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DiNapoli Urges New Yorkers To Spend Holiday Gift Cards
… Thomas P. DiNapoli is urging New Yorkers to keep track of gift cards received during the holidays. When gift cards aren’t used for five years, their balances may be … (OUF). In 2024, the office recovered over $21 million from gift cards, more than three times the amount received in 2014 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-spend-holiday-gift-cardsCopiague Fire District – Cash Disbursements (2019M-225)
… Conduct a deliberate and thorough audit of each claim to ensure that each individual claim is a sufficiently supported valid expenditure and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/03/11/copiague-fire-district-cash-disbursements-2019m-225Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (Follow-Up) (2018-F-21)
To determine the extent of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Int
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18f21.pdfDiNapoli: NYC IDA Needs To Improve Its Administration of Business Tax Breaks and Monitoring of Job Creation
… requirements, including the creation and retention of jobs.” The NYCIDA helps eligible local businesses to invest … and project how many full time equivalent (FTE) jobs will be created or retained because of the breaks. In 21 … met or exceeded their FTE projections. Three created jobs but did not meet FTE expectations. Four had fewer FTEs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-nyc-ida-needs-improve-its-administration-business-tax-breaks-and-monitoring-job-creationBuffalo Academy of Science Charter School - Procurement (2019M-250)
Determine whether a competitive process is used to procure goods and services
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2020/03/13/buffalo-academy-science-charter-school-procurement-2019m-250Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (Follow-Up)
… in their difficulty controlling this behavior. The most dangerous of these sex offenders are confined in a secure treatment facility operated by the … of Mental Health. Offenders assessed as less dangerous are released to the community and are subject to Strict and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/oversight-sex-offenders-subject-strict-and-intensive-supervision-and-treatment-followDiNapoli: Former Town of Minerva Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Town Funds
… of the State Comptroller, Division of Investigations, 14th Floor, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236. … Jordan Green …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-former-town-minerva-clerk-sentenced-prison-embezzling-town-fundsDiNapoli Warns Federal Cuts to Health Care Could Hurt Millions of New Yorkers
… said. "We cannot go backwards on health care and force people to choose between buying groceries or seeing a doctor. We need more people to have access to quality health care, not fewer. … million residents. The report found that the number of people covered by Medicaid and other major state programs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-warns-federal-cuts-health-care-could-hurt-millions-new-yorkersDiNapoli: Pandemic Hit to Sales Tax Revenue Threatening Fiscal Health of Local Governments
… New York’s municipalities collected nearly $17 billion in sales tax revenue in 2019, representing 9.7 percent of all … on sales tax revenue, as it has grown at a faster average annual rate (3.5 percent) than all other revenue sources … local sales tax revenues on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis to help local communities and policy makers stay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-pandemic-hit-sales-tax-revenue-threatening-fiscal-health-local-governmentsDiNapoli Urges Changes to Protect Children Placed in Custody of Relatives or Guardians
… The state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is not doing enough to ensure adequate … to act on our recommendations.” OCFS oversees the state’s child welfare system and is responsible for supervising and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-urges-changes-protect-children-placed-custody-relatives-or-guardiansDiNapoli: Former Village of Bemus Point Clerk-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Village Funds
… forged signatures of officials and had village officials sign blank checks, which she then cashed. “Former … The plea resolution was conditioned on full repayment up front, and this is the only reason why a reduction in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-former-village-bemus-point-clerk-treasurer-pleads-guilty-embezzling-village-fundsDiNapoli: City Property Tax Assessments Show Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels Ahead of Schedule
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released … component of which are office buildings , are expected to increase by 11.7% in FY 2023, reaching levels just short …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-city-property-tax-assessments-show-return-pre-pandemic-levels-ahead-scheduleDiNapoli: End of Continuous Medicaid Enrollment Requirement Poses Risks to State Financial Plan
… found this “unwinding” may not meet projections in the Division of the Budget’s (DOB) Mid-Year Update to the Enacted … As a result, New York Medicaid enrollment rose from 6.1 million in January 2020 to just over 8 million in June … spring to Medicaid enrollees with June 30, 2023 coverage end dates, and is sending renewal notices monthly to groups …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-end-continuous-medicaid-enrollment-requirement-poses-risks-state-financial-planCourt-Appointed Executor of Decedent’s Estate Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Embezzlement
… Bayard had pled guilty to one count of wire fraud on October 23, 2018. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel imposed today’s sentence. "Mr. Bayard abused the trust placed in him and pocketed $1.4 … for a fee to estate administrators like Bayard based on a percentage of the value of the estate’s assets. In 2009, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/court-appointed-executor-decedents-estate-sentenced-two-years-prison-embezzlementDiNapoli: SED Needs To Improve Oversight of School Districts' English Language Learners Programs
… a high school diploma is a standard requirement for many jobs and higher education opportunities, graduation or its … and grade as well as the number of ELLs who speak the same home language. Students who are eligible for ELL services are … BE programs if 20 or more ELLs of the same grade level and home language are enrolled in the district. Nine of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-sed-needs-improve-oversight-school-districts-english-language-learners-programsDiNapoli: Better DEC Oversight of Dams Recommended To Prevent Failures and Safeguard Communities
… (DEC) should improve oversight and enforcement of compliance with the state’s dam safety regulations to guard … includes safety inspections, permitting, and oversight of compliance with regulations. Auditors looked at 843 dams from … 10 years. 115 of 843 dams (14%) did not have an annual certification on file, including 110 of 505 (22%) Hazard …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-better-dec-oversight-dams-recommended-prevent-failures-and-safeguard-communitiesFormer Village of Candor Mayor Sentenced to Jail Time for Stealing Village Funds
… with my office to ensure that justice was served in this case.” State Police Superintendent James said , “The … those who break our laws accountable. The victims in this case are the people of New York who put their trust in the … for public office ever again. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/former-village-candor-mayor-sentenced-jail-time-stealing-village-fundsImproper Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the six recommendations … initial report on November 29, 2021. The audit objective was to determine whether Medicaid made improper SMCPs to … termination or miscarriage; and $2.4 million that was paid when the SMCP date of service preceded the birth by 1 to 6 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/07/20/improper-supplemental-maternity-capitation-payments-managed-care-organizations-followInvestors Renew Call on Exxon to Address Climate Risk
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, as trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), and the … taken the steps necessary to demonstrate its resilience in a lower carbon future," DiNapoli said. "We want to know … is for continued profitability as governments around the world live up to their commitment to the Paris Agreement 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/investors-renew-call-exxon-address-climate-riskDiNapoli: Wall St. Profits on Pace to Beat 2016
… $9.3 billion earned in the same period last year, putting Wall St. on pace for a second consecutive year of higher profits, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-wall-st-profits-pace-beat-2016