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DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 1.6% in First Quarter
… quarter JanuaryMarch of 2024 an increase of 16 or $873 million compared to the same quarter last year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-16-first-quarterDeath Benefits
… Ordinary Death Benefit If you have at least one year of service credit and die while in active service, and your death is not the result of an on-the-job … other earnings limitations may also apply. Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS) Tiers 2, 3, 5 and 6 in regular …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/death-benefitsWestchester County Sisters Charged With Hiding Their Mother's Death to Steal From Retirement System
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/westchester-county-sisters-charged-hiding-their-mothers-death-steal-retirement-systemOil Spill Fund
… victim of someone else’s oil spill, you may file a damage claim form with the Fund for your financial loss. How to Make a … any documents that you think may prove your damages. Mail everything to our address by certified mail. Other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/oil-spill-fundOpinion 96-8
… LAW, §99-l(1)(a); VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§155, 1630; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, §361: Towns and villages are entitled … from a photo-monitoring system. Section 2985 of the Public Authorities Law empowers any public authority which operates a toll highway, bridge and/or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-8DiNapoli: Former Town Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $4,000 From Town of Lincoln
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Chenango … report $3,869 in cash deposits and, instead, embezzled the money for her personal use. Becker pleaded guilty before …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-former-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-stealing-nearly-4000-town-lincolnXIV.8 Controls to Prevent Prohibited Transactions Using Sole Custody Funds – XIV. Special Procedures
… Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism." This order prohibits New … Foreign Assets Control has directed its rules particularly to banking institutions and securities/investment houses. … Units should ensure no payment of state funds are issued to those individuals or organizations identified in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv8-controls-prevent-prohibited-transactions-using-sole-custody-fundsOpinion 2002-15
… 626, mod 55 NY2d 915, 449 NYS2d 27; DuBois v Village of New Paltz , 35 NY2d 617, 364 NYS2d 506). Further, we have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15State Agencies Bulletin No. 1007
… Employees All employees who receive a New York State payroll check currently issued from Bank of America are … OSC Actions OSC will begin issuing New York State employee payroll checks from the General Checking Account maintained … reflect Key Bank’s policies concerning the cashing of NYS payroll checks. Key Bank will provide check cashing services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1007-change-bank-new-york-state-employee-payroll-checksWestchester Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud for Attempting to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… Guy Parisi, a Westchester attorney, pled guilty today to a mail fraud charge arising from his attempt to embezzle funds … a court-appointed administrator. Parisi entered the plea in White Plains federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge … Parisi, 71, of Rye, New York, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/westchester-attorney-pleads-guilty-mail-fraud-attempting-embezzle-decedents-estate-which-he-was-courtSyracuse Academy of Science Charter School – Purchases from Selected Vendors and Enrollment and Billing (2012M-219)
… were affiliated with one another. The required number of quotes was not always obtained, quotes were sometimes dated after the purchase was made, officials did not document verbal quotes, and officials received quotes for equipment and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2013/07/05/syracuse-academy-science-charter-school-purchases-selected-vendors-andIX.7.A Funds – IX. Federal Grants
… fund, they must submit a new fund request form to the OSC Bureau of State Accounting Operations, Federal Payment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7a-fundsSmall Estates Affidavit (S.C.P.A. Section 1310)
If the account owner is deceased and there was no estate representative appointed by the courts, the surviving spouse or child of the deceased or the unreimburs
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/unclaimed-funds/claimants/pdf/small-estates-affidavit.pdfFAQs ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EXTENSION OF TOWN SPECIAL DISTRICTS CONCERNING REQUIRED DETERMINATIONS AND METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
FAQs ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EXTENSION OF TOWN SPECIAL DISTRICTS CONCERNING REQUIRED DETERMINATIONS AND METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/required-reporting/pdf/Appendix-B-Special-District-FAQ.pdfExecutive Director of Baychester Youth Council Indicted for Stealing More Than $100,000 From Federal Grant
… group has been indicted on charges she stole $112,000 from a state-administered, federally funded grant to support … in 2012 and found she used $250,400 for inappropriate or undocumented expenses-- including a home theater-- and the … checks to cash, herself or family, and made wire transfers from the accounts. When confronted with her gambling records, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/executive-director-baychester-youth-council-indicted-stealing-more-100000-federal-grantDiNapoli Statement on His Placement Agent Ban Becoming Law
… agents or intermediaries by the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund). This bill (A.3137/S.4761) codifies … the previous administration's wrongdoing. It was clear to me that placement agents were corrosive and unnecessary," …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-statement-his-placement-agent-ban-becoming-lawState Agencies Bulletin No. 267
… a decrease in the supplemental wage flat withholding rate from 28% to 27.5%. Affected Employees Any employee who … contact the IRS at the toll free number 1-800-829-3676 or visit their website at www.irs.ustreas.gov to view this … a decrease in the supplemental wage flat withholding rate from 28 to 275 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/267-supplemental-wage-flat-withholding-rate-decreaseIX.10.B Federal Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Background – IX. Federal Grants
… to provide the state's Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) (also known as the Taxpayer Identification … will be the following: A list of offsets by agency, Agency contact information, The collection report provided by TOP, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix10b-federal-treasury-offset-program-top-backgroundState Agencies Bulletin No. P-394
Pay Perf Adv for PS&T Emp Due On or After 4/1/84
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/pdf/agencies-p-394.pdfRed Flags for Fraud
Red flags are warnings that something could be or is wrong.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/red_flags_fraud.pdf