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DiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Monitoring of Mental Health Facilities
… time frame. Additional findings in the audit include: OMH does not use the New York State Incident Management and … unsubstantiated records. A bill was introduced in the last legislative session and passed the Senate that would allow OSC access to these records. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-monitoring-mental-health-facilitiesComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Afton Hose Company Emergency Squad Town of Hampton Town of Hopewell Pember Library and Museum City of Rye Town of Sullivan and the Washington County Sheriffs Department
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsAid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) and Temporary Municipal Assistance (TMA)
… AIM In each State fiscal year, the Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) program provides state aid to all of … program. The 2019-20 Enacted State Budget eliminated aid for 1,325 towns and villages determined to be less reliant on … established AIM-Related payments which continued funding for the impacted towns and villages in the amounts that they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/data/aid-and-incentives-municipalities-aim-and-temporary-municipal-assistance-tmaDiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses Fell 44% in 2008
… Cash bonuses paid by Wall Street firms to their New York City employees declined by 44 … workers as the industry shed jobs. The reduction in Wall Street bonuses will cost nearly $1 billion in personal income … business and personal income tax collections from Wall Street activities accounted for up to 20 percent of State tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2009/01/dinapoli-wall-street-bonuses-fell-44-2008DiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… Medical Transportation for stealing over $700000 from the states Medicaid program …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudDiNapoli Op-Ed in City & State: NY ABLE Celebrates Seven Year Anniversary
… it even more important for these individuals to have a secure place to keep their money and watch it grow. As … the NY ABLE program. NY ABLE provides a practical and secure way to save money for disability-related expenses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-op-ed-city-state-ny-able-celebrates-seven-year-anniversaryDiNapoli Identifies Problems With Low-Cost Power Program
… sold vehicles below average trade-in values and got rid of scrap metal and plant equipment valued at over $900,000 without … taken; Establish controls over the valuation and sale of scrap metal and improve controls over fleet asset sales; and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-identifies-problems-low-cost-power-programOpinion 93-20
… on checks transferring moneys from the receiver of taxes' account to another account. Pursuant to Town Law, §37(1), a town receiver of … on checks transferring moneys from the receiver of taxes account to another account …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-20Opinion 94-5
… and distribute a report relative to the fiscal affairs and official acts, programs and meetings of "boards, commissions, … educate residents as to the activities, programs and other official affairs of the town board, commission, department or … publication, at town expense, of a bulletin relating to official acts, programs and meetings of "town officers, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-5Opinion 95-16
… to them" (Phaneufv City of Plattsburgh, 84 Misc 2d 70, 74, 376 NYS2d 781, 785, affd 50 AD2d 614, 375 NYS2d 500, lv …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-16DiNapoli: Audit Shows Former Highway Superintendent Took Taxpayers for a Ride in Town of Erin
… a class E felony. The arrest was the result of a Joint Task Force on Public Integrity investigation, a collaborative … DiNapoli and Attorney General Schneiderman’s Joint Task Force works to root out corruption across the state and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-audit-shows-former-highway-superintendent-took-taxpayers-ride-town-erinThree Indicted in Multi-State Prescription Fraud Ring
… stole identities, submitted fraudulent prescriptions, got Medicaid to pay for those fraudulent prescriptions, and … claims to be submitted for transportation and medications, which were diverted and sold. HHS-OIG will continue to work … the New York State Comptroller are investigating the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S. Reiner is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/three-indicted-multi-state-prescription-fraud-ringDiNapoli: ESD Falls Short in Reporting Results of Economic Development Programs
… required general summary reports, which are supposed to account for all programs, actually accounted for less than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-esd-falls-short-reporting-results-economic-development-programsDiNapoli: Canal Corp. Must Address Gaps
… The New York State Canal Corporation has not performed … our recommendations.” The Canal Corp., a subsidiary of the New York State Thruway Authority, was created in 1992 to … the full report, including the corporation’s response, see New York State Canal Corporation: Infrastructure Inspection …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-canal-corp-must-address-gapsDiNapoli: Heroin, Opioid Overdose Death Rates Rose Faster in New York Than in Most States
… heroin and prescription opioid abuse reached record highs in New York state in 2014, according to a report issued today by State … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The overdose death rates in New York increased faster over the preceding decade than … heroin and prescription opioid abuse reached record highs in New York state in 2014 according to a report issued today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-heroin-opioid-overdose-death-rates-rose-faster-new-york-most-statesDiNapoli: Georgia Woman Allegedly Stole Over $450K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… Sandra Smith, for allegedly stealing over $450,000 in New York state pension and Social Security payments made to her deceased mother-in-law over a 16-year period. “The defendant callously took advantage of her mother-in-law’s death to profit at the expense of New York’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-georgia-woman-allegedly-stole-over-450k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsDiNapoli: Pennsylvania Man Impersonated Deceased Father to Steal His NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… guilty plea of Timothy Gritman, a Pennsylvania resident, on wire fraud and Social Security fraud charges for stealing … brought to justice. My office will continue to hold anyone who seeks to defraud the pension system accountable no matter … Timothy Gritman told a family member that his father had died several years earlier, but would not say where he was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-pennsylvania-man-impersonated-deceased-father-steal-his-nys-pension-and-social-securityDiNapoli Finds Medicaid Billing Errors of Nearly $1 Billion
… system.” The New York State Medicaid program provides a wide range of medical services to low-income New Yorkers or … 31, 2021. Track state and local government spending at Open Book New York . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-finds-medicaid-billing-errors-nearly-1-billionXII.5.B Unique Invoice Number Requirements – XII. Expenditures
… (SFS) requires Business Units to enter a unique Invoice Number on each supplier’s voucher. The SFS has validations … in this section, Business Units should use the invoice number on a vendor’s invoice to process the voucher. Business … ensure that each voucher (1) references a unique invoice number and (2) includes only items it has received and not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5b-unique-invoice-number-requirementsDiNapoli: Former Mechanics at State Police Garage Charged With Public Corruption and Grand Larceny
… state police mechanics Jeffrey Rapasadi and David Relyea in the theft of nearly $30,000 in auto parts and supplies from the state. The thefts … state police mechanics Jeffrey Rapasadi and David Relyea in the theft of nearly $30000 in auto parts and supplies from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-former-mechanics-state-police-garage-charged-public-corruption-and-grand-larceny