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Economic and Demographic Trends – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… Employment Still Below Pre- Pandemic Levels in 2022 In calendar year 2022, the State gained over 443,000 … realized the largest increase in wages (21.3 percent). Average annual wages statewide increased by 1.7 percent. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/economic-and-demographic-trendsComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Fourth and Final Guilty Plea in Monroe Co. Bid-Rigging Case
… "Mr. Lynch's conviction is the fourth to stem from my office’s audits and investigation of the widespread misuse … Schneiderman said. "Today's guilty plea demonstrates that my office is committed to ensuring that taxpayer funds are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-fourth-and-final-guilty-plea-monroe-co-bid-riggingSection 8 Housing Choice Vouchers – Federal Funding and New York
… In New York City, this includes all of HUD’s NY Metro Fair Market Rent Area, which encompasses the five boroughs as … by NYCHA. Because HUD payments were delayed in February of 2025, NYCHA announced they will be withholding future … fourth largest source of direct federal funding in FY 2025. As of the FY 2026 preliminary budget, the City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/section-8-housing-choice-vouchersState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… statutory limit from 2014-15 through 2016-17 by an annual average of approximately $860,000. Unrestricted fund balance … District officials overestimated expenditures by an annual average of $1.2 million from fiscal years 2014-15 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal and School Audits
… assurance that certain services with vendors were provided in accordance with contract terms, and payments were … 9 percentage points and overestimated appropriations by an average of approximately $2.5 million annually and underestimated revenues by an average of $1.6 million annually for a three-year period. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-and-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Jamaica Economic Snapshot
… members reach educational heights. There is no doubt in my mind that the Greater Jamaica area is poised to attract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-jamaica-economic-snapshotExistential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA
… service is especially critical to the economic health of New York City and its residents. More than half of City residents … FIGURE 2 – Ridership and Farebox Revenue Change, 2019 vs. 2020 Sources: National Transit Database; OSC analysis …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/existential-questions-facing-national-public-transit-systems-create-new-fiscal-pressures-mtaRailroad Bridge Inspection Program
… (Department) properly oversees railroads operating in the State to ensure they meet the bridge inspection … provides oversight of the inspection of railroad bridges in an effort to ensure public safety and decrease the risk of … For example, the bridge management plans on hand are an average age of 10 years old and some may no longer be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/09/railroad-bridge-inspection-programVacancies at the Clinton Towers Mitchell-Lama Housing Development (Follow-Up)
… the extent of implementation of the recommendations in our initial audit report, Vacancies at the Clinton … Clinton Towers Mitchell-Lama development were being rented in a timely manner. The audit period was January 1, 2012 … that, for the period January 2012 through March 2017, an average of 13 apartments each month had been vacant for over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/30/vacancies-clinton-towers-mitchell-lama-housing-development-followEfforts to Collect Delinquent Taxes
… and Finance (Department) is making adequate efforts, in accordance with Department policy, to collect unpaid … adequate collection actions prior to completing or closing cases for one of the five collection steps we tested: using … followed relevant policies—with certain exceptions—in cases where it abated amounts due. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/24/efforts-collect-delinquent-taxesDiNapoli Report Analyzes Regional Trends in Education for School Districts Outside New York City
… best educate our children and pay for it,” DiNapoli said. “My office’s report identifies the regional changes and trends …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-report-analyzes-regional-trends-education-school-districts-outside-new-york-cityOpinion 94-21
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN BOARDS -- Powers and Duties (purchase order system) TOWN LAW, §110: The town board, in its discretion, may require multiple signatures for all, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-21Town of Kendall – Justice Court (2013M-130)
… 26, 2013. Background The Town of Kendall is located in Orleans County, has a population of approximately 2,700. … not properly recorded. The Justices did not ensure that cases were properly reported to the Department of Motor … bail and partial payment records. Scofflaw pending cases regularly and review balance due and pending cases …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/08/02/town-kendall-justice-court-2013m-130DiNapoli: Audits Reveal Millions in Lost Revenue for Local Water Systems
… of dollars annually," said DiNapoli. "Across New York, my audits have revealed infrastructure problems, poor budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-audits-reveal-millions-lost-revenue-local-water-systemsDiNapoli: Jury Convicts Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… Thomas P. DiNapoli said. "Thanks to the work of my staff and our partnership with Attorney General … continued and valuable partnership on Operation Integrity. My office will continue to hold accountable any public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-jury-convicts-councilman-ruben-wills-public-corruption-schemeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Auditors determined, district officials did not fix leaks in the heating, cooling and ventilation system requiring … County) Officials overestimated appropriations by an average of $1.4 million (5.6 percent) from 2016-17 through … from 2016-17 through 2018-19 and annually appropriated an average of $3.3 million of fund balance that was not used to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsOpinion 91-5
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Service (payment of … shall exceed an amount equal to" seven per centum of average full valuation of taxable real property of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-5Montgomery County – Financial Condition (2013M-234)
… County operations. The 2013 budgeted appropriations in the general fund were approximately $80 million. Key … that the County’s cash-on-hand declined from twice its average monthly expenditures in 2010 to about $324,000 less than the average monthly expenditures in 2012, and the County’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2013/10/04/montgomery-county-financial-condition-2013m-234Selected Aspects of the All-Agency Contractor Evaluation System at Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, New York City Transit, and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
… is monitoring and evaluating its contractors/consultants in compliance with its All-Agency Contractor Evaluation (ACE) … who were responsible for the project, or, in certain cases, that the evaluations were done at all. Key … approval of a responsibility determination in all cases where Adverse Information or Significant Adverse …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/11/16/selected-aspects-all-agency-contractor-evaluation-system-long-island-rail-road-metro-northTown of LaGrange – Selected Financial Activities (2013M-107)
… 30, 2012. Background The Town of LaGrange is located in Dutchess County and serves approximately 15,700 residents. … identifications were identical. Also, we identified 36 cases that were deleted from the Court’s system; the reasons … for the deletions were not documented. Further, 166 cases were not reported to the State Comptroller’s Justice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/07/12/town-lagrange-selected-financial-activities-2013m-107