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DiNapoli Audit Finds Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments May Have Cost Taxpayers Nearly $300 Million
… from patients’ insurance providers. “Medicaid is essential for millions of New Yorkers, but the program needs to ensure … costs for those who need it,” said Comptroller DiNapoli. “This is my office’s latest audit to uncover weaknesses in the … HMS was unable to determine why most of these claims—38 out of 50—were not recovered, and for another 9 out of 50, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-may-have-cost-taxpayers-nearly-300-millionState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Bethlehem Central School District – In-School Internet Connectivity (Albany County) The district’s internet … ongoing project. However, auditors found that while the business administrator maintained financial reports that … Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) were inappropriately audited by a BOCES …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1DiNapoli: New York City Budget Surplus on Pace to Grow Another $2.4 Billion from April Projections
… (FY) 2022 compared to the Executive Budget released in April. However, better-than-projected fiscal performance may … adjusted for surplus transfers - and Financial Plan (the “April Plan”) shows the city has benefited from stronger than … into its Rainy Day Fund (RDF) for FY 2022. Since the April Plan, tax collections, fueled by personal incomes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-new-york-city-budget-surplus-pace-grow-another-24-billion-april-projectionsDiNapoli: More Needs to Be Done to Provide Mental Health Training to School Staff
… found they did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by Sept. 15, as required by New York State Education Department (SED) regulations, according to a new report issued by State Comptroller Thomas P. … found they did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 202021 school year by Sept 15 as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-more-needs-be-done-provide-mental-health-training-school-staffState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… As a result, auditors identified discrepancies with 17 claims totaling $11,173. Wheelerville Union Free … update its purchasing policy and officials did not comply with the board’s requirement to develop written procurement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… did not establish adequate controls over user accounts to help prevent unauthorized use, access and loss nor did … Neither the board, nor the treasurer, provided oversight to compensate for these incompatible duties. As a result, 61 … despite there being no authority in village law for them to sign checks. In addition, the board did not correct …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Authority – MTA Bus Company and New York City Transit – Management and Maintenance of Non-Revenue Service Vehicles (2020-S-31) New York City Transit (Transit) and the MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus) maintain … State Education Department to provide Preschool Special Class (over 2.5 hours per day) and Preschool Integrated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli, Wharton, Myrie Op-Ed: Putting the Public Back Into Campaign Finance
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Citizen Action of New York’s Democracy Coalition Coordinator Karen Wharton and State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Chair of the Committee on Elections. The full op-ed is below: Putting the Public Back … York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli Citizen Action of New Yorks Democracy Coalition Coordinator Karen Wharton …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-wharton-myrie-op-ed-putting-public-back-campaign-financeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… (Orange County) The former clerk did not properly account for, report, deposit, record and remit all collections to the … of major highway equipment reviewed, five trucks accounted for $81,250 (76%) of total repair costs during the audit … did not ensure that claims were adequately supported, for appropriate purposes and audited before payment. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… government financial records, track state contracts, and find commonly requested data. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School and Local Government Audits
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school and local government audits have been issued. Town of Addison … Fiscal Responsibilities Audit Follow-Up (Steuben County) The follow-up review was limited to interviews with town … York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following school and local government audits have been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-and-local-government-auditsDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities
… DiNapoli evaluated all non-calendar year local governments and designated one village in “moderate fiscal stress” and four villages as “susceptible to fiscal stress.” The village of Coxsackie (Greene County) was classified in … filing deadline. This is a significant increase of 30% from last year. Salamanca and Rensselaer have not filed their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-citiesDiNapoli: State Department of AG and Markets Should Improve Pollinator Protection Program
… bees and other pollinators. To address a drastic decline in the population of these essential pollinators, in 2016 the state created the Pollinator Protection Plan. The … Over the past three decades, the honey bee population in New York has declined drastically, in large part due to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-state-department-ag-and-markets-should-improve-pollinator-protection-programDiNapoli: NYC Financial Plan Improved From June
… $2.5 billion since June due to unanticipated federal grant funds. The plan also does not yet include more than $1.4 … aid will also require new revenue to continue after those funds are exhausted. For the upcoming FY 2024 preliminary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/dinapoli-nyc-financial-plan-improved-juneFederal Relief Aid Temporarily Reverses Trend of NY Sending More to Washington Than It Gets Back
… Historic relief funds from the federal government, provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, boosted New York’s per capita balance of payments from Washington from second-to-last in federal … Historic relief funds from the federal government provided in response to the COVID19 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/federal-relief-aid-temporarily-reverses-trend-ny-sending-more-washington-it-gets-backDiNapoli: Probation Departments Failing to Get Restitution Payments to Victims
… More than half of probationers were behind on their restitution payments and … the money that was collected from them didn’t always go to crime victims, with some funds languishing for years, according to a review of more than 340 cases at 13 county probation departments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-probation-departments-failing-get-restitution-payments-victimsDiNapoli: NYC Forecasts $965 Million Surplus Fueled by Federal Aid
… New York City forecasts a surplus of $965 million in the fiscal year ending in June 2022 (FY 2022), based largely … the receipt of $750 million in unrestricted federal aid, and projects outyear gaps to drop by nearly a third from earlier estimates, according to a report released today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-nyc-forecasts-965-million-surplus-fueled-federal-aidState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… County) Although school district officials maintain a website, certain financial information was either not posted or comprehensive, resulting in a lack of transparency. Officials did not post external audit … reserve balance of about $400,000 is nearly 200 times the average unemployment expenditure. By maintaining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsDiNapoli Releases Report on Pre-Pandemic Migration Trends
… An analysis of state personal income tax (PIT) filers from 2015 through 2019 reveals New York state resident … nonresident filers, 3.1% compared to 13.6%, resulting, in part, from the greater number of part-year filers moving out of the … An analysis of state personal income tax PIT filers from 2015 through 2019 reveals New York state resident …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-releases-report-pre-pandemic-migration-trendsDiNapoli Releases Annual IDA Report
… (IDAs) reported 4,262 active projects with a total value of $114 billion in 2020, an increase of $5.3 billion from the prior year, according to an annual report on IDAs released by State … million). The largest new IDA project in 2020 by project value ($2.4 billion) was the New York City IDA’s BOP SE LLC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-releases-annual-ida-report