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DiNapoli: City of Kingston Is Addressing Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Needs While Maintaining Fiscal Stability
… It has embraced its role as a destination city and is home to historic buildings, a maritime museum, parks, art … stretching every dollar to improve economic and community well-being,” said Ulster County Executive Jen … in beginning to create needed affordable housing units,” Family of Woodstock Executive Director Michael Berg said . …
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
… January 2015 – January 2026 Figure 1 Data Table Month/Year Recipients January-2015 251,342 February-2015 250,234 … November-2022 177,499 December-2022 177,376 January-2023 177,441 February-2023 177,903 March-2023 181,645 … $53,340,842 March-2019 $54,712,008 April-2019 $52,947,992 May-2019 $53,342,971 June-2019 $51,319,952 …
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
… calculating credits for Length of Service Awards Programs (LOSAP) and as a result local volunteers may be shortchanged … today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. LOSAP is a pension-like benefit program established by … and municipalities across the state have established LOSAP for their volunteers. “The men and women who volunteer …
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
… the guilty plea of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas for stealing campaign funds and lying about those funds on a … a class A misdemeanor, and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor. The … of Richard Thomas, during his 2015 mayoral candidacy, for his own personal use. Thomas also admitted that he …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon-mayor-richardDiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Budget Financial and Capital Plans
… projects healthy growth in tax receipts and federal aid for the current fiscal year, but raises concerns about … Thomas P. DiNapoli. The $177 billion spending plan for SFY 2019-20 is up $6.2 billion from SFY 2018-19. “While … savings might be achieved. PIT receipts, which account for 64 percent of all taxes anticipated to be received this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-budget-financial-and-capital-plansDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Hits Record $611 Million
… 16 percent increase compared to 2012, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … their efforts to reduce this expensive habit.” DiNapoli’s report found for the seven-year period ending in 2013, … in 2013, the highest share in the years analyzed for the report. Three agencies that operate institutional facilities …
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
… critical oversight to ensure schools have adequate and up-to-date safety plans. While SED has collected certain … stating that plans are entered into the Integrated Justice Portal. However, auditors found that this access is not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-major-shortcomings-oversight-school-safety-planningDiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert M. Carney, and Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino announced the guilty plea of … My thanks to District Attorney Carney and Schenectady County Sheriff Dagostino for their partnership in protecting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudDiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Pleads Guilty in $50,000 Theft
… Former Riverside clerk-treasurer Kristina Johnson will do jail time and pay $50,000 in restitution after admitting … and is expected to be sentenced on June 23 to 60 days in jail, five years probation and $50,000 in restitution. … will see restitution and the defendant the inside of a jail cell, making clear that this type of behavior will not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-pleads-guilty-50000-theftOpinion 88-53
… salary) RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§302(9)(d), 431: Compensation paid to police officers or firefighters for … State Constitution prevents the application of section 431 to exclude working vacation payments from the one year … (Retirement and Social Security Law, §§302(9)(d) and 431). Unlike section 302(9)(d), which applies only to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53Opinion 91-37
… and Traffic Law, which occur while a motor vehicle is parked on a public highway, should be retained by the city as … and Traffic Law which occur while a motor vehicle is parked on a public highway. Section 306 prohibits, inter alia … of this section that occurs while a motor vehicle is parked on the public highways of this state shall constitute …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-37Opinion 95-19
… were previously paid) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Outstanding" (for purposes of Local Finance Law, §11.00[a][85]) LOCAL … the Laws of 1989 from surplus moneys may now issue bonds for this purpose. The proceeds of the bonds would be paid to … Security Law, and added a new section 317-a to that law, for the purpose of eliminating a lag in retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-19DiNapoli: ESD Falls Short in Reporting Results of Economic Development Programs
… to meet more than half of the reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs, diminishing … many of the programs it supervises. Reporting requirements for specific programs vary and some of the requirements are … auditors were not provided an explanation by ESD officials for why they had not completed required reports. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-esd-falls-short-reporting-results-economic-development-programsDiNapoli Announces Scheduled Sale of $543 Million State of New York General Obligation Bonds
… New York state General Obligation (GO) bonds scheduled for September 27th and 28th, currently estimated to total … $543 million. The state expects to sell $459.4 million for new money transportation, education, and environmental … GO bonds pursuant to the state’s Invitation to Offer Bonds for Purchase (“Invitation to Tender”). Dependent on market …
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
… stand to lose more than $72 billion in reported deductions for income and property taxes if proposals to change the … and personal exemptions could result in higher tax bills for some New Yorkers and only modest savings for others," said DiNapoli. "Washington should proceed with …
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
… in the 4 th Degree and Corrupting the Government in the 3 rd Degree. Kish, 54, served as the department’s Treasurer and …
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
… Mount Vernon did not have adequate financial information for the effective management and fiscal oversight of city … recommendations, and we will continue to provide guidance for a more transparent financial account of the city’s … adequate policies and procedures, lacking formal guidance for interim financial reporting, budget transfers and fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-mount-vernon-officials-failed-establish-basic-and-routine-financial-policies