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State Police Bulletin No. SP-261
… of State Police of OSC’s automatic processing of the 2025 State Police Hazardous Duty Pay, and to provide agency … are affected. Background: Chapter 130 of the Laws of 2025, which implemented the 2023-2026 Agreements between the … for an annual hazardous duty payment. Effective Dates: The 2025 State Police Hazardous Duty Pay is effective on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-261-2025-hazardous-duty-pay-eligible-employees-state-police-troopers-unitState Agencies Bulletin No. 2424
… agencies that OSC will be unable to print SFS checks for Payroll Check Reissues, Reversals, Exchanges, and Direct … deposits are returned from their financial institution for any reason, whose direct deposit is reversed due to an … a Check Exchange, or who request a Payroll Check Reissue for any reason are affected. Background: The Statewide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2424-payroll-check-reissues-reversals-exchanges-and-direct-deposit-returnsState Police Bulletin No. SP-245
… Investigators Unit (BCI) – BU62 represented by NYSPIA who meet the eligibility criteria are affected. Background: … Period 17L check dated 12/04/2024. Employees who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria but are on an authorized leave … 2024 State Police Holiday Bonus Payment for employees who meet the eligibility criteria, except for employees who have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-245-2024-holiday-bonus-payment-eligible-employees-state-policeNew York's Prison Population Continues Decline, But Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… of older incarcerated individuals has grown from 7,511 in March 2008 to 7,586 in March 2021. As a percentage of the state’s shrinking … however, the older population has doubled. Nearly 1-in-4 (24.3%) of the state’s 31,262 incarcerated individuals …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/new-yorks-prison-population-continues-decline-share-older-adults-keeps-risingDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 21% in First Quarter of 2022
… Local government sales tax collections grew by 21.1%, or $901 million, in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, according to a … of certain state taxes on gasoline from June to December 2022, amounting to a reduction of 16 cents per gallon. Report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-21-percent-first-quarter-2022DiNapoli Audit Finds Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments May Have Cost Taxpayers Nearly $300 Million
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found that a lack of oversight by the state Department of Health (DOH) and the … claims that Medicaid never tried to recover from patients’ insurance providers. “Medicaid is essential for millions of … to HMS officials, internal processes are not set up to track why individual claims are excluded from the recovery …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-may-have-cost-taxpayers-nearly-300-millionNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Former Orange County IDA Officials Guilty Plea
… issued the following statement on three former Orange County Industrial Development Agency(IDA) officials who pled … running them. The defendants corrupted the Orange County IDA through a web of conflicts of interest, false … public corruption. Thanks to our partnership with Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler and the New Windsor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-former-orange-county-ida-officials-guilty-pleaSign up for emails DiNapoli: Former Tupper Lake Fire Treasurer Pleads Guilty in $30k Theft
… for Candlewood Suites in North Carolina, the Boston Duck Tour and household expenses. Brown, who was treasurer for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/sign-emails-dinapoli-former-tupper-lake-fire-treasurer-pleads-guilty-30k-theftDiNapoli: Audit Uncovers $425 Million in Missed Medicaid Drug Rebates
… Health Department must keep up with new and evolving drug rebate opportunities to ensure all rebate revenue for the … to the launch of HARP, despite noticing a decrease in the total rebate amounts from previous quarters, DOH did not … be collected for the period Oct. 1, 2015 to September 30, 2017. These pertain to certain physician-administered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-audit-uncovers-425-million-missed-medicaid-drug-rebatesDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Pay Hits $787 Million
… a report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overtime hours also rose, with 18.1 million hours worked. “New York state’s overtime pay has seen … Health (OMH) – accounted for 62.5 percent of overtime hours logged by all state agencies in 2018. OPWDD and DOCCS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-pay-hits-787-millionOpinion 88-12
… of a joint service. A "joint service" is defined to mean the joint provision of any municipal facility, service, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12Opinion 88-1
… authorizing) REAL PROPERTY -- Conveyances Generally (of village parking lot) -- Gifts (of parking lot to U.S. Postal … purposes of this section. GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-h; VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(2): It appears that a village should obtain special legislation prior to conveying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Opinion 90-46
… §39(2)(e); STATE FINANCE LAW, §8(15): A county is entitled to retain $5.00 of each court index fee of $100.00 collected … from the Office of Court Administration. Specifically, you have asked whether you may pay a $19,700 refund to a county which amount reflects that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-46Opinion 89-27
… supervisors. In a recent opinion interpreting County Law, §205, which contains provisions analogous to section 200 … Comp No. 84-4, p 4). In this regard, we note that section 205 provides that a county board 'may adopt schedules of … Therefore, based on the express language of section 205, we now conclude that the authority to fix 'compensation' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Opinion 92-11
… claims established pursuant to Education Law, §1709(8-c). You ask whether a union free school district which maintains …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 93-17
… of Education of West Islip Union Free School District, et al. v New York State Teachers' Retirement System, et al. , Supreme Court, Albany Co., RJI No. 019028049, May …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-17State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on New York City’s Preliminary Budget
… devastating economic effects of the pandemic and the long road back to normal. Today, in releasing its preliminary 2022 budget, the city … devastating economic effects of the pandemic and the long road back to normal Today in releasing its preliminary 2022 budget the city took …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-new-york-citys-preliminary-budgetMedicaid Program – Improper Overlapping Medicaid and Essential Plan Enrollments
… and Essential Plan enrollments determined by NY State of Health were accurately reflected in eMedNY when … care needs. New York’s Essential Plan (EP) provides health insurance to lower-income people who, generally, don’t … (first name, last name, date of birth, and gender) when recipient Social Security numbers were not listed in one or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/11/medicaid-program-improper-overlapping-medicaid-and-essential-plan-enrollmentsReview of Advance Contract Payments
… or agreements (contracts) by SED during the period of July 2012 through July 2018. We selected 13 contracts valued at $224,000 where the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/15/review-advance-contract-paymentsCompliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements
… and environmentally sound transportation system. It has a main office located in Albany and 11 regional offices … on Open Government (COOG) upon receipt for any of the 49 appeals we sampled. DOT officials stated that it is their … attended by legal and non-legal supervisory staff from the main office and not providing all requested information. 1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirements