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Financial Condition and Selected Expenses
… Purpose To assess the New York Racing Association, Inc.’s financial condition and selected … 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014. Background The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) holds the exclusive franchise …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/10/financial-condition-and-selected-expensesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… School District , Lynbrook Union Free School District , North Collins Central School District , North Salem Central … spend approximately $60 billion in federal, state and local funds. For additional background or a comment on a … paid a total of $116,626. For access to state and local government spending and nearly 50,000 state contracts, visit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0NYC Finances Remain Strong But Out-Year Budget Gaps Have Grown
… economy is on pace to add more than 72,000 jobs in 2018 and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2 percent, the lowest level in 42 years, but financial risks for the city persist, according to a report released today by … plan, the city reached a tentative labor agreement with District Council 37. It also announced an agreement with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/nyc-finances-remain-strong-out-year-budget-gaps-have-grownPermanent COLA
… System was at the forefront of a successful effort to enact a law providing an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees. A … years, regardless of age. There are two other situations where someone may be eligible for COLA: A beneficiary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/permanent-colaOpinion 2000-21
… opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Establishment of (joint fire district when village is within two towns) TOWNS -- Fire Districts and Fire Protection (participation in establishment of joint … or towns and village or villages a joint fire district for the purposes hereinafter stated and in the manner …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21United HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Bone and Joint, LLP
… October 31, 2015. Background The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) provides health insurance coverage to active and retired State, participating … United HealthCare - Overpayments for Services Provided by Eastern Orange Ambulatory Surgery Center (2015-S-53) United …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-bone-and-joint-llpEmpire BlueCross BlueShield – Controls Over Payments for Special Items
… range of services including, but not limited to, hospital services, office visits, home care, medical … rate schedules for the payment of inpatient and outpatient hospital services. Empire’s hospital contracts also allow certain special items, such as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/22/empire-bluecross-blueshield-controls-over-payments-special-itemsOversight of Critical Foster Care Program Requirements
… of limited evidentiary value. Also, OCFS officials did not account for the other half of the sampled children, for whom …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/21/oversight-critical-foster-care-program-requirementsOversight of Nurse Licensing
… independently verifies information submitted by nursing license applicants; monitors nurses once they are licensed … requirements, exam results, and out-of-state licenses, but does not take similar proactive steps to check applicants’ background …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/09/29/oversight-nurse-licensingDiNapoli: Former Assemblyman William Scarborough Sentenced On Fraud and Theft Convictions
… General Eric T. Schneiderman, and Special Agent in Charge Andrew W. Vale of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albany … New York State Assembly Finance Department certifying his dates of travel to and from Albany; the number of miles he … Office, Scarborough pleaded guilty in Albany County Court to grand larceny in the fourth degree concerning his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-former-assemblyman-william-scarborough-sentenced-fraud-and-theft-convictionsDiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli have revealed a number of local Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) do not verify … were reviewed contained recapture provisions. For example, one business received more than $600,000 in tax abatements, … program, using its own funds, to finance a portion of the cost of projects. The IDA had 90 loans outstanding as of May …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataDiNapoli: State Should Improve Financial Literacy Efforts
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit of five agencies, including the Department of Financial … education information to DFS by Nov. 1, 2021. DFS was to post the information to its website by January 1, 2022. … clearinghouse for all agencies’ information, does post some links. However, as of June 2022, fewer than 15 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-state-should-improve-financial-literacy-effortsComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by Former Met Council CFO in $9M Kickback Scheme
… Assistant Attorney General Milton Yu and Investigative Analyst II Paul Strocko of the Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau, Legal Support Analyst KerryAnn Rodriguez and Supervising Analyst Brian Selfon of the Public Integrity Bureau, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-former-met-council-cfo-9m-kickbackXII.9.H Audit Recoveries – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES The purpose of this section is to provide guidance to Business Units for recovering … from contractors. The State Comptroller has authority, as a function of his constitutional and statutory duty to audit … Recovering Moneys Before the Business Unit decides what approach it will take to recover the moneys, it should …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii9h-audit-recoveriesLinkNYC Program Revenues and Monitoring
… force and effect as a PPT. Links were to be built at no cost to the City and were projected to generate over $500 … the required annual fee schedule as well as the Link installation schedule over the contract period, and … issues or the subject of public complaints. Execute the installation and activation terms of the Agreement, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/30/linknyc-program-revenues-and-monitoringDiNapoli: State Must Consider Pros and Cons of Gaming Revenues, Problem Gambling
… from gaming activities and problem gambling. “The lottery generates billions of dollars each year for New … for its budget and for localities through traditional lottery games, video lottery terminals (VLTs), racetrack wagering, casinos, sports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/dinapoli-state-must-consider-pros-and-cons-gaming-revenues-problem-gamblingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… purchased during the audit period. It also did not obtain quotes or request proposals in accordance with the town’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Fairport Audits Reveal Unauthorized Practices for Economic Development Agencies
… Inappropriate Investments The FIDA and FURA investment account had $911,000 improperly invested in bonds of local … all FURA disbursements are made out of the FIDA checking account. By inappropriately charging all expenses against the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-fairport-audits-reveal-unauthorized-practices-economic-development-agenciesDiNapoli: Audit Recommends Stronger Oversight of NYC’s Artificial Intelligence Programs
… formal guidelines governing its use, a clear inventory of what’s being used and why, and accuracy standards, so that … Children’s Services (ACS), the Department of Education (DOE), the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the … further the city’s AI governance and offered examples of what already exists which they will build on. Among the four …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-audit-recommends-stronger-oversight-nycs-artificial-intelligence-programsArtificial Intelligence Governance
… over the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and systems. The audit covered the period from … and more competitively. Yet even as AI generates value, it is also giving rise to a host of unwanted, and sometimes … recognition technology it used, nor did it establish what level of accuracy would be acceptable. NYPD officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/16/artificial-intelligence-governance