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DiNapoli: State Must Improve Management of Medical Equipment Stockpile After Spending Millions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… ventilators and x-ray machines, that now sits unused in storage facilities across the state, missing recommended maintenance and costing taxpayers storage expenses, according to an audit released today by … the 247,343 DME purchased during COVID-19. DME now in storage includes CPAP/BiPAP machines, ventilators, oxygen …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-state-must-improve-management-medical-equipment-stockpile-after-spending-millions-duringDiNapoli: Federal Funding Uncertainty Jeopardizes Impact of Inflation Reduction Act for New Yorkers
… and clean energy projects.” IRA Grants Energy, clean air and conservation programs funded through the IRA provide … grants to assist communities in identifying sources of air pollution and engaging with regulators to address them … of pollutants that cause climate change and other air pollution problems. The Internal Revenue Service has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-federal-funding-uncertainty-jeopardizes-impact-inflation-reduction-act-new-yorkersOpinion 89-45
… the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning board … of appeals be paid by a fixed annual amount for specified services plus a designated hourly rate for specified additional services. You ask whether a town may pay an attorney employed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 92-21
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Justice Courts (mass dismissal of cases - entitlement to fees under … you have described situations where town or village courts have reported to the Justice Court Fund the dismissal, … to towns and villages for the services rendered by their courts in the prosecution of criminal charges, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-21DiNapoli: Better Monitoring of "Leandra’s Law" Enforcement Needed
… alcohol-related offenses are not always being reported for attempting to operate their vehicles while under the influence or for … with the court-ordered ignition interlock device (IID) in their vehicles, according to an audit issued today by New … alcoholrelated offenses are not always being reported for attempting to operate their vehicles while under the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-better-monitoring-leandras-law-enforcement-neededOpinion 95-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … proceeds to the townwide general fund, the town board may transfer the sand to a town sewer district without … Whether in lieu of selling the sand and crediting the proceeds to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-17Town of Hanover – Procurement (2025M-58)
… on preparing and filing your CAP, please refer to our brochure, Responding to an OSC Audit Report , which you …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/09/26/town-hanover-procurement-2025m-58Oversight of the Practice of Funeral Directing
… of funeral directing in accordance with relevant law and regulation and if the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is effectively overseeing selected aspects … of funeral directing in accordance with relevant law and regulation and if the New York City Department of Health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/11/26/oversight-practice-funeral-directingRochester Prep Charter School 3 – IT Asset Management (2025M-36)
… information, such as an asset’s serial number, make and model, location, employee or student assigned, acquisition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2025/08/29/rochester-prep-charter-school-3-it-asset-management-2025m-36West Sparta Independent Volunteer Fire Department Company Number 1, Inc. – Board Oversight (2025M-44)
… reports. From January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, the Department’s disbursements totaled $260,823 and … the Department’s annual U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 990 form. 3 However, neither the Treasurer nor accountant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/08/29/west-sparta-independent-volunteer-fire-department-companyDiNapoli: Priceline Commits to Improve Gender and Racial Diversity on its Board of Directors
… seek in its board members. When the Fund filed its request for Priceline to commit to board diversity, the company had … because it is an asset to business,” DiNapoli said. “Fresh ideas can revive stagnant and homogenized boards, and … long-term company growth. Priceline should be commended for pursuing board diversity.” View the proposal that was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapoli-priceline-commits-improve-gender-and-racial-diversity-its-board-directorsMaternal Health
… from the end of pregnancy. Morbidity refers to having a disease or a symptom of disease, or to the amount of disease within a population; … morbidity cases are on the rise, increasing from 146.8 per 10,000 discharges in 2008 to 179.8 per 10,000 discharges in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/30/maternal-healthState Ends 2015-16 Fiscal Year with Strong Cash Position Largely From Temporary Resources
… by a jump in PIT receipts as well as strong growth in real estate transfer and estate tax collections. While these collections were $111.1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/state-ends-2015-16-fiscal-year-strong-cash-position-largely-temporary-resourcesGreenburgh Central School District – Procurement (2024M-147)
… Central School District (District) officials procure time and materials contracts in a cost-efficient manner and provide oversight of awarded contracts? Audit Period July … periodically seek competition for certain goods and services which are anticipated by the district on an as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/10/24/greenburgh-central-school-district-procurement-2024m-147DiNapoli: Number of New Yorkers Going Hungry Increases Despite Improving Economy
… Food insecurity is increasing in New York, with one-in-nine households (11.3% or 875,000 families) unable to get enough food at some point during 2020 through 2022 because they … Food insecurity is increasing in New York with oneinnine households 113 or 875000 families unable to get enough food at some point during 2020 through 2022 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-number-new-yorkers-going-hungry-increases-despite-improving-economyDiNapoli: State Budget Boosts Education Aid and Enacts Paid Family Leave but Falls Short on Ethics Reform and Transparency
… year 2016-17 state budget includes a $1.4 billion increase in school aid, as well as increases to the minimum wage and phased-in personal income tax cuts for most taxpayers, but adds to … also notes the budget sacrificed public transparency both in process and content. “The creation of a paid family leave …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapoli-state-budget-boosts-education-aid-and-enacts-paid-family-leave-falls-short-ethics-reform-andDiNapoli: Livingston County Woman Arrested for Theft of Deceased Mother's Pension Payments
… conduct against those who are most vulnerable in our community or in this case, fraudulent conduct against the New … Retirement System (NYSLRS) member, failed to notify the bank or NYSLRS of her mother’s death and continued to collect … Forensic auditors traced the stolen money from the bank accounts, which Chatley held jointly with her mother, to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-livingston-county-woman-arrested-theft-deceased-mothers-pension-paymentsDiNapoli: Majority of Contracts with Not-For-Profit Organizations Still Approved Late
… number of contract renewals due to the use of multi-year contracting as recommended by DiNapoli. In 2015, 2,332 … of late contracts were the Office of Children & Family Services, the Department of Health and the Office of … a breakdown of self-reported agency performance on late contracting. “The state relies on nonprofit human services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-majority-contracts-not-profit-organizations-still-approved-lateDiNapoli: Former Town of Marion Court Clerk Charged With Pocketing Court Fines and Fees
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Wayne County District Attorney Michael Calarco, and the New York … the arrest of Eileen Steurrys, the former part time court clerk for the Town of Marion, for the alleged theft of $59,293 in court fines, fees … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli Wayne County District Attorney Michael Calarco and the New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-former-town-marion-court-clerk-charged-pocketing-court-fines-and-feesDiNapoli Says Wall Street May Still Have a Good Year Given Strong Start
… Wall Street’s profits were strong in the first half of 2015 at $11.3 billion, the strongest first half since 2011, and … by 2000, and fell further to 19 percent by 2013, remaining at that level in 2014; DiNapoli estimates that in City Fiscal … Wall Streets profits were strong in the first half of 2015 at $113 billion the strongest first half since 2011 and may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-says-wall-street-may-still-have-good-year-given-strong-start