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DiNapoli: Audit Finds NYC Needs to Improve Income Verification and Enforcement at Mitchell-Lama Housing
… Some residents of Mitchell-Lama apartments in New York City make far more than the program’s … of affordable housing in New York demands that subsidized apartments go to the families who need them,” DiNapoli said. … isn’t the case. HPD needs do a better job of ensuring that apartments are occupied by qualified residents and protect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-audit-finds-nyc-needs-improve-income-verification-and-enforcement-mitchell-lama-housingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of State: Implementation of the Security Guard Act (2019-S-42) The department generally complies with … cards, and maintaining an accurate registry of security guard applicants. However, the department lacks sufficient … where the department inappropriately renewed security guard registrations for security guards with these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Service Delivery Critical to Ensure New York City’s Continued Recovery
… report shows the COVID pandemic brought an end to years of hiring in the city’s workforce, which rose 12.3% over eight … Cliff Online Tool Fiscal Cliff Online Tool Track state and local government spending at Open Book New York . Under State … open data initiative, search millions of state and local government financial records, track state contracts, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-service-delivery-critical-ensure-new-york-citys-continued-recoveryDiNapoli: Thousands of Young Children With Disabilities Not Receiving Early Intervention Services
… a new web-based system to manage the EI program, which has been delayed multiple times, and ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-thousands-young-children-disabilities-not-receiving-early-intervention-servicesDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Executive Budget
… Comptroller urged the Executive to remove language in the 30-day amendment period that seeks to require the comptroller’s … would provide funding to restore habitats, reduce flood risks, improve water quality, protect open space, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-releases-analysis-executive-budgetDiNapoli: MTA Faces Worst Financial Crisis in History
… Authority (MTA) is facing the greatest crisis in its long history, with few viable options without federal funding to avoid cuts in service and staff, additional fare hikes and long-lasting damage that could impair regional … Transportation Authority is facing the greatest crisis in its long history with few viable options without federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-mta-faces-worst-financial-crisis-history30% New York State Initiative
… New York State Initiative to ensure that New York State food products are provided to children as part of their lunch … with children have experienced the highest rates of food insecurity since 2020—as high as 16% in 2022. Even with lower rates of food insecurity in the first 3 months of 2024, roughly one in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/10/16/30-new-york-state-initiativeDiNapoli: Proposed Congressional Cuts to SNAP Program Mean More New Yorkers Without Enough Food
… the nation’s largest program helping households obtain food, would increase costs to state governments, limit … recent available data show 1 in 8 New York households were food insecure between 2021 and 2023. Almost 3 million New … 2025. “The state has made meaningful efforts to reduce food insecurity, but it will be hard-pressed to expand or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-proposed-congressional-cuts-snap-program-mean-more-new-yorkers-without-enough-foodDiNapoli: Wall Street's 2024 First Half Profits of $23.2B Were 79.3% Higher Than Last Year
… pretax profits of the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member firms. There are now 131 member firms, down from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-wall-streets-2024-first-half-profits-232b-were-793-higher-last-yearDiNapoli: Construction Jobs in NYC Not Fully Recovered From Pandemic Amid Lower Demand for Nonresidential Projects
… construction sector in the nation, New York state is one of five states that have not recovered from pandemic job … businesses in New York City continue to face a variety of challenges, including softer demand for office space, … to lag in the near future,” DiNapoli said. “A number of factors, many of them out of the city’s control, will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-construction-jobs-nyc-not-fully-recovered-pandemic-amid-lower-demand-nonresidential-projectsDiNapoli Report Tracks MTA's Shifting Revenue Streams
… in paid ridership since the pandemic and economic changes have contributed to significant shifts in those streams of … provides analysis of the components of these sources that have been significantly impacted by altered patterns of … 31%. While certain revenue sources associated with driving have recovered and even grown since 2019, transit-based …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-report-tracks-mtas-shifting-revenue-streamsFrequently Asked Questions – World Trade Center Presumption
… this benefit? I retired after working at the World Trade Center site. If I develop a qualifying condition, does this … service. Would I be eligible to apply for World Trade Center accidental disability benefits? Is there a deadline … file for a reclassification of my benefit to a World Trade Center accidental disability benefit? I already retired with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/world-trade-center/frequently-asked-questionsDiNapoli: $10 Million Ponzi Scheme Unraveled Following Nassau County District Attorney Investigation
… their continued partnership and diligence in exposing this fraud." Matthew Eckstein, 48, of Syosset, was arraigned … DA Singas said. "Instead of providing the promised risk-free returns, the scammers allegedly squandered the … out of a total of $10 million. Many of the victims are senior citizens who trusted the defendants with their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-10-million-ponzi-scheme-unraveled-following-nassau-county-district-attorney-investigationDiNapoli: Wall St. Profits on Pace to Beat 2017
… pretax profits of the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member firms. There are now about 120 firms, down from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-wall-st-profits-pace-beat-2017Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Annual Review of MTA Finances
… and riders could face reduced services, unplanned fare hikes, and deterioration of the system.” The MTA’s latest … plan projects budget gaps that grow from $392 million in 2020 to nearly $1.6 billion in 2023. These estimates, … not as large as the gaps projected by the MTA during the Great Recession, they are still large by historical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-annual-review-mta-financesDiNapoli: Audit Finds Major Shortcomings in Oversight of School Safety Planning
… district-wide safety plans and building-level emergency response plans. SED regulations were also developed … 12 school districts did not have evidence of the required 30-day comment period for their district plan; 10 of the 14 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-major-shortcomings-oversight-school-safety-planningComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Health Medicaid Program: Improper Payments to a Physical Therapist (2013-S-15) Medicaid overpaid a physical therapist $146,225 because he reported incorrect Medicare … Medicaid overpaid a physical therapist $146225 because he reported incorrect Medicare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 88-27
… favor ( Pease v Colucci , 59 AD2d 233, 399 NYS2d 519 [1977]; Mashnouk v Miles , 55 NY2d 80, 447 NYS2d 889, 432 NE2d 761 [1982]). Thus, prior to the 1977 amendment of the statute (L 1977, c. 965, §1), which, inter alia , added subdivisions 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-27Opinion 88-24
… board member for expenses incurred in maintaining private pond) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(3)(a): Town board member … reimbursed for expenses incurred in maintaining a private pond on their land used as part of the town's recreation … for costs incurred in connection with maintaining a pond located on the board member's property and used as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24Opinion 2009-2
… Office of the State Comptroller's Disapproval Mem, Bill Jacket, L 1974, ch 521, at 2). 4 In setting forth the … sources ( see e.g . Office for Local Government Mem, Bill Jacket, L 1974, ch 512, at 8 [noting that the purpose of the … rate determined by the State officer or agency charged with the duty of such determination (currently, the Office of …
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