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Town of Rutland – Water and Sewer Charges (2025M-30)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Rutland (Town) Town Clerk (Clerk) properly billed water … bill water and sewer charges. We identified a total of $8,823 in billing errors that resulted in $4,634 in … to customer accounts and $4,189 in undercharges. Of 81 customer account billing adjustments tested for 2022 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/06/13/town-rutland-water-and-sewer-charges-2025m-30Livonia Central School District – Conflict of Interest (2024M-89)
… had prohibited interests in District contracts pursuant to New York State General Municipal Law (GML) Article 18.A … with the school district which they have a power or duty to negotiate, prepare, authorize or approve; authorize or … for a total cost of $656,579, of which $146,825 related to unnecessary or unused services. The District lacked a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/06/20/livonia-central-school-district-conflict-interest-2024m-89Town of Albion – Supervisor’s Records and Reports (2024M-111)
… real property tax revenue and a $109,000 expenditure for a storage building. In addition, budgetary transfers totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/11/08/town-albion-supervisors-records-and-reports-2024m-111Village of Lake George – Records and Reports (2024M-82)
… Key Findings The Treasurer and former Board-appointed Secretary to the Mayor (Secretary) did not properly fulfill … Village’s financial condition was not properly reported in the Annual Financial Report (AFR). Without reliable … 4-408 or ensure the accuracy of the AFR filed with the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/09/13/village-lake-george-records-and-reports-2024m-82Village of Catskill – Accounting Records and Reports (2024M-66)
… errors and/or irregularities could occur. Properly account for three bank account balances totaling $1.1 million at May …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/09/27/village-catskill-accounting-records-and-reports-2024m-66City of Rensselaer – Accounting Records and Reports (2023M-26)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether City of Rensselaer (City) officials maintained complete, accurate … Determine whether the City of Rensselaer City officials maintained complete accurate and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2024/08/02/city-rensselaer-accounting-records-and-reports-2023m-26Village of Riverside – Clerk-Treasurers' Records and Reports (2024M-107)
… did not record investment transactions and interest and all interfund transfers, improperly recorded receipts, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/11/27/village-riverside-clerk-treasurers-records-and-reports-2024m-107DiNapoli Issues Report on Transparency of Village Fiscal Activities
… public accountants (CPAs) for fiscal year 2023, the CPA audits were not completed in a timely manner, with the CPA audits presented to the two boards nine and 16 months …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-issues-report-transparency-village-fiscal-activitiesTown of Wilson – Fuel Procurement and Monitoring (2024M-131)
… Town officials did not properly procure, monitor or account for fuel. Specifically, the Highway Superintendent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/02/14/town-wilson-fuel-procurement-and-monitoring-2024m-131Biography of the New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
… Thomas P DiNapoli is the 54th Comptroller of the State of New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/comptroller-biographyVillage of Penn Yan – Water Treatment Plant Overtime (2025M-6)
… and Deputy Director did not approve overtime hours prior to the WTP operators working overtime as required by the … in containing excessive amounts of overtime being charged to ratepayers. Village officials agreed with our findings … recommendations and indicated they have initiated or plan to initiate corrective action. Appendix C includes our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/07/25/village-penn-yan-water-treatment-plant-overtime-2025m-6Town of Lancaster – Town Supervisor's Financial Duties (2024M-32)
… duties and did not monitor the work performed by the firm he improperly contracted with to act as Director of … of journal entries were recorded and approved by the firm without the Supervisor’s review or oversight. The … unaware of these deficiencies and continued to pay the firm even though the contract terms were not fulfilled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/07/12/town-lancaster-town-supervisors-financial-duties-2024m-32DiNapoli Report Identifies Trends in Causes of Subway Delays
… Subway on-time performance (OTP) last year and in the first half of 2025 remained better than in 2019, but the causes of delays have changed as riders have returned. The Metropolitan … Subway ontime performance OTP last year and in the first half of 2025 remained better than in 2019 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/dinapoli-report-identifies-trends-causes-subway-delaysTown of Stamford - Annual and Claims Auditing (2018M-227)
… ensured that audits of records and claims were performed. Key Findings The Board did not: Annually audit the records of … Clerk. Perform a deliberate and thorough audit of claims. Key Recommendations Annually audit the records of all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/03/01/town-stamford-annual-and-claims-auditing-2018m-227Town of Holland - Real Property Tax Exemptions (2018M-232)
… were not properly supported by adequate documentation. The Assessor allowed what appear to be ineligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/03/15/town-holland-real-property-tax-exemptions-2018m-232Town of Elba - Real Property Tax Exemptions (2018M-261)
… Audit Objective Determine whether select real property tax exemptions are properly supported by adequate documentation. … We reviewed 91 agricultural, veteran and senior citizen exemptions totaling $6 million, on properties with a total … The Assessor: Granted or subsequently maintained 81 exemptions totaling $5.7 million that were not supported by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/03/15/town-elba-real-property-tax-exemptions-2018m-261Town of Eden - Real Property Tax Exemptions (2018M-231)
… Audit Objective Determine whether select real property tax exemptions are properly supported by adequate documentation. … 58 out of 765 agricultural, veteran and senior citizen exemptions, totaling $2.9 million, on properties with a total … The Assessors: Granted or subsequently maintained 20 exemptions totaling over $1.4 million that were not properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/03/15/town-eden-real-property-tax-exemptions-2018m-231Annual Assessment of Market Orders for 2015 and 2016
… covered the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016 for the Apple and Sour Cherry Market Orders and the period April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2016 for the Apple, Cabbage, and Onion Research and Development … Department’s Market Order Administration was responsible for the administration of all farm product market orders, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/annual-assessment-market-orders-2015-and-2016Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing of the Event Recorder System
… before an ERS PI was performed, thereby causing the last 48 hours of train activities to be recorded as idle time and not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/07/maintenance-inspection-and-testing-event-recorder-systemTown of Green Island – Justice Court Operations (2016M-349)
… through June 30, 2016. Background The Town of Green Island is located in Albany County and has approximately 2,600 residents. The Town is governed by an elected five-member Town Board. The Town’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2016/12/16/town-green-island-justice-court-operations-2016m-349