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Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Network User Accounts (2023M-42)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) officials … access, or loss. As a result, BOCES had an increased risk of inappropriate access by users with malicious intent. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2023/08/18/ulster-board-cooperative-educational-services-network-user-accounts-2023m-42Town of Brownville Joint Fire District - Board Oversight (2018M-207)
… make purchases totaling approximately $14,000. The Board did not audit and approve the associated claims before payment. The Board did not contract for an independent audit of its 2017 records … before payment, except as otherwise provided by law. Discontinue the use of debit cards. Obtain an annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2019/01/25/town-brownville-joint-fire-district-board-oversight-2018m-207Town of Plymouth – Employee Benefits (2023M-176)
… Ten employees were collectively paid $12,037 for 20 holidays that were not authorized in the Town’s collective … Key Recommendations Ensure employees are only paid for holidays listed in CBAs. Independently review and approve all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/03/21/town-plymouth-employee-benefits-2023m-176Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School – Debit Cards (2024M-159)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School (School) debit card … Determine whether the Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School School debit card …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2026/01/16/primary-hall-preparatory-charter-school-debit-cards-2024m-159West Babylon Union Free School District – Claims Audit (2024M-62)
… directly to the Board, did not note exceptions on the warrant and did not include all exceptions on her monthly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/09/20/west-babylon-union-free-school-district-claims-audit-2024m-62Lindenhurst Union Free School District – Collections (2024M-24)
… totaling $130,568 were not recorded in a collection log. Employees made 25 deposits totaling $29,639 between 11 and 26 days after District programs recorded receipts on a transmittal form. Treasurer reports were presented to the Board between 65 and 261 days after the end of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/07/19/lindenhurst-union-free-school-district-collections-2024m-24Aloma D. Johnson Charter School – Leave Accruals (2017M-218)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the School’s leave accrual activities for the … is a public school located in the City of Buffalo that is not under the control of the local school board. The school, … compared the 2015-16 leave balances for all 62 employees to the 2016-17 beginning leave balances recorded in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2017/12/29/aloma-d-johnson-charter-school-leave-accruals-2017m-218Yonkers City School District – Fixed Assets (2015M-229)
… selected to review, 10 were either not tagged or the asset tag information did not agree with the accounting records, 10 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/12/11/yonkers-city-school-district-fixed-assets-2015m-229Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District – Leave Accruals (2016M-236)
… $173 million. Key Findings District officials have not developed written procedures documenting the type of … and CBAs. Develop a procedure to ensure that employees do not approve their own absences. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/26/patchogue-medford-union-free-school-district-leave-accruals-2016m-236Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Budget Transfers and Confirming Purchase Orders (2016M-218)
… purpose of our audit was to review BOCES’ budget transfer and purchase order processes for the period July 1, 2014 … of 18 component school districts. Combined, BOCES and the component districts educate approximately 93,000 … 12 percent were made with confirming purchase orders, and none of these purchases were documented as an emergency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/09/30/western-suffolk-board-cooperative-educational-services-budget-transfers-andAdaptive Solutions Multi Services, PLLC - Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… these two officials owned a day care named Sunflower Kidz Daycare LLC (Sunflower). They each received compensation from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/09/adaptive-solutions-multi-services-pllc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Issues Behind Broome County's Fiscal Stress
… the county received a designation of "significant fiscal stress" in the latest round of scoring from DiNapoli's Fiscal Stress Monitoring System based on 2016 fiscal year … recommended that county officials adopt a specific policy establishing the minimum levels of fund balances that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-issues-behind-broome-countys-fiscal-stressTown of Hornellsville – Distribution of Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Proceeds (2025M-112)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Hornellsville (Town) officials properly distribute foreign … Law Sections 9104 and 9105 (Insurance Law). In the absence of a special act stating otherwise, the statute states that … to fire departments and companies for the use and benefits of the membership. Furthermore, in accordance with relevant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/12/12/town-hornellsville-distribution-foreign-fire-insurance-tax-proceeds-2025m-112Public Housing Modernization Program – Administration of Selected Projects Outside of New York City
… However, the first construction contract ($16,500 for electrical work) was not awarded until February 2011 – eight …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/12/public-housing-modernization-program-administration-selected-projects-outside-new-york-cityOpinion 94-18
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (conveyance for nominal consideration to private … not-for-profit corporation) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (transfer of village real property for nominal … members of all the fire companies of a village, organized and maintained pursuant to law, "constitute a corporation by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 2001-3
… of property used and useful in its operation of a gas, electric or water public utility service, or from using such … authority to municipal corporations operating gas, electric or water utilities to earn from and out of such … resulting from the operation of the water, gas or electric service may be used for refunds to consumers, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-3Death Benefits – Divorce and Your Benefits
… as beneficiary of certain benefits is revoked following a divorce, annulment, or judicial separation, once NYSLRS … is revoked regardless of when the final decree of divorce, annulment or judicial separation was signed, unless … the member must re-designate them after the date of the divorce, annulment, or judicial separation, or include the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/death-benefitsLanguage Access Services
… agencies that provide direct public services to translate vital documents into the six most common non-English … Order 26 and increased the number of languages that vital documents were to be translated into to 10. New York … additional language needs, and does not track any statistics of LEP customers served outside of those Language …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/10/26/language-access-servicesTown of Stony Point – Budget Review (B6-13-15)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant … and expenditure projections in the Town’s tentative budget for the 2014 fiscal year are reasonable. Background … revenue and expenditure projections in the tentative budget are reasonable. The 2014 budget includes estimated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/10/15/town-stony-point-budget-review-b6-13-15Eldred Central School District – Budget Review (B4-15-3)
… of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the District’s … District, located in Orange and Sullivan Counties, has a tentative budget for fiscal year 2015-16 of approximately … in fund balance, which would reduce available fund balance to less than 2 percent of appropriations; and does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/04/08/eldred-central-school-district-budget-review-b4-15-3