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Reimbursement of Homeless Shelter Providers – Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse
… Objective To determine if the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (Office) adequately … 2020. About the Program Homeless shelters across the State provide an array of services to families and adults, … of Housing and Urban Development point-in-time count for New York State, for a specific day in January, homeless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/26/reimbursement-homeless-shelter-providers-rescue-mission-alliance-syracuseDiNapoli: Owner and Employee of Medical Transport Company Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid
… is a vital program, and my office will continue to partner with law enforcement to hold those who attempt to defraud it … fraud was committed on the backs of people struggling with addiction. Rather helping them get the treatment they … service to facilitate the crime. Saeed was also charged with allegedly stealing over $60,000 from New York State’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-owner-and-employee-medical-transport-company-arrested-defrauding-medicaidDiNapoli Tracks NYC Agency Performance, Recommends Greater Transparency
… below pre-pandemic levels. A decline in staffing since 2019 at these agencies coincides with a reported decline of … of cases pending in state courts grow from 22,611 in June 2019 to 32,873 in June 2024, a 45% increase. While the … Investigation saw case times balloon from 145 days in June 2019 to 297 days in June 2024, a 105% increase. Some Agencies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-tracks-nyc-agency-performance-recommends-greater-transparencyDiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… He is due back in court on May 23 for sentencing. The case was prosecuted by ADA William Lemon and the defendant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudDiNapoli: Albany Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $230,000 From Elderly State Pensioner
… in the third degree last year. “Preying on a vulnerable senior citizen to steal his hard-earned pension and social … trust and greed. The defendants scammed and stole from a senior citizen who entrusted them to take care of him," …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-albany-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-more-230000-elderly-state-pensionerOpinion 92-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-15Opinion 89-19
… Divisions and Court of Appeals) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §§8017(a), 8022; SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, §61: A county … fees prescribed by section 8022 of Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) in connection with the filing of a record on a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-19XII.9.G Reissuing or Cancelling a Refund Check – XII. Expenditures
… to OUF. See Chapter XIV.1 – Outstanding Check Outreach and Escheatment of this Guide #2. Forgery Claims If a payee … Fund. See Chapter XIV.1 - Outstanding Check Outreach and Escheatment of this Guide. Guide to Financial Operations REV. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii9g-reissuing-or-cancelling-refund-checkDiNapoli: Improved Guidance Needed for State Agencies Using AI To Avoid Risks
… of Transportation (DOT). The audit, the second in a series on AI Use in New York Government, follows a 2023 audit of New … problem with the AI Policy is that it leaves agencies free to determine what is, or is not, responsible use of AI. … vision (i.e., that gathers information from digital images) and making recommendations based on that data to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-improved-guidance-needed-state-agencies-using-ai-avoid-risksOpinion 2024-1
… rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court … LAW, §§ 19, 20; TOWN LAW, § 198; VILLAGE LAW, § 11-1112. We are in receipt of the City of Troy’s (“City”) resolution … York State Constitution, and that the Gift and Loan Clause does not prevent municipalities from using public funds to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2024-1Recent Trends and Impact of COVID-19 in Brooklyn
… Crime Major crime in Brooklyn (i.e., murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19-brooklynComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Indictment of Former NYC Council Candidate Alberto Alvarez and Former Non-Profit Director Anna Mendez
… Degree. "Mr. Alvarez and Ms. Mendez allegedly schemed to funnel straw donations to Mr. Alvarez's campaign and steal … collect straw donations, steal public matching funds, and submit false filings – undermining the public's trust in our … Mendez later left Tremont Crotona Day Care Center to form A&G Early Child Care Community Network. Mendez allegedly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-indictment-former-nyc-council-candidate-albertoMedicaid Program – Managed Care Premium Payments for Recipients With Comprehensive Third-Party Insurance
… whether the Department of Health (Department) made Medicaid mainstream managed care premium payments on behalf … million people were enrolled in mainstream managed care plans – about 2.5 million were enrolled through New York … care retroactively and recover premiums paid to the MCO for those recipients during the period of overlapping …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/06/13/medicaid-program-managed-care-premium-payments-recipients-comprehensive-third-partyUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-88
… Office of Court Administration. Background Due to a change in Judiciary Law, Section 37.3, new Reason and Increment … Amount field is left blank. YR is the two-digit year in which the employee is eligible to receive the Pay Change to 2nd Longevity. Note : In the case of a salary reconstruction where the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-88-new-reason-codes-373-judiciary-law-373-and-379-judiciary-lawOpinion 93-16
… of certain designated activities, in accordance with a system established by the sponsor ( id .). Such … although a local government may provide its employees with paid or unpaid leave to enable them to respond to fire … intervals, regular in point of time" and "[i]n accordance with some consistent or periodical rule or practice" (Black's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 97-20
… may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax moneys to make reasonable expenditures to remodel and purchase … by the members of the company. This requirement, however, does not preclude a company from paying all or a portion of … may decide to use foreign fire insurance tax moneys to make reasonable expenditures to remodel and purchase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 92-17
… TAX LAW, §1262(c): A sales tax agreement between a county and cities within the county need not, as a matter of law, … a sales tax agreement entered into between a county and all cities within the county pursuant to Tax Law, … such other proportion" implied that the towns must receive some proportionate amount of the county sales tax to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-17Medicaid Program – Improper Payments for Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs, Procedures, and Supplies Provided to Medicaid Recipients, Including Sex Offenders
… [BPH] and pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH]). We identified the following concerns. Significant percentages … medical records of 13 of the 14 sex offenders to determine if the records supported a diagnosis of BPH or PAH and found: … the recipient is a registered sex offender, the MCO merely does not pay for the services. Certain steps could be taken …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-sexual-and-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-procedures-andComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Scheneiderman Announce 2 to 6 Year Prison Sentence for Former Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… $30,000 in public campaign funds and state grant money. The jury found Wills guilty of one count of a scheme … from the New York City Council. "Ruben Wills stole money meant to benefit the community he was sworn to serve. … not lining their own pockets. Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-scheneiderman-announce-2-6-year-prison-sentence-former-councilman-rubenFormer President of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $120,000
… in Briarcliff Manor, New York (BMFD), pled guilty to embezzlement of more than $120,000 from the BMFD. GARCIA … said: "Mr. Garcia has admitted brazenly writing checks to himself for $122,000 from the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department. Thanks to my ongoing partnership with United States Attorney …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/former-president-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-pleads-guilty-embezzling-more-120000