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DiNapoli: Probation Departments Failing to Get Restitution Payments to Victims
… for years, according to a review of more than 340 cases at 13 county probation departments released today by … 13 departments reviewed had a total of 3,851 restitution cases with probation supervision during the audit period of Jan. 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. Auditors reviewed 343 cases with ordered restitution totaling $2.8 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-probation-departments-failing-get-restitution-payments-victimsOversight of Child Protective Services (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Oversight of Child Protective Services (Report 2021-S-17 ). About the Program The New York State Child Protective Services Act of 1973 was established to encourage more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment, provide for the swift and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/06/oversight-child-protective-services-followInvestors: Exxon Needs to Step Up on Climate Change
… On the eve of ExxonMobil’s annual meeting, New York State … (Fund), and the Church of England, called on ExxonMobil to agree to their request that the company address how it will be affected by worldwide efforts to adopt the … Common Retirement Fund and the Church of England called on ExxonMobil to agree to their request that the company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/investors-exxon-needs-step-climate-changeOversight of Juvenile Detention Facilities (Outside New York City)
… by 54 employees at these types of facilities, was first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training. At one facility, OCFS issued a performance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/21/oversight-juvenile-detention-facilities-outside-new-york-cityXIV.14.L Asset Retirement Obligations – XIV. Special Procedures
… Obligations ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION DEFINITION An asset retirement obligation (ARO) is a legally enforceable liability associated with the … X-ray machines Certain laboratory equipment This is not an exhaustive list. Agencies should consider the possibility …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xiv/xiv14l-asset-retirement-obligationsHomeless Services Housing Needs Assessment (Follow-Up)
… including assessment of needs, case management, access to health care (including physical and mental health), treatment for substance abuse, childcare … the need for temporary housing and treatment of physical, mental health, and/or substance abuse issues. Beginning in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/14/homeless-services-housing-needs-assessment-followMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs, Procedures, and Supplies Provided to Medicaid Recipients, Including Sex Offenders
… drugs, procedures, and supplies, and whether controls are in place to prevent abuse and misuse of these products. The … the recipient is a registered sex offender, the MCO merely does not pay for the services. Certain steps could be taken … Medicaid laws and policies are inconsistent: State policy does not allow payment of ED drugs for the treatment of BPH …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-sexual-and-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-procedures-andComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Indictment of Former NYC Council Candidate Alberto Alvarez and Former Non-Profit Director Anna Mendez
… make out in their own names while Alvarez watched; Alvarez then allegedly collected the money and false contribution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-indictment-former-nyc-council-candidate-albertoMedicaid Program – Managed Care Premium Payments for Recipients With Comprehensive Third-Party Insurance
… whether the Department of Health (Department) made Medicaid mainstream managed care premium payments on behalf of individuals who … January 1, 2012 to September 1, 2017. Background The Medicaid program is a federal, state, and locally funded … To determine whether the Department of Health made Medicaid mainstream managed care premium payments on behalf …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/06/13/medicaid-program-managed-care-premium-payments-recipients-comprehensive-third-partyOpinion 92-9
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … subpoena for pre-trial questioning) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Court or Other Tribunal" (meaning for purposes of General … powers, meeting at certain times and places for the hearing and decision of causes and other matters brought …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-9Opinion 89-32
… Stock Ownership (county treasurer as stockholder) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(2), (3)(d), 801: Although the issuance … literally constitute a power or duty enumerated in General Municipal Law, §801, a court might find that a county … under either the original lease or the renewal. General Municipal Law, Article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-32State Agencies Bulletin No. 1217
… resulting from employment-related claims are, with very limited exceptions, taxable income to the employee. … describe the amount and nature of each payment to be made, then the agency must submit a statement identifying these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1217-new-requirements-and-procedures-processing-salary-payments-pursuantState Agencies Bulletin No. 1217.1
… resulting from employment-related claims are, with very limited exceptions, taxable income to the employee. … describe the amount and nature of each payment to be made, then the agency must submit a statement identifying these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/12171-new-requirements-and-procedures-processing-salary-payments-pursuantThe Retail Sector in New York City: Recent Trends and the Impact of COVID-19
… Protection Program loans supported half of all small-business retailers and more than one-third of all retail … (categorized as nonessential businesses) have shut or faced operational limitations for months. Efforts … chain store locations in New York City. Its latest annual report (from 2019) noted declines in the last two …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/retail-sector-new-york-city-recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19State Health Department Unnecessarily Paid over $1 Billion for Patients Covered by Private Insurance
… in the state Department of Health's payment system and other problems led to over a billion dollars in … said. "The department needs to improve its procedures and stop this waste of taxpayer money." Medicaid, a federal, … insurance during January of 2018. Read the report , or go to: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-health-department-unnecessarily-paid-over-1-billion-patients-covered-private-insuranceState 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
… Learning Center, Inc., a pre-school serving special needs children aged three through five years on Staten … personal items including; landscaping for their home, car and insurance payments for their vehicles, flowers and … said State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli . “Thanks to my auditors and investigators, in partnership with Richmond …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-and-richmond-county-da-michael-e-mcmahon-president-staten-islandOpinion 93-4
… authorized to provide for a referendum on its own motion. You ask whether a town board may adopt a bond resolution for … the town board consists of seven members. Municipalities are authorized to issue bonds for municipal objects or … affirmative votes are required to adopt the resolution even if the board determines on its own motion in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-4Opinion 91-44
… in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health insurance) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover fire … commissioners of a fire district may be provided health insurance through the State health insurance plan at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 92-37
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … -- Extension (necessity to obtain approval of the State Comptroller) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (necessity to obtain approval of the State Comptroller) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 96-21
… issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Beach Erosion Control Districts (increase or improvement of … destroyed or worn-out facilities or appurtenances by beach erosion control district) TOWN LAW, §§198(10-a), … the installation of a sand-filled geotube at a town-owned beach in a town beach erosion control district which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21