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The Mitchell-Lama Program – Awarding Housing Units and Maintaining Waiting Lists

… Purpose To determine whether Mitchell-Lama-financed housing units are assigned to eligible persons in compliance … 30, 2014. Background The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/07/29/mitchell-lama-program-awarding-housing-units-and-maintaining-waiting-lists

Oversight of Child Protective Services Outside New York City (Follow-Up)

… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the three … are intervening in a timely and appropriate manner to protect the children who are at risk in the most serious … are not summarized in a format that would enable OCFS to readily determine that necessary interventions have …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/19/oversight-child-protective-services-outside-new-york-city-follow

Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Services (Follow-Up)

… The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country. HHC operates 11 acute care hospitals, four skilled nursing … and more than 70 community health or school-based clinics. HHC provides livery/taxi, ambulette, and ambulance …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/05/non-emergency-patient-transportation-services-follow

Medicaid Program – Improper Payments for Ancillary Services Provided During Hospital Inpatient Admissions

… Department's automated claims processing and management information system. Claims are subject to various edits - … the costs of most medical care provided during a hospital admission. As such, claims for ancillary services provided during a hospital admission are generally not reimbursable. In 2007, the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-ancillary-services-provided-during-hospital-inpatient

Improper Medicaid Payments to a Transportation Provider (Follow-Up)

… the extent of implementation of the recommendation made in our initial audit report, Improper Medicaid Payments to a … claims prior to 2016, which accounted for $1.4 million in Medicaid payments. We recommended that the Department of … Key Finding Department officials made some progress in addressing the problem we identified in the initial …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/10/15/improper-medicaid-payments-transportation-provider-follow

Oversight of Public Water Systems (Follow-Up)

To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report Oversight of Public Water Systems

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/19/oversight-public-water-systems-follow

Omnibus Procurement Amendments

… information; defining information technology for procurement purposes; clarifying the use of best and final offers for invitations for bids and requests for proposals for goods, services and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/omnibus-procurement-amendments-0

Keene Central School District – Transportation State Aid (2021M-63)

… all applicable transportation aid for new bus acquisitions in a timely manner. Key Findings District officials did not apply for all applicable transportation aid in a timely manner and were at risk of losing $20,513 for new … aid applications for the two remaining buses identified in this report. Implement procedures to ensure transportation …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/07/30/keene-central-school-district-transportation-state-aid-2021m-63

Arlington Fire District – Station Number 5 Renovation (2022M-54)

… Arlington Station 5 and appropriately disclosed interests in leasehold agreements. Key Findings Members of the Board … agreement, which included the District providing $248,000 in additional rent to fund renovations for the leased … one lease amendment that cost an additional $77,000 in materials costs without adequate documentation. Approved …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/10/21/arlington-fire-district-station-number-5-renovation-2022m-54

Town of Carroll – Town Clerk (2022M-20)

… and reported collections accurately, and remitted them in a timely manner. Key Findings We could not determine … totaling $21,843 were properly accounted for or remitted in a timely manner because the Clerks did not maintain … $241,136 accurately, they did not always make remittances in a timely manner. The Clerks did not remit water rents and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/06/24/town-carroll-town-clerk-2022m-20

Warsaw Central School District – Out-of-District Tuition Billing (2021M-140)

… Central School District (District) students enrolled in out-of-district programs were accurately calculated and … Warsaw Central School District District students enrolled in outofdistrict programs were accurately calculated and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/03/warsaw-central-school-district-out-district-tuition-billing-2021m-140

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits

… Cost Manual (2016-S-22) Auditors identified $16,699 in costs charged to the preschool special education programs … reimbursement. The non-reimbursable costs included $5,394 in ineligible property expenses, $3,609 in ineligible food costs, $2,337 in ineligible costs for …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits

Medina Central School District - Tax Collection (2019M-151)

… deposited and reported real property tax collections in an accurate and timely manner. Key Findings The Collector … reconciliation of tax collection activities, resulting in undetected errors totaling approximately $3,900. Key … of the taxes receivable account and collection activities in a timely manner in order to identify errors and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/01/03/medina-central-school-district-tax-collection-2019m-151

DiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities

… DiNapoli today announced that six villages were designated in fiscal stress under the Fiscal Stress Monitoring System … year local governments and designated one village in “significant fiscal stress,” one in “moderate fiscal stress,” and four as “susceptible to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-cities

Omnibus Procurement Amendments

… (DeFrancisco) – Relates to participation by state agencies in a system used by the comptroller to compile vendor … Relates to participation by state agencies in a system used by the comptroller to compile vendor …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/omnibus-procurement-amendments

Start a Business and Get Licenses

… Forming a Business in New York State To form a business in New York State or to register an out-of-state … Resources In addition to registering, some businesses must get licenses or permits to conduct business in New York … To form a business in New York State or to register an outofstate …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/resources/start-business-and-get-licenses

Opinion 89-13

… (purchase of used equipment of another municipality at auction) -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (purchase of used … or a municipality of this State may be purchased by a county at an auction without contravening the competitive … that, pursuant to General Municipal Law, §103(6), a county may purchase second-hand equipment from another …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-13

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