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DiNapoli: Audit Uncovers $425 Million in Missed Medicaid Drug Rebates
… of Health (DOH) billed drug companies for $425.9 million in Medicaid drug rebates after auditors alerted the department to rebates it missed out on, according to a report released … hundreds of millions of dollars. Another $1.2 million in rebates could be collected with further efforts." In 1990, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-audit-uncovers-425-million-missed-medicaid-drug-rebatesDiNapoli Audit Finds Gaps in NYC School Safety Planning
… requirements for shootings and emergency situations in New York City’s schools need to be more strictly enforced … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors found DOE was lax in requiring that safety plans were filed on time by schools … other issues. “The state Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act aims to keep school children and teachers as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-gaps-nyc-school-safety-planningDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Pay Hits $787 Million
… of Children and Family Services and the Department of Health. Overtime has accounted for 3.9 percent of all state … and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and the Office of Mental Health (OMH) – accounted for 62.5 percent of overtime hours …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-pay-hits-787-millionOpinion 88-12
… agreement for services) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-o; VILLAGE LAW, §4-412: A village may provide for refuse … provide the service to the others. General Municipal Law, §119-o(1) authorizes municipal corporations to enter into … perform or exercise separately (General Municipal Law, §119-n[c]). Subdivision 2 of section 119-o lists several …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12Opinion 88-1
… Village of Hempstead , 186 Misc 74, 58 NYS2d 880, affd 270 App Div 898, 62 NYS2d 165, app dsmd 296 NY 666; Delihan v O'Dwyer , 197 Misc 950, 97 NYS2d 326, revd on other grnds 277 App Div 407, 100 NYS2d 512, affd 302 NY 451). In view of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Wall Street Bonuses and Profits Decline in 2015
… profits for the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member firms—the traditional measure of industry … deferred from prior years. The estimate does not include stock options or other forms of deferred compensation for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/wall-street-bonuses-and-profits-decline-2015Opinion 90-46
… A county is entitled to retain $5.00 of each court index fee of $100.00 collected by a county clerk pursuant to Civil … to a county the county's $5.00 portion of each index fee erroneously paid to the State within the previous three … which amount reflects that portion ($5.00) of each index fee received by the county clerk which should have been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-46Opinion 89-27
Whether a noncharter county may by resolution provide that county supervisors who take office after a certain date be required to contribute a greater amount for health insurance coverage than those supervisors who were in office prior to such date
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Opinion 92-11
… pursuant to Education Law, §1709(8-c). April 14, 1992 Donald J. Slover, Ass't Superintendent For Business Lynbrook …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 93-17
… NOTES -- Permissible Uses (pre-payment of certain employer retirement contributions) -- Referendum Requirements (for pre-payment of certain employer retirement contributions) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations … when bonds may be issued) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (authority to issue bonds to pre-pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-17DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Total $11.9 Billion in First Half of 2025, Up 3.7% Over Prior Year
… Sales Tax Collections by County and City Interactive Map Local Sales Tax Sharing in New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-total-11-point-9-billion-first-half-2025-3-point-7-percent-over-prior-yearDiNapoli: Federal Actions Threaten New York's Farms and Food Production
… production, squeeze profits, and lead to higher prices for consumers. “There is real concern in rural New York about … production and that lower, not drive up, prices in the grocery store.” Agriculture is an important part of the … assistance programs will mean less money spent at grocery stores, farmers markets and for purchases by food banks, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/dinapoli-federal-actions-threaten-new-yorks-farms-and-food-productionMonitoring of Select Programs
… Office for the Aging’s policies and procedures for select programs are adequate to ensure Area Agencies on Aging are … consumer-oriented, cost-effective policies and programs. NYSOFA’s overall goal is to improve access to, and … avoid higher levels of care and publicly financed care. Programs are administered at the county level through a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/01/21/monitoring-select-programsMedicaid Program – Improper Overlapping Medicaid and Essential Plan Enrollments
… reflected in eMedNY when individuals transitioned between the Medicaid and Essential Plan programs and to identify overpayments resulting from inaccurate enrollments. The audit covered the period January 2016 through May 2022. … reflected in eMedNY when individuals transitioned between the Medicaid and Essential Plan programs and to identify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/11/medicaid-program-improper-overlapping-medicaid-and-essential-plan-enrollmentsReview of Advance Contract Payments
… 2012 through July 2018. We selected 13 contracts valued at $224,000 where the contractors received only an initial … did not obtain any reports from the 13 contractors at the time of our review even though the contracts had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/09/15/review-advance-contract-paymentsCompliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements
… DOT’s mission is to ensure its customers – those who live, work, and travel in New York – have a safe, efficient, … statutory requirement to provide an appeal to Committee on Open Government (COOG) upon receipt for any of the 49 … information. 1 For example, while one DOT regional office on its own provided its FOIL procedures manual, three other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirementsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2067
… taxable gross and will be reported on the employee’s Form W-2. The adjustments (AJR, ARC, ARO, and Retro (RXX)) … be returned with a completed Next of Kin Affidavit ( Form AC 934-P ), original death certificate and a Report of Check Exchange ( Form AC 1476-P ). If a Next of Kin Affidavit has been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2067-april-2020-2021-and-2022-retroactive-increases-location-pay-andState Agencies Bulletin No. 2105
… assigned to work a combination of day, evening and/or night shifts.* 10% x Employee’s Annual Compensation Rate (excluding Additional Pay Earnings) for Night Shifts, prorated for employees regularly assigned to work a combination of day, evening and/or night shifts.* * If an employee’s shift overlaps both the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2105-change-shift-differential-payment-amounts-specific-nursing-titlesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2129
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the CSEA Signing Bonus and to provide processing … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSCs automatic processing of the CSEA Signing Bonus and to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2129-civil-service-employees-association-csea-signing-bonus-2021-2026State Agencies Bulletin No. 2129.1
… Payroll Bulletin No. 2129 . Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the CSEA Signing Bonus and to provide processing … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSCs automatic processing of the CSEA Signing Bonus and to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/21291-civil-service-employees-association-csea-signing-bonus-2021-2026