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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Water Authority , Town of Seward and the Town of Walton . “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … elected officials and 94 employees approximately $26,400 in 2015. Absent corrective action, the county will likely overpay them an estimated $27,000 in the 2016 fiscal year. In addition, the county did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsPopulation Data, Resources and Publications
… [xls] 2020 Census Interactive Dashboard Resources Entities Map/Table Inventory of Local Government Entities: Interactive Map and Downloadable Excel file. Fiscal Stress Monitoring … in New York State and accompanies a new online interactive map that provides census population statistics by age, race …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/population-data-resources-and-publicationsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-378
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the July 2025 SUNY M/C Discretionary Salary Increase. Affected … The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the July 2025 SUNY MC Discretionary Salary Increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-378-july-2025-state-university-new-york-sunyState Agencies Bulletin No. 1853
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … employees based on the 2019 Salary Schedule (currently in effect). Effective Dates The October 2020 CSEA Performance … Eligibility Criteria Performance Advance Employees in graded positions (Grade 001-025) and NS positions (Grade …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1853-october-2020-civil-service-employees-association-csea-performanceState Agencies Bulletin No. 1825
… to eligible employees based on the appropriate 2019 Salary Schedule (BUs 01 and 21), 2015 Salary Schedule (BUs 61 and 91), or 2014 Salary Schedule (BU31). Chapter 24 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1825-april-2020-security-performance-advancesDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-62
… agency must submit a Data Chg on the Job Action Requests page using the Reason code USP (Unsat Perf) and an increment … the appropriate transaction(s) on the Job Action Requests page to correct the information on the Job Data row(s). If … the position information is incorrect on the Position Data page in PayServ but is correct in NYSTEP. The position will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-62-october-2013-district-council-37-dc37-performancePower of Attorney
… Durable Power of Attorney (POA) document allows someone else, referred to as the “agent,” (for example, a trusted … Power of attorney allows someone else to act on your behalf NYSLRS offers a durable power of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/power-attorneyDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-47
… increase to the Job Rate of certain salary grades on the April 2010 salary schedule. Employees whose salaries … or after the payment effective date may not be entitled to have the increase applied to their entire salary. OSC will … Position has both equated grade and NTE Position and job do not match Sal below hiring rate Questions Questions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-47-2010-salary-increases-employees-rent-regulationState Agencies Bulletin No. 1429
… the employee: Has a Payroll Status of Active, Leave With Pay or Leave of Absence with an Action/Reason code of Leave of Absence/MLS (Mil … or BIW (only if the employee has a Payroll Status of Leave With Pay with an Action/Reason code of Paid Leave of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1429-2015-uniform-maintenance-allowance-and-2015-work-related-clothingComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Criminal Conviction and False Claims Act Settlement with Bottini Fuel for Diverting Customers' Credit Balances for Their Own Benefit
… From 2004 to 2016, Bottini Fuel improperly retained customer overpayments and duplicative payments for heating … for heating oil; instead, the company swept excess customer balances out of customer accounts and used them to … General's Office. The Attorney General's Office will contact all defrauded customers to distribute the restitution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-criminal-conviction-and-false-claims-actImplementation of the Dignity for All Students Act
… one assistant principal stated that incidents were only entered if a physical fight took place, while another stated that an incident should only be reported if the action was repetitive. The Discipline …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/13/implementation-dignity-all-students-actEnglish Language Learners Programs
… ELLs and are required to make Bilingual Education (BE) programs available in all home languages spoken by 20 or more … nine (78%) school districts we visited that required BE programs did not have a program or an exemption from BE … education; however, 5,632 (77%) students did not have programs available in their home languages and/or grade …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/18/english-language-learners-programsOpinion 88-61
… REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Payments (use of certificate of mailing to prove timeliness of) REAL PROPERTY … the burden of proving timely payment by producing a certificate of mailing of the U.S. Postal Service which is … the payment of taxes without penalty. You ask whether a certificate of mailing of the U.S. Postal Service postmarked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-61State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal and School Audits
… and current accounting and financial records significantly limited this review and precluded auditors from determining … for the 2023 fiscal year; the 2024 AFR was due April 30, 2025. The most recent available independent audited financial statements were finalized for 2024 in October 2025. The external auditor’s findings reported in the 2022, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-and-school-auditsOpinion 99-2
… Requiring Bidding (purchase of materials and supplies for construction work performed by municipal employees) -- Municipal Employees (use of for construction as exception to competitive bidding) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (construction performed by municipal employees as exception to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-2Opinion 2001-8
… items of expense of the district which shall be charged only against the zone(s), or the other respects in which the … that if the fire protection district is to be dissolved only upon termination of current fire protection contracts, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-8State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… following audits have been issued. New York State Dental Insurance Program – EmblemHealth Plan, Inc. – Overpayments … claims for services on behalf of the New York State Dental Insurance Program. To prevent duplicate payment of services, … processing system, had third-party health insurance drug coverage. The follow-up found that, of the initial report’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1921
… Code APB (Adj PSB). OSC has updated Earnings Code PSA to be used to report Pre-Shift Briefing for employees in … Associated Retro Code Replaces Associated Retro Code PSA PreShift 2080 RP4 – Retro PreShift 2080 PS6 – PreSft … Pay Period 6L To report the new Pre-Shift Briefing code (PSA) effective beginning 04/04/2019, the agency must submit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1921-changes-calculation-and-retroactive-adjustment-pre-shift-briefingState Agencies Bulletin No. 826
… to pay Standby Pay for employees in Bargaining Unit 05: SBP (Standby PEF) Replaces SBC and SOV SBP will calculate Standby Pay at 25% of regular gross salary … agencies need to submit an adjustment after the related SBP and/or overtime have already been paid. Agency Actions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/826-april-1-2007-retroactive-increases-hazardous-duty-pay-overtime-mealOpinion 99-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Contracts (by school district … of the cooperative library system. The amount stated in the contract and approved as an appropriation for library … p 387, superseded to the extent inconsistent. This is in response to your inquiry concerning a proposed contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-5