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Opinion 2003-5
… for paid firefighter) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §208-b; RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW §363-d: The line-of-duty … of firefighters in the New York State and Local Retirement System, with the cost of the benefit shared among …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 93-16
… employees during regularly assigned work periods) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work Periods" (meaning for … is required ordinarily to be at work under the terms and conditions of his or her employment. Permitting a … however, is commonly defined to mean "[a]t fixed and certain intervals, regular in point of time" and "[i]n …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Oversight of Homeless Shelters
… Purpose To determine whether the Office of Temporary and Disability … Assistance (Office) adequately oversees homeless shelters to ensure they are operating in compliance with applicable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/12/oversight-homeless-sheltersOpinion 91-11
… (curtailing powers of elective officers subject to mandatory referendum) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §23(2)(f): A local law which authorizes a city mayor to appoint a city engineer for a longer term than presently … the powers of the county legislature, stated as follows: [w]e must look to the effect that the local law has on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-11Selected Aspects of Inactive Hazardous Waste Site Remediation Cost Recovery
… parties, and remediation of the site. Responsible parties are legally responsible for site remediation. The Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/22/selected-aspects-inactive-hazardous-waste-site-remediation-cost-recoveryOtselic Valley Central School District – Procurement (2022M-58)
… District (District) officials used a competitive process to procure goods and services not subject to competitive bidding. Key Findings District officials did not always seek competition to procure goods and services not subject to competitive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/07/08/otselic-valley-central-school-district-procurement-2022m-58Newark Valley Central School District – Procurement (2022M-60)
… District (District) officials used a competitive process to procure goods and services not subject to competitive bidding. Key Findings District officials did … for the purchase of goods and services not subject to competitive bidding. As a result, goods and services may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/24/newark-valley-central-school-district-procurement-2022m-60Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations
… Objective To determine whether the Division of Military and Naval … has adequate controls over selected financial operations to provide reasonable assurance that State assets are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/27/internal-controls-over-selected-financial-operationsControls Over Transportation Services and Transportation-Related Expenses
… Objective Our audit objective was to determine whether the Office for People With Developmental … Disabilities (OPWDD) has established adequate controls to effectively monitor and ensure accountability over … the transportation of clients from OPWDD-run residences to service providers or for other purposes. Between April 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/07/28/controls-over-transportation-services-and-transportation-related-expensesOversight of Homeless Shelters
… Objective To determine if the Office of Temporary and Disability … Assistance (Office) adequately oversees homeless shelters to ensure they are operating in compliance with applicable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/03/10/oversight-homeless-sheltersUser Access Controls Over Selected System Applications
… system applications are effective to prevent unnecessary or inappropriate access to those applications. This audit … patient care, research, and education, Upstate owns and/or administers more than 200 applications that contain a … only by Upstate employees, but also by students, visiting or adjunct professors, and various non-employees such as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/06/10/user-access-controls-over-selected-system-applicationsMedicaid Program - Medicaid Managed Care Organization Fraud and Abuse Detection
… Purpose To determine if United HealthCare and Amerigroup made payments to ineligible health care … Units to detect, prevent, and follow up on instances of fraud and abuse. Our audit covered the period January 1, 2011 … providers and enrollees participate in Medicaid; and MCOs report accurate and timely encounter claims (claims from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/15/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-organization-fraud-and-abuse-detectionSamaritan Village, Inc. – Chemical Dependency Services Program
… Purpose To determine whether the Office of Alcoholism and Substance … Services (OASAS) is effectively monitoring the contract to ensure claims submitted by Samaritan Village, Inc. are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/02/28/samaritan-village-inc-chemical-dependency-services-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 2136
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of a new earnings code that will be used to correct employee tax balances. Affected Employees: All employees who require a tax balance adjustment due to having a Q22 overpayment in paycheck dated January 4, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2136-new-earn-code-tba-tax-balance-adjustment-correct-q22-overpaymentsOpinion 88-41
… FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Towns (authority to conduct fire prevention programs) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract for the presentation of fire prevention programs) … of such programs with town property. This is in response to your letter concerning the expenditure of town funds for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-412013 Year End Report
… Purpose The objective of our examination was to determine whether payment requests (payments) to claimants and medical providers from the Workers’ … Board’s automated payment system, where they are subject to various edit and validation checks, approved by the Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/13/2013-year-end-reportWage Theft Investigations
… wage theft investigations timely and whether these efforts are successful in recovering funds for injured workers. Our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/06/06/wage-theft-investigationsOpinion 90-17
… and equipment of the fire district, it makes no provision for the surplus moneys of the district. Consequently, it is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-17Empire BlueCross BlueShield Selected Payments for Special Items for the Period January 1, 2011 Through March 31, 2011
… Purpose To determine whether Empire BlueCross BlueShield's (Empire) … for certain special items were reasonable in relation to the hospitals' actual purchase and acquisition costs. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/01/empire-bluecross-blueshield-selected-payments-special-items-period-january-1-2011-throughTotal Spending – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… the State’s program priorities. Comparing spending to revenue provides an indication of the State’s ability to support continuing programs. State spending, which … the Rate of Inflation Over the Past Five Years Compared to the prior year, State spending increased $11.1 billion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/total-spending