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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… $60 billion in federal, state and local funds. For additional background or a comment on a specific audit, … Auditors reviewed the district’s general fund budgets for the 2012-13 through 2014-15 fiscal years and found that … expenditures were less than the budgeted appropriations for each fiscal year. The board overestimated expenditures by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsPreferred Source Contracting
… Purpose To determine how State agencies and facilitating agencies are … work is being completed by disabled workers. NYSID’s own Quality Management Program does not provide adequate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/28/preferred-source-contractingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… monitor the cabinet. In addition, the clerks do not always log cash receipts into the cash receipts log when it is received. Twelve cash receipts totaling $7,975 … receiving the cash in the district’s cash receipts log. Lynbrook Union Free School District – Special Programs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli: Fairport Audits Reveal Unauthorized Practices for Economic Development Agencies
… granting $1 million worth of inappropriate gifts and commercial loans, according to an audit released today by … established to take over the FIDA’s unauthorized revolving loan fund. In May 2013, the FIDA transferred the value of … of a project. FIDA granted two additional unauthorized commercial loans of approximately $187,000. Questionable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-fairport-audits-reveal-unauthorized-practices-economic-development-agenciesLinkNYC Program Revenues and Monitoring
… offer free, high-speed Internet access as well as free phone service; a touchscreen tablet interface to access City services, including 911 emergency and NYC311; free cell phone charging; and digital advertising and public … force and effect as a PPT. Links were to be built at no cost to the City and were projected to generate over $500 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/30/linknyc-program-revenues-and-monitoringInvestors Reach Settlement with Wynn Resorts
… CEO Steve Wynn’s alleged abusive behavior have reached a settlement agreement, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. … New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer. “Steve Wynn is alleged to have created an unacceptable culture of sexual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/investors-reach-settlement-wynn-resortsDiNapoli Op-Ed in the NY Daily News Explains His Audit of the Former Governor's COVID Performance
… and emotionally. Part of that recovery is a reckoning with how we responded to it. My office’s recent audit examines … some other states. It had to hire temporary employees to do the surveys because it was understaffed. When DOH did get … to support health and safety inspections at nursing homes. I am urging our congressional representatives to support this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-op-ed-ny-daily-news-explains-his-audit-former-governors-covid-performanceVII.1 State Revenues Overview – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… be deposited to the State Treasury and accounted for in a joint custody fund to be paid pursuant to an appropriation … and Finance – Division of Treasury (DTF – Treasury) for deposit to the State’s General Checking Account (GCA). A … verifying the deposit with the DTF – Treasury. Agencies can then run the NYGL0400 – Revenue Summary Report to verify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii1-state-revenues-overviewDiNapoli: New York Power Authority’s Installation of Electric Vehicle Chargers Years Behind Schedule
… The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has failed to install …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-new-york-power-authoritys-installation-electric-vehicle-chargers-years-behind-scheduleXII.9.H Audit Recoveries – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES The purpose of this section is … 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-recoveriesDiNapoli: State Must Consider Pros and Cons of Gaming Revenues, Problem Gambling
… As policymakers consider possible expansion of revenue streams from gaming, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … Require the Gaming Commission to report regularly on how actual casino revenues to the state and job numbers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/dinapoli-state-must-consider-pros-and-cons-gaming-revenues-problem-gamblingDiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… a number of local Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) do not verify if businesses receiving tax breaks are actually … reviewed contained recapture provisions. For example, one business received more than $600,000 in tax abatements, but … DiNapoli will release his annual IDA performance report. Last year’s report noted that 112 active IDAs in New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataFinancial Condition and Selected Expenses
… Franchise Agreement (Agreement), a percentage of Resorts’ Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) revenue is directed to NYRA for … not prescribed by the Franchise Oversight Board (FOB) or any other authoritative NYRA guidance. Other Related …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/10/financial-condition-and-selected-expensesPermanent COLA
… A Message from Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli In July 2000, the Retirement System was at the forefront of a successful … adjustment (COLA) for retirees. A COLA payment is a change, based on the cost of living index, that … Center. Sincerely, Thomas P. DiNapoli State Comptroller What is COLA? A COLA payment is an adjustment based on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/permanent-colaOpinion 90-24
… board may not, pursuant to Local Finance Law, §56.00, delegate to the chief fiscal officer of the municipality the … §56.00(a) authorizes a finance board of a municipality to delegate the authority to hire bond attorneys to the chief … to authorize contracts, by resolution, when authorized to do so by statute (1987 Opns St Comp 87-43, p 66). Therefore, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… issued. Village of Airmont – Claims Auditing (Rockland County) The board did not audit claims before payment to … that none of the claims were audited by the board. In addition, one vendor was overpaid $36,905 for snow plowing … due to the vendor’s use of the higher year-end Consumer Price Index rate instead of the monthly CPI rate. Six claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli Audit: Growing Number of Youth in Juvenile Justice Centers at Risk Due to Staff Shortages
… staff’s ability to properly assess the physical and mental health of youth at intake as physical altercations, illegal … of at least one required screening having been completed. Medical admission checklists were missing, along with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-audit-growing-number-youth-juvenile-justice-centers-risk-due-staff-shortagesDiNapoli: Nearly 1 in 3 Students Were Chronically Absent From School
… new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli details how chronic absenteeism rates among New York public and … rate in SY 2022-2023. Chronic absenteeism rates are higher in high-need school districts than in low-need … While the public health emergency remained in effect, many school districts implemented restrictions preventing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-nearly-1-3-students-were-chronically-absent-schoolSelected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy (Follow-Up)
… when paired with access to financial products and services. Despite the importance of being equipped to make … identify and reach out to the most critical and vulnerable consumer groups and how they measure gains in individuals’ … financial literacy offerings. We also sought to determine what data these agencies use to evaluate and improve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/23/selected-state-agencies-roles-financial-literacy-followDivision of Housing and Community Renewal – Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments Located Outside New York City
… in 1955 by the Limited Profit Housing Act to provide affordable rental and cooperative (co-op) housing to … under certain conditions. DHCR works with owners as they near the end of their 20-year affordability requirements to … State’s commitment to increase and preserve the number of affordable housing opportunities for its residents, HCR makes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/12/08/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchell