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DiNapoli Releases Analysis of 2023-24 Enacted State Budget
… The $229 billion Enacted Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) … a projected drop in revenues and as temporary federal aid is spent down, according to an analysis by State Comptroller … SFY 2023-24 General Fund spending. However, it is unclear what the state’s plans are for additional contributions to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-releases-analysis-2023-24-enacted-state-budgetSUNY Bulletin No. SU-341
… concerning prior year NYSTRS annual bills and collaborated on a project to resolve these issues. Working in partnership, they developed procedures which State agencies and SUNY campuses will use to review and … taxable gross wages, subject to employment and income taxes and reported on the employee’s W-2. Questions Questions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-341-agency-actions-required-fiscal-year-2021-22-new-york-stateDiNapoli: DEC Needs to Improve Efforts to Control Invasive Species
… law requiring boaters to use inspection stations, and each year Adirondack waters and communities pay the price. Every year we find additional costly and sometimes permanent … causing an estimated $500 million in economic losses each year, 80 percent of which affects commercial and sport …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-dec-needs-improve-efforts-control-invasive-speciesSelected Aspects of Supporting Small Businesses
… Objectives To determine whether the New York City Department of Small … First Report. The audit covered the period from July 2018 to July 2021. About the Program The New York City Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/20/selected-aspects-supporting-small-businessesDiNapoli: Three Arrested for Scheme to Steal Unclaimed Funds from New York State
… charges arising out of their scheme to fraudulently obtain unclaimed funds held by the New York State Comptroller’s Office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-three-arrested-scheme-steal-unclaimed-funds-new-york-stateDiNapoli: New York Sending More Tax Dollars to Federal Government Than it Gets Back
… 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016, a wider gap than three years before, … Billions of federal dollars also supported transportation, education and veterans benefits programs. Meanwhile, New … population in 2016. By far the largest category of federal expenditures is direct payments to or on behalf of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-york-sending-more-tax-dollars-federal-government-it-gets-backOversight of Undistributed Child Support Funds
… Purpose To determine if the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s (OTDA) oversight and … Child support programs help enhance the well-being of children in many ways, including by enforcing child support obligations. OTDA …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/09/oversight-undistributed-child-support-fundsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… claimed for state reimbursement including $122,966 in salary costs that were improperly charged directly to the … and $176,793 in compensation related to excess staffing of teacher aides/assistants. State Education Department: School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2001-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (authority to pay overtime compensation in excess of Fair Labor Standards Act minimum requirements) … of the FLSA. In our opinion, the mere fact that the amount paid is in excess of the minimum requirements of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1DiNapoli: MTA Financial Outlook Improved
… through 2020. The MTA projects a year-end cash balance of $200 million in 2016 (two-thirds higher than previously … 2015-2019 capital program. The capital program totals $29.5 billion and includes funding for maintenance, modernization … however, have yet to identify the sources for $9.2 billion of their $10.8 billion contribution, making it impossible to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-mta-financial-outlook-improvedDiNapoli: MTA's Plan to Pull Trash Cans Didn't Make Stations Cleaner
… the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's controversial, and seemingly counterintuitive, experiment to reduce exposed … of improving straphangers' experience and making stations cleaner and there's no evidence it reduced the number of rats …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mtas-plan-pull-trash-cans-didnt-make-stations-cleanerDiNapoli Warns Federal Cuts to Health Care Could Hurt Millions of New Yorkers
… The number of New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid and other publicly funded health plans has grown sharply over the past decade, but proposals by President Trump and some members of Congress could cut federal funding for those programs by billions of dollars and jeopardize health care coverage for many residents, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-warns-federal-cuts-health-care-could-hurt-millions-new-yorkersDiNapoli: Report Warns of Growing State Debt
… New York's state-funded debt is projected to reach $63.7 billion at the end of the current … restrictions on borrowing. New York's per capita debt is $3,116 or three times the median for all states. The … percent, over the same period. $11.7 billion of debt which is not counted as state-supported debt but is part of total …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-report-warns-growing-state-debtOpinion 88-57
… certain income criteria are charged at a reduced rate. Section 198(3)(d) of the Town Law provides that the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57Oversight of the Early Intervention Program
… located, and referred to the Program. Generally, after referral, children should be evaluated by qualified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/28/oversight-early-intervention-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 2103
… be added to the employee’s taxable gross wages for tax withholding purposes, and is subject to employment and income taxes. Federal, State, and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the Aggregate method. Yonkers income tax withholding will be calculated using the Flat Rate method. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2103-april-2022-csea-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesDiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
The state Department of Health DOH has made limited progress in addressing the widespread failures identified in a March 2022 audit of the states response to the COVID19 outbreak in nursing homes according to a follow up report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesRisk Assessment and Implementation of Measures to Address Extreme Weather Conditions
… a sample of 23 of 221 capital projects intended to correct or prevent damage found that projects were often incomplete in scope of work, not finished on time or within budget, or insufficiently documented. Just two of six critical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/risk-assessment-and-implementation-measures-address-extreme-weather-conditionsState Comptroller DiNapoli, Steuben County District Attorney Baker and the New York State Police Announce Arrest of Former Village of Addison Official for Theft of More Than $1.1 Million
… A longtime clerk-treasurer of the Village of Addison in Steuben County has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1.1 million in village funds over the course of at least 19 years, New … charged with one count each of Grand Larceny in the 1st degree, Money Laundering in the 2nd degree, Corrupting the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-steuben-county-district-attorney-baker-and-new-york-state-police-announceDiNapoli: Federal Aid, Increasing Tax Revenues and Savings Boost New York City's Surplus
… New York City is expecting to generate a surplus of $3.7 billion … due to federal aid, better-than-projected tax revenues, and planned savings, according to a report released today by … can be done to prepare for unforeseen risks and to manage challenges as increased spending is spurred by inflation and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-federal-aid-increasing-tax-revenues-and-savings-boost-new-york-citys-surplus