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Housing Trust Fund Corporation – Oversight of the Residential Emergency Services to Offer Home Repairs to the Elderly Program

… Objectives To determine whether Local Program Administrators (LPAs) were … properly administering the Residential Emergency Services to Offer Home Repairs to the Elderly (RESTORE) program in … To determine whether Local Program Administrators were …

DiNapoli: Audits Recommend Fixes to Affordable Housing Programs

… Opportunities,” that summarizes his recent series of audits of affordable housing programs and highlights … Housing Opportunities that summarizes his recent series of audits of affordable housing programs and highlights …

Rochester Attorney Admits to Unlawfully Receiving Retirement Benefits

… and Labor Relations Officer at Monroe Community College (MCC), part of the State University of New York. Cecero eventually became General Counsel of MCC and was employed there until August 2015. When she left … MCC, Cecero chose to join the SUNY Optional Retirement Program (SUNY ORP), a public retirement system separate from …

Many New Yorkers Struggle to Pay for Housing

… of household income. In 2017, New York ranked third highest among states in the nation for both the percentage of … Tompkins (54.8%) and Ulster (54.7%) counties had the highest proportions of rental households with housing costs … County had the lowest percentage at 29.2 percent. The highest proportions of homeowners paying 30 percent or more …

Comptroller DiNapoli: IDA-Issued Tax Breaks Continue to Climb

… Agencies (IDAs) reported providing $751 million in net tax exemptions for local economic development efforts in … today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The gap in net job gains created by IDA-sponsored projects narrowed … areas accounted for 51 percent of the nearly 200,000 total net jobs gained through IDA projects versus 49 percent gained …

DiNapoli: State Contractor Failed to Pay Prevailing Wages

… It contracts with OMH to provide janitorial services at various South Beach outpatient facilities through an … estimate Shorefront underpaid 26 janitorial workers by at least $123,224 during 2013. That amount may be higher … and conditions and started paying their janitorial workers at prevailing wage rates. However, further investigation …

DiNapoli: Town of Bennington Audit Leads to Arrest

… The clerk in the Wyoming County town of Bennington was arrested today after auditors and … to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The clerk, Tina Metz, 54, was arrested by the Wyoming County … The clerk in the Wyoming County town of Bennington was arrested …

DiNapoli: DOH Needs to Improve Drug Rebate Collections

… $95.1 million in rebates from drug makers, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … “The state is still missing out on millions in savings to taxpayers and wasting millions more in processing errors,” … DiNapoli said. “The state Department of Health needs to review the issues identified in our reports released today …

New York City Economy Continues to Set Records

… New York City employment reached 4.55 million jobs in 2018, the highest level ever recorded, according to a report … experiencing its largest and longest job expansion since the end of World War II and the city has been the driving force behind the state’s … New York City employment reached 455 million jobs in 2018 the highest level ever recorded according to a report …

DiNapoli: Tax Breaks From IDAs Continue to Climb

… Development Agencies (IDAs) provided $695 million in net tax exemptions in 2015, an increase of 10 percent from … in payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs), leaving the total net exemptions for the year at $695 million – an increase of … job gains in 2015 were: New York City (33,956 jobs at a net cost of $2,522 per job gained); Monroe County (22,714/net …

DiNapoli Encourages New Yorkers to Save for College

… New Yorkers who face college expenses to open a 529 College Savings account to start saving now to help with … "Parents, friends and family members can use New York's 529 College Savings Program to start saving early for an … the country and enrollment is quick and easy." New York's 529 College Savings Program is an investment tool designed to …

DiNapoli: Safeway Supermarkets Commit to Sustainable Palm Oil

… only sustainable palm oil in all of its Safeway-brand products.  As a result of the company’s new policy, the New … "Shoppers don’t see where the palm oil used in hundreds of products comes from, but often it’s harvested in ways that … suppliers to provide palm oil and palm derivatives for its products that are verified to be free of deforestation, free …

DiNapoli Calls for Improvements to Capital Planning Process

… with another $9.6 billion proposed for the upcoming fiscal year, according to a report released today by State … meet them." The New York Works Task Force released its Ten-Year State of New York Statewide Capital Plan in June 2013. … to be funded through the issuance of bonds. The Ten-Year Statewide Plan indicates that an average of 65 percent …

DiNapoli Calls for Reforms to State Fiscal Practices

… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today called for changes to the state’s fiscal practices, including … said. “The Governor and the Legislature deserve credit for putting the state on stronger financial footing, but it … justification or identifying how projects were selected for funding. DiNapoli’s proposal would prohibit lump sum …

IX.8.D Electronic Refund Payments to the U.S. HHS – IX. Federal Grants

… The procedures that follow pertain to the refund or return of federal funds to the US HHS due … Program 99999 Fund 70200 Account 58981 Budget Reference Year Current Year Product Code Agency Specific Project ID …

I.3 Guide to Financial Operations Account Codes Procedure – I. OSC Guide to Financial Operations Overview

… accounting codes. This chapter provides useful information to assist users with document preparation and acts as a … in the Guide at all times. If agencies require updates to the SFS-related account codes, agencies must notify OSC. OSC will work with the SFS Program to ensure the proper updates are made. More information on …

I.2 Organization of the Guide to Financial Operations – I. OSC Guide to Financial Operations Overview

… The New York State Guide to Financial Operations is organized by chapters related to accounting process area. Each chapter contains sections … using the following approach: Overview: Introduction to the content contained within the chapter. Policies: … The New York State Guide to Financial Operations is organized by chapters related to …

XVI.4 Accounting Policies and Principles Applicable to Agencies – XVI. Financial Reporting

DiNapoli: Billions Needed for Repairs to Local Bridges

… deficient (18.4 percent) than other local bridges. The highest number of structurally deficient local bridges are … (52), Ulster (46) and Steuben (40). The counties with the highest percentage of structurally deficient local bridges … (23.8 percent).  Regionally, New York City has the highest proportion of functionally obsolete bridges (75.9 …

Comptroller Authority to Audit Local Development Corporations (LDCs)

… 2019  – A.7476 (Magnarelli) / S.5445 (Skoufis) – Relates to audits by the State Comptroller of certain organizations … Relates to audits by the State Comptroller of certain organizations …