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DiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… (SED) has agreed to improve its enforcement of the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) … and individual schools to take steps toward providing a safe learning environment for students in pre-kindergarten … agencies to notify parents of the option to transfer to a safe public school. On Aug. 1, 2014 SED did designate schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawDiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
… Some individuals on Medicaid receiving treatment for opioid use disorder might have received … or dangerous opioid prescriptions outside of their treatment programs, according to an audit issued by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors found treatment programs were not checking whether patients were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… districts annually spend approximately $60 billion in federal, state and local funds. For additional background or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-2Medicaid Program – Administrative Costs Used in Premium Rate Setting of Mainstream Managed Care Organizations
… applying the administrative costs in determining MCO premium rates. Our audit covered the period January 1, 2011 … care. Under managed care, Medicaid pays MCOs a monthly premium for each enrolled Medicaid recipient, and the MCOs … enrollees. The Department sets the monthly managed care premium rates, which are based, in part, on allowable MCO …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/09/13/medicaid-program-administrative-costs-used-premium-rate-setting-mainstream-managed-careSelected Aspects of Incident Intake and Investigation
… established by the Protection of People With Special Needs Act (Chapter 501 of the Laws of 2012) and began operation on … September 2, 2015, Center records showed that, since its creation, it had received reports of over 113,000 incidents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/06/selected-aspects-incident-intake-and-investigationState Comptroller DiNapoli Report Details LIRR Delays in 2017
… In 2017, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) had its worst on-time performance in 18 years, with an estimated 9.2 million riders … In 2017 the Long Island Rail Road LIRR had its worst ontime performance in 18 years with an estimated 92 million riders …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-report-details-lirr-delays-2017State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC): Generic PINs (2017-BSE7-01) Auditors found DEC's use of fuel cards … a previous comptroller's recommendation to assign unique PINs to individual employees, consistent with the guidelines. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli Calls for State Procurement Reform
… changes to the state’s procurement practices in the wake of criminal charges and allegations of corruption in the awarding of contracts for state economic development projects. “The … changes to the states procurement practices in the wake of criminal charges and allegations of corruption in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-calls-state-procurement-reformOpinion 2006-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Procedural Requirements (procedures when increase in maximum amount to be expended is funded by private … WATER DISTRICTS -- Establishment (procedures when increase in maximum amount to be expended is funded by private …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-2Opinion 89-38
… of New York , 89 Misc 2d 262, 390 NYS2d 784, affd 48 NY2d 917, 425 NYS2d 91; 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-6, p 9). Here, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-38Opinion 89-56
Whether this proposed incentive payment constitutes a gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII 1 of the State Constitution
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56DiNapoli: Shift in MTA's Paratransit Program Generates Cost Savings
… Costs for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) program to provide transportation services for people with disabilities have declined in recent … Costs for the Metropolitan Transportation Authoritys MTA program to provide transportation services for people with disabilities have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-shift-mtas-paratransit-program-generates-cost-savingsMedicaid Program - Medicaid Managed Care Organization Fraud and Abuse Detection
… to 90 percent or higher by the end of 2016. Despite this operational shift, the State remains legally responsible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/15/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-organization-fraud-and-abuse-detectionDiNapoli: Pre-K Special Education Schools Took $1.4 Million in Unallowed Expenses
… Aim High Children’s Services and the Hebrew Institute for the Deaf and Exceptional Children , two Brooklyn preschool … claimed nearly $1.4 million in taxpayer reimbursements for ineligible costs, according to audits released today by … Aim High Childrens Services and the Hebrew Institute for the Deaf and Exceptional Children two Brooklyn preschool …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-pre-k-special-education-schools-took-14-million-unallowed-expensesDiNapoli: Identity Theft Cases Surged in New York in 2020
… office to launch a full audit. Identity thieves have also attempted to leverage news of government COVID-related …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-identity-theft-cases-surged-new-york-2020DiNapoli: MTA Needs to Refocus Attention on Overdue Upgrades and Preparations for Extreme Weather
… needs that pays particular attention to the growing threat climate change poses to transit, and its most recent 20-year … riders back. Protecting against the growing threat of climate change must also be among its top priorities because climate change threatens all aspects of our regional transit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-mta-needs-refocus-attention-overdue-upgrades-and-preparations-extreme-weatherDiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths
… The New York State Department of Health (DOH) needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates decline, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas … severe maternal morbidity cases, despite officials saying an analytic strategy to monitor them is needed. Officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsDiNapoli: State Agency Mishandled Housing Discrimination Complaints
… to properly or quickly investigate others. Tenants whose complaints were mishandled may have been left to face … The agency should establish new procedures that ensure complaints are handled with the attention and respect they … Auditors reviewed 306 of 2,236 housing discrimination complaints made to DHR from April 2019 to October 2023. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-state-agency-mishandled-housing-discrimination-complaintsLocal Sales Taxes Surge 49.2 Percent in April-June 2021 Over Same Quarter in 2020: Statewide Collections Strong Even Compared to Pre-Pandemic Period
Local sales tax collections in New York State grew by 49.2 percent, or just over $1.6 billion, in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year, a dramatic increase from last year’s weak collections during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-taxes-surge-in-april-june-2021.pdfState Agencies Bulletin No. 1842
… No. 1842.1 . Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of the updated AC-2772 Direct Deposit Form for NYS Employees (Rev. 07/2020), and to provide guidance to agencies when processing the new form. … The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of the updated AC2772 Direct Deposit Form …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1842-updated-direct-deposit-form-nys-employees-ac-2772