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Former Newburgh City Fire Chief Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud For Fraudulently Obtaining Retirement Benefits
… the former Newburgh City Fire Chief, cheated the public he swore to serve by double-dipping, receiving both a public pension and a paycheck at the same time. Today, he admitted to his fraud, and he will be held accountable for … Office’s White Plains Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney James McMahon is in charge of the prosecution. For more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/former-newburgh-city-fire-chief-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-fraudulently-obtaining-retirement-benefitsDiNapoli Issues Fiscal Stress Scores For Upstate Cities
… community’s true financial picture. But our work is not done. The value in our system will be borne out over time as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-issues-fiscal-stress-scores-upstate-citiesMedicaid Program – Medicaid Payments to Medicare Advantage Plan Providers
… Medicaid inappropriately paid for recipients’ Medicare Part C cost-sharing liabilities. The audit covered the period … “dual-eligibles.” In 1997, Congress established Medicare Part C, the Medicare managed care program also known as Medicare Advantage. Under Medicare Part C, private managed care companies administer Medicare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/10/medicaid-program-medicaid-payments-medicare-advantage-plan-providersHadley-Luzerne Central School District – Financial Condition (2012M-188)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the District’s financial condition for the period … located in Saratoga and Warren Counties. The District has a current enrollment of 875 students and 189 full- and … more than $1 million in unexpended surplus each year to help finance the ensuing year’s budget, the District did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/01/25/hadley-luzerne-central-school-district-financial-condition-2012m-188Albany County Probation Department – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-340)
… Probation Department collected $464,508 and $542,187 in restitution, fines and fees during 2011 and 2012, … the Department has established policies for disbursing restitution money retained in a victims’ trust fund, … balance precludes many crime victims of unsatisfied restitution orders from receiving the money to which they are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/02/07/albany-county-probation-department-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsLily Dale Volunteer Fire Company – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-336)
… of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether Company controls are adequate to ensure that financial … activity is properly recorded and reported and that Company moneys are safeguarded for the period April 1, 2012 through October 10, 2013. Background The Company is located in the Town of Pomfret, in Chautauqua …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/01/31/lily-dale-volunteer-fire-company-internal-controls-over-financialRockland County – Budget Review (B6-13-22)
… for paying down the remaining $31.3 million deficit. The residential energy tax revenue estimate is overly optimistic … deficit in the general fund. Reassess the estimate for residential energy tax revenue. Reduce the revenue estimate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2013/11/25/rockland-county-budget-review-b6-13-22New York State Comptroller DiNapoli: Pension Fund Puts Anti-Israel Movement on Notice
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that he has directed the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) to review its portfolio for any companies involved in the anti-Israel Boycott, … expose our investments to financial harm.” The Fund has invested approximately $532 million in Israel-based …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-pension-fund-puts-anti-israel-movement-noticeWayland-Cohocton Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (2024M-118)
… would have required it. The District’s initial testing results identifying 29 of 181 (16 percent) sampled water outlets with actionable lead levels … did not notify staff, parents and/or guardians of these results in writing, as required. Further, the results were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/01/17/wayland-cohocton-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-2024mRecent Trends and Impact of COVID-19 in the Bronx
… recovery may have been helped by the City’s provision of free remote-learning devices to all families who requested …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19-bronxOpinion 94-14
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to … municipality for whose benefit the agency was created); (development related to earlier projects as constituting … by the Laws of 1993, chapter 356, prohibits industrial development agencies (IDAs) from providing financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14DiNapoli: Public Drinking Water Needs More Protection
… New York's public water supplies need stronger protections to ensure clean drinking water and prevent contamination that could result in health … New Yorks public water supplies need stronger protections to ensure clean drinking water and prevent contamination that could result in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-public-drinking-water-needs-more-protectionStory Place Preschool, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… preschool special education services, to children with disabilities from birth to five years of age. Story … rates are based on financial information, including costs, that Story Place reports to SED on its annual CFR. To be … Cost Manual (2014-S-71) State Education Department: Unity House of Troy - Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/29/story-place-preschool-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualAll Services for Kids, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… To determine whether the costs reported by All Services for Kids, Inc. (All Services) on its Consolidated Fiscal … To determine whether the costs reported by All Services for Kids Inc All Services on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/02/25/all-services-kids-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: January Local Sales Tax Collections Down 5.9 Percent
… communities are suffering and are working diligently to get them aid.” Regionally, Central New York is the only area …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-january-local-sales-tax-collections-down-5-point-9-percentHyde Park Central School District – Financial Management Practices (2012M-172)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the … period July 1, 2010, through March 26, 2012. We extended our scope to 2007-08 to analyze budgeting practices, fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/01/25/hyde-park-central-school-district-financial-management-practices-2012mDiNapoli Announces $15 Million Investment in Northern Ireland
… investment here by a major international pension fund, a real endorsement of the maturing economic climate in Northern … portfolio of public and private equities, fixed income, real estate and alternative instruments and has consistently been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-announces-15-million-investment-northern-irelandOpinion 94-33
… rules and regulations. We have been asked whether "active life retired members" and "life retired members" of a fire department for which a … and actually performing service" in the protection of life and property from fire and other emergency (see General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-33Opinion 2002-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … opinion. CEMETERIES -- Privately-owned cemetery (authority of town to acquire by gift as historic property) HISTORIC … Whether a town may accept a gift of a privatelyowned family cemetery established during the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10Practices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees
… and fines and fees collected were appropriately accounted for. The audit covered the period January 1, 2013 to December … by State legislation in July 1985 to provide a forum for processing and adjudicating summonses for violations of NYC Transit (Transit) rules governing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/11/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-fees