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DiNapoli Audit Finds Gaps in NYC School Safety Planning
… requirements for shootings and emergency situations in New York City’s schools need to be more strictly enforced … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors found DOE was lax in requiring that safety plans were filed on time by schools … other issues. “The state Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act aims to keep school children and teachers as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-gaps-nyc-school-safety-planningDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Pay Hits $787 Million
… the highest level within the past decade, rising to $787 million, according to a report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overtime hours also rose, with 18.1 million hours worked. “New York state’s overtime pay has seen … at the highest level within the past decade rising to $787 million according to a report by State Comptroller Thomas P …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-pay-hits-787-millionOpinion 88-12
… (need for where one municipality provides a service to another) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (municipal … or by one village acting as "lead agency" and contracting to provide the service to the others. You ask whether several villages may provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12Opinion 88-1
… Village of Hempstead , 186 Misc 74, 58 NYS2d 880, affd 270 App Div 898, 62 NYS2d 165, app dsmd 296 NY 666; Delihan v O'Dwyer , 197 Misc 950, 97 NYS2d 326, revd on other grnds 277 App Div 407, 100 NYS2d 512, affd 302 NY 451). In view of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Wall Street Bonuses and Profits Decline in 2015
… profits for the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member firms—the traditional measure of industry … deferred from prior years. The estimate does not include stock options or other forms of deferred compensation for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/wall-street-bonuses-and-profits-decline-2015DiNapoli: NYC Transit Must Ensure Cameras and Security Equipment Are Maintained and in Working Order
… maintenance. Transit prioritizes repairs based on how wide their impact is, their location and the severity … maintainers and challenges in finding parts for obsolete cameras. Transit uses a number of alarms, cameras and ID card … 7, 2023. Auditors looked at 80 alarms and found either no live videos were available or the cameras were not working …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-nyc-transit-must-ensure-cameras-and-security-equipment-are-maintained-and-working-orderOpinion 90-46
… A county is entitled to retain $5.00 of each court index fee of $100.00 collected by a county clerk pursuant to Civil … to a county the county's $5.00 portion of each index fee erroneously paid to the State within the previous three … which amount reflects that portion ($5.00) of each index fee received by the county clerk which should have been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-46Opinion 89-27
Whether a noncharter county may by resolution provide that county supervisors who take office after a certain date be required to contribute a greater amount for health insurance coverage than those supervisors who were in office prior to such date
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Opinion 92-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Self-Insurance (transfer from insurance reserve to reserve for property loss and liability claims) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- … to General Municipal Law, §6-n may transfer the moneys in that reserve fund to establish a reserve for property loss …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 93-17
… NOTES -- Permissible Uses (pre-payment of certain employer retirement contributions) -- Referendum Requirements (for pre-payment of certain employer retirement contributions) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations … when bonds may be issued) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (authority to issue bonds to pre-pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-17DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Total $11.9 Billion in First Half of 2025, Up 3.7% Over Prior Year
… Sales Tax Collections by County and City Interactive Map Local Sales Tax Sharing in New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-total-11-point-9-billion-first-half-2025-3-point-7-percent-over-prior-yearState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on New York City’s Preliminary Budget
… “New York City is contending with the devastating economic effects of the pandemic and the long road back to normal. Today, in releasing its preliminary 2022 budget, the city took important steps to address the uncertain future. … New York City is contending with the devastating economic effects of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-new-york-citys-preliminary-budgetTransforming Into Construction & Development
… of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s MTA Capital Construction to the renamed MTA Construction & Development as part of transforming the MTA resulted in improved service levels for customers, process efficiencies, and cost … of the Metropolitan Transportation Authoritys MTA Capital Construction to the renamed MTA Construction Development as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/10/22/transforming-construction-developmentDiNapoli: Federal Actions Threaten New York's Farms and Food Production
… production, squeeze profits, and lead to higher prices for consumers. “There is real concern in rural New York about … production and that lower, not drive up, prices in the grocery store.” Agriculture is an important part of the … assistance programs will mean less money spent at grocery stores, farmers markets and for purchases by food banks, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/dinapoli-federal-actions-threaten-new-yorks-farms-and-food-productionCOVID-19 Relief Program Tracker
… the SFY 2022-23 Enacted Budget for art and cultural needs outside of New York City. $200 million added in the SFY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-relief-program-trackerMonitoring of Select Programs
… population is adequately served. The audit covered the period from April 2017 to July 2021. About the Program The … In some cases, clients have had to resort to nursing home placement. According to written testimony by the Association … of EISEP and CSE programs. For the 4 years of our audit period, only in 2017-18 did NYSOFA perform on-site …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/01/21/monitoring-select-programsMedicaid Program – Improper Overlapping Medicaid and Essential Plan Enrollments
… reflected in eMedNY when individuals transitioned between the Medicaid and Essential Plan programs and to identify overpayments resulting from inaccurate enrollments. The audit covered the period January 2016 through May 2022. … reflected in eMedNY when individuals transitioned between the Medicaid and Essential Plan programs and to identify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/11/medicaid-program-improper-overlapping-medicaid-and-essential-plan-enrollmentsReview of Advance Contract Payments
… of only sending advance payments when requested by contractor. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/15/review-advance-contract-paymentsCompliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements
… DOT’s mission is to ensure its customers – those who live, work, and travel in New York – have a safe, efficient, … statutory requirement to provide an appeal to Committee on Open Government (COOG) upon receipt for any of the 49 … information. 1 For example, while one DOT regional office on its own provided its FOIL procedures manual, three other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirementsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2105
… assigned to work a combination of day, evening and/or night shifts.* 10% x Employee’s Annual Compensation Rate (excluding Additional Pay Earnings) for Night Shifts, prorated for employees regularly assigned to work a combination of day, evening and/or night shifts.* * If an employee’s shift overlaps both the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2105-change-shift-differential-payment-amounts-specific-nursing-titles