgrade). Effective Date Immediately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/338-prioritizing-renamed-private-queries-preparation-upgrade