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DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… decentralized and not administered uniformly, resulting in errors that are costing taxpayers, according to an audit … payments made to 41 (91 percent) of the employees in almost every type of payment made to them, including … overpayments to take appropriate action within the law to recover those funds. The board also should reimburse …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsDiNapoli: Health Departments Need to Clean Up Act on Food Safety
… consistently enforcing the state health code for eateries and other establishments nor explaining why violators are not … New York’s more than 96,000 food service establishments and for ensuring they adhere to the state sanitary code. … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-health-departments-need-clean-act-food-safetyNew York City Airport Lease
… whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was in compliance with certain key terms of the lease and … 2050. It amended an existing lease, scheduled to expire in 2015, and is the culmination of 13 successive leases or … lease required the Port Authority to fund capital projects in Queens, establish an Airport Board, and provide $60 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/19/new-york-city-airport-leaseComptroller DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney: Former Croton-On-Hudson Village Fire Department Treasurer Charged in Theft of Fire Department Funds
… District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. and the Village of Croton-on-Hudson Police Department announced the surrender … Fire Department Chief and a former Croton-On-Hudson Police Officer who most recently served as the Fire Department … from the Fire Department. This joint investigation lead to Munson's arrest and felony charges." "Mr. Munson …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-westchester-county-district-attorney-former-croton-hudson-village-fireDiNapoli: NYC Remains on Solid Ground but Budget Risks Need to be Managed
… Mayor de Blasio’s preliminary executive budget for fiscal year (FY) … growth is expected to slow for the fourth consecutive year as the labor market tightens. The city projects budget gaps … $1.7 billion in FY 2022. These gaps are relatively small as a share of city fund revenues, but they do not reflect the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-nyc-remains-solid-ground-budget-risks-need-be-managedOpinion 88-71
… us that the unpaid water rents have not yet been relevied with the city taxes. You inquire whether the city, in the … Law authorizes a city "[t]o contract and be contracted with and to institute, maintain and defend any action or … are not prohibited from settling cases if they act with competent authority, in good faith, and for sufficient …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-71Division of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City
… Objectives To determine whether tenants living in Mitchell-Lama developments supervised by Homes and … The Mitchell-Lama Housing program (Program) was created in 1955 by the Limited Profit Housing Act, to provide … over 105,000 apartments, were built under the Program. In exchange for low-interest mortgage loans and real property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/15/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchellDiNapoli: Too Many New Yorkers Still Without High-Speed Broadband Access
… New NY Broadband Program has fallen short of its mission to bring universal broadband access to New Yorkers, according to an audit by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-too-many-new-yorkers-still-without-high-speed-broadband-accessDiNapoli: State Education Employment Program For New Yorkers With Disabilities Falling Short
… The program run by the State Education Department (SED) to help New Yorkers with … will be measured. DiNapoli’s auditors, however, found SED does not regularly meet the deadlines for eligibility …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-state-education-employment-program-new-yorkers-disabilities-falling-shortState Agencies Bulletin No. 1794
… age 50 and over. These employees can defer up to $6,500 in catch-up contributions in addition to their regular contribution amount for a combined total contribution limit of $26,000 in 2020. An additional deferment is also available to CUNY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1794-supplemental-retirement-annuity-sra-and-tax-deferred-annuity-tdaState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the Eight Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2017 (2020-F-13) … report. Department of Health (DOH): Medicaid Overpayments for Inpatient Care Involving Mechanical Ventilation Services … in January 2019 found Labor could improve its methods for verifying eligibility for the youth jobs program, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0DiNapoli Audit Finds Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Medicaid Payments Went to Providers Not Enrolled in the Program
… equipped and eligible to deliver services. “The deadline for managed care organizations and their providers to comply … a better job ensuring the program’s integrity.” DOH pays for Medicaid in two ways — fee-for-service and managed care. Under fee-for-service, DOH pays …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-hundreds-millions-dollars-medicaid-payments-went-providers-not-enrolled-programDiNapoli: Medicaid Redesign Presents Opportunities and Risks
… a year over the next four years and improving the quality of care for Medicaid patients remains a challenge after more than two decades of reform, according to a report released today by New York … failure to meet key benchmarks would result in a loss of significant potential federal funding. That could force …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-medicaid-redesign-presents-opportunities-and-risksState Comptroller DiNapoli Details Progress on Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
… of today’s political climate, it can be problematic for companies to fund political agendas,” DiNapoli said. … spending disclosure is a corporate accountability priority for our state pension fund. As a shareholder, the Fund … on political causes by our portfolio companies makes sense for our investments. I commend Caesars, DoorDash, and SoFi …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-details-progress-corporate-political-spending-disclosureState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… appropriation in the general fund. Nor does it include a tax overlay, which could potentially create a revenue … shortfall in 2025. Finally, the proposed budget includes a tax levy of $24.5 million, which is $115,087 from exceeding the tax levy limit. Jefferson County Industrial Development …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli Releases Report on Nonprofit Industry
… 1.3 million jobs to New Yorkers, just over 1 in 6 private sector jobs in the state. While the number of nonprofits … paid by nonprofits in the state were lower than in the public and private sectors, in contrast to nonprofits in the … of the country, where average wages were more in line with public and private sectors. Statewide, three industry sectors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-releases-report-nonprofit-industryDiNapoli: State Must Improve Management of Medical Equipment Stockpile After Spending Millions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… unable to account for all the DME purchased, with credit card transactions an issue. Looking at a sample of nine credit card purchases, auditors found DOH could not provide proof of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-state-must-improve-management-medical-equipment-stockpile-after-spending-millions-duringOpinion 95-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FINES AND PENALTIES -- Disposition (fines and … to violations of traffic control signals and speed limits in suburban town) -- Distribution by State Comptroller (fines … limits and traffic control signals) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1660(a)(5), 1662-a, 1803; STATE FINANCE LAW, §99-a: A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-6Opinion 2000-20
… discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (membership in volunteer firefighters … thereby and that the fire district will receive sufficient benefits in furtherance of its statutory purposes to … museum. According to the information accompanying your inquiry, the museum is a non-profit organization, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-20Opinion 2002-15
… Real property taxes for the cost of street lighting within a town pursuant to Town Law §64(19) and Highway Law §327 are … the town also uses the building for village purposes does not change the tax base on which the town's share of … ; cf . Education Law §256[2], expressly providing that, when a town and village jointly contract to support a library …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0