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DiNapoli: MTA Budget Continues to Face Serious Risks
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to devote onefifth of total revenue to debt service by 2023
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-mta-budget-continues-face-serious-risksDiNapoli Urges Changes to Protect Children Placed in Custody of Relatives or Guardians
… of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is not doing enough to ensure adequate protections are in place for children who … state. One alternative to foster care is direct placement, where a child is placed in the direct custody of a relative … policies or procedures for the districts to follow when supervising direct placement cases, as it has for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-urges-changes-protect-children-placed-custody-relatives-or-guardiansCUNY Bulletin No. CU-686
… Safety Sergeant Be in Active pay status for at least 100 working days from December 1 to May 31 $780.50 Campus … Checks When a valid payroll check is undeliverable due to the agency’s inability to locate the employee, the … be returned with a completed Next of Kin Affidavit ( Form AC 934-P ), original death certificate and a Report of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-686-cuny-june-2020-uniform-allowance-payment-and-retroactiveState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… barred from seeking public office again. Town of Throop – Highway Department The board and superintendent did not … did not retain documentation related to scrap metal sales or account for sales totaling $1,277. Town of Throop – Procurement The board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Value of IDA Projects Grew 10% in 2021 to $126 Billion
… New York’s 107 local Industrial Development Authorities (IDAs) reported … of the 60 new clean energy projects were approved in 2021. North Country IDAs reported 30 clean energy projects in 2021, … Town of Concord IDA, Town of Corinth IDA and City of Mount Vernon IDA – did not submit their data in time for this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-value-ida-projects-grew-10-percent-in-2021-to-126-billionOversight of Child Protective Services
… the SCR and determining actions for the calls, we found closure codes for non-report calls could more accurately reflect the nature of closure and why the call did not result in a report. … the retention period for the call recording and updating closure codes. … To determine whether the Office of Children …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/24/oversight-child-protective-servicesSelected Aspects of the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Program
… Purpose To determine if the Empire State Development Corporation’s … we requested were either missing mandatory and required documents used to certify MWBEs or the files could not be … Develop and implement formal mechanisms to periodically verify that certified MWBEs are at their address of record. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/04/selected-aspects-minority-and-women-owned-business-enterprises-programDiNapoli: MTA Faces Growing Risks to Its Capital Funding
… capital program for maintaining and upgrading the regional transit system faces significant delays due to funding … delays have pushed back much-needed projects, with $9 billion in 2024 work currently at risk. Questions … be at least the size of the previous program. If other dedicated capital revenue sources are not available, there …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-mta-faces-growing-risks-its-capital-fundingOpinion 88-71
… the property owner relative to the accuracy of his water bill. This is in reply to your letter concerning the waiver … a lien on real property and are added to the user's city tax bill. Under the city's water rent schedule, most … (see City of Mount Vernon v Mount Vernon Trust Co. , 270 NY 400, 1 NE2d 825). Moreover, it has been held that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-71DiNapoli: State Needs to Help Addiction Support Providers Better Prepare for Emergencies
… progress or safety, according to a new audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The … skyrocketed by 44% in 2020 over the prior year, while the number of inpatients decreased 33%. Providers believed less people were getting help for the following reasons: the possibility of catching …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-needs-help-addiction-support-providers-better-prepare-emergenciesVII.2.A Direct Journal Payment – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… by an agency that do not need to be applied to a customer AR Item, such as miscellaneous receipts. The process for … receipts that do not need to be applied to an AR Item. Omissions and corrections for Customer IDs cannot be … for Customer ID. A correcting entry can only be done on an AR Deposit using two sequences that net the deposit total to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii2a-direct-journal-paymentEmployee Qualifications, Hiring, and Promotions (Follow-Up)
… provides bus services in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. Staten Island Railway (SIR), a subsidiary of the MTA, provides rapid … submit a r é sum é and/or application for these positions, from which an interview panel makes their selections. Transit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/26/employee-qualifications-hiring-and-promotions-followHomeless Outreach Services in the New York City Subway System
… Objectives To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) have … over homeless outreach services in the New York City subway system and whether they have met their goal in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/16/homeless-outreach-services-new-york-city-subway-systemState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… of Mental Health serves as the lead procurement agency for ESSHI, which provides up to $25,000 annually per … housing units, and inadequate case management for support services. New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board – … The Office of General Services (OGS) operates the Design & Construction Group, which provides State agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2327
… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2025 Increases to Location Pay and Location Mid-Hudson Pay … Location Mid-Hudson Pay (Earnings Code LMH). Effective Dates: The increases to Location Pay and Location Mid-Hudson Pay will be paid using the following effective dates and check dates: Pay Cycle/Pay Period Type 2025 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2327-april-2025-increase-location-pay-and-mid-hudson-location-pay-employeesTown of Oxford – Financial Condition (2024M-135)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Oxford (Town) Board (Board) receive complete and accurate financial reports and effectively manage and plan the Town’s financial … released an audit of the Town in 2017 which identified budgets that relied on fund balance to fund recurring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/07/25/town-oxford-financial-condition-2024m-135Otisco Fire District – Financial Activities (2025M-42)
… initiate corrective action. Pursuant to Section 181-b of New York State Town Law, a written corrective action plan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/08/01/otisco-fire-district-financial-activities-2025m-42State Agencies Bulletin No. 2356
… processing instructions to agencies for entering the new Referral Bonus payments for eligible employees at DOCCS. … payroll check, OSC will accept a photocopy of this form along with a new Report of Check Exchange. Questions: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2356-new-referral-bonus-eligible-employees-department-corrections-andEssex County Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2024M-146)
… approve and monitor projects that were provided financial assistance? Audit Period January 1, 2017 – August 31, 2024 … assistance, including tax exemptions (e.g., real property, mortgage recording and sales and use taxes), to businesses to … During the audit period, the Board approved 12 projects with projected investments in their applications totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/08/15/essex-county-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-and-monitoring-2024mHoltsville Fire District – Financial Management (2025M-4)
… estimates and properly establish and manage capital reserve funds? Audit Period January 1, 2019 – December 31, … estimated and structurally balanced budgets based on historical data or known trends in which recurring revenues … ensure that the tax levy is not greater than necessary. Reserve funds are established to provide resources for an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/09/19/holtsville-fire-district-financial-management-2025m-4