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Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District – Fixed Assets (2021M-139)

… (District) officials properly monitored and accounted for fixed assets. Key Findings District officials did not … prices of approximately $46,400 did not have required asset tags and/or were not on the inventory list. Three assets with combined purchase prices of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/22/gilbertsville-mount-upton-central-school-district-fixed-assets-2021m-139

NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Leads Coalition of Comptrollers & Treasurers Opposing Trump Repeal of Clean Power Plan

… per year in 2030 and would avoid 1,500 to 3,600 premature deaths. In their comments to the agency, the Comptrollers and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-leads-coalition-comptrollers-treasurers-opposing-trump-repeal-clean-power

Eligibility, Your Vested Benefit and Filing – Article 14 Benefits

… Eligibility You are eligible for a vested retirement benefit …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1644/eligibility-your-vested-benefit-and-filing

True North Rochester Preparatory Charter School – West Campus – Employee Fingerprinting (2013M-286)

… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the School’s fingerprinting practices for the … employees must be fingerprinted before they are authorized to work in a school in New York State." We requested … documentation to support that all adults working on site have been properly fingerprinted. Two of the 25 workers …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2014/01/17/true-north-rochester-preparatory-charter-school-west-campus-employee

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits

… checking and savings accounts, which had an average daily balance of approximately $567,000 during the audit period. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1

Domestic Violence: Recent Trends in New York

Introduction October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to recognize and give voice to domestic violence victims.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/domestic-violence-recent-trends-10-23.pdf

Maximizing Drug Rebates Under the Federal Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Follow-Up) (2024-F-14 180-Day Response

To determine whether DOH took appropriate steps to collect all available drug rebates under the federal MDRP.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2025-24f14-response.pdf

Population Data, Resources and Publications

… Dashboard Resources Entities Map/Table Inventory of Local Government Entities: Interactive Map and … Downloadable Excel file. Fiscal Stress Monitoring System The Fiscal Stress Monitoring System (FSMS) Environmental … is the Utica-Rome metropolitan area. Unemployment and child poverty rates are higher in the Region than for the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/population-data-resources-and-publications

Errors in Identification of 340B Providers in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Follow-Up)

… Purpose To determine the implementation status of the four recommendations made in our initial audit report, Errors in Identification of 340B … Providers in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Report 2016-S-6 ). Background We issued our initial audit report on June …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/23/errors-identification-340b-providers-medicaid-drug-rebate-program-follow

DiNapoli: Farms Generate $4.8 Billion for New York's Economy

… New York state's farms generated $4.8 billion in revenue, with 15 … Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Agriculture is a crucial piece of the state's economy, with farms contributing nearly $2.4 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-farms-generate-48-billion-new-yorks-economy

DiNapoli: New Yorkers Foot the Bill for Billions in Public Authority Spending and Debt

… Spending by New York’s largest public authorities jumped $3.5 billion since last … Thomas P. DiNapoli. Meanwhile, the combined debt of state and local authorities topped a quarter of a trillion …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-new-yorkers-foot-bill-billions-public-authority-spending-and-debt

DiNapoli: Inconsistent Oversight and Guidance Left New York’s Group Home Residents at Risk During Pandemic

… emergency management coordination left people living in group homes at risk during the onset of the COVID-19 … from COVID-19, and more than 13,000 contracted the virus in its residential programs from March 2020 to April 2022. … OPWDD to implement our recommendations before the next public health emergency.” DiNapoli’s audit found OPWDD did …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-inconsistent-oversight-and-guidance-left-new-yorks-group-home-residents-risk-during-pandemic

DiNapoli Statement on Special Education Provider Guilty Plea in Federal Court

… audits of special education providers. In addition to this case, his investigations have resulted in multiple criminal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-statement-special-education-provider-guilty-plea-federal-court

Accounts Payable Advisory No. 11

… Units must not combine Citibank payments. Policy: Guide to Financial Operations (GFO), Chapter XII, Section 6.Q - … have been updated with the following information. In order to help Citibank apply credit card payments properly, Vendor … so that SFS will not combine Business Units’ payments to Citibank. Accordingly, when Business Units create a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/11-separate-payments-citibank

Herricks Union Free School District – Overtime (2019M-127)

… to 10 custodial employees totaling $35,017 or 43 percent of total overtime paid to these employees, primarily for … non-emergencies. However, with appropriate scheduling some of these overtime payments could have been avoided or … absent on their scheduled workdays. More than 40 percent of these absences were preapproved and with appropriate …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/08/30/herricks-union-free-school-district-overtime-2019m-127

Northern Adirondack Central School District – Financial Condition (2020M-51)

… whether the Board and District officials effectively manage the District’s financial condition. Key Findings … whether the Board and District officials effectively manage the Districts financial condition …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/09/25/northern-adirondack-central-school-district-financial-condition-2020m-51

Becoming Eligible for a Benefit – En-Con Police Officers Plan

… served 25 years as an En-Con police officer. Once you have accrued five years of credited service, you will be vested. This means you have earned the right to receive a retirement benefit, even if you leave public … an active member. Vesting is automatic — you do not have to fill out any paperwork or file an application to become …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1822/becoming-eligible-benefit

Becoming Eligible for a Benefit – Basic Plan with Increased-Take-Home-Pay (ITHP)

… even if you leave public employment. 1 Tiers 1, 2, 3 and 5 If you are covered by the Age 60 Retirement Plan, you can begin receiving your … your vested benefit. 1 Updated 10/22 … Basic Plan with Increased TakeHome Pay for PFRS Tier 1 2 3 Article 11 5 and 6 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1511/becoming-eligible-benefit