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Opinion 88-53
… -- Retirement Benefits (exclusion of compensation for working vacations from calculation of final average salary) RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§302(9)(d), 431: … includable in the calculation of one year final average salary. You ask whether compensation paid to police officers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53DiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Pleads Guilty in $50,000 Theft
… Friday to repeatedly pilfering village coffers to pay for white water rafting and dating through Match.com, State … expenses and went as far as stealing from taxpayers to pay for white water rafting and Match.com,” DiNapoli said. “I … District Attorney Brooks Baker and New York State Police for their diligence in working with my office to bring this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-pleads-guilty-50000-theftDiNapoli: Three Arrested in Connection With Over $1 Million Medicaid Transportation Fraud Scheme
… steal over $1 million from the Medicaid program by billing for fake transportation services, duplicating and inflating … partners, especially Paul White of Viapath Technologies, for their tireless dedication to a comprehensive and thorough … of this criminal behavior and associated kickbacks for fraudulent charges has an impact beyond theft,” Oneonta …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-three-arrested-connection-over-1-million-medicaid-transportation-fraud-schemeXVII.1 Overview – XVII. Lapsing Appropriations
… The purpose of this Chapter is to explain the procedures for contracts, purchase orders, voucher payments, journal … 99-e of the State Finance Law. Agencies are responsible for ensuring that all transactions affecting lapsing … are not used by those transactions after the lapse date. For additional instruction on this topic, visit job aid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvii/xvii1-overviewNYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street’s 2021 Bonuses Set a New Record
… The average bonus paid to employees in New York City’s securities industry for 2021 grew to $257,500, a … industry increased by 7.7% to $438,370 in 2020 (the latest annual data available), nearly five times higher than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-wall-streets-2021-bonuses-set-new-recordXI-A.8 Payment Tolerances – XI-A. Purchasing
… (tolerances) in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) for preferred source, centralized contract, and discretionary … required Business Unit staff to create a change order for the PO to correct the voucher match exception. As a … in SFS without having to process as many PO change orders for variances that result in small dollar match exceptions. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a8-payment-tolerancesDiNapoli: Three Syracuse School District Employees Charged With Fraud in Scheme
… District’s after-school Twilight Program were arrested for engaging in several schemes to defraud the program … by allegedly tricking the district into paying them for services that never occurred. My office will not relent … out corruption. Thanks to District Attorney Fitzpatrick for his continued partnership in combatting fraud.” “My …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-three-syracuse-school-district-employees-charged-fraud-schemeGrand Gorge Fire District – Conflict of Interest and Claims Auditing (2020M-151)
… in District contracts. Determine whether claims were for appropriate District purposes and audited and approved … interests in District contracts and whether claims were for appropriate District purposes and audited and approved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/04/01/grand-gorge-fire-district-conflict-interest-and-claims-auditing-2020m-151DiNapoli: New Yorkers Could Lose $72B in Reported State and Local Tax Deductions Under Trump Plan
… stand to lose more than $72 billion in reported deductions for income and property taxes if proposals to change the … and personal exemptions could result in higher tax bills for some New Yorkers and only modest savings for others," said DiNapoli. "Washington should proceed with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-yorkers-could-lose-72b-reported-state-and-local-tax-deductions-under-trump-planDiNapoli: Mount Vernon Officials Failed to Establish Basic and Routine Financial Policies
… Mount Vernon did not have adequate financial information for the effective management and fiscal oversight of city … recommendations, and we will continue to provide guidance for a more transparent financial account of the city’s … adequate policies and procedures, lacking formal guidance for interim financial reporting, budget transfers and fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-mount-vernon-officials-failed-establish-basic-and-routine-financial-policiesDiNapoli: ESD Falls Short in Reporting Results of Economic Development Programs
… to meet more than half of the reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs, diminishing … many of the programs it supervises. Reporting requirements for specific programs vary and some of the requirements are … auditors were not provided an explanation by ESD officials for why they had not completed required reports. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-esd-falls-short-reporting-results-economic-development-programsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2062
… purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for submitting new Time Entry overtime and Pre-shift Briefing … Briefing calculation of Earnings Code PS1 and explain the retroactive adjustments systematically calculated by OSC to account for the retroactive change in the overtime factor. Affected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2062-changes-calculation-overtime-and-pre-shift-briefing-eligible-employeesDiNapoli: Two Former Oramel Fire Officials Charged With Theft of More Than $11,000 From Oramel Fire Department
… the arrests of Ronda (Brundage) Kish and Marion Brundage for allegedly stealing $11,276 from the Oramel Fire … in the 3rd Degree and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1 st Degree. Marion Brundage was charged … Police. “These two officials allegedly used money meant for the protection of their community as their own personal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-two-former-oramel-fire-officials-charged-theft-more-11000-oramel-fire-departmentTown of Berkshire – Board Oversight (2023M-122)
… (Town) officials ensured non-payroll disbursements were for appropriate Town purposes. Determine whether the Town … officials did not ensure non-payroll disbursements were for appropriate Town purposes. The Board did not: Segregate … all claims, require adequate supporting documentation for 59 claims totaling $51,519 or establish procedures to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/08/30/town-berkshire-board-oversight-2023m-122DiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… Adnan Saeed, owner of Sublime Medical Transportation, for stealing over $700,000 from the state’s Medicaid program. … rides in order to unlawfully receive mileage payments for each individual in the group. "Muhammad Adnan Saeed … Medicaid program provides access to essential health care for millions of people, and my office will continue to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudDiNapoli Announces Scheduled Sale of $543 Million State of New York General Obligation Bonds
… New York state General Obligation (GO) bonds scheduled for September 27th and 28th, currently estimated to total … $543 million. The state expects to sell $459.4 million for new money transportation, education, and environmental … GO bonds pursuant to the state’s Invitation to Offer Bonds for Purchase (“Invitation to Tender”). Dependent on market …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-announces-scheduled-sale-543-million-state-new-york-general-obligation-bondsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2325
… agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2025 increases to Premium Overtime, Administrative Maintenance … and Command Payment and to provide agencies instructions for submitting payments not processed automatically. Affected … the State of New York and PBANYS, provides for April 2025 salary increase and increases to certain additional payments. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2325-april-2025-increases-premium-overtime-administrative-maintenance-payState Police Bulletin No. SP-248
… to notify agencies of an automatic increase in union dues for employees represented by the Police Benevolent … Troopers, OSC will automatically increase the union dues for employees in Bargaining Units 07 and 17. The new rates … to notify agencies of an automatic increase in union dues for employees represented by the Police Benevolent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-248-police-benevolent-association-pba-new-york-state-troopers-inc-duesState Police Bulletin No. SP-252
… processing of the April 2023, April 2024, and April 2025 Retroactive 3.00% Salary Increase and provide instructions for payments not … April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025 Retroactive Salary Increases will be paid using the following effective dates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-252-april-2023-april-2024-and-april-2025-retroactive-salary-increases-stateDiNapoli: Report Finds Persistent Problems at Long Island Power Authority
… office found that previous reforms have not reduced costs for ratepayers and debt levels continue to rise. DiNapoli … rates, improve service and increase accountability for LIPA ratepayers. “Despite repeated reform efforts, LIPA’s … and commercial customers,” said DiNapoli. “Costs for ratepayers remain too high and an increasing debt load …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-report-finds-persistent-problems-long-island-power-authority