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XII.4.B.1 Supporting Information – XII. Expenditures
… It is critical for accounts payable staff to practice good stewardship over State money when making the final … to determine whether the vendor provided the correct good or service at the right price. If accounts payable staff …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii4b1-supporting-informationState Agencies Bulletin No. 280
… Purpose To provide the agency with information and procedures … employees in Bargaining Unit 79 whose agency has elected to participate in the Vacation Exchange Program. Officers and … the Executive Law or whose salaries were prescribed prior to the enactment of Chapter 55 of the laws of 1979 are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/280-vacation-exchange-paymentState Health Department Slow to Inspect Violations at Adult Care Facilities, Audit Finds
… overseeing adult care facilities, risking the health and safety of vulnerable residents, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller … found DOH at times failed to conduct timely inspections and often lacked documentation to show critical problems were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-health-department-slow-inspect-violations-adult-care-facilities-audit-findsPreston Fire District – Board Oversight (2025M-87)
… providing adequate oversight of the financial activities to help ensure public funds are managed with accountability, … the Board missed an opportunity for the District to realize additional revenues which would benefit District … District officials did not have guidance on when and how to help ensure that they obtained the best value possible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/03/13/preston-fire-district-board-oversight-2025m-87Selected Safety and Security Equipment at Train Stations
… action to ensure that equipment, such as cameras and "Customer Assistance Intercoms," are working, tested, … SolarWinds system continuously monitors the CAIs and an alert issued in the case of an operational defect. When an alert lasts 15 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/12/selected-safety-and-security-equipment-train-stationsSelected Controls Over the Property Tax Assessment Process
… assessors input data into DOF’s Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) system to collect property-related …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/11/selected-controls-over-property-tax-assessment-processState Agencies Bulletin No. 1575
… Supplemental Wages and the methods for withholding income taxes from Supplemental Wages Affected Employees All … NOTE** We are researching whether additional amounts in taxes are being consistently withheld from Supplemental Wages … Supplemental Wages and the methods for withholding income taxes from Supplemental Wages …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1575-supplemental-wagesNew Yorkers in Need: Homelessness in New York State
Having safe and adequate housing is a necessity.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/new-yorkers-in-need-homelessness-nys.pdfState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… following local government audits were issued. Montgomery County – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and … monitoring usage, maintaining perpetual inventory records, performing inventory reconciliations or establishing … were used solely for town purposes. Town of Allen – Town Clerk Collections (Allegany County) The town clerk did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOversight of Selected Fiscal Aspects of Homeless Shelter Services
… determine whether the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) has adequate controls over the contracted … emergency shelter to every eligible person who requests services. DHS is responsible for providing transitional housing and services for eligible homeless families and individuals in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/10/oversight-selected-fiscal-aspects-homeless-shelter-servicesDespite Progress, Pay Gap for Women Persists
… and ethnic groups. In New York, Hispanic and American Indian women had the lowest median earnings in 2019, … groups, the wage gap was highest for white and American Indian women, whose median earnings were approximately … less, respectively, than men of the same race. American Indian, Hispanic, and Black men and women earned less than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/despite-progress-pay-gap-women-persistsImplications for the Future – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… the COVID-19 pandemic was short-lived, employment has yet to recover fully. During March and April 2020, nearly 2 … jobs were regained. No region of the State has returned to pre-pandemic employment levels with New York City trailing … 500,000 jobs. Economic forecasts are inherently subject to risk, but the path of the coronavirus pandemic will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/implications-futureDiNapoli: Rechargeable Battery Use Rising Dramatically, But State Not Enforcing Recycling Law Requirements
… actually happening or whether they’re going out with the trash where they put New York’s environment, public health … waste stream and were the cause of a six-alarm fire on a trash barge in December 2021. DEC is responsible for … rechargeable batteries and three did not have a collection bin. There are at least 1,248 more retailers that may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-rechargeable-battery-use-rising-dramatically-state-not-enforcing-recycling-law-requirementsImplementation of Suicide Prevention Task Force Recommendations
… relationship, job, school, or financial concerns; mental illness; substance use disorder; social isolation; historical … providing hope and recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. OMH …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/12/16/implementation-suicide-prevention-task-force-recommendationsXI.2.H Multiyear Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… contracts, may be structured on the basis of a fixed contract term (e.g. three years) plus one or more annual (or … fixed term, it is necessary for the agency to process a contract extension. This extension requires the approval of … (OSC), if such approval was required for the original contract, and the submission of relevant documentation. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2h-multiyear-contractsOpinion 88-49
… -- Procedural Requirements (effect of failure to comply with) VILLAGE MAYOR -- Powers and Duties (authority to make … a court would invalidate only those provisions of the instant local law which would have required its submission to … of Barber , 198 Misc 135, 100 NYS2d 668, affd 278 App Div 600, 101 NYS2d 924, 278 App Div 727; 103 NYS2d 661; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-49New Yorkers in Need: A Look at Poverty Trends in New York State for the Last Decade
… local funding. This funding expands eligibility levels to 300 percent of the federal poverty level starting in August …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-look-poverty-trends-new-york-state-last-decadeState Agencies Bulletin No. 2439
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the creation of two new Reason Codes (AUT and MND) and to provide processing instructions for entering these new … service at an Authority (excluding Roswell Park) prior to an appointment to a New York State position or employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2439-new-reason-codes-aut-authority-service-and-mnd-mend-over-year-breakState Agencies Bulletin No. 648-A
… For advance amounts between: Update with new amount: $0.01 $500.00 Amt * .667 $500.01 $600.00 $367.00 $600.01 $700.00 $434.00 $700.01 $800.00 $500.00 $800.01 $900.00 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/648-cash-advance-payment-eligible-employees-represented-nyscopba-bu01Local Sales Tax Growth in 2017 Highest in Four Years
Local Sales Tax Growth in 2017 Highest in Four Years
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-tax-growth-2017-highest-in-four-years.pdf