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City of Lockport – Budget Review (B23-1-7)
… [read complete report – pdf] Purpose The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2024. Background Chapter 332 of the Laws of 2014, as amended by Chapter 147 of the Laws of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/11/03/city-lockport-budget-review-b23-1-7Opinion 95-27
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- State Aid (submission of claims for adjustments in the amount of State aid paid to … Whether the provisions of Education Law 36045b as added by chapter 82 of the Laws of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-27Opinion 94-3
… in the opinion. STATE COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for proceeding to improve road pursuant to Town Law, §200) … TOWN LAW, §200: The approval of the State Comptroller is not required in connection with a proceeding for the improvement of a road pursuant to … Whether the approval of the State Comptroller is required in connection with a proceeding for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3DiNapoli: More State Involvement Needed to Address Local Emergency Medical Services Challenges
… “Reliable emergency medical services can be a matter of life or death, and New Yorkers rightly expect to receive … In New York state, EMS are provided by an assortment of public and private entities. These may be funded by local governments, users of the service, insurance, or a combination of these and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-more-state-involvement-needed-address-local-emergency-medical-services-challengesFormer Treasurer of Patterson Fire Department Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Returns
… Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that … U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Roman to 33 months in prison for fraud and tax charges arising out of his embezzlement of … MELIN failed to report this income on his personal return for 2014 and falsely reported some of the embezzled funds as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/former-treasurer-patterson-fire-department-sentenced-33-months-prison-embezzlement-and-filing-falseComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Scheneiderman Announce 2 to 6 Year Prison Sentence for Former Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… related to Will's theft of approximately $30,000 in public campaign funds and state grant money. The jury found Wills … Wills used $21,000 in State grant funds for personal and political expenses. The $21,000 was part of a $33,000 grant … used approximately $21,000 of the funds for personal and political expenses, including at Nordstrom and Home Depot. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-scheneiderman-announce-2-6-year-prison-sentence-former-councilman-rubenAttorney General James and Comptroller DiNapoli Announce Guilty Verdict of Former Mount Vernon Government Official in $365,000 Corruption Scheme
… as a public relations firm hired at the time of Thomas’ arrest in March 2018. Approval for the rate of payment for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/attorney-general-james-and-comptroller-dinapoli-announce-guilty-verdict-former-mount-vernonLong Island Rail Road: On-Time Performance by the Numbers (2023)
In 2023, the LIRR carried 65.2 million riders, a reduction of 25.9 million from levels last reached before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, when ridership reached 91.1 million passengers.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-9-2025.pdfLittle Meadows Early Childhood Center, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… and $3,428 in consulting and legal fees that did not meet reimbursement requirements. Key Recommendations To SED: … on Little Meadows’ CFRs and to Little Meadows’ tuition reimbursement rates, as warranted. Remind Little Meadows …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/07/07/little-meadows-early-childhood-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualXVI.3.K Interim Reporting – XVI. Financial Reporting
… the State Comptroller to prepare certain financial statements on an interim basis. Process and Document … reporting relates to only Governmental Fund financial statements and summarized financial data for periods shorter … methods and practices used to prepare the annual financial statements. Some exceptions to this policy are required due …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3k-interim-reportingOpinion 95-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Proceeds (use of excess) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures … Whether excess proceeds of outstanding bonds issued by a school district for a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-13Oversight of the STEM Incentive Program
… and whether HESC has only made payments on behalf of recipients who are in compliance with Program regulations. … have access to a college education and an understanding of their financial aid options. The Program provides a full … State for five years after graduation. During the scope of our audit, recipients could attend any State University of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/28/oversight-stem-incentive-programCity of Lockport – Budget Review (B21-1-9)
… an independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2022. Background Chapter 332 of the Laws of 2014, as … Comptroller each year, beginning January 1, 2015, and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the debt … to finance the deficit is outstanding, the proposed budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings Based on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/11/05/city-lockport-budget-review-b21-1-9Homeless Outreach Program at the Metro-North Railroad
… United States. As of December 2017, Metro-North had 123 stations (not including Grand Central Terminal) distributed … Fairfield). The presence of the homeless at Metro-North stations is a growing concern for Metro-North customers and … for carrying out regular visits to the Metro-North stations to observe, record, and to engage in homeless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/21/homeless-outreach-program-metro-north-railroadReport on the State Fiscal Year 2011-12 Executive Budget, February 2011
The Executive Budget makes significant progress in addressing the State’s structural deficit.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/budget/pdf/budget-executive-2011-12.pdfAn Economic Snaphot of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood - September 2017
Bedford-Stuyvesant is one of the many neighborhoods in Brooklyn to experience a resurgence.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-5-2018.pdfState Agencies Bulletin No. P-947
Revision to Bulletin P-946 Professional Leave Payment for Employees in PS&T
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/pdf/agencies-p-947.pdfList of Fiscal Stress Scores
List of 2023 Fiscal Stress Scores of Villages and Cities in NYS.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/fiscal-monitoring/excel/2023-munis-summary.xlsxList of Fiscal Stress Scores
List of 2023 Fiscal Stress Scores of Villages and Cities in NYS.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/fiscal-monitoring/2023/pdf/2023-munis-summary.pdfList of Fiscal Stress Scores
List of 2024 Fiscal Stress Scores of Villages and Cities in NYS.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/fiscal-monitoring/2024/pdf/2024-munis-summary.pdf