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North Syracuse Central School District – Professional Services (2022M-34)
… School District (District) officials sought competition for the procurement of professional services and entered into … we reviewed, they did not always seek competition for professional services in accordance with District policy. … providers without seeking competition. Used a request for proposals (RFP) process to select certain professional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/29/north-syracuse-central-school-district-professional-services-2022m-34Photos: State Comptroller DiNapoli Visits Wyoming County Farm
… to federal policy are creating financial uncertainty for our farmers." Also today, DiNapoli released a report … and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/photos-state-comptroller-dinapoli-visits-wyoming-county-farmConstitutional Tax Limits
… The New York State Constitution places a legal limit on the authority of … issues Select option 1 Or Email us at: localgov@osc.ny.gov Questions related to completing the Constitutional Tax … form Select option 3 Or Email us at: LGSAMonitoring@osc.ny.gov Understanding the Constitutional Tax Limit Documents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/constitutional-tax-limitsState Authority Contract Approval, Reporting and Filing
… Which Contracts Require Prior Review and Approval All State authorities are required to submit certain contracts … For a full description of the contract submission process, read the State Authority Contract Submission Manual or use … Annual Reports and Contract Transactions Determining Which New Contracts Require Prior Approval or Filing Determining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/public-authorities/state-authority-contract-approval-reporting-and-filingDeveloping an Effective Fund Balance Policy
Please print out the slideshow presentation prior to the webinar to following along for valuable information on how to develop an effective fund balnce policy.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/fund-balance-012319.pdfXII.3 Record Retention – Accounts Payable Vouchers and Land Claims – XII. Expenditures
… sheets) Personnel Services (Note: Salary and Fringe rates must be substantiated.) Certified payroll registers … forms (if applicable) Contractual agreements for salary rates and/or benefits payable Personal activity reports or … CFR 2 Part 225/OMB Circular A-87) Documents to support rates for fringe benefits calculations For information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii3-record-retention-accounts-payable-vouchers-and-land-claimsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… report covering the period April 1, 2016, through May 31, 2019, found that while the department’s industrial hemp … TMH beyond the declared COVID-19 disaster emergency. As a result, some patients may no longer be able to access TMH … that the procedures were followed completely. In addition, 26 of the 80 events required the railroad’s Emergency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: MTA Faces Worst Financial Crisis in History
… MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye has warned it may have to reduce costs by cutting subway and bus service by 40 percent … $200 million annually starting in 2021, but the July Plan does not reflect this. It has not detailed how it will … for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-mta-faces-worst-financial-crisis-historyDiNapoli Releases Report on Municipalities Close to Exceeding Tax Limits
… cities, counties and villages in New York that are close to reaching their Constitutional Tax Limit (CTL) has more than doubled since 2012, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … or more of their CTL. By 2018, that number had risen to 20, with ten municipalities exhausting more than 90 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/dinapoli-releases-report-municipalities-close-exceeding-tax-limitsDiNapoli: Dormitory Authority Overstated MWBE Contract Participation
… with a notation that they were “in care of” the MWBE vendor. However, there was no evidence that the MWBE vendor actually had any role in the procurements. DiNapoli’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-dormitory-authority-overstated-mwbe-contract-participationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… has not established a formal process for staying current on system cybersecurity threats. Water plant officials do not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… audits of the Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls , Charter School for Applied Technologies , Eugenio … 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli Identifies Problems With Low-Cost Power Program
… (MW) of power it can allocate statewide for economic development. Fifty percent of the power comes from … the remaining 50 percent is purchased by NYPA on the open market. Auditors determined that NYPA overrode several … cited numerous concerns on how the state awards economic development benefits, measures success of the various …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-identifies-problems-low-cost-power-programExxon's Investors Call for Meaningful Climate Risk Plan
… Investors led by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, as trustee of the … investors expect from the oil and gas majors," said Edward Mason, Head of Responsible Investment for the Church …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/exxons-investors-call-meaningful-climate-risk-planNYS and NYC Pension Funds To SEC: Greater Disclosure Needed On Risks Faced By Fossil Fuel Industry
NYS Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and NYC Scott M Stringer today called on the SEC 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 those challenges
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/nys-and-nyc-pension-funds-sec-greater-disclosure-needed-risks-faced-fossil-fuel-industryDiNapoli: NYC's Property Tax Bills Rise Along With Burden on Working- and Middle-Class Homeowners
… The State Comptroller determined this was due in part to market volatility and aspects of how the city calculates … property taxes. “New York City’s residential real estate market has proven resilient to the pandemic as prices remain … co-ops and condos are generally not assessed based on market value driven by sales prices, but instead on the value …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-nycs-property-tax-bills-rise-along-burden-working-and-middle-class-homeownersSelected Performance Measures
… Database (NTD). The FTA uses this information as the basis for allocation of federal funding. In some instances, the FTA … defines a performance measure differently than the MTA. For example, the MTA generally considers ridership to be the … are critical to evaluating actual service and conditions. For two key performance measures – MDBF and ridership – we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/06/selected-performance-measuresComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following … decisions and commonly requested data. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDistressed Provider Assistance Account
… New York Agency Trust Fund, Distressed Provider Assistance Account, annually, for two years. These funds were to be used … Withholding by County for Distressed Provider Assistance Account, Fiscal Year 2020-21 [xlsx] (deferred until January …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/data/distressed-provider-assistance-accountDiNapoli Op-Ed: Act on Proposal to Help State & Local Governments Pay for Retiree Health Care
… that current taxpayers are paying for promises made a long time ago to retirees. It is sort of like paying the … costs over the long term. There would be no limit on how much or how little a government can deposit into the trust. Prefunding these benefits is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-op-ed-act-proposal-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-care