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Opinion 90-36
… checks) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §924; TOWN LAW, §§35, 37: A town tax collecting officer may accept a postdated check … Hun, at 260) and the agent wrote in pencil on the checks when they were severally to be presented for payment. In … (UCC, §3-114[2]). The fact that a check is postdated does not affect its negotiability (UCC, §3-114[1]); People v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-36XIII.2.A Expense Report Mandatory Header Fields – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… agency Finance Office staff, and Office of the State Comptroller. The mandatory fields on the header level …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii2a-expense-report-mandatory-header-fieldsVendRep System Contract Search
… contracts submitted by your State contracting entity or group after April 1, 2012, display as “in progress, approved … Comptroller by members of their established Business Unit group. Department ID Search for contracts by Department ID …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/vendrep-system-contract-searchOpinion 88-53
… firefighters for working scheduled vacations pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement is not includable in the calculation of one year final average salary. You ask whether compensation paid to police officers or … preceding the date of such employee's retirement, exclusive of any lump sum payments for sick leave, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53Opinion 92-14
… Corp. , 203 Misc 649, 123 NYS2d 642, (City Court, City of New York, 1952), the court stated that: These six subdivisions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-14Opinion 89-1
… department employees which, among other things, provides for the employees to receive a certain number of sick, … or by necessary implication, or which are provided for in a collective bargaining agreement (see 1987 Opns St … from service for other than his or her scheduled salary entitlement. The court also rejected the employee's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Medicaid Program – Overpayments of Hospitals' Claims for Lengthy Acute Care Admissions
… overpaid hospitals by reimbursing for higher levels of medical care than those actually provided to patients. The … for inpatient services, hospitals must indicate a patient's level of care on a claim to ensure accurate processing and … intensive acute levels of care. To help ensure Medicaid payments are correct, the Department uses a contractor, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/07/25/medicaid-program-overpayments-hospitals-claims-lengthy-acute-care-admissionsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… have been issued: NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance … (2015-F-28) An initial audit issued in May 2014 found that HRA applied a fair and consistent assessment process when … changes were necessary to reduce the number of overturned HRA determinations and costly, and in some cases unnecessary, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0Real Property Tax Cap Information - Glossary
… amount local governments are permitted to increase their real property tax levies. Either two percent or inflation, … a local law (by a 60 percent vote of the governing body, or in the case of school districts, 60 percent popular … determination of “quantity change.” Never negative. … Real Property Tax Cap Information Glossary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/property-tax-cap/real-property-tax-cap-information-glossaryCriminal History Background Checks of Unlicensed Health Care Employees
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Health (Department) … Facilities (ACF), and Home Health Care (HHC) providers to adequately safeguard patients through requests for … persons in Nursing Homes, ACFs, and HHCs. Providers submit an electronic background check request through the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/08/criminal-history-background-checks-unlicensed-health-care-employeesDiNapoli: Former Pharmacist Charged In $232,000 Medical Claims Fraud
… Medicaid and the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) from 2008 through 2011. Davis, who currently resides … quantities for 23 other prescriptions, overcharging NYSHIP $11,942 for them. NYSHIP provides health insurance to some state and local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-former-pharmacist-charged-232000-medical-claims-fraudOpinion 95-13
… which has excess proceeds of outstanding bonds issued for a completed capital project must retain these proceeds for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, … a "call" provision. These excess proceeds may not be used for any other school district purpose. You ask whether excess …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-13New York City Department of Homeless Services – Oversight of Contract Expenditures of Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc.
… and program related. The audit covered expenses claimed by Samaritan for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2020 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/02/06/new-york-city-department-homeless-services-oversight-contract-expenditures-samaritan-daytopDiNapoli: Village of Candor Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Stealing From the Village
… the arrest of Village of Candor Mayor Eric Halstead for stealing from the village’s General Fund. “Mayor Halstead … Attorney Kirk Martin and the New York State Police for their partnership in ensuring justice will be served.” … balance. Sporadically over the years, money was put back into the General Fund through cash or check deposits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-village-candor-mayor-arrested-allegedly-stealing-villageMedicaid Program – Oversight of Localities' Efforts to Coordinate Veterans' Health Care Benefits Under Medicaid and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
… entitled to health care benefits through the VA. While it is a veteran's choice to use a VA health care benefit or a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/19/medicaid-program-oversight-localities-efforts-coordinate-veterans-health-care-benefitsDiNapoli: Oswego Teacher Charged With Stealing Over $4,000 From CiTi BOCES
… Gregory S. Oakes, and State Police Acting Superintendent Steven Nigrelli announced that Oswego County adult literacy … Fisher worked for CiTi BOCES in the town of Mexico, NY. During an internal audit, CiTi BOCES found discrepancies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-oswego-teacher-charged-stealing-over-4000-citi-bocesImproper Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the six … Improper Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations (Report 2020-S-57 ). About the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/07/20/improper-supplemental-maternity-capitation-payments-managed-care-organizations-followDiNapoli: Former Clerk Padded Her Pay With Town Funds
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … arrest is the result of DiNapoli's partnership with the New York State Police and Essex County District Attorney Kristy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-former-clerk-padded-her-pay-town-fundsDiNapoli: Tennessee Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for Receiving Deceased Mother's New York State and Local Retirement System Benefits
… and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS). This case was the result of a joint investigation with the Social Security … the EDTN and the Comptroller’s Office. In February of 2021, SSAIG contacted NYSLRS and informed them that a pension … one count of wire fraud (18 USC. § 1343) in the EDTN on January 27, 2022. She has agreed to pay $56,352 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-tennessee-woman-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-receiving-deceased-mothers-new-york-state-and-local