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DiNapoli: Federal Data Shows New York's Losses in Fourth Grade Math and Reading Scores Are Double National Average
… today released a review of recent federal data about how the pandemic negatively affected student performance in New York. In response, he urged New York school districts … advantage of available resources to help students that are most in need get caught up, before time runs out.” Recent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-federal-data-shows-new-yorks-losses-fourth-grade-math-and-reading-scores-are-double-nationalDiNapoli:Two Fortune 500 Retailers Agree to Increased Use of Renewable Energy
… P. DiNapoli today announced that Fortune 500 retailers Best Buy and Nordstrom have agreed to the New York State Common …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapolitwo-fortune-500-retailers-agree-increased-use-renewable-energyIX.2.B Terminology – IX. Federal Grants
… or upgraded as part of the Enterprise Enhancement Phase 1 (EE1). These modules include Project Costing, Grants … Status Report (SF-269). Once a Final Report is filed, it is expected that no further transactions will be processed … not necessarily confined to a specific project. Functional Clearance Patterns are used annually in the calculation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix2b-terminologyDiNapoli: Value of IDA Projects Grew 10% in 2021 to $126 Billion
… New York’s 107 local Industrial Development Authorities (IDAs) reported … of the 60 new clean energy projects were approved in 2021. North Country IDAs reported 30 clean energy projects in 2021, … Town of Concord IDA, Town of Corinth IDA and City of Mount Vernon IDA – did not submit their data in time for this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-value-ida-projects-grew-10-percent-in-2021-to-126-billionComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued. Town … reviewed (approximately $6.2 million of assessed value), 136 exemptions (61 percent), (approximately $3.8 … gap between district revenues and appropriations. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths
… The New York State Department of Health (DOH) needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and … rates have increased since a taskforce was established in 2018 to address maternal health and racial disparities. … state in 2018, the overall severe morbidity rate for Black women was 2.3 times higher than for white women. DOH does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsOversight of the Agricultural Assessment Program
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Taxation and Finance’s (Department) Office of Real Property Tax Services (ORPTS) is properly calculating and communicating the annual per-acre Agricultural Assessment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/02/oversight-agricultural-assessment-programVillage of Lyons Falls – Financial Management (2013M-393)
… of Lyons Falls is located in Lewis County and is governed by four Trustees and a Mayor, which comprises the elected … the general fund’s excessive unexpended surplus funds by adopting a fund balance policy, establishing a contingency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2014/03/28/village-lyons-falls-financial-management-2013m-393State Agencies Bulletin No. 2236.1
… purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of changes in maintenance rates for employee housing and meals. Affected … employee housing and/or meals using Deduction Code 401 (Taxable Maintenance) or 402 (Non-Taxable Maintenance) are … value of employer provided lodging from employee’s taxable income, and to make appropriate procedural changes to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/22361-change-maintenance-rates-employee-housing-and-mealsSexual Offender and Management Treatment Act Program
… treat sex offenders who are near release from prison or parole, and who, based on their mental abnormalities, pose a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/23/sexual-offender-and-management-treatment-act-programXII.8.C Payment Intercepts – XII. Expenditures
… Unit and offset a portion of that payment to another entity. This section provides Business Units with guidance on … a payment from a Business Unit and divert it to another entity. Process and Document Preparation: After the Business … a determination that funds scheduled to be paid to one entity must be diverted, in whole or in part, to another …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8c-payment-interceptsOversight of the Nourish New York Program
… Objective To determine if the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Ag&Mkts) and the Department of Health (DOH) are ensuring the Nourish New York Program (Nourish NY) … little guidance to food relief organizations establishing what constitutes an allowable administrative cost, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/21/oversight-nourish-new-york-programExistential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA
… July 2022 PDF Version The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is the largest transit system in the nation, providing nearly 40 … In 2019, the MTA provided 3.8 billion trips across its subway, bus, and commuter railroad services. The pandemic led …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/existential-questions-facing-national-public-transit-systems-create-new-fiscal-pressures-mtaYates County Industrial Development Agency - Receipts and Disbursements (2019M-182)
… Board did not require pre-numbered duplicate receipts or cancelled checks to facilitate the review of accounting … mitigating controls. A privately contracted payroll vendor has access to the YCIDA’s bank account to withdraw funds for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2020/01/03/yates-county-industrial-development-agency-receipts-andJune 2002: Advance Refunding Bonds
… securities. Those securities were deposited in an irrevocable trust with an escrow agent to provide for all … were defeased by placing the proceeds of new bonds in an irrevocable trust to provide for all future debt service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/june-2002-advance-refunding-bondsDiNapoli: LIRR Must Better Prepare for Severe Weather to Prevent Service Disruptions and Costly Damages
… The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) needs to do more to properly … of transit from Long Island to New York City which means it must be prepared to operate as effectively as possible … LIRR’s transportation facilities to identify and address how to lessen the impacts of severe weather had not been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-lirr-must-better-prepare-severe-weather-prevent-service-disruptions-and-costly-damagesComptroller DiNapoli Calls on Major Corporations to Report on Disability Inclusion
… Apple, McDonald’s, Nike and Twentieth Century Fox, to report on their inclusion of people with disabilities … people with disabilities in the workplace is not just the right thing to do – it’s also good business,” said AAPD Board … our employees and society. People with disabilities have a right to equal opportunities and they have a right to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/comptroller-dinapoli-calls-major-corporations-report-disability-inclusionMonroe 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Procurement of Professional Services (2016M-176)
… of our audit was to review the procurement of professional services for the period July 1, 2014 through April 26, 2016. … Background The Monroe 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) is an association of 10 component school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/07/29/monroe-1-board-cooperative-educational-services-procurement-professional-servicesDiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… (NYRA) years after a reorganization that was intended to strengthen its finances and operations. Auditors found … an overall vision for the organization or to explain how the projects listed on the annual plans related to those … costs above that amount. According to the contractor’s application for payment, initial project costs approximated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Guilty Plea of Queens Pharmacy Owner for $1.5 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
… Public Integrity. "Arkady Goldin billed Medicaid millions for cancer medications he never dispensed," State Comptroller … Financial analysis was developed by Auditor-Investigator Edgar Romero and Senior Auditor-Investigator Olga Sunitsky, … calling the toll-free Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-guilty-plea-queens-pharmacy-owner-15-million-medicaid