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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… stock and disbursed 106 payments totaling $782,518 prior to board approval. He also kept a town computer used to … may not be able to sufficiently plan and budget for the replacement of highway equipment and there is an increased … supervisor did not retain documentation related to scrap metal sales or account for sales totaling $1,277. Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsHazard Mitigation and Coordination
… York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) adequately monitors and coordinates with New York City agencies for natural hazard mitigation, evacuation, and continuity of operations. The audit covered the period … hit New York City 10 years ago, on October 29, 2012, and in its wake left hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/25/hazard-mitigation-and-coordinationNYS Comptroller DiNapoli and Church of England Call on ExxonMobil to Set Targets for Lowering GHG Emissions
… the Paris Agreement to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees, and to pursue efforts to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-and-church-england-call-exxonmobil-set-targets-lowering-ghg-emissionsOpinion 2003-1
… Opns St Comp No. 91-10, p 24), unless the petition, in the case of an article 12 district, or the notice of hearing, in the case of an article 12-A district, states that the costs of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 88-71
… CITIES -- Powers and Duties (waiver of penalties arising from nonpayment of water rents to compromise a claim) CLAIMS … Compromise or Settlement of (waiver of penalties arising from nonpayment of water rents) GENERAL CITY LAW, §20(1): … a city may waive the imposition of penalties arising from a property owner's nonpayment of water rents in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-71DiNapoli: Tax Exemptions Jump While Job Gains Slow for IDA Projects
… Development Agencies (IDAs) provided $660 million in net tax exemptions in 2013, up $105 million from 2012 but … business within their communities. “Although the amount of tax breaks IDAs provided to private companies noticeably … state’s 109 active IDAs provided $1.38 billion in total tax exemptions in 2013. These exemptions were partially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-tax-exemptions-jump-while-job-gains-slow-ida-projectsLocal Government – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… billion) for local governments outside of New York City. School districts, towns, and villages received $23.9 billion, … period. The inflation factor for local governments with a calendar fiscal year in 2024 is 6.26 percent. The combination … 2021. Nearly all of this (95.8 percent) came from school district elementary and secondary education, with most of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/local-governmentNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Win at SEC
… proposal from a shareholders' vote at its annual meeting. Today, the SEC rejected that request. “This is a … our proposal to fellow shareholders at ExxonMobil’s annual meeting.” Edward Mason, Head of Responsible Investment for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-win-secDiNapoli: Fewer Counties Exceeding Tax Cap
… The number of counties overriding New York’s property tax cap has declined by more than half over the past four fiscal … to tighten their budgets even more to stay within the tax cap and deliver services that homeowners expect. I believe … leaders next year will be especially difficult.” The tax cap, which first applied to local governments beginning in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-fewer-counties-exceeding-tax-capComptroller DiNapoli Visits Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center
… Night of the Broken Glass”) to the Center’s library. The book, titled “Pogrom Night 1938,” was presented on behalf of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-visits-holocaust-memorial-and-tolerance-centerChenango Valley Central School District – Audit Follow-Up (2022M-162-F)
… view personal, private and sensitive information (PPSI) 1 or disable the network. Without an IT contingency plan, the … those results confidentially to District officials. 1 Personal, private and sensitive information (PPSI) is any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/12/24/chenango-valley-central-school-district-audit-follow-2022m-162-fOpinion 91-44
… in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health insurance) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover fire … commissioners of a fire district may be provided health insurance through the State health insurance plan at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 96-21
… issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Beach Erosion Control Districts (increase or improvement of … destroyed or worn-out facilities or appurtenances by beach erosion control district) TOWN LAW, §§198(10-a), … the installation of a sand-filled geotube at a town-owned beach in a town beach erosion control district which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… today the following audits have been issued. Department of Health – Improper Medicaid Payments for Outpatient … Medicaid recipients were discharged within 24 hours of admission, indicating a high risk that a portion of these … EOP operated on 28 State-operated SUNY campuses and served 5,969 EOP participants. While SUNY is monitoring EOP, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsVII.2.A Direct Journal Payment – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… is used to record payments received by an agency that do not need to be applied to a customer AR Item, such as … information for other types of miscellaneous receipts that do not need to be applied to an AR Item. Omissions and … is used to record payments received by an agency that do not need to be applied to a customer AR Item such as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii2a-direct-journal-paymentOpinion 90-19
… the regulation of the affairs of the fire company. In the case of town fire districts, this Office has previously …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-19Opinion 97-22
… Permissible Uses (financing by county of construction of community college dormitory) COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- Powers and … COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (financing the cost of community college dormitory) EDUCATION LAW, §§6304, 6306: The county governing board, and not the county community college board of trustees, may authorize the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 94-22
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT … -- Assessments (custody, control and expenditure of) -- District Management Association (contract for services with) … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§980-j, 980-l: Charges imposed on behalf of a town business improvement district are under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22Selected Aspects of the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Program
… annual MWBE goal plans and utilization reports, which are used to prepare an overall MWBE program report to the … five months), and six of the 10 agencies did not explain why significant amounts of their budgets were exempted and … mechanisms to periodically verify that certified MWBEs are at their address of record. Require analysts to obtain all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/04/selected-aspects-minority-and-women-owned-business-enterprises-programState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Payroll Although BOCES officials compensated employees the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0