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DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Labor Department Step Up Investigations of Violations in NYC
… Weaknesses in how the state Department of Labor (DOL) investigates labor law violations in New York City have led to significant delays in holding violators accountable and attaining restitution for workers while allowing … Weaknesses in how the state Department of Labor DOL investigates labor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-audit-recommends-labor-department-step-investigations-violations-nycDiNapoli: NYC IDA Needs To Improve Its Administration of Business Tax Breaks and Monitoring of Job Creation
… Agency (NYCIDA) approved tax breaks and other incentives for businesses even though it lacked required financial … selection and monitoring, there’s little accounting for the benefits the public gets from these tax breaks and … mortgage recording taxes, with some benefits continuing for up to 30 years. Companies have to show why they would not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-nyc-ida-needs-improve-its-administration-business-tax-breaks-and-monitoring-job-creationDiNapoli and Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea in $110,000 Health Contract Theft
… guilty plea of former Department of Health (DOH) contract employee George Dunkel for padding his bills and stealing … guilty plea of former Department of Health DOH contract employee George Dunkel for padding his bills and stealing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-and-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-110000-health-contract-theftState Comptroller DiNapoli and District Attorney Scarpino Announce Arrest in $60K Pension Payments
… pension totaling $60,285 to pay cellphone bills, a car loan, insurance and utility bills. Ms. Rose, 40, of Mount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-district-attorney-scarpino-announce-arrest-60k-pension-paymentsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… announced his office completed audits of the Clark Mills Fire District , Village of Clinton , Elba Fire Department , Village of Ellenville , Village of Harriman , Hughsonville Fire Company , Village of Livonia , Plattekill #1 Fire … DiNapoli announced completed audits for Clark Mills Fire District Village of Clinton Elba Fire Department Village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli Audit Finds Gaps in NYC School Safety Planning
… P. DiNapoli. Auditors found DOE was lax in requiring that safety plans were filed on time by schools and policies did … When auditors visited schools and examined safety plans, they found plans with incorrect or outdated … one or two of its 11 members in attendance for nine of its 10 meetings; DOE did not require schools to submit floor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-gaps-nyc-school-safety-planningComptroller DiNapoli: IDA-Issued Tax Breaks Continue to Climb
… Agencies (IDAs) reported providing $751 million in net tax exemptions for local economic development efforts in 2017, up more than 5 percent from 2016, according to a … today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The gap in net job gains created by IDA-sponsored projects narrowed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ida-issued-tax-breaks-continue-climbDiNapoli: Needles, Birth Control Go Missing From NYC School Health Centers
… (DOH) found that medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies were unaccounted for at its School-Based … inventories of medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies at School-Based Health Centers,” DiNapoli … said. “We found too many instances of medication and medical supplies that were missing and that has to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-needles-birth-control-go-missing-nyc-school-health-centersComptroller DiNapoli's Office Releases State Revenue Forecast
… and Policy Analysis, providing a state budget revenue forecast, as required by state law. Read the letter: … and Policy Analysis providing a state budget revenue forecast as required by state law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/comptroller-dinapolis-office-releases-state-revenue-forecastOpinion 88-18
… (right to distribution of mortgage tax) TAX LAW, §261(3); VILLAGE LAW, §2-234(1)(c): A newly incorporated village … moneys distributed to your town pursuant to Tax Law, §261(3) are required to be apportioned among the town and certain … assistants to the clerk (6) to designate an official newspaper (7) to fix the compensation of and to pay all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-18Opinion 88-12
… personnel or by one village acting as "lead agency" and contracting to provide the service to the others. You ask … personnel or by one village acting as "lead agency" and contracting to provide the service to the others. General … personnel or by one village acting as lead agency and contracting to provide the service to the others …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12Audit Faults Justice Center Records, Raises Questions on Accountability
… neglect against vulnerable New Yorkers off a registry, a list of individuals prohibited from holding jobs that involve … numbers assigned to suspected offenders. Based on an interpretation of certain provisions of the State … names of two of the individuals should have been included on the list nine months before auditors identified them. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/audit-faults-justice-center-records-raises-questions-accountabilityDiNapoli Op-Ed in Times Union: NY Needs an Independent Commission to Review State's COVID Response
… The Times Union published an op-ed from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today on the shortcomings of the Olson Group’s COVID-19 report and the … The Times Union published an oped from New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-op-ed-times-union-ny-needs-independent-commission-review-states-covid-responseOpinion 89-27
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … by resolution may provide that county supervisors who take office after a certain date be required to contribute a greater amount for health … may by resolution provide that county supervisors who take office after a certain date be required to contribute a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Opinion 88-61
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … of school taxes without interest may be accepted as proof of the timely payment of such taxes. You informed us … Whether a certificate of mailing of the US Postal Service postmarked with the date …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-61Opinion 92-11
… INSURANCE -- Self-Insurance (transfer from insurance reserve to reserve for property loss and liability claims) MUNICIPAL … property loss and liability claims) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Reserve Fund (no authority to transfer from insurance reserve … a union free school district which maintains an insurance reserve pursuant to General Municipal Law 6n may transfer the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 91-62
… a proper basis for the village board to determine that fee simple title to the property is not needed for village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62Opinion 91-40
… officers and employees on other types of leave such as for jury duty, training and labor-management purposes, and is … off were routinely rescheduled for other purposes such as jury duty, training and labor management purposes (569 F Supp … to avoid similar conflict (such as for employees on jury duty). Although the court in the second Rumsey case did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-40State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on 2026 State of the State Address
During todays State of the State Address Gov Hochul outlined her priorities for New Yorkers in 2026 including addressing critical issues like the affordability crisis gun violence clean water food insecurity and investing in universal child care
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-2026-state-state-addressDiNapoli: Former City of Dunkirk Festivals Coordinator Indicted on Public Corruption Charges
… today announced the indictment of former City of Dunkirk Festivals Coordinator Hector Rosas for using his public … Coordinator. In that capacity, Rosas ran the city’s summer festival programs through the city’s local development … today announced the indictment of former City of Dunkirk Festivals Coordinator Hector Rosas for using his public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-former-city-dunkirk-festivals-coordinator-indicted-public-corruption-charges