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Local Sales Tax Collections Up 19% in 2021
… tax collections totaling $19.6 billion increased by 19.1%, or $3.1 billion, in 2021 compared to last year, according to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/local-sales-tax-collections-19-percent-2021Oversight of Persons Convicted of Driving While Intoxicated
… before the vehicle can be started. If the operator’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeds the allowable level …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/10/07/oversight-persons-convicted-driving-while-intoxicatedDiNapoli: Special Education Providers Shortchanging Special Needs Children
… of mismanagement that cost taxpayers nearly $42 million in the last decade, including $20 million in 2014 alone, … or were ineligible for reimbursement, including costs for food, travel, international recruitment costs, and air … further investigation with the Comptroller’s office. On Long Island, DiNapoli’s auditors found Hauppauge-based Metro …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-special-education-providers-shortchanging-special-needs-childrenOpinion 90-51
… to article 6 of the County Law (§300, et seq .), to fund certain activities in relation to the county's proposed … Whether surcharge revenues may be used to fund certain activities in relation to the countys proposed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51NY ABLE Program Helps New Yorkers With Disabilities and Their Families Cover Costs
… Savings Program. The legislation was sponsored by Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) and Assemblywoman … Thomas DiNapoli, Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, Senator David Carlucci and others who worked to make the NY ABLE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/ny-able-program-helps-new-yorkers-disabilities-and-their-families-cover-costsOversight of Persons Convicted of Driving While Intoxicated
… Background In New York, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) is a serious crime that may be adjudicated as a misdemeanor … and possible jail time. The Child Passenger Protection Act (Act), signed into law on November 18, 2009, requires all … alerts were referred as required. The remaining 23 alerts (64 percent), resulting from IID lockouts and multiple failed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/29/oversight-persons-convicted-driving-while-intoxicatedState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Richmond County D.A. Michael E. McMahon: President of Staten Island Special Needs Pre-School and Wife Indicted for Stealing Approximately $771,000 in Public Funds
… personal items including; landscaping for their home, car and insurance payments for their vehicles, flowers and … program-related items: landscaping for his home ($18,936), car and insurance payments for his vehicles (two Mercedes … son-in-law ($7,002), Staples purchases for his daughter ($2,656), the purchase of a domain name for his daughter’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-and-richmond-county-da-michael-e-mcmahon-president-staten-islandComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Former New York City Council Candidate Albert Alvarez
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the … work of my investigators and auditors in partnership with Attorney General Schneiderman and Commissioner Peters' … financing system is not a piggy bank for criminals," said Attorney General Schneiderman. "As we allege, Mr. Alvarez …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-former-new-york-city-council-candidateOpinion 98-17
… authority and to be held liable for the costs incurred under section 18. You ask whether a town may confer the … provisions of section 18 apply to any "public entity": (a) whose governing board has agreed by the adoption of local … and (ii) to be held liable for the costs incurred under these provisions; or (b) where the governing body of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-17Opinion 94-22
… Municipal Law, §980-a, including, among other things: a map of the district; a description of the boundaries of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22Selected Aspects of Accommodations for Passengers With Disabilities
… as an interstate public entity created to control the port district of New York and New Jersey, maintaining the trade …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/29/selected-aspects-accommodations-passengers-disabilitiesNYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for Retirement System for 2021-22
… (PFRS). NYSLRS is made up of these two systems, which pay service and disability retirement benefits to public … hurt Main Street, we are fortunate that our state pension fund entered this uncertain time as one of the strongest and … factors such as the types of retirement plans they adopt, salaries and the distribution of their employees among the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-retirement-system-2021-22DiNapoli: Pandemic Hit to Sales Tax Revenue Threatening Fiscal Health of Local Governments
… was directed to be withheld to fund a Central Business District Tolling Capital Lockbox for the Metropolitan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-pandemic-hit-sales-tax-revenue-threatening-fiscal-health-local-governmentsOversight of Child Protective Services
… Objective To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) effectively oversees local departments of social services’ investigation of reports of alleged child abuse or maltreatment, and … To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services OCFS effectively oversees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/24/oversight-child-protective-servicesOpinion 90-18
… for the acquisition of goods and commodities (see, e.g., Exley v Village of Endicott , 74 AD2d 96, 427 NYS2d 68, … for below the monetary threshold of section 103 (see e.g., Walton v Mayor , 26 App Div 76, 49 NYS 615; 1A Antieau, … the privilege against self-incrimination contained in the 5th amendment to the United States Constitution ( Lefkowitz v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-18Opinion 89-11
… Benevolent Associations (use of tax moneys to rent meeting room) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; Laws Of 1975, Chapter 543: … may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a room in which to meet, if the meetings are for the purpose of … may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a room to be used for meetings of the Association and its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Shareholders to Exxon: It's Time to Address Climate Change
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and the Church of England — supported by more than 60 institutional investors — will urge the company to address climate change risk. At the meeting, ExxonMobil's board of directors … York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and the Church of England supported by more than 60 institutional investors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/shareholders-exxon-its-time-address-climate-changeHoltsville Fire District – Financial Management (2025M-4)
… (Board) adopt budgets with reasonable estimates and properly establish and manage capital reserve funds? Audit Period January 1, … responsible for managing the district’s fiscal activities and safeguarding its resources. To properly manage financial … budgets with reasonable estimates or properly establish and manage capital reserve funds As a result from 2019 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/09/19/holtsville-fire-district-financial-management-2025m-4Jackson Child Development Center, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… outside of the reporting period. $169,440 in overallocated rental costs. This includes $106,029 in overallocated costs from JCDC’s use of a related-party-owned building and an additional $63,411 in overallocated costs of … This includes an insufficiently supported allocation of office, telephone, and postage expenses for costs incurred by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/05/07/jackson-child-development-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualState Agencies Bulletin No. 1696
… for dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans, the annual compensation limit under Section … regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Retirement mailbox. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1696-maximum-salary-limit-optional-retirement-plan-orp-retirement-tiers-1