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DiNapoli: Medicaid Costs for Diabetes Reach $1.2 Billion
… diabetes-related services costing more than $1.2 billion in state fiscal year (SFY) 2013-14, according to a report … DiNapoli said. “Preventing diabetes is difficult not only in New York but across the country. The state Department of … of diabetes prevention and the need for more progress in meeting this major health issue. Clearly, the battle …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-medicaid-costs-diabetes-reach-12-billionState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Analysis of Enacted State Budget
… congestion tolling program in Manhattan’s Central Business District, no earlier than December 31, 2020, sufficient to … Budget: State aid for public schools for the 2019-20 school year is $27.9 billion, an increase of $1 billion, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-analysis-enacted-state-budgetFormer Bronx Youth Director Pleads Guilty
… grant to support after-school programs for middle school children. Russell was sentenced to one year in … money that was meant to support after-school programs for middle school children in our Bronx community. The defendant, … federallyfunded grant to support afterschool programs for middle school children …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/former-bronx-youth-director-pleads-guiltyComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Fire Department and the Child Protective Service units in the counties of Dutchess , Livingston , Niagara , Oneida , Rockland , Saratoga , Ulster and Washington . “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … to approval for payment during fiscal years 2012 and 2013. In addition, the board did not conduct an annual audit of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Opinion 88-24
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Interest in Contract (reimbursement to board member for expenses incurred in maintaining private pond) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … member and her husband are reimbursed for costs incurred in connection with maintaining a pond located on the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24DiNapoli: Troy Housing Authority IT Worker Arrested for Secretly Running Private Business on Housing Authority Time
… technology (IT) employee for the alleged theft of $7,089 in wages. Marsden Chen is accused of running his own company, … Diagnostic Services & Installations, while clocked in at his job for the housing authority. “Public time is for … State Police Superintendent James for their partnership in safeguarding the public’s money from abuses like this.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-troy-housing-authority-it-worker-arrested-secretly-running-private-business-housingOpinion 91-35
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation … of a negotiating unit is entitled to a salary increase in at least the same dollar amount as that received by the … of the village police department may receive an increase in salary equal to that given to the sergeant of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Audit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s (NFTA) assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear … requirements, 685, or 19 percent, of its 3,701 capital assets with an original value of $184 million, were rated in marginal or poor repair. These assets include buses and light rail cars; light rail stations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningOpinion 90-62
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Removal (of … perform the duties of his office is entitled to continue in office and receive his salary, unless the superintendent … office pursuant to Public Officers Law, §36, or a vacancy in the office is created under Public Officers Law, §30 or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 91-2
… may request officials of an OTB corporation to fill out a form listing certain outside employment and business … by requesting that OTB officials fill out a confirmation form listing certain outside employment and business … as to whether the information listed in the confirmation form will be confidential. Each regional OTB is a public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-2Opinion 94-13
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PAID FIREFIGHTERS -- Disability Benefits (procedure to terminate for engaging in prohibited employment) FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- … Disability Benefits (procedure to terminate for engaging in prohibited employment) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-a(6): …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-13DiNapoli: Former Marbletown Fire Chief Arrested for Stealing Over $100K From Department
… $101,000 from the Marbletown Volunteer Fire Department in Newark, New York. “William Storrs was elected fire chief … Office for their perseverance and dedicated work in exposing this fraud.” Investigators with DiNapoli’s office … Marbletown Fire Department with the New York State Police in 2024 to look into allegations of theft. They found Storrs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-former-marbletown-fire-chief-arrested-stealing-over-100k-departmentOpinion 89-63
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Exemption From (housing authority) … is exempt from the payment of court filing fees. This is in reply to your inquiry asking whether a municipal housing … from the payment of court fees when it is a litigant in Supreme Court, a County Court, the Civil Court of the City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-63Opinion 89-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FINES AND PENALTIES -- Distribution of (fines … PENAL LAW, §190.60: A fine imposed following a conviction in Supreme Court, for a violation of section 190.60 of the … section 190.60 of the Penal Law for Scheme to Defraud in the Second Degree would properly be deposited into the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-6DiNapoli Report Finds Medicaid Costs for Treating Asthma Rising
… Medicaid expenditures rose more than 26 percent in the last five years, as the state's overall annual asthma … struggling with this disease." Roughly 1.7 million people in New York suffer from asthma, according to estimates by the … $55 billion Medicaid program enrolls approximately one in four New York state residents, including 559,000 diagnosed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-report-finds-medicaid-costs-treating-asthma-risingOpinion 89-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (authority of village … property rather than an outright sale of its land. This is in reply to your letter in which you ask whether, in furtherance of an agreement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-29Opinion 89-25
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (use of moneys in to pay debt service) -- Repair Reserve Fund (transfer of … town sewer districts); (authority to sell excess capacity in sewage treatment plant) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§6-c, 6-d, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25Opinion 95-28
… and secured by a letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank) LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authorizing … (investments) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §11; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): A local government may not, pursuant … by an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank. A local government may not authorize such an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-28DiNapoli: Springport Town Clerk Pleads Guilty After Faking Retirement Benefits
… Town Clerk Deborah Waldron pleaded guilty Wednesday in Aurelius Town Court to official misconduct and attempted … 62, a 25-year town employee, was initially charged in May following an investigation by the Comptroller, New … us to protect our retirement system." Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-springport-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-after-faking-retirement-benefitsDiNapoli: Former Le Roy Fire Dept Treasurer Sentenced For Gambling-Related Theft of $46,000
… The former treasurer of the Le Roy Fire Department and the Le Roy Fireman’s Benevolent Association … and a final $16,200 restitution payment to the Le Roy Fire Department and the Firemen’s Benevolent Association. Snow … District Attorney Lawrence Friedman and the Le Roy Police Department for partnering with my office on this case.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-former-le-roy-fire-dept-treasurer-sentenced-gambling-related-theft-46000