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Optional Membership – Membership and Enrollment
… for less than one year, or employment of less than a 12-month per year basis; or Annual compensation less than … reported to us for all their public employment, including work with more than one participating employer . Employees’ … membership. Note: If an employee joins NYSLRS, they can only end their membership by leaving public employment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/membership-enrollment/optional-membershipAudit Finds Operational and Oversight Failures Led to Financial Instability in Mount Vernon
… The city of Mount Vernon faced financial uncertainty and problems because … to complete basic financial functions contributed to Mount Vernon’s fiscal crisis,” DiNapoli said. “It is time for … full responses are included in the audit. Audits City of Mount Vernon – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2021M-163) Audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/audit-finds-operational-and-oversight-failures-led-financial-instability-mount-vernonContract Advisory No. 25
… Standard Time) Long-distance Within the 50 states, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands 1-866-370-4672 Local Within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/contract-advisory/25-electronic-documents-submission-system-edssState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on NYC's FY 2025 Preliminary Budget
… forward. Continuing the delicate balance of reducing the pace of cost growth in a way that does not hurt the city’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-nycs-fy-2025-preliminary-budgetAccess Controls Over Selected Critical Systems (Follow-Up)
… OCFS provides to vulnerable populations. To ensure that only authorized users are allowed to access information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/12/29/access-controls-over-selected-critical-systems-followDiNapoli Urges State to Improve Nursing Home Equipment Inspections
… including a transport wheelchair that was covered by rust, mold or mildew, and a suction machine, used to remove …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-urges-state-improve-nursing-home-equipment-inspectionsCost-Saving Ideas: Credit Card Accountability - Minimizing the Risk of Error, Misuse and Fraud
… personal purchases. To ensure that credit cards are used only for approved and necessary expenses, local governments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-credit-card-accountability-minimizing-risk-error-misuse-and-fraudDiNapoli: Local Sales Taxes Jump 49.2 Percent in Second Quarter
… The second change, the marketplace provision, now requires online marketplace providers, such as eBay and Etsy, to … behavior by reducing in-person purchases and increasing online shopping. Regionally, the percentage of taxable sales … had relatively high percentages of revenue from online vendors, as did Putnam County. Such counties likely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-local-sales-taxes-jump-49-point-2-percent-second-quarterDiNapoli: Surge in Tourism Bolsters NYC Hotel Industry
… Brooklyn and 40 percent in Queens, outpacing the gain in Manhattan (26 percent). There were 696 hotels in New York … City in 2015. Of these, two-thirds (460) were located in Manhattan. The number of hotels in Brooklyn has tripled and … , visit: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/hotel_industry_nyc_rpt2_2017.pdf For access to state and local government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-surge-tourism-bolsters-nyc-hotel-industryNYS and NYC Pension Funds To SEC: Greater Disclosure Needed On Risks Faced By Fossil Fuel Industry
… today called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to compel fossil fuel industry companies — by enforcement or other action — to enhance disclosure of the material risks climate change poses to their business and what steps they are taking to meet … DiNapoli and NYC Scott M Stringer today called on the SEC to compel fossil fuel industry companies by enforcement or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/nys-and-nyc-pension-funds-sec-greater-disclosure-needed-risks-faced-fossil-fuel-industryEnterprise Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention and Detection: Annual Report to the New York State Legislature, 2019
OSC makes recommendations to agencies and other organizations it audits on how to improve data quality and reporting, and implement effective controls.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/enterprise-fraud-2019.pdfImplementation of Train Service to Grand Central Madison
… train service to the newly implemented service and found only a 23% increase in service across all branches. Of the 271 trains added, only 153 trains represented increases in branch service. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/implementation-train-service-grand-central-madisonRequest for Withdrawal from Sections 384-d and 384-e (PF5466)
For NYSLRS PFRS members to withdraw election to contribute under the provisions of Section 384-d and 384-e of the Retirement and Social Security Law.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/forms/pdf/pf5466.pdfNew Funding Needed for MTA Improvements to Prevent Unplanned Fare and Toll Hikes
… by ventilation plants. In July, the MTA announced a two-phase Subway Action Plan to address the deterioration of the system. Phase 1, with an estimated cost of $836 million, focuses on … suggested that the state and the city split the cost of Phase 1, but an agreement has not yet been reached. In the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/new-funding-needed-mta-improvements-prevent-unplanned-fare-and-toll-hikesMaking Adjustments to Earnings and Days Worked – Enhanced Reporting
… If you need to correct a member’s earnings or days worked, submit an … add or subtract from the previously reported data in order to correct it in our system – Retirement Online will not … in a future annual bill. Do not make an adjustment to a member’s SCP, loan payments or contributions. These …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/making-adjustments-earnings-and-days-workedDiNapoli: Queens Economy Takes Off
… makes Queens the most sought after place to live in NYC. I only hope the next census properly reflects the 25% increase … higher than the citywide share (32 percent) and second only to Staten Island. Queens has the most single-family …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/dinapoli-queens-economy-takes-offDiNapoli: No Good Options for MTA to Manage Hole in Capital Funding
… Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) adjusts to the loss of $15 billion in congestion pricing revenue and decides … from the current $55.4 billion capital plan to meet the loss of congestion pricing revenue, inclusive of $2 billion … rating by breaching its 20% debt service threshold. The loss of congestion pricing revenue means the MTA’s current …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-no-good-options-mta-manage-hole-capital-fundingDiNapoli Releases Report on Municipalities Close to Exceeding Tax Limits
… a local government can raise in a single year. In 2012, only seven municipalities had used 80 percent or more of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/dinapoli-releases-report-municipalities-close-exceeding-tax-limitsMedicaid Program – Excessive Medicaid Payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers for Group Therapy Services
… FQHC rate, Medicaid would have reimbursed the provider only $281.28 ($35.16 x 8 recipients) for the session. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/11/18/medicaid-program-excessive-medicaid-payments-federally-qualified-health-centers-groupDiNapoli: New York on Better Financial Footing
… practices and an improved economy, according to a report on the 2014-15 state Financial Plan released today by New … budgetary improvements since the Great Recession to put it on solid financial footing, and the result is that the … scope of State Operating Funds. The Financial Plan relies on $3.6 billion in temporary resources, excluding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-new-york-better-financial-footing