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DiNapoli Audit: MTA Transit Capital Projects Plagued by Cost Overruns and Delays
… auditors discovered that projects were understaffed on four of the sample projects, with contractors’ scheduled … Transit’s inability to complete improvements to its system on time or within the originally proposed budgets. All six … was no evidence that the contractor’s quality staff were on site even though they are required to be full time. For …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-audit-mta-transit-capital-projects-plagued-cost-overruns-and-delaysDiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
… other opioid prescriptions or coordinating care with health care providers. This audit is part of a broader … effective with proper vigilance. The state Department of Health should take steps to help treatment programs and health care providers work together to prevent overdoses that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationState Agencies Bulletin No. 925
… in Management/Confidential positions. The program offers a $20,000 incentive payment. Employees participating in the … the Voluntary Severance Payment. The payment is effective after the employee separates from State service. Earn Code: … who, at the time of payment, has an overpayment set up in Additional Pay that has a Goal Amount and Goal Balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/925-executive-voluntary-severance-program-paymentsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1010
… the NRA Withholding Rule is not applicable for all or part of their income. Their taxes should be withheld …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1010-implementation-oraclepeoplesoft-tax-updates-and-maintenance-packsDiNapoli: MTA Faces $9.8 Billion Capital Plan Shortfall
… close the remaining $9.8 billion funding gap in its five-year capital program. While we don’t yet know how the gap … compared with 17 percent in 2014. The MTA’s current four-year financial plan extends through calendar year 2019. While the MTA anticipates balanced operating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mta-faces-98-billion-capital-plan-shortfallDiNapoli: Calls to Investigate Violations of Do Not Call Law Going Unanswered
… personnel and certain investigative and enforcement strategies more effectively to enhance Do Not Call … and Evaluate the potential for using FTC resources and strategies and consumer-friendly alternatives to notarized …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-calls-investigate-violations-do-not-call-law-going-unansweredDiNapoli: City of Troy's Finances in Precarious Position
… The city of Troy’s financial condition deteriorated because of poor budgeting, the overuse of rainy day funds to finance day-to-day … “City officials were repeatedly cautioned by my office about adopting unbalanced and unrealistic budgets,” said …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-city-troys-finances-precarious-positionOpinion 2001-4
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN ASSESSOR -- Compensation (fixed amount … duties and an additional hourly rate for duties performed in connection with a revaluation. When compensation is paid in this manner, the duties to be performed for the fixed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Opinion 2000-15
… as if he or she were a member of the fire department. For purposes of section 209-i, a volunteer firefighter means … under or subject to the provisions of the "Not-For-Profit Corporation Law"; and certain fire corporations … Firefighters' Benefit Law §21[2], relative to calls for assistance by volunteer firefighters of fire departments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15Monitoring of Not-for-Profit Cemeteries for Fiscal Stability and Adequate Facility Maintenance
… Purpose To determine if the Department of State’s Division of Cemeteries sufficiently monitors not-forprofit cemetery … facility maintenance. This audit covers the period of January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017. Background The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/11/monitoring-not-profit-cemeteries-fiscal-stability-and-adequate-facility-maintenanceSelected Aspects of Incident Intake and Investigation
… individuals who had been erroneously left off the SEL after committing serious acts of Abuse or Neglect. The names …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/06/selected-aspects-incident-intake-and-investigationOpinion 89-31
… Officers Law, §33 providing for the removal of the chief executive officer and police chief of a city by the … (see also MacFarlin v O'Leary , 245 App Div 164, 281 NYS 112 [1935], in which a city local law providing for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-31Opinion 90-30
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-30State Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children
… those children, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Children in foster … can step up its oversight to make sure these children are being checked on regularly by those entrusted with managing … to be documented as progress notes in CONNECTIONS – a statewide computer system for recording child welfare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-childrenState Comptroller DiNapoli Report Details LIRR Delays in 2017
… was a big factor behind the deterioration in service last year, the LIRR was responsible for more than twice as many … However, this performance was virtually the same as one year earlier during the same period, and much lower than the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-report-details-lirr-delays-2017Opinion 98-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Opinion 92-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation … commissioner is entitled to pay increases equal to highest ranking subordinate police officer in a collective bargaining … is a member of a negotiating unit and who is the highest ranking subordinate to the head of the police department in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 92-2
… fire district established, pursuant to the provisions of section 176(27) of the Town Law, a zone for a portion of the … that the fire district utilizes cash basis accounting. Section 176(12) of the Town Law authorizes a board of fire … district where some will receive no benefit. Pursuant to section 176(27) of the Town Law, the board of fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-2Opinion 91-14
… MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-o; TOWN LAW, §§198(9), 209-e(3): A town board, on behalf of a refuse and garbage district, may contract with villages … municipal corporation or district to perform by itself any function, power and duty or to provide by itself any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 95-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (applicability of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of temporary or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-11