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DiNapoli: 26 School Districts in Fiscal Stress

… This is a decrease from 59 districts that were listed in stress last year. "While it is welcome news that so few … school districts across the state have been classified as in fiscal stress, school officials should remain vigilant and … DiNapoli's office has assessed levels of fiscal stress in school districts. Using financial indicators that include …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-26-school-districts-fiscal-stress

DiNapoli: New York’s Employee Stock Ownership Plans Lead Nation in Assets

… have the opportunity to provide resources on the expansion of employee ownership programs and increase employers’ and employees’ understanding of how they can benefit all stakeholders.” Employee ownership … arrangements in which employees own a defined element of the company they work for. It does not necessarily mean …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-new-yorks-employee-stock-ownership-plans-lead-nation-assets

DiNapoli: Lack of Transparency With School Districts' Financial Reports May Leave Taxpayers in the Dark

… on their websites, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. When they did post the … June 30, 2019, found that while each district maintained a website, many did not post all mandatory financial … they were unaware that information is required. DiNapoli’s report also found: Six school districts (Beacon City School …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-lack-transparency-school-districts-financial-reports-may-leave-taxpayers-dark

DiNapoli: Renewable Energy Projects Taking Years To Become Operational in NYS

… energy projects have been taking more than three years to receive siting permits due to application delays, … timelines to allow the state to better assess its progress in meeting its renewable energy goals.” ORES was created in … but there is no requirement for ORES to track or account for how long it takes to complete an application. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-renewable-energy-projects-taking-years-become-operational-nys

DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Additional Steps to Reduce Student Absenteeism

… of enrolled school days in a year for any reason – excused or unexcused. SED figures indicate nearly 19 percent of … action nor did the department perform any oversight or monitoring to determine the extent to which districts … address students who were identified as chronically absent or at risk of being so. They found attendance policies in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-audit-recommends-additional-steps-reduce-student-absenteeism

DiNapoli and William Glasgall Op-Ed

… fiscal federalism entered a new era, and will state budget practices be transformed along with it? At the core of these … and processes for how they conduct and report public accounting practices, debt, and disclosures. The first … of state and local governments is improving public accounting practices. In New York in the 1970s, we saw …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-and-william-glasgall-op-ed

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1498

… (10) = Biweekly Contract Amount (excluding Location and/or Inconvenience Pay) A teacher will only be paid for the … Basis Code 21P who are Hired, Rehired, Concurrently Hired or have a position change effective the first date of the … teacher is in the same position, complete a Position Data form requesting a change in Pay Basis Code effective …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1498-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachers

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1337

… Corrections and Community Services Office of Mental Health School for the Blind School for the Deaf Office of Children and Family Services … Agreement, teachers who have elected to be paid over the school year will be paid based on the actual number of days …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1337-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachers

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1261

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1261-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachers

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1416

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1416-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachers

State Agencies Bulletin No. 917

… (10) = Biweekly Contract Amount (excluding Location and/or Inconvenience Pay) *Daily Rate is prorated if the teacher … Basis Code 21P who are Hired, Rehired, Concurrently Hired, or have a position change effective the first date of the … teacher is in the same position, complete a Position Data form requesting a change in Pay Basis Code effective 9/1/09. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/917-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-21p-institution-teachers

DiNapoli: One in Ten New York Households Suffer From Food Insecurity

… food insecurity at some point between 2019-21, according to a report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The … outreach to additional communities and get creative about how we tackle the pressing problem of food insecurity.” "Food … were the epicenter of the pandemic, I have seen firsthand how food insecurity devastated not only my community but …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-one-ten-new-york-households-suffer-food-insecurity

XIII.5 Alternatives to the State Travel Card – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement

… Section Overview While Business Units should encourage employees to apply for the State Travel … Operations REV. 03/19/2012 … While Business Units should encourage employees to apply for the State Travel Card …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii5-alternatives-state-travel-card

Opinion 96-18

… REFERENDUM -- Advisory (village becoming a city) VILLAGE LAW, §§1-102, 4-412, 9-912: Absent an act of the State … of express statutory authority ( McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; Mills v Sweeney , 219 NY 213; Kupferman v Katz , 19 AD2d 824, 243 NYS2d 773, affd …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-18

Economic Benefits of Open Space Preservation, March 2010

One tenet of the “smart growth” movement is that communities should strive to preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty and critical environmental areas.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/environmental-open-space-2010.pdf

DiNapoli: State Agencies Persistently Late with Not-For-Profits Contracts

… 2,276 (50 percent) were processed after their start or renewal dates. Of the 2,266 contracts approved on time, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/dinapoli-state-agencies-persistently-late-not-profits-contracts

Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-319.1

… the effective date of the payment, the payroll system does not consider the AC-230 when calculating the automatic … to the Social Security Administration (SSA). As PayServ does not include this information, OSC will be mailing a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-3191-retroactive-april-2022-ucs-sled-payment-increase

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2105

… the agency’s inability to locate the employee, the agency should follow the Agency Actions identified in Payroll … . Checks issued to eligible employees who are now deceased should be submitted as a stop payment request with a reason of Exchange in PayServ. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2105-change-shift-differential-payment-amounts-specific-nursing-titles