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Alden Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-372)
… The Alden Central School District (District) is located in the Towns of Alden, Lancaster, Marilla and Newstead in Erie County; the Town of Darien in Genesee County; and the Town of Bennington in Wyoming …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/02/24/alden-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-372Hannibal Central School District – Financial Condition (2017M-23)
… and Oswego Counties. The District, which is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education, operates three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/04/07/hannibal-central-school-district-financial-condition-2017m-23X.3 Overview – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… the agency with guidance on how to: use the Vendor Add Portal in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) to directly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x3-overviewBallston Lake Fire District – Length of Service Awards Program Service Credit (2016M-379)
… of $700 each to which they were not entitled. LOSAP points were not awarded in accordance with District policy, and the District did not award points for participation in miscellaneous activities in … the associated $2,100 of defined contributions. Award points in accordance with the District’s point system and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/03/17/ballston-lake-fire-district-length-service-awards-program-service-creditTown of Greenfield – Golf Course Collections (2021M-133)
… Golf course collections were not properly recorded in the form collected, remitted to the bookkeeper in a timely manner …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/11/24/town-greenfield-golf-course-collections-2021m-133Newburgh Enlarged City School District - Financial Management and Information Technology (2017M-169)
… IT control weaknesses were communicated confidentially to District officials. Key Recommendations Adopt budgets with … appropriations and use excess fund balance and reserves to benefit District residents in accordance with statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/07/newburgh-enlarged-city-school-district-financial-management-andTown of Lapeer – Budgeting (2024M-127)
… realistic budgets. As a result, unrestricted fund balance in these funds increased to levels between 85 and 182 percent … determined that estimated revenues were underestimated in the general and highway funds, and budgeted appropriations were overestimated in the general fund, resulting in operating surpluses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/31/town-lapeer-budgeting-2024m-127State Agencies Bulletin No. 2109
… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2023 PEF LLS payment and provide instructions for payments … 150 of the Laws of 2021, which implemented the 2019-2023 Agreement between the State of New York and the PEF, … is no successor agreement. Effective Dates: The April 2023 LLS Payment will be processed in separate paychecks in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2109-april-2023-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-lump-sum-llsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… not yet developed a written, comprehensive statewide plan for implementing the program. In a follow up, auditors found … $2.6 million in inappropriate payments made to providers for evaluation and management services for surgery patients from Jan. 1, 2012 to March 31, 2017. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2000-12
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: There is no provision in article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq.) … Municipal Law §806, however, a town board may require in its code of ethics that town board members abstain from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 2002-14
Concerning a village project to reconstruct a certain stream channel
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14Selected Aspects of Leasing Practices for Real Estate Services Department and Port Commerce
… railroad serving Newark, Harrison, Hoboken, and Jersey City in metropolitan northern New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City. The PATH operates 24 hours daily. Tunnels, Bridges, … that it attempted to lease the properties we examined at market rate. We found that, for Port Commerce, seven out of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/selected-aspects-leasing-practices-real-estate-services-department-and-port-commerceState Agencies Bulletin No. 1640
… Goal Balance: $500 (to prevent making another payment) Tax Information The LPS payment is supplemental taxable … and income taxes. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the Aggregate method. Yonkers income tax withholding will be calculated using the Flat Rate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1640-april-2018-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesOpinion 89-62
… nominating petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A qualified voter is not prohibited from … is governed by subdivision 7 of section 176 of the Town Law which states that the board of fire commissioners: Shall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 90-24
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and Duties (delegation of authority … the board's power to hire bond counsel. 12 Opns St Comp, 1956, p 68 is hereby superseded. You have asked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24DiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… if businesses receiving tax breaks are actually meeting job creation goals. These same IDAs are unable to recover … aided by the IDA and found only one business met its job creation goal while five others failed to reach their … such as tax exemptions from companies that failed to meet job creation goals. Officials did not adequately monitor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataOpinion 89-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for notice of pendency affecting more … York, and the additional block fees provided for in the Nassau County administrative code (see, CPLR, §8019[a]), the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5DiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… New York’s Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) has not been … significant deficiencies in the New York State Office of Mental Health’s (OMH) oversight of ESSHI, which was launched … in-person visits from March 2020 to May 2023 when telehealth was in use. Audit Office of Mental Health: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellDiNapoli: NYC Retail Sector Battered by Pandemic
… to the city’s economy, according to DiNapoli’s report. About 44 percent of all retail workers who lived in the city …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-retail-sector-battered-pandemicDiNapoli Warns of ‘Triple Threat’ of Fiscal Risks
… New York's 2017-18 fiscal year, $386.6 million below the latest projections, largely because of lower than expected … was $6.5 billion. That figure was $21.8 million below the latest Financial Plan projection, released by the Division of … miscellaneous receipts are $746.3 million higher than the latest projections and $384.3 million higher than initial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-warns-triple-threat-fiscal-risks