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Mitigation for Extreme Weather Conditions and Flooding
… tornadoes, hail, lightning, floods, damaging winds, and winter weather. Such events can create hazardous travel … (tracks). The LIRR developed an Operating Plan for Winter Storms and Other Contingencies (referred to as the WSOP). It includes standard operating procedures for winter, which are in effect annually from November 15 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/13/mitigation-extreme-weather-conditions-and-floodingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… of NYSID and for ensuring NYSID is in compliance with all applicable regulations. An audit released in June 2016 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… audits have been issued. Department of Agriculture and Markets: Oversight of Industrial Hemp (2018-S-32) The … when reviewing applications, conducting inspections, and sampling plants. The department inspected only 57 percent … A review of four sampled providers’ security expenditures alone identified nearly $2.2 million in insufficiently …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0Housing Trust Fund Corporation – Oversight of the Rural Rental Assistance Program
… through June 2024. About the Program HTFC, a component of Homes and Community Renewal, administers RRAP in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). RRAP provides rental subsidies for … tenants residing in multi-family properties in rural areas of the State, with mortgages financed through the USDA’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/20/housing-trust-fund-corporation-oversight-rural-rental-assistance-programSelected Safety and Security Equipment at Train Stations
… SIR's management oversees capital projects at its 21 train stations, maintains the stations' structural … use in emergencies) at an estimated cost of approximately $21 million for the new system, excluding the stand-alone … as of June 29, 2017, the 43 CAIs installed at 20 of the 21 stations were operational. Key Recommendations Develop a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/12/selected-safety-and-security-equipment-train-stationsContract Participation of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
… and accurately reported its results to the Department of Economic Development. Background Article 15-A of the New York State Executive Law (Law) requires State … and public authorities to promote the participation of minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/10/contract-participation-minority-and-women-owned-business-enterprisesReimbursement of Homeless Shelter Providers – Westhab Inc.’s Coachman Family Center
… and properly approves reimbursement of claims by homeless shelter providers, such as Westhab Inc.’s Coachman Family … of October 2021, the Office oversees 627 shelters and 195 shelter providers. According to the U.S Department of Housing … individuals in January 2020. The Office’s funding of shelter services is administered through the Local Districts, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/03/01/reimbursement-homeless-shelter-providers-westhab-incs-coachman-family-centerState Agencies Bulletin No. 702
… Employees who move between bargaining units with different raise percentages in the fiscal year in which the movement … the recalculation. If the employee is being promoted, the raise that was received in the prior bargaining unit must be removed before applying a promotion percentage and the raise percentage from the new bargaining unit if applicable. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/702-recalculation-salary-when-there-movement-between-bargaining-unitsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… file, and State agency managers use it to budget, account for, and control the acquisition and disposition of the … and Operations Practices (Follow-Up) (2024-F-15) Charge NY 2.0, a successor to the Charge NY program, aimed to install 10,000 public electric …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli Audit Finds Western Regional OTB Lacks Accountability and Gave Out Lucrative Perks
… area concerts. It is aimed at increasing OTB patronage and game play. The New York State Gaming Commission permits … (more instances are included in the audit): For a hockey game on Nov. 23, 2018, the board chairman received six tickets and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-audit-finds-western-regional-otb-lacks-accountability-and-gave-out-lucrative-perksDiNapoli: Weak Oversight Leads to Tax Breaks for Ineligible Properties
… 2019 because the property values were reduced by over $6.1 million annually for land valued at a total of almost $8.2 million. The DEC did not have a comprehensive up-to-date data … exclusively devoted to, and sustainable for, forest crop production, and stocked with a stand of trees sufficient to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-weak-oversight-leads-tax-breaks-ineligible-propertiesDiNapoli: Inconsistent Oversight and Guidance Left New York’s Group Home Residents at Risk During Pandemic
… Review and update the Emergency Management Operations Protocol and supplemental documents to ensure all group homes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-inconsistent-oversight-and-guidance-left-new-yorks-group-home-residents-risk-during-pandemicState Agencies Bulletin No. 1859
… is to notify agencies of the 2020 Year End processing schedule for AC-230s (Report of Check Returned for Refund or … submit AC-230s to OSC in accordance with the processing schedule outlined in this bulletin. Agencies must always … Schedule for Submitting 2020 Year End Returned Checks …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1859-schedule-submitting-2020-year-end-returned-checksOpinion 92-33
… with chamber of commerce) PARK DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (expenditures for promotional services) LOCAL LAWS … PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Professional Services (promotional and publicity services); (procedures for obtaining) -- Contracts Not Requiring Bidding (promotional and publicity services); (procedures for obtaining) TOWN LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-33Opinion 90-8
… city charter provisions governing the distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax moneys remain operative … certain city charter provisions governing the distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax moneys remain effective following the amendment of Insurance Law, §§9104 and 9105 by Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1988. Chapter 293, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-8Record of Activities (ROA) – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials
… hours were worked. But, for those who don’t, determining the number of days they’ve worked requires a different … a new or subsequent term of office after January 1, 2016, are required to complete a three-month record of activities … of due dates for the ROA if they need help figuring out what to do and when to do it. Completing the Record of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/record-activities-roaOpinion 92-11
… discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Self-Insurance (transfer from insurance reserve to reserve for property loss … liability claims) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Insurance Reserve (transfer by school district into reserve for property loss … claims) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Reserve Fund (no authority to transfer from insurance reserve to reserve for property loss …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 93-27
… townwide taxes within town outside village area) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(8); TAX LAW, §1262(c): When a … elected to receive their shares in cash (see 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-25, p 29). Further, the levy, collection and … Town of Moreau v County of Saratoga , 134 Misc 2d 380, 510 NYS2d 990 affd 142 AD2d 864, 531 NYS2d 61; 23 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 94-5
… of the town, it does not, in our view, provide authority for the publication of articles by individual members of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-5Monitoring of Construction Management (Follow-Up)
… Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our … for buildings statewide. One component of its mission is to design and build facilities for State agencies and public … To assess the extent of implementation of the four …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/06/monitoring-construction-management-follow