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DiNapoli Audit Finds Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments May Have Cost Taxpayers Nearly $300 Million
… Too often Medicaid pays medical bills that a third-party insurer should have … enough is being done to make sure Medicaid recovers that money, according to an audit by New York State Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-may-have-cost-taxpayers-nearly-300-millionDiNapoli: Former Potter Town Clerk Sentenced to Jail Time and Full Restitution of Nearly $27,000
… town for property taxes and fees for marriage licenses, dog licenses, hunting permits and building permits. She used … investigation, prosecution, and conviction, especially the New York State Comptroller’s office for their forensic work.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-former-potter-town-clerk-sentenced-jail-time-and-full-restitution-nearly-27000Village of Penn Yan – Procurement (2024M-152)
… in accordance with Village policy. As a result, there is an increased risk that the Village paid more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/03/07/village-penn-yan-procurement-2024m-152DiNapoli Audit: ESD Needs To Increase Transparency of Its Real Estate Holdings and Sales of Properties Below Fair Market Value
… to provide accurate, annual reports of its real estate holdings, and has sold several for as little as $1 with … published report may still not correctly account for ESD’s holdings or their disposal. ESD reported that as of June … stated they established new management of its real estate holdings and said it initiated quarterly meetings regarding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-audit-esd-needs-increase-transparency-its-real-estate-holdings-and-sales-properties-belowState Agencies Bulletin No. 2054
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with information for processing the … and Safety Incentive Program Payment will be addressed in a future bulletin. Affected Employees Employees in the … Code OTT). Correcting an Automatic Retroactive Adjustment When certain conditions exist in an employee’s record, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2054-2019-2020-and-2020-2021-public-employees-federation-pef-firearmsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-160
… April 1, 2010, Location Pay ( LOC ) for employees in NYC, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties is … Salary Deferral OSC will insert a row with the Reason code CSD (Courts Salary Deferral) which will be used to identify … rate or reduced due to the Salary Deferral legislation. A CSD row will be inserted as follows: If an employee holds a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-160-april-2010-general-salary-and-location-pay-increases-employeesOversight of Campus Foundations
… Purpose To determine if the State University of New York’s System … is providing sufficient oversight of campus foundations to make certain the campus foundations conduct their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/26/oversight-campus-foundationsState Agencies Bulletin No. 908
… that have not been negotiated and provide procedures for agencies to resolve the disposition of these checks. A … payroll checks. Affected Employees Employees who have an outstanding net payroll check equal to or greater than $50 … Section 102 of the Abandoned Property Law clarifies that uncashed checks become abandoned property after one year. As …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/908-non-negotiated-andor-undeliverable-new-york-state-payroll-checkUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-149
… prior to the processing of the 2009 raise authorized by this law will retain their salary achieved prior to the … whose salary is increased to greater than $115,000 by the raise processing will have their salary deferred to … 4/2/09 and later. OSC will automatically end CLS earnings by inserting an end date of 4/1/09 in any existing rows. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-149-april-2009-general-salary-and-location-pay-increases-employeesDiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes, according to a follow-up report released today by New … to respond to infectious disease outbreaks at nursing homes, even before the pandemic, under the previous … had assessed the internal control environment. A separate independent review is underway at the direction of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesDiNapoli: NYC Forecasts $965 Million Surplus Fueled by Federal Aid
… today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The latest numbers are good news for the city, thanks to strong … which averaged $4 billion annually from FY 2023 through FY 2025 in the adopted budget in June 2021, were narrowed … in FY 2023, $3 billion in FY 2024, and $3.3 billion in FY 2025, fueling gaps that could total more than $5 billion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-nyc-forecasts-965-million-surplus-fueled-federal-aidState Comptroller DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney Hoovler Announce Guilty Plea in Bethel Tax Collector Pension Fraud Case
… public service is the ability to obtain a pension. Those funds will simply not be available to those who earned them …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-orange-county-district-attorney-hoovler-announce-guilty-plea-bethelDiNapoli: NYC Contract Spending Rises $7 Billion Since FY 2019
… billion in fiscal year (FY) 2023, an increase of nearly $7 billion from FY 2019, representing an outsized share (41%) … since FY 2010, from nearly $3.9 billion to over $10.5 billion in FY 2023, increasing by 170%, and accounting for … Review of the Financial Plan of the City of New York (May 2024) 2024 Update on New York City Staffing Trends Agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-nyc-contract-spending-rises-7-billion-fy-2019Village of Montgomery – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-50-F)
… – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to assess the Village of Montgomery’s (Village’s) progress, … operations. The audit included six recommendations to help the Board and officials monitor and improve oversight … chief fiscal officer and responsible for the Village’s day-to-day financial activities, which include processing cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/04/04/village-montgomery-audit-follow-2021m-50-fThe Survivor’s Benefit Program for Retired NYS Employees
… protection plan that provides a minimum death benefit to the survivors of New York State retired employees. Your … Survivor’s Benefit Program. You are automatically covered for this benefit if you have ten years of full-time State … judicial separation becomes final. For more information on how your pension benefits can be affected by divorce, consult …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/survivors-benefit-program-retired-nys-employeesMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs, Procedures, and Supplies Provided to Medicaid Recipients, Including Sex Offenders
… Administration-approved use and the recipient's treatment is for that other use. To protect public safety, State laws … ED drugs approved to also treat BPH or PAH may not have had diagnoses of BPH or PAH – elevating the risk of … services to treat ED, if an MCO finds out the recipient is a registered sex offender, the MCO merely does not pay for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-sexual-and-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-procedures-andNew York City Contract Spending Trends
New York City spent $22.7 billion on expense contracts in FY 2023 excluding contracts for COVID-19 and asylum seekers. This compares to $10.6 billion in FY 2010.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-10-2025.pdfNew Roots Charter School - Lunch Operations (2019M-73)
… totaling $150,000. Officials did not perform meals-per-labor-hour (MPLH) or cost-per-meal equivalent (ME) analyses. Officials could have saved … Key Recommendations Periodically complete MPLH and cost-per-ME analyses. Continue to increase revenues by increasing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2019/05/24/new-roots-charter-school-lunch-operations-2019m-73Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-68
… a union-requested change in the description of Deduction Code 391. Affected Employees Employees represented by … Council 37, Bargaining Unit SK, with a voluntary Deduction Code 391 Effective Date Checks dated March 10, 2004 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-68-new-narrative-description-deduction-code-391State Agencies Bulletin No. 1372
… Purpose To notify agencies of an automatic Dues and Agency Shop Fee Increase. Affected Employees Employees represented by Council 82 in Bargaining Units 61 and 91 Effective Date(s) Paychecks dated January 14, 2015 … OSC will automatically increase the biweekly deduction for Dues (Code 202 ) and Agency Shop Fee (Code 213 ) as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1372-council-82-dues-and-agency-shop-fee-increase