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Opinion 88-66
… and receives adequate consideration. This is in reply to your letter concerning the ability of a city school district … whether a particular computer program may be copyrighted. Your first question involves the provisions of the Federal … employee (see Education Law, §§1709[9], 2503[1], [6]). Your second question concerns the school district's authority …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-66State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Office of Children and Family Services – Oversight of Adult Protective Services Programs (Follow-Up) (2023-F-6) The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) oversees Adult Protective Services (APS), State-mandated services for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsVendRep System Guide for Agency Users
… to the user when the mouse is hovered over the name. View My Assigned Roles Hover the mouse over your name found in … when you are finished viewing the data Back to top View My Organization's Users The View Users page displays all the … by clicking in each column header. Back to top Change My Password Click "My Apps" in the upper right corner of any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/vendrep-system-guide-agency-usersOpinion 88-16
… §8012(b)(1); COUNTY LAW, §650: A sheriff is entitled to poundage fees on income executions amounting to 5% of the principal and interest collected. Poundage is … of computing poundage, it is still necessary to discuss how poundage will affect the periodic installments of income …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16IV.4.B Department Operations – Non-Personal Service – IV. Accounting Codes - Uses and Descriptions
… contractors or firms who receive emergency calls and dispatch police, fire or ambulance services. 55211 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iv/iv4b-department-operations-non-personal-serviceSexual Harassment Policy for the Office of the State Comptroller
… another employee’s body or poking another employees’ body; Rape, sexual battery, molestation or attempts to commit these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/sexual-harassment-policyMedicaid Program – Improper Managed Care Payments for Recipients With Duplicate Client Identification Numbers
… behalf of recipients with duplicate Client Identification Numbers. The audit covered the period January 1, 2014 to June … behalf of recipients with duplicate Client Identification Numbers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/29/medicaid-program-improper-managed-care-payments-recipients-duplicate-client-identificationDiNapoli: Audit Shows Former Highway Superintendent Took Taxpayers for a Ride in Town of Erin
… The former highway superintendent for the Town of Erin in Chemung County made personal purchases and used … felony. The arrest was the result of a Joint Task Force on Public Integrity investigation, a collaborative effort to … and Attorney General Schneiderman’s Joint Task Force works to root out corruption across the state and has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-audit-shows-former-highway-superintendent-took-taxpayers-ride-town-erinSeized Assets Program
… of the New York State Division of State Police (Division) is to serve, protect, and defend the people of New York State … proceeds of a criminal activity. For asset seizure cases in which the Division is involved, its Asset Seizure Unit … amounts it receives. For 13 assets, the difference between what the Division expected to receive and what it actually …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/23/seized-assets-programOpinion 92-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Oversight and Monitoring of the Public Housing Modernization Program at the New York City Housing Authority
… Purpose The objective of this audit was to assess the Division of Housing and Community Renewal’s oversight and monitoring of certain New York City Housing Authority projects funded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/26/oversight-and-monitoring-public-housing-modernization-program-new-york-city-housingDiNapoli: Former Mechanics at State Police Garage Charged With Public Corruption and Grand Larceny
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and New York State Police Acting Superintendent Kevin P. … with the New York State Police and the Madison County District Attorney’s Office, these individuals will now face … by our own employees, who used State Police resources for their personal benefit. We will not tolerate illegal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-former-mechanics-state-police-garage-charged-public-corruption-and-grand-larcenyOversight of Sidewalk Sheds
… Objective To determine if the New York City (NYC or City) Department of Buildings (DOB) adequately monitors that NYC sidewalk …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/06/oversight-sidewalk-shedsDiNapoli: Pennsylvania Man Impersonated Deceased Father to Steal His NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… 2017 through October 2022, Gritman stole $117,194 in pension benefits from the New York State and Local Retirement … “Timothy Gritman hid his father’s death to collect his pension and Social Security payments for more than four … will continue to hold anyone who seeks to defraud the pension system accountable no matter who or where they are.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-pennsylvania-man-impersonated-deceased-father-steal-his-nys-pension-and-social-securityXI.18.E Public Officers Law – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… This section provides guidance on laws, policies, and … generally available to the public; and rendering services for compensation, in relation to any case, proceeding, … whether such individual was a State employee and, if so, whether contracting with such individual will result in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18e-public-officers-lawDiNapoli Finds Over $100 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released three … provides critical health care services to millions of New Yorkers but the program is dogged by oversight problems … mistakes don’t end up costing taxpayers.” The New York State Medicaid program is administered by DOH and is a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/dinapoli-finds-over-100-million-inappropriate-medicaid-paymentsHealth, Safety, and Accessibility in District 75 Schools
… Act (ADA) compliant for students attending District 75 schools. The audit covered the period July 1, 2018 through … at its more than 1,800 elementary, middle, and high schools, including 202,000 students who receive special … education students were enrolled in District 75 facilities/schools. District 75’s network of facilities includes 59 main …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/04/12/health-safety-and-accessibility-district-75-schoolsOpinion 88-37
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … including 11 Opns St Comp, 1955, p 388 and 4 Opns St Comp, 1948, p 351, are hereby superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether the city may finance the purchase of five automobiles to be used …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37City of Newburgh – Budget Review (B23-6-9)
… our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the City’s 2023 … The City should refrain from including the $1.5 million revenue and corresponding expenditures in their 2024 adopted … is no assurance the State will appropriate additional money for this program in fiscal year 2024-25. The City could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/11/17/city-newburgh-budget-review-b23-6-9Opinion 89-2
… by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-2