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NYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for Retirement System for 2021-22
… (NYSLRS) today announced employer contribution rates for the State Fiscal Year 2021-22 will increase from 14.6 percent to 16.2 percent of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 24.4 percent to 28.3 percent of payroll for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS). NYSLRS is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-retirement-system-2021-22State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… problems identified in the initial report. Department of Health (DOH): Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients in Hospice Care (Follow-Up) (2019-F-59) An audit released in December … ranged from 32 percent in District 9 (located in the South Bronx) to 4 percent in District 11 (Northeast Bronx). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Better DEC Oversight of Dams Recommended To Prevent Failures and Safeguard Communities
… of compliance with the state’s dam safety regulations to guard against potential costly and life-threatening failures, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller … DiNapoli. “Dam failures are rare in New York, and we want to keep it that way,” DiNapoli said. “The New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-better-dec-oversight-dams-recommended-prevent-failures-and-safeguard-communitiesDiNapoli Audit Finds MTA Needs to Strengthen Extreme Weather Preparations
… & Tunnels (B&T), NYC Transit Department of Buses (Transit Bus), and MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus) need to improve their preparations for extreme weather … Bridges Tunnels BT NYC Transit Department of Buses Transit Bus and MTA Bus Company MTA Bus need to improve their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-audit-finds-mta-needs-strengthen-extreme-weather-preparationsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-519
… enrollments received after the due date from the Office of the CUNY University Director of Payroll Systems and Operations. Enter the transaction for … Deduction page, insert a row and continue with Step 5. Deduction Code – Enter Deduction Code 897 , CUNY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-519-2016-cuny-charitable-campaignThousands of State Computers and Other IT Devices Unaccounted for or Stored With Lax Security
… The state’s Office of Information Technology Services’ (ITS) lax inventory records have led to thousands of computers and other costly information … technology (IT) equipment being unaccounted for, and the agency destroys new and barely used devices rather than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/thousands-state-computers-and-other-it-devices-unaccounted-or-stored-lax-securityBayport Blue Point Union Free School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-8)
… and beyond. 1 To aid in combating lead poisoning, New York State (NYS) requires all public school districts and Boards … were planned or enacted. Because there is no information on the lead levels of the 39 water outlets not sampled for … within 90 days, pursuant to Section 35 of the New York State General Municipal Law, Section 2116-a (3)(c) of the New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-lead-testing-and-reportingDiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… (VLT) revenue, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Sound business … is a not-for-profit corporation that operates New York State’s three major thoroughbred racetracks at Aqueduct, … program. During the audit period, NYRA spent $36.3 million on capital projects. DiNapoli’s auditors found NYRA lacked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraDiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… There are 25 local governments in fiscal stress, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … towns and one village. Ten of those municipalities are in the highest ranking designation of “significant fiscal stress.” “Nearly six million New Yorkers are living in a community struggling with fiscal stress. My Fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… free of defects, and just 1-in-4 had most or all of their station components in good repair. “New York City Transit … Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which determines station conditions by surveying “structural” components — … serious defects. NYCT data also showed that 27 percent of station components — such as ceilings or columns — needed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsDiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses Declined in 2010
… $27.6 billion in 2010, which would be second only to 2009 when the industry benefited from federal bailouts and … Comptroller has revised his estimate of the growth in the 2009 bonus pool from 17 percent to 27 percent. DiNapoli also … year on record after the $61.4 billion record set in 2009, which was fueled by federal bailouts, low interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2011/02/dinapoli-wall-street-bonuses-declined-2010New York’s Balance of Payments in the Federal Budget: Federal Fiscal Year 2019
… taxes include excise taxes, which are primarily imposed on production, sale or consumption of fuel, tobacco and alcohol … to states based on factors including lane miles and vehicle miles traveled, estimated fuel tax payments by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-balance-payments-federal-budget-federal-fiscal-year-2019Opinion 96-17
… the expenses of volunteer firefighters attending emergency medical service conference); (reimbursement of volunteer … expenses of volunteer firefighters attending an emergency medical services conference if the board of fire … expenses of volunteer firefighters who attend an emergency medical services "conference", presented by a State agency, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Opinion 2003-6
… is in reply to your inquiry concerning taxes levied to support the operation a police department in a town that … its own police department. You ask whether town taxes to support the town police department are to be levied only … police department are not subject to town taxation to support the town police department. Former Governor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-6Opinion 90-44
… exclusive of the cost or value of fringe benefits. This is in response to your inquiry concerning the notice of … whether the "compensation" referred to in section 5-508(3) is limited to salary or must also include the cost or value of fringe benefits. Section 5-508 of the Village Law is a part of article 5 of the Village Law, relating to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… prior to purchase, evidence of competition or compliance with written contractual agreements. Track state and local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsOpinion 89-47
… adopt a resolution dissolving a fire protection district and adding the whole of the dissolved district to an … is located is currently served by the fire district and two fire protection districts. The fire district provides … that the two fire protection districts be dissolved and the whole of each of the dissolved districts added to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47DiNapoli: NYC Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Balanced, but Out Year Gaps Continue to Grow
… budget gaps for Fiscal Years (FY) 2025 through 2027 to an average of $12.6 billion annually, fueled by spending choices made during the pandemic, underbudgeting for recurring spending, and … seekers and an expanded rental assistance program, could average nearly $7.3 billion per fiscal year beginning in FY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-nyc-fiscal-year-2024-budget-balanced-out-year-gaps-continue-growDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for February 2015
… York City. $27.2 million with H & L Contracting LLC "to address bridge scour in Hempstead and Islip. $24 million with … and Disability Assistance $35 million in federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) benefits to assist more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-february-2015XIV.14.F Valuation of Capital Assets – XIV. Special Procedures
… asset in its intended location and condition for use (i.e., freight and transportation charges, site preparation … policies Cost of real estate surveys Cost of an option when it is exercised Special paving assessments Cost of … The costs of normal repairs and maintenance that do not add to the value or extend the lives of assets …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14f-valuation-capital-assets