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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Safety, Reliability and Frequency
In the wake of the pandemic the MTA experienced significant ridership loss from which it has yet to recover. The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has noted the MTA’s revenue composition is unlikely to return to pre-pandemic norms over the financial plan period.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-17-2023.pdfGetting Started with the New Annual Financial Report
Your local government will soon have access to the new Annual Financial Report (AFR), which is replacing the Annual Update Document (AUD). This webinar presentation will provide an overview of how to access and complete filings in the AFR, including a demonstration of new application features.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/getting-started-afr-2-15-23.pdfMaximizing Incentives for Individuals With Disabilities (2021-S-26) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) has ensured that State agencies and employment service providers are taking full advantage of the New York Employment Service System and the Ticket to Work program to promote and place individuals with a disability in competitive employment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21s26-response.pdfMental Health: Inpatient Service Capacity
In recent years, the prevalence and estimated numbers of New Yorkers living with any mental illness have increased, according to the State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/mental-health-inpatient-service-capacity.pdfRenewable Electricity in New York State
To carry out the goals and directives of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, New York is pursuing an aggressive campaign to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to levels identified by climate scientists as necessary to limit the most dangerous impacts of climate change.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/renewable-electricity-in-nys.pdfGetting Started with the New Annual Financial Report
Your local government will soon have access to the new Annual Financial Report (AFR), which is replacing the Annual Update Document (AUD). This webinar presentation will provide an overview of how to access and complete filings in the AFR, including a demonstration of new application features.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/getting-started-with-afr-may-2023.pdfMaximizing Incentives for Individuals With Disabilities (2021-S-26)
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) has ensured that State agencies and employment service providers are taking full advantage of the New York Employment Service System and the Ticket to Work program to promote and place individuals with a disability in competitive employment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21s26.pdfFare Evasion
To determine whether New York City Transit and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bus Company reported accurate estimates of revenue losses from fare evasion to the MTA Board of Directors , and whether the MTA has taken action through the Fare Enforcement and Worker Safety Program to ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s7.pdfCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data) (2019-S-65) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Parks) is complying with Executive Order 95, including providing, in a timely manner, publishable State data to the Office of Information Technology Services, and whether data posted under EO 95 is reliable and useful.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s65-response.pdfCitywide Payment Services and Standards – Controls Over Payments (2022-N-2)
To determine whether the New York City Department of Finance (DOF) Citywide Payments Services and Standards (CPSS) unit has controls in place to ensure that payments received by and processed on behalf of agencies are correctly matched with receivables and that agencies are appropriately advised ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22n2.pdfChild Care Stabilization Grants (2022-S-44)
To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services has established and maintained adequate internal controls to enable it to oversee and monitor child care stabilization grantees to ensure proper use of child care stabilization grant funds; and to determine whether the grants met ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/2022-S-44.pdfNew York City Agency Services Update
New York City has the largest municipal budget and public workforce in the nation, with a citywide budget of over $115 billion (FY 2025) and more than 300,000 employees (June 2024) tasked with providing a vast array of services to its more than eight million residents.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-19-2025.pdfOther Bulletin No. 52
… Purpose To inform the agency of OSC’s automatic processing of the … new codes for the following new data elements with respect to the employees and their positions: A new Bargaining Unit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-52-new-bargaining-unit-code-benefit-program-and-earningsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-216
… Court System (UCS) and the above referenced Unions provide for a one-time lump sum payment of $1000 (prorated for employees working less than full time) for all eligible … Ratification Bonus shall not be part of basic annual salary, but shall be pensionable. Tax Information The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-216-2015-judicial-ratification-bonus-bargaining-units-f8-and-g9State Agencies Bulletin No. 1566
… Purpose To notify agencies of the 2017 maximum salary limit for members of TIAA (Plan Type 7Z) in Tier 6. Background In … OSC Actions OSC will update PayServ to reflect the Maximum Salary Limit for 2017 Calendar Year. PayServ will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1566-maximum-salary-limit-teachers-insurance-and-annuity-tiaa-retirementState Agencies Bulletin No. 1165
… BU21 Deficit Reduction Plan. Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining Unit 21 Effective Date(s) Immediately … paychecks dated June 28, 2012. These employees will appear on the NBEN713 “ERS Days WRK ADJ” report. The adjustment represents a reduction in the days worked for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1165-2011-2012-days-worked-adjustment-bargaining-unit-21State Agencies Bulletin No. 1156
… of the Statewide Financial System . Affected Employees All agencies using the new Statewide Financial System or … Authority Year Code SFS - data no longer received For all Chart of Accounts crosswalks see the SFS website . OSC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1156-changes-payserv-chart-accounts-related-implementation-statewideState Agencies Bulletin No. 1154
… Purpose To inform agency payroll officers of the usage of PayServ data in the SFS Travel and Expense Module Affected … The travel reimbursements will either be in the form of a direct deposit or a check based on how the employee is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1154-information-regarding-payserv-employee-file-interface-statewideState Agencies Bulletin No. 698
… revised Next of Kin Affidavit form, AC 934-P (Rev. 10/06), for payroll transactions. Affected Employees Beneficiaries of … NOTE: OSC will accept only this new revised form for all payroll transactions. Agency Actions Agencies must … of the new form. Agencies must specify the AC 934-P form for payroll transactions. Attachment AC 934-P Next of Kin …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/698-amended-next-kin-affidavit-form-ac-934-p-oscs-bureau-state-payrollOpinion 94-20
… of for "extraordinary expenses" for snow and ice removal) VILLAGE LAW, §§5-518, 6-622, 22-2200; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE … LAW§10(1)(ii)(e)(2); LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §§26.10, 29.00: A village may not impose a special assessment to pay the cost … the general fund (see Coggeshall v Hennessey, 279 NY 433; Davis v Sharp, n.o.r, 30 NYS2d 438; Davis v Sharp, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20