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State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on MTA's Release of Its 2025-2029 Capital Program

… forward with the program it must be fully transparent on how the projects it has chosen to prioritize are the right ones to improve safety, frequency … in planned spending over both capital programs that do not yet have an identified funding source. Like the MTA, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-mtas-release-its-2025-2029-capital-program

Town of Pitcairn – Claims Auditing (2024M-69)

… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Pitcairn (Town) Town Board (Board) properly audited claims … Board did not properly audit all claims prior to payment. Of 173 claims we reviewed totaling $620,325, 96 claims … and one paving claim totaling $99,691 were approved by the Board without evidence that competition was sought. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/09/20/town-pitcairn-claims-auditing-2024m-69

Town of Lapeer – Budgeting (2024M-127)

… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Lapeer (Town) Town Board (Board) developed and adopted realistic budgets. Key Findings The Board did not develop and adopt realistic budgets. As a … funds increased to levels between 85 and 182 percent of the 2024 appropriations, as of December 31, 2023. The audit …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/31/town-lapeer-budgeting-2024m-127

Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-154

… Training Stipend ( MTS ) on November 30, 2009 will not receive an automatic payment. Agency Actions Agencies must not make any changes until contacted by OSC. Agencies are … employees in Negotiating Units SR, SY and S9 who were not processed automatically, including those on Workers’ …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-154-december-2009-ucs-uniform-allowance-and-uniform-blazer

Opinion 2002-15

… for the cost of street lighting within a town pursuant to Town Law §64(19) and Highway Law §327 are raised on a … 79 AD2d 628, 433 NYS2d 626, mod 55 NY2d 915, 449 NYS2d 27; DuBois v Village of New Paltz , 35 NY2d 617, 364 NYS2d 506). … concluded that a local government may not, pursuant to its home rule powers, exempt properties in that portion of a town …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15

Opinion 2002-15

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1099

… modified must be returned to the employee for completion of a new card. The Amount of Deduction requested on the authorization card is the … code 851, a new on-line enrollment process established by the authorized federated community campaign (EarthShare) …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1099-2012-sefa-state-employees-federated-appeal-campaign

Opinion 2008-3

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … (authority to make cash refunds of unexpended monies in a capital reserve fund) -- Powers and Duties (authority to make … act of the State Legislature, the fire district may "return" monies in the reserve fund to taxpayers by making …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-3

Opinion 97-3

… 1182 of the Real Property Tax Law does not authorize a village to waive interest and penalties on taxes which became a lien prior to January 1, 1995. Until December 31, 1999, … levied prior to the dates specified in those sections. You ask whether, pursuant to section 1182 of the Real …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3

Opinion 94-32

… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Villages (continuation of service award program if fire department ceases to provide service outside village or …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32

IX.8.C Payments to the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Department of Education – IX. Federal Grants

… The procedures that follow pertain to the refund or return of federal funds to the U.S. Treasury … results in an increase in federal fund cash that will not be immediately disbursed for program purposes and therefore … on the check remittance, indicating to the federal agency what award the refund applies to. Payment Note Box on the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix8c-payments-us-treasury

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… because the member was retroactively disenrolled ($4.6 million), or the claims were paid for services that … provided. By the end of the audit fieldwork, about $6.8 million of the improper payments had been recovered. … of age. WARC is reimbursed for these services through rates set by SED. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits

CUNY Bulletin No. CU-704

CUNY Bulletin No CU704

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-704-city-university-new-york-cuny-paid-family-leave

Passenger Vehicle Fleet Management

… decentralized approach to managing its fleet of passenger cars and trucks. More recently, the State’s Spending and … for personal transportation. The remaining 6,700 were cars and light-duty trucks used by staff to conduct business. … were recognized by our audit, while others either occurred near to or after the end of our audit fieldwork (and possibly …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/17/passenger-vehicle-fleet-management

CUNY Bulletin No. CU-572

… Purpose To inform agencies of raise eligibility and automatic processing and to provide … in a separate bulletin Background Pursuant to Memorandum of Agreement between the City University of NY and the PSC … be applied in accordance with the eligibility criteria set by the CUNY University Office of Labor Relations. Agency …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-572-2012-2016-psc-retroactive-general-salary-increases

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2052

… the straight rate (Earnings Codes such as AJT, FEE, FRC, FNR, RGH, RGS, EXT) in all eligible positions during the … OT .00120 $1.80 HO7 HealthCareBonus$500 OT St Rt $0.24 HO8 HealthCareBonus$1000 OT St Rt $0.48 HO9 … the straight rate (Earnings Codes such as AJT, FEE, FRC, FNR, RGH, RGS, EXT) in all eligible positions during the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2052-health-care-and-mental-hygiene-worker-bonuses-state-employees

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1757

… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the September 2019 PEF Performance Advances and provide …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1757-september-2019-public-employees-federation-pef-performance-advances-and

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1336

… Purpose To inform agencies of new earnings codes and procedures for processing the 2014-2016 Year-Round … equal to ANN or HRY) of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; the Staten Island Developmental … to Section 7 of Part A of Chapter 491 of the Laws of 2011 and the Division of the Budget Bulletin B-1210 issued …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1336-2014-2016-deficit-reduction-plan-psnu-employees-year-round-lifeguard