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Oversight of School Fire Safety Compliance
… including: electrical hazards such as overloaded power strips and extension cords; missing or outdated fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/24/oversight-school-fire-safety-complianceEmpire BlueCross BlueShield Selected Payments for Special Items for the Period January 1, 2011 Through March 31, 2011
… Purpose To determine whether Empire BlueCross BlueShield's (Empire) … for certain special items were reasonable in relation to the hospitals' actual purchase and acquisition costs. … To determine whether Empire BlueCross BlueShields Empire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/01/empire-bluecross-blueshield-selected-payments-special-items-period-january-1-2011-throughCollege of Plattsburgh – Selected Employee Travel Expenses
… by selected government employees complied with rules and regulations and is free from fraud, waste, and abuse. Background New York State's executive agencies … by selected government employees complied with rules and regulations and is free from fraud waste and abuse …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/04/25/college-plattsburgh-selected-employee-travel-expensesDiNapoli: June Tax Receipts Down 17.3% From Last Year
… receipts in June were down $1.5 billion or 17.3 percent from the previous year, according to the monthly state cash report released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “As steps toward an … billion, $5.1 billion higher than the latest projection by DOB. June Cash Report Find out how your government money …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-june-tax-receipts-down-173-last-yearComplaint Processing (2020-N-9)
To determine if the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) has an appropriate and sufficiently documented basis for the complaints referred to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and other agencies and for truncated complaints, and if CCRB is conducting investigations in ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-20n9.pdfDiNapoli: SED Needs To Improve Oversight of School Districts' English Language Learners Programs
… have a program or an exemption from BE requirements for all required languages and grade levels. These nine school … grade levels. Two districts (22%) offered BE programs for all entitled students (Geneva, Mineola); Five districts (56%) had BE programs available but not for all required languages and/or grade levels (Buffalo, Dunkirk, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-sed-needs-improve-oversight-school-districts-english-language-learners-programsTuition Assistance Program – Wagner College
… years ended June 30, 2014, the school certified 2,148 awards totaling $3.0 million that were paid to the school on … students. We reviewed a sample of 150 randomly selected awards paid during that period, as well as other awards paid to these students through spring 2015. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/19/tuition-assistance-program-wagner-collegeState Agencies Bulletin No. 1327
… Pay Pre-Adjud Settle S3G Step 3 Out-of-Title Grievance WPS WC 60% Sup WSP Award/Supp Program Supplement Therefore, it is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1327-first-phase-deficit-reduction-plan-psnu-employees-summer-seasonalIRS Pension Limitation – Regional State Park Police Plan
… The Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17) limits the amount of salary that qualified pension …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1867/irs-pension-limitationDiNapoli Op-Ed in Times Union: NY Needs an Independent Commission to Review State's COVID Response
… its analysis to be accurate and complete. The Olson report often relied on flawed or unvalidated data, and at times data … state Department of Health’s data, which the Olson Group should have had access to, showed that the actual number of … and plans can be improved to make us better prepared? How can we best protect the most vulnerable among us? The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-op-ed-times-union-ny-needs-independent-commission-review-states-covid-responseAccounts Payable Advisory No. 68
… Operations (GFO), Chapter XII, Section 10.D – Monitoring Moving Service Guidance: This section provides guidance on … agencies must follow when procuring and paying for moving services from the Office of General Services’ centralized contracts. The moving services contract is a multi-award contract that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/68-monitoring-moving-servicesADAPT Community Network – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by ADAPT Community … (CFRs) were reasonable, necessary, directly related to the special education program, and sufficiently documented … To determine whether the costs reported by ADAPT Community …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/31/adapt-community-network-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualWorld Trade Center Presumption – State Police Plan
… efforts, and you were employed by a participating employer of NYSLRS or another New York public retirement system at that time, you should be aware of the benefits provided by the World Trade Center …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/world-trade-center-presumptionUnited HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Bone and Joint, LLP
… through October 31, 2015. Background The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) provides health insurance … covering a range of services from inpatient hospital care to outpatient surgical procedures and physician office … Insurance Program - Overpayments for Services at the South Shore Ambulatory Surgery Center (2008-S-11) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-bone-and-joint-llpBrookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District - Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2021M-181)
… $321,554 are not properly accounted for by the ECA club. Properly appoint faculty auditors and ensure their … nine activity clubs as ECA clubs. Ensure that each club maintained a separate set of records from those of the … be maintained by the student activity treasurer for each club. District officials agreed with our recommendations and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/brookhaven-comsewogue-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activityVillage of Palmyra - Justice Court Operations (2019M-202)
… were collected, deposited, recorded, reported and remitted in a timely and accurate manner. Key Findings The Justice’s … as of June 30, 2019. There were seven old cases recorded in the accounting system dating back to the 1990s, with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2020/01/17/village-palmyra-justice-court-operations-2019m-202Village of Millport – Treasurer’s Misappropriation of Funds (2016M-256)
… 17, 2015. Background The Village of Millport is located in the Town of Veteran in Chemung County. The Village, which is governed by an … record and report Village financial transactions in a timely manner. The Board did not annually perform or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2019/06/19/village-millport-treasurers-misappropriation-funds-2016m-256Town of Dayton - Fund Balance Management (2019M-221)
Determine whether the Board has properly managed fund balance
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/01/31/town-dayton-fund-balance-management-2019m-221State Comptroller DiNapoli and Rockland District Attorney Walsh Announce Guilty Pleas of Middletown Resident for Larceny
… Ricardy Cesar, 54, of Middletown, N.Y., pleaded guilty in Rockland County Court before Judge Larry J. Schwartz to … pay back the money. “Mr. Cesar tried to fake a lost check in an effort to scam the state’s retirement system,” DiNapoli … get another check for the same amount. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-rockland-district-attorney-walsh-announce-guilty-pleas-middletownDiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… state Department of Health (DOH) has made limited progress in addressing the widespread failures identified in a March 2022 audit of the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes, according to a follow-up report released … state Department of Health DOH has made limited progress in addressing the widespread failures identified in a March …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issues