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Oversight of Juvenile Justice Facilities
… and Family Services adequately operates juvenile justice facilities for court-placed youth to ensure they meet State … oversight of nine State-run residential juvenile justice facilities that serve court-placed youth. The nine facilities include three secure facilities, five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/03/oversight-juvenile-justice-facilitiesMonitoring of Construction Management (Follow-Up)
… Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the four … for buildings statewide. One component of its mission is to design and build facilities for State agencies and public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/06/monitoring-construction-management-followPublic Posting of Certain Contracts
… Program Legislative Session 2023-2024: Public Posting of Certain Contracts – A.10281/S.9171 (Solages/Cooney) – Requires a public listing of certain emergency and exempted contracts, which are otherwise subject to the approval of the State Comptroller. Memo Bill Text Status … Requires a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/public-posting-certain-contractsExpedited Payments of Unclaimed Funds
… property under a certain monetary threshold. Memo Bill Text Status … Relates to expedited payments of abandoned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/expedited-payments-unclaimed-fundsPublic Posting of Certain Contracts
… Program Legislative Session 2025-2026: Public Posting of Certain Contracts – A.6707 (Solages) – Requires a public listing of certain emergency and exempted contracts, which are otherwise subject to the approval of the State Comptroller. Memo Bill Text Status … Requires a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/public-posting-certain-contracts-0Town of Sherburne – Budgeting (2025M-3)
… analyze the 2025 adopted budget. Understanding the Program A realistic budget begins with sound estimates and well-supported budgetary assumptions. Budgets should be based on historical data or known trends, in which … not have written multiyear capital or financial plans or a written fund balance or reserve policy in place to guide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/04/18/town-sherburne-budgeting-2025m-3Investigation of Housing Discrimination Complaints
… a participant in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fair Housing Assistance Program, for which … case dismissals. Once a complaint has been received, DHR staff record the complaint in a variety of logs, such as an … manner. Monitoring and segregating the duties of the staff responsible for logging, tracking, and completing the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/15/investigation-housing-discrimination-complaintsOversight of Adult Care Facilities
… adult care facilities with 37,547 residents in New York State. The Department of Health (DOH) is responsible for the … we reviewed to ensure the issues were actually corrected by the facilities. These citations included 89 violations … pertained to a complaint about an overall lack of care by the facility, including allegations that the facility did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/09/oversight-adult-care-facilitiesOversight of Disability Services (Follow-Up)
… 2021-S-42 ). About the Program The State University of New York (SUNY) is the largest comprehensive system of public … community colleges, colleges of technology, and an online learning network. In the fall 2023 semester, SUNY served …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/14/oversight-disability-services-followOversight of Homeless Shelters (Follow-Up)
… Disability Assistance (OTDA) administers programs for the State’s low-income residents and provides leadership, … in the operation of these programs. OTDA oversees the State’s network of emergency homeless shelters—ranging from … general, shelter facilities must be maintained in a good state of repair and sanitation in conformance with applicable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/14/oversight-homeless-shelters-followAudits of Local Governments & Schools
… and school districts. Performance audits provide findings or conclusions based on an evaluation of evidence against …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/auditsOversight of Registered Apprenticeship Programs
… services to its customers—the workers and businesses in New York State. As part of fulfilling its mission, DOL oversees … including those that address Program development, registration, promotion, and monitoring. In September 2023, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/31/oversight-registered-apprenticeship-programsComptroller's Oversight of State Contracts
… and/or protest procurements. Tools and Dashboards Search All Contracts Search over 260,000 contracts that State agencies have with … Comptroller’s review and approval and those that are not. Search Contracts View Breakdown of Contracts by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/oversightPublic Housing Modernization Program – Administration of Selected Projects Outside of New York City
… to selected public housing authorities located outside of New York City. Our audit scope covered the period December 1, … in a quality manner before approving the final payment on its various funding contracts. Key Findings We identified … basis, once funding contracts are executed. Establish time frames to award these contracts, specific to the nature and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/12/public-housing-modernization-program-administration-selected-projects-outside-new-york-cityDiNapoli Urges Department of Labor to Improve Investigations of Hours Worked by Nurses
… The state Department of Labor (DOL) does not investigate overtime complaints by … and employers are complying with the law. The Department of Labor needs to do a better job investigating complaints … working overtime to keep patients safe." For the period of Jan. 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017, auditors examined whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-urges-department-labor-improve-investigations-hours-worked-nursesSecurity and Effectiveness of Department of Motor Vehicles’ Licensing and Registration Systems (Follow-Up)
… and user access, patching, and a succession plan for dated programming languages. Key Finding Department officials have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/14/security-and-effectiveness-department-motor-vehicles-licensing-and-registration-systemsCity of Binghamton – Apparent Misappropriation of Parks and Recreation Department Funds (2013M-169)
… $107,984. Specifically, we found that the City could not account for $36,234 in fees that should have been paid for … totaling approximately $344,000 from a separate bank account titled the “Binghamton City Sport Leagues” for the … 27, 2012. He was one of the two signatories on this account and the bank statements were mailed to his home …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/10/03/city-binghamton-apparent-misappropriation-parks-and-recreation-department-fundsVillage of Village of the Branch – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-43)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether the Board had delegated discretionary functions to independent contractors. Background The Village of Village … Because there is no cap on the amount of fees paid to the Building Inspector, the Village cannot know whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/04/19/village-village-branch-internal-controls-over-financial-operations-2013m-43Town of Halfmoon – Financial Condition of the General and Highway Funds (2013M-55)
… Adopt budgets with realistic estimates for revenues that are based on historical and current information and develop …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/08/06/town-halfmoon-financial-condition-general-and-highway-funds-2013m-55Village of Brightwaters – Financial Operations, Conflict of Interest and Information Technology (2012M-190)
… 2012. Background The Village of Brightwaters is located in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County and has approximately 3,300 residents. The … that have contributed to ongoing fund balance deficits in the general fund. During this period, the Village received …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/02/22/village-brightwaters-financial-operations-conflict-interest-and-information