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DiNapoli: City of Kingston Is Addressing Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Needs While Maintaining Fiscal Stability
… tackling our unique challenges, while working within our limited budget. I work closely with City Comptroller John … converted an unused elementary school building into a branch of the community college, allowing students additional … first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Median (gross) rent for Kingston increased by 25.5% from 2018 to 2023. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-city-kingston-addressing-infrastructure-and-affordable-housing-needs-while-maintainingTemporary Assistance – Federal Funding and New York
… Cortland 274 $108,172 Delaware 88 $22,206 Dutchess 649 $488,604 Erie 7,937 $1,988,340 Essex 70 $22,730 Franklin … 2,970 $1,439,055 Wyoming 104 $27,012 Yates 79 $23,649 New York City 141,763 $30,367,286 Note: Includes 1,268 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/temporary-assistanceOther Bulletin No. 65
… M/C Retroactive Salary Increases and provide instructions for payments not processed automatically. Affected Employees … Background Chapter 361 of the Laws of 2022 provides for a salary increase of two percent (2.00%) for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. The State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-65-april-2021-and-2022-suny-construction-fund-scf-managementDiNapoli: City of Troy's Finances in Precarious Position
… to finance day-to-day operations and insufficient funding for capital costs, according to an audit released today by … P. DiNapoli. DiNapoli applauded the city’s new mayor for agreeing to take immediate steps to remedy the multitude … fiscal years because the city council adopted budgets for the general fund that were not structurally balanced and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-city-troys-finances-precarious-positionDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Problems with Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Program
… Several fire districts are not accurately calculating credits for … benefit program established by municipalities and fire districts to recruit and retain active fire service volunteers. Approximately 600 fire districts and … Several fire districts are not accurately calculating credits for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-problems-volunteer-firefighters-benefit-programDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Revenue Growing Slowly
… in New York state grew by $177 million, or 2.4 percent, for the first half of 2014 compared to the same period in … growing by 4.8 percent, or $152 million. This accounted for nearly 90 percent of local sales tax growth in the state … number of tax rate increases, growth in sales tax revenue for the North Country (7.6 percent) topped all regions of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-revenue-growing-slowlyComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce Guilty Plea of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James announced the guilty plea of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas for stealing campaign funds and lying about those funds on a … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James announced the guilty plea of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon-mayor-richardDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Hits Record $611 Million
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overtime increased in 2013 for the third straight year. “State employees logged 14.8 … should take a hard look at how they are using overtime and for what. To hold the line on state spending, state agencies … to reduce this expensive habit.” DiNapoli’s report found for the seven-year period ending in 2013, overtime earnings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-hits-record-611-millionDiNapoli: Audit Finds Major Shortcomings in Oversight of School Safety Planning
… districts are following state requirements for school safety planning, including whether those plans are shared … visited could not demonstrate they had adopted annual safety plans in accordance with SED guidance, held public … plans, appointed some required personnel to district-wide safety teams or trained employees on the plans. “Horrific …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-major-shortcomings-oversight-school-safety-planningDiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Pleads Guilty in $50,000 Theft
… by the village in 2013 and subsequently moved to Kings Mountain, N.C. “This case represents yet another in a recent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-pleads-guilty-50000-theftOpinion 88-53
… -- Retirement Benefits (exclusion of compensation for working vacations from calculation of final average … 431: Compensation paid to police officers or firefighters for working scheduled vacations pursuant to a collective … compensation paid to police officers or firefighters for working scheduled vacations pursuant to a collective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53Opinion 91-37
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … AND PENALTIES -- Disposition of Parking Fines (received by city parking violations bureau for violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law, §§306 and 402) PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-37Opinion 95-19
… Firemen's Retirement System. In essence, these provisions permit employer contributions for certain fiscal years to be … the Local Finance Law. The effect of this provision is to permit participating employers to contract indebtedness for … York Trust Co. v Portland Ry. Co. , 197 App Div 422, 189 NYS 346; see also Zachary v R.H. Macy & Co., Inc , 31 NY2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-19DiNapoli Announces Scheduled Sale of $543 Million State of New York General Obligation Bonds
… scheduled for September 27th and 28th, currently estimated to total approximately $543 million. The state expects to sell $459.4 million for new money transportation, … bonds. Market conditions permitting, the state expects to sell $83.4 million or more of Series 2023C bonds to refund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-announces-scheduled-sale-543-million-state-new-york-general-obligation-bondsDiNapoli: New Yorkers Could Lose $72B in Reported State and Local Tax Deductions Under Trump Plan
… report also showed the framework proposal would: Set the corporate income tax rate at 20 percent, and eliminate the corporate AMT. Corporations now are subject to different tax rates, depending on their income. Current corporate tax rates are 15, 25, 34, and 35 percent. For those …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-yorkers-could-lose-72b-reported-state-and-local-tax-deductions-under-trump-planDiNapoli: Two Former Oramel Fire Officials Charged With Theft of More Than $11,000 From Oramel Fire Department
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Allegany County District Attorney Keith Slep and the New York State Police today announced the arrests of Ronda (Brundage) … County District Attorney’s Office and the New York State Police. “These two officials allegedly used money meant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-two-former-oramel-fire-officials-charged-theft-more-11000-oramel-fire-departmentDiNapoli: Mount Vernon Officials Failed to Establish Basic and Routine Financial Policies
… interim financial reports and issue audited statements. In addition, they did not have financial information … and we will continue to provide guidance for a more transparent financial account of the city’s finances during this difficult time. It is my hope that other city officials will work with the Mayor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-mount-vernon-officials-failed-establish-basic-and-routine-financial-policiesXI-A.8 Payment Tolerances – XI-A. Purchasing
… tolerances, if a Business Unit entered a voucher with a price contractually higher than the price on the related PO, even if the price varied by only ten cents, the voucher would fail …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a8-payment-tolerancesDiNapoli: Three Syracuse School District Employees Charged With Fraud in Scheme
… Fitzpatrick announced today that three employees of the Syracuse City School District’s after-school Twilight Program were arrested … DeCarlo and Murray were supposed to help the students of Syracuse graduate from high school,” DiNapoli said. “Instead, … Fitzpatrick announced today that three employees of the Syracuse City School Districts afterschool Twilight Program …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-three-syracuse-school-district-employees-charged-fraud-schemeXVII.1 Overview – XVII. Lapsing Appropriations
… The purpose of this Chapter is to explain the procedures for contracts, purchase orders, voucher payments, journal … 99-e of the State Finance Law. Agencies are responsible for ensuring that all transactions affecting lapsing … are not used by those transactions after the lapse date. For additional instruction on this topic, visit job aid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvii/xvii1-overview