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DiNapoli Expands Anti-Corruption Initiative
… initiative and created a new Division of Investigations to build on efforts which resulted in 30 arrests and the … the Comptroller’s legal counsel for investigations. Prior to joining the Comptroller’s office in 2011, he was chief counsel to the state Inspector General, an assistant attorney general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-expands-anti-corruption-initiativeBelleville-Henderson Central School District – Financial Condition (2016M-46)
… appropriated fund balance that was not needed as a funding source because the Board and District officials … a written plan that communicates to taxpayers the optimal funding levels or conditions under which the reserves will be … Develop a formal reserve fund plan that outlines targeted funding levels and the conditions under which the funds will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/05/27/belleville-henderson-central-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-46Palmyra-Macedon Central School District – Reserves and Fund Balance (2015M-336)
… balance totaling $2.43 million from 2012-13 through 2014-15. Instead, 67 percent of the appropriated fund balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/03/palmyra-macedon-central-school-district-reserves-and-fund-balance-2015mWestbury Water District – Purchasing (2015M-261)
… 2015. Background The Westbury Water District is located in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County and provides water to over 20,500 customers. … elected three-member Board of Commissioners. Expenditures in 2014 totaled approximately $5.2 million. Key Findings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2016/01/29/westbury-water-district-purchasing-2015m-261Sandy Creek Central School District – Cafeteria Operations (2016M-354)
… Audit The purpose of our audit was to analyze the school lunch fund’s financial condition for the period July 1, 2015 … elected seven-member Board of Education. Budgeted school lunch appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year total … averaged $169,000 annually, been paid from the school lunch fund, the fund’s average annual operating deficit would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/30/sandy-creek-central-school-district-cafeteria-operations-2016m-354Opinion 94-10
… the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (human rights commission) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (part-town human rights commission) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Human Rights (establishment of joint townwide-village commission) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§119-o, 239-o: A town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-10State Agencies Bulletin No. 1905
… York State, Inc. (PBANYS) for members of the Agency Police Service Unit (BU31). Chapter 257 of the Laws of 2012 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1905-april-2021-security-performance-advancesEast Syracuse Minoa Central School District – Financial Software Access Rights (2016M-41)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine if access to the District’s financial software … Background The East Syracuse Minoa Central School District is located in the Towns of Manlius, Cicero, Sullivan and … operates seven schools with approximately 3,500 students, is governed by an elected nine-member Board of Education. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/15/east-syracuse-minoa-central-school-district-financial-software-accessLiberty Central School District – Budget Review (B4-14-6)
… for the 2014-15 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The Liberty Central School District, located in Sullivan County, … Liberty Central School District Budget Review B4146 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/04/11/liberty-central-school-district-budget-review-b4-14-6Business Partners
… a NYSLRS hearing proceeding, or if you are an independent medical examiner, you may be considered a business partner. … to every hearing applicant at no cost. Independent Medical Examiners An independent medical examiner (IME) is a physician who has not been … who takes part in a NYSLRS hearing or an independent medical examiner you may be a business partner …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/business-partnersBuffalo Sewer Authority – Industrial Waste Section (2016M-434)
… to evaluate the Authority’s control program for trucked-in waste for the period July 1, 2015 through November 7, … approximately 106,000 residential and commercial customers in the City and certain neighboring communities. Budgeted … measure or verify the amount of liquid/slush waste trucked-in for treatment and disposal. The Administrator has not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/public-authority/2017/04/07/buffalo-sewer-authority-industrial-waste-section-2016m-434Genesee Valley Central School District – Reserve Accounts and Extra-Classroom Activities (2014M-56)
… reserve, the detailed objectives of the reserve, needed funding levels, sources of funding and the conditions under which the reserve’s assets … its intentions for each reserve, optimal or targeted funding levels and the conditions under which reserve funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/06/27/genesee-valley-central-school-district-reserve-accounts-and-extraState Agencies Bulletin No. 1347
… Purpose To explain why the Retirement Plan check box in Box 13 of Form W-2, must be … Service (IRS) Instructions for Form W-2 require that the Retirement Plan check box in Box 13 be checked for every … employee who is either: Covered* by an employer provided retirement plan or An active participant for any part of 2014 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1347-retirement-plan-check-box-form-w-2-wage-and-tax-statement-calendar-yearState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… audits of Bolton Fire District , Town of Deer Park , East Bloomfield Fire District , East Bloomfield-Holcomb Fire Department , City of Newburgh , … budget complies with the property tax levy limit. East Bloomfield Fire District – Financial Operations (Ontario …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0XI.18.J Gender-Based Violence and the Workplace – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… bidding is required by law or where the State contracting entity has otherwise determined, in its discretion, to impose … as “any individual, business, vendor or other legal entity, or any employee, agent, consultant or person acting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xi/xi18j-gender-based-violence-and-workplaceState Contract and Payment Actions in April
… Comptroller approved 1,072 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $11.9 billion and approved more than 20.1 million payments worth more than $12.6 billion. The Office rejected 109 contracts and related transactions valued at $337 million and more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/state-contract-and-payment-actions-aprilState Contract and Payment Actions in June
… services. $2.3 million with Lexington Vocational Services Center, Inc. for a communication skills program. Department … Envirotrac, Ltd. for remedial construction work in Nassau County. $1.9 million with Dattner Family Associates, L.P. to … Inc. to replace and repair multiple bridges on Route 9W in Orange County. $14.2 million with Defoe Corporation to repair …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/state-contract-and-payment-actions-juneMedicaid Program – Excessive Medicaid Payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers for Group Therapy Services
… therapy session for eight recipients. The provider did not bill the appropriate FQHC payment rate of $35.16 for group … Clarify to the FQHCs that were overpaid how to properly bill Medicaid for group therapy services. Ensure all FQHCs bill Medicaid the correct reimbursement rate for group …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/11/18/medicaid-program-excessive-medicaid-payments-federally-qualified-health-centers-groupOpinion 97-14
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … contrary to public policy (see e.g., 1995 Opns St Comp No. 95-14, p 29 and citations therein). We have also … tax moneys. For purposes of this opinion, we assume no special act is applicable. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-14Opinion 91-53
… fixed, however, may not exceed the amount set forth in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget unless a local … of deputy supervisor is not required to be listed in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget. (3) A town board … additional salary in excess of the amount set forth in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget for the highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53