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Getting Started with the New Annual Financial Report
Your local government will soon have access to the new Annual Financial Report (AFR), which is replacing the Annual Update Document (AUD). This webinar presentation will provide an overview of how to access and complete filings in the AFR, including a demonstration of new application features.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/getting-started-afr-2-15-23.pdfGetting Started with the New Annual Financial Report
Your local government will soon have access to the new Annual Financial Report (AFR), which is replacing the Annual Update Document (AUD). This webinar presentation will provide an overview of how to access and complete filings in the AFR, including a demonstration of new application features.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/getting-started-with-afr-may-2023.pdfMaximizing Incentives for Individuals With Disabilities (2021-S-26) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) has ensured that State agencies and employment service providers are taking full advantage of the New York Employment Service System and the Ticket to Work program to promote and place individuals with a disability in competitive employment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21s26-response.pdfMental Health: Inpatient Service Capacity
In recent years, the prevalence and estimated numbers of New Yorkers living with any mental illness have increased, according to the State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/mental-health-inpatient-service-capacity.pdfChild Care Stabilization Grants (2022-S-44)
To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services has established and maintained adequate internal controls to enable it to oversee and monitor child care stabilization grantees to ensure proper use of child care stabilization grant funds; and to determine whether the grants met ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/2022-S-44.pdfNew York City Agency Services Update
New York City has the largest municipal budget and public workforce in the nation, with a citywide budget of over $115 billion (FY 2025) and more than 300,000 employees (June 2024) tasked with providing a vast array of services to its more than eight million residents.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-19-2025.pdfCitywide Payment Services and Standards – Controls Over Payments (2022-N-2)
To determine whether the New York City Department of Finance (DOF) Citywide Payments Services and Standards (CPSS) unit has controls in place to ensure that payments received by and processed on behalf of agencies are correctly matched with receivables and that agencies are appropriately advised ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22n2.pdfMaximizing Incentives for Individuals With Disabilities (2021-S-26)
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) has ensured that State agencies and employment service providers are taking full advantage of the New York Employment Service System and the Ticket to Work program to promote and place individuals with a disability in competitive employment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21s26.pdfFare Evasion
To determine whether New York City Transit and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bus Company reported accurate estimates of revenue losses from fare evasion to the MTA Board of Directors , and whether the MTA has taken action through the Fare Enforcement and Worker Safety Program to ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s7.pdfCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data) (2019-S-65) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Parks) is complying with Executive Order 95, including providing, in a timely manner, publishable State data to the Office of Information Technology Services, and whether data posted under EO 95 is reliable and useful.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s65-response.pdfComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Alb Co Dept of Weights Measures Allegany Co Carle Place Water Dist …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Opinion 92-49
… land for recreational trail) TOWN LAW §§81,220: A proposed lease of real property for use as a town recreational trail … referendum at a special or biennial town election, if the lease payments are to be paid from moneys appropriated from … sections 81 and 220, we have previously concluded that a lease of real property for purposes authorized by sections 81 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-49Opinion 92-30
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … (General Municipal Law, §800[2]). "Interest" is defined in section 800(3) as a "direct or indirect pecuniary or material … eighteen of the general municipal law, as added by this act; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-30State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… office completed audits of the Half Hollow Hills Community Library , City of Newburgh , Onondaga County Probation … and effectively." Half Hollow Hills Community Library – Fund Balance (Suffolk County) The library's fund balance policy does not address the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0State Police Bulletin No. SP-259
… of State Police of OSC’s automatic processing of the 2025 State Police Expertise Pay, and to provide agency … are affected. Background: Chapter 182 of the Laws of 2025 implements the 2023-2026 Agreement between the State of … for an annual expertise payment. Effective Dates: The 2025 State Police Expertise Pay is effective on 11/01/2025, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-259-2025-expertise-pay-eligible-employees-state-police-investigators-unitOpinion 92-37
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Extension (necessity to obtain approval of the State Comptroller) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (necessity to obtain … COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (approval of extension of fire district) TOWN LAW, §§172-d, 173: The extension of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 92-56
… the general municipal law. Thus, pursuant to section 116, only those travel expenses which have actually and … put differently, it includes matters directly affecting only the employer and employee relationship" ( Levitt v Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56Opinion 92-13
… be expected to be found in the statute. Applying this test, the Court upheld an amendment to the New York City … of legislative seats. The Appellate Division applied as a test for determining whether the local law violated the … that the title to the local law is adequate to meet this test. Finally, we note that, if the town chooses to act by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-13Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Town of Bolivar , Circleville Fire District , Town of … “By auditing municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Town of Bolivar Circleville …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed an audit of the Town of Cohocton , a budget review for the City of Yonkers and an audit of parkland alienation in 11 municipalities. “In … the tax account and may have been made by the clerk in an attempt to conceal the shortage in tax collections. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1