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Cost-Saving Ideas: Overtime Planning and Management
… benefits, including pension benefits, are large expenses for New York's local governments and school districts. These … increase personal service 1 and pension costs. For example, 8 to 30 percent of wages paid to highway employees in New York State are for overtime. A written plan to guide the assignment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-overtime-planning-and-managementComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Enforcement (Follow-Up) (2015-F-6) An initial audit report issued in November 2012 examined whether the Bureau of … deterrence to detection and prosecution. In a follow-up report, auditors found DOH has made progress in enhancing its … Maintenance and Capital Projects (2014-F-10) An initial report issued in July 2011 determined that while the MTA has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0Do Not Call Enforcement Efforts
… Division of Consumer Protection (Division) is responsible for enforcing the Law, which took effect in 2001. Initially, … statistics shows that the number of cases referred for enforcement actions has declined in recent years. While … since 2014, the number of cases referred to counsel for further action decreased in each of the two subsequent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/28/do-not-call-enforcement-effortsComptroller 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-richardNYS Comptroller DiNapoli Files Suit Against Wynn Resorts' Board of Directors
… as fiduciaries of the company. Among its requests for relief, DiNapoli's lawsuit seeks to have Wynn Resorts' … in the nation. The Fund's fiscal year ends March 31, 2018. For access to state and local government spending and more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-files-suit-against-wynn-resorts-board-directorsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… and check payments ($78,441) to questionable businesses in which there was no evidence that they provided any … maintain a Board member’s property with no lease agreement in place. The work performed raises potential issues under … The New York State Constitution, because no contract was in place at the time. The constitution generally prohibits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1399
… Year Salary Calculation. Affected Employees All employees in Pay Basis Code ANN and CAL (except employees in SUNY Grade 980) Background In any fiscal year in which February 29th falls, the biweekly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1399-leap-year-salary-calculation-fiscal-year-2015-2016State Agencies Bulletin No. 1358
… Employees Interest arbitration ineligible employees in the Security Services Unit (SSU) – BU21 who meet the … Inc. (NYSCOPBA) provides for a uniform allowance In addition, a Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) … Cleaning and Maintenance Allowance should be processed in Institution Pay Period 18L, paychecks dated 12/24/14 or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1358-2014-uniform-cleaning-and-maintenance-allowance-certain-ssu-interestState Agencies Bulletin No. 1061
… Purpose To explain OSC and agency procedures for the use of the leap year salary calculation. Affected Employees All employees in Pay … any fiscal year in which February 29 falls, the biweekly salary calculation is changed to calculate the biweekly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1061-leap-year-salary-calculation-fiscal-year-2011-12State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… the district’s financial condition. Officials provided for effective financial planning and management by ensuring … of fund balance and reserves while limiting tax increases, resulting in a deficit unrestricted fund balance … to minimize expenses. For example, due to anticipated increases in health insurance premiums, the district switched …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsAll My Children Day Care – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… covered the costs submitted by AMC to SED on its CFRs for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2015 and certain expenses for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. About the Program AMC is a New York City-based not-for-profit organization authorized by SED to provide Special …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/08/all-my-children-day-care-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: Retired Westchester County Police Officer Indicted for Forging State Records to Illegally Double-Dip From State Pension Fund
… a waiver, Sciacca was not allowed to earn more than $30,000 annually in other public employment while continuing … had a lawful waiver from Sept. 1, 2005 through June 30, 2011, he did not have a lawful waiver for the next eight … Sciacca was arraigned in Ulster County Criminal Court before Judge Bryan E. Rounds on Feb. 6, 2023, and is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-retired-westchester-county-police-officer-indicted-forging-state-records-illegally-doubleDiNapoli: Office of Children and Family Services Can Improve Efforts to Investigate Child Fatalities
… by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found the state’s Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), … child abuse or child fatalities, can take additional steps to protect children from harm. “The findings in this audit … DiNapoli’s audit found OCFS can significantly improve how it reviews incidents of children dying from abuse. When …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-office-children-and-family-services-can-improve-efforts-investigate-child-fatalitiesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2113
… is to provide agencies instructions for processing the 2022 Special Assignment to Duty Pay. Affected Employees Employees of the Department of … or more of the time actually worked in the previous calendar year are eligible for an annual lump sum payment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2113-2023-special-assignment-duty-pay-calendar-year-2022XII.6.E Making an Emergency Payment – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES This section informs Business Units how to process vouchers to vendors when an … business practices does not constitute an emergency. The Office of the State Comptroller’s (OSC) Bureau of Contracts’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6e-making-emergency-paymentState Police Bulletin No. SP-226
… the agency of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2022 Salary Increases for NYSPIA and provide instructions for payments not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-226-april-1-2022-2-salary-increase-state-police-employees-represented-newState Agencies Bulletin No. 1724
… Year Salary Calculation Affected Employees All employees in Pay Basis Code ANN and CAL (except employees in SUNY Grade 980) Background In any fiscal year in which February 29th falls, the biweekly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1724-leap-year-salary-calculation-fiscal-year-2019-2020Auditing Travel/Conference Claims – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… is required by law and is an essential internal control for ensuring that travel policy requirements are consistently … The auditing body or official 9 should be looking for completeness, accuracy and original documentation. The … and attendees, etc.)? Are original receipts attached for all expenses that are being sought for reimbursement? …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/auditing-travelconference-claimsOpinion 90-59
… discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (removal of snow and ice from private road) STREETS … in the event of an emergency, such as a serious illness or fire, it is within the scope of a town's police powers in the interest of public health, safety and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-59Opinion 90-58
… private capacity is not a "contract" with the municipality for purposes of the conflict of interest provisions of … a misdemeanor (General Municipal Law, §805). A "contract" for purposes of article 18 includes only any express or … official duties. In this regard, it might be appropriate for the code to address the circumstances, if any, under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-58