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Food Safety Monitoring (Follow-Up) (2015-F-10)

The objective of our follow-up was to assess the extent of implementation, as of May 28, 2015, of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report (2013-S-27).

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2015-15f10.pdf

Hold Harmless Form

In consideration of the payment of this claim, I will reimburse to the Office of the State Comptroller and the State of New York the amount due to any additiona

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/unclaimed-funds/claimants/pdf/hold-harmless.pdf

Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse (Follow-Up) (2024-F-2)

To determine the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report, Reimbursement of Homeless Shelter Providers – Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse (Report 2021-S-34).

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-24f2.pdf

DiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs

… rated 3 or higher are worn or damaged. The survey does not consider cleanliness, routine maintenance needs or …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairs

Administration and Collection of Real Estate Transfer Taxes

… grantor is exempt from the tax or does not pay, in which case the grantee (buyer) must pay the tax. An additional RETT … by the grantee, unless the grantee is exempt, in which case the grantor must pay it. State RETT collections total …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/08/administration-and-collection-real-estate-transfer-taxes

Opinion 93-12

… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (travel expenses - …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-12

Opinion 92-29

… (applicability of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of deputy police commissioner); (salary of individual filling vacancy in office of police … (applicability of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of deputy commissioner); (salary of individual filling …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29

DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments

… operates 52 schools with approximately 29,700 students and 6,978 employees. The district's budgeted appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year are approximately $865 million, which are funded …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-payments

Practices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees (Follow-Up)

… in uncollected summons fines and fees because their 20-year limit had been reached. Key Finding We found that the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/07/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-fees-follow

DiNapoli: Pension Contribution Rates for Employers Will Decrease for State Fiscal Year 2018-19

… State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) in State Fiscal Year 2018-19 will decrease from State Fiscal Year 2017-18, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-pension-contribution-rates-employers-will-decrease-state-fiscal-year-2018-19

Opinion 90-6

… Social Services Districts (acceptance of corporate grant for day care purposes) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and … district" is authorized to apply for and accept private gifts of money, property and services for any purpose … services district is authorized to apply for and accept gifts of money for any purpose provided for in the Social …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6

Opinion 90-55

… We reached this conclusion based, in part, on the case of Pease v Colucci , 59 AD2d 233, 399 NYS2d 519, in … wages upon obtaining mandatory retirement age. As is the case with firefighters under section 207-a, it has been held … in Opn No. 88-27, supra , applies equally in the case of village police officers and that a village which …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55

Opinion 91-13*

… court concurred with the Massena court that "the source of funding is irrelevant where, in fact, the local authority … at 176). In our view, this reference to the sources of funding suggests that the court may have reached a different …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-13

Opinion 94-17

… Recycling Services (imposition and collection of fees for) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Tax Levy (inclusion of … or penalties, may be relevied with the next annual real property tax in accordance with the procedures … You ask whether a city may include in the next succeeding real property tax levy the amount of unpaid fees imposed upon …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17

Opinion 88-44

… Disclosure is not required under section 803 in the case of an interest in a contract which is not prohibited … that there is no prohibited conflict of interest in this case, the town's code of ethics should be consulted to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44

DiNapoli: Former Clerk/Treasurer of Village of Norwood Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $70K From Village

… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, St. Lawrence County District Attorney Gary Pasqua and the New York State Police today announced that Nancy … pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree for stealing $73,725 from the village. “Nancy Berger treated …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-former-clerktreasurer-village-norwood-pleads-guilty-stealing-over-70k-village

DiNapoli: MTA Budget Outlook Improves

… plans to raise fares and tolls by 15 percent over a three-year period, according to an analysis of the MTA’s financial … the MTA has eliminated the 2014 budget gap and reduced out-year gaps to a cumulative total of $240 million from $638 … The MTA estimates that it would need to invest $26.6 billion during the 2015-2019 time frame to maintain and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/09/dinapoli-mta-budget-outlook-improves

State Comptroller DiNapoli Calls on Corporations to Disclose Political Spending

… political discourse has magnified significant risks for corporations that contribute to political causes. It … and expenditures (direct and indirect) to any campaign for or against a candidate, or to influence public opinion on … or other third-party groups receiving company money for political activities to report how the funds are being …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-calls-corporations-disclose-political-spending