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DiNapoli: MTA Capital Funding Gap May Exceed $12 Billion
… Authority (MTA) has made significant progress in repairing and modernizing the regional transit system, but … New Yorkers rely on the MTA transit system and while it is in far better condition than it was 30 years ago, much more … faster.” DiNapoli’s report found that despite $90 billion in capital investments since 1982, the MTA has not restored …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-mta-capital-funding-gap-may-exceed-12-billionDiNapoli Announces $2B Strategic Partnership With Goldman Sachs Asset Management For Global Equity Investments
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF or the Fund) has created a $2 billion strategic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-announces-2b-strategic-partnership-goldman-sachs-asset-management-global-equity-investmentsDiNapoli: Funds Dedicated for Highway & Bridge Capital Projects Continue to be Diverted for Operating and Debt Costs
… Money in the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund continues to be diverted for non-capital purposes, leaving critical highway and bridge … report includes revenues and spending for the past 20 years. For a copy of the report, visit: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-funds-dedicated-highway-bridge-capital-projects-continue-be-diverted-operating-and-debtFormer Head of Niagara Falls Housing Authority Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Funds; Son and Daughter-in-Law Also Convicted
… today that Stephanie W. Cowart, 58, of Grand Island, NY, pleaded guilty to theft concerning programs receiving … performing the work of two teachers under the Advantage After School Program and was paid more than two times the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/former-head-niagara-falls-housing-authority-pleads-guilty-stealing-government-funds-son-and-daughterDiNapoli: $10 Million Ponzi Scheme Unraveled Following Nassau County District Attorney Investigation
… bogus online portal showing fabricated investment growth," DA Singas said. "Instead of providing the promised risk-free … any victims of this scheme to contact my office." DA Singas said that beginning in January 2015, an elderly … victims with a username and password for www.conmacfunding.com to view their account statement and growing account …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-10-million-ponzi-scheme-unraveled-following-nassau-county-district-attorney-investigationDiNapoli: Oil Spill Fund Reaches New Agreements With St. Lawrence County
… DiNapoli today announced an agreement between the New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund (Oil … sold at public auction and put back on the tax rolls, an environmental remediation must occur. "By working …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-oil-spill-fund-reaches-new-agreements-st-lawrence-countyDiNapoli: LIRR On-Time Performance Falls Short
… percent of the time when it stopped at Citi Field for Mets games; and Trains carrying reverse commuters to Penn Station … than 50,000 state contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-lirr-time-performance-falls-shortComptroller DiNapoli: Schools Must Do More to Limit Access to Sensitive Student Databases
… to make grade changes and ensure that documentation is retained to show who authorized the grade change and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-schools-must-do-more-limit-access-sensitive-student-databasesDiNapoli: Many SUNY Campus Foundations Operating Without Contracts or Proper Oversight
… with SUNY's oversight of its campus foundations. SUNY does not regularly examine the foundations' books, and my … administrators need to improve their oversight efforts to make sure billions of dollars are being handled properly." … Generally, foundations receive and manage donations and make these resources available to the campus to support …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-many-suny-campus-foundations-operating-without-contracts-or-proper-oversightOpinion 92-46
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … agreements for sums below the monetary threshold (see, e.g., Walton v Mayor , 26 App Div 76, 49 NYS 615; 1A Antieau, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 92-33
… to publicizing the town, and provide for a reasonable payment for the services. It is our opinion that in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-33Opinion 91-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-24Opinion 91-21
… Comp, 1950, p 216). We based our opinion, in part, on the case of County of Nassau v Bennett , 35 Misc 2d 586, 231 … 6 Opns St Comp, 1950, supra and the County of Nassau case, supra , held that a county chief fiscal officer is … County Law, §201. Therefore, in light of the Peetz case, supra , we hereby reaffirm our prior opinions regarding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-21Opinion 95-8
… (remittance of forfeiture moneys) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §1349; COUNTY LAW, §§550, 700: Forfeiture moneys … section 1349(2)(e) and (f) of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) must be remitted to the custody of the county … section 1349 of Article 13-A of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), as added by L 1990, ch 655, which provide for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-8DiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Financial Plan
… After two years of extraordinary volatility in state finances, the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23 Enacted Budget Financial … at the end of SFY 2021-22 to $19.4 billion in SFY 2024-25, which would result in reserve funds equal to 15% of State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-financial-planDiNapoli: NYC Financial Plan Improved From June
… this year to use for prepayments of liabilities in FY 2024. The PEG is also expected to generate recurring net … Certain PEG savings are also expected from anticipated staff turnover, vacancy reductions and other factors such as … state and local government financial records, track state contracts, and find commonly requested data. … New York Citys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/dinapoli-nyc-financial-plan-improved-juneXIV.5 Employee Award Programs – XIV. Special Procedures
… Business Unit personnel should be aware of in planning for employee award programs and the requirements of the Office of … under an achievement award program may be taxable to the employee under the Internal Revenue Code. The Internal … Revenue Code requirements, the award is not taxable to the employee. There are qualified plan awards and non-qualified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv5-employee-award-programsDiNapoli: Orange County Resident Arrested for Stealing Her Late Mother’s Pension Benefits
… (Class C Felony) for allegedly stealing $51,532.64 of her late mother’s pension payments. “Ms. White thought she could get away with hiding her mother’s death from the retirement system to steal over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/dinapoli-orange-county-resident-arrested-stealing-her-late-mothers-pension-benefitsDiNapoli: Financial Plan Outlook Has Improved; State Should Now Commit to Further Increasing Reserves
… State Fiscal Year 2021-22 Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/dinapoli-financial-plan-outlook-has-improved-state-should-now-commit-further-increasing-reservesCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data)
… whether the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is complying with Executive Order 95 (EO 95), including … (ITS) under EO 95, and whether data posted under EO 95 is reliable and easily usable. The audit covered the period … of New York’s natural resources and environment, DEC is responsible for managing water, land, and air pollution in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/05/27/compliance-executive-order-95-open-data