Search
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… budgeting practices were not transparent and resulted in the district exceeding the statutory limit on surplus fund … reserves by nearly $1.9 million and did not use funds held in six reserves with balances totaling $10 million. Orleans … turn over the money because the action was still pending in court. However, the money had been in the treasurer’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… inappropriate card use, including approximately $38,000 in charges were not properly approved prior to the card being used; and approximately $12,000 in charges did not have adequate support to show what was … ensure that unneeded network user accounts were disabled in a timely manner. As a result, 21% of the district’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Village of Coxsackie – Treasurers’ Records and Reports (2025M-119)
… treasurer should record and report financial transactions in a complete, accurate and timely manner to enable informed … incorrectly recorded and $91,741 that were recorded twice in the accounting records. As a result, the Board’s ability … Prepare and file the 2019 through 2024 fiscal year AFRs in accordance with General Municipal Law (GML). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2026/05/01/village-coxsackie-treasurers-records-and-reports-2025m-119XI.5 Purchase Authorizations – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… When a State agency awards a term contract that allows for the purchase of commodities on an as-needed basis, the contract … When a State agency awards a term contract that allows for the purchase of commodities on an asneeded basis the contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi5-purchase-authorizationsState Government Accountability - Special Reports
… Populations Protecting Our Elderly Population: Select Elder Care Program Audits (2021-2023), April 2024 Other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/state-government-accountability-special-reportsPekin Fire Co. President Dipped Into Bell Jar
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Amacher, 49, of Sanborn, in Niagara County, allegedly withdrew $1,800 from the … the required New York State Gaming Commission reports in 2014 and 2015, which misrepresented his use of the funds. … cash for his own use. “Mr. Amacher literally had his hands in the public till,” State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/pekin-fire-co-president-dipped-bell-jarState Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on New York City Preliminary Budget
… towards revenue transparency, allocating the remainder of federal pandemic relief and increasing projections based … include savings from substantial vacancies at a number of agencies, the city now anticipates a FY 2023 surplus of $2.2 billion, $1.5 billion more than it had projected in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-new-york-city-preliminary-budgetFund Financial Data – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… and expenditures that are not required to be accounted for in another separate fund. In New York State, significant sources of funds that normally would be reported in the General Fund have been pledged or dedicated to other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/fund-financial-dataVillage of Addison – Payroll (2024M-12)
… Clerk-Treasurer 1 accurately paid wages and leave benefits for the nine full-time individuals employed as of March 19, … in New York State surrendered their pension as a penalty for corruption while in office. Key Recommendations The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/07/11/village-addison-payroll-2024m-12Baldwinsville Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-65)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial management practices for the period …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/17/baldwinsville-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-65West Valley Central School District – Financial Management (2013M-178)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the District’s financial … in excess of this limit to various District reserve funds. As a result, reserves totaled more than $2.1 million at June …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/06/west-valley-central-school-district-financial-management-2013m-178Town of Rhinebeck – Internal Controls Over Cash Management and Information Technology (2013M-36)
… June 22, 2012. Background The Town of Rhinebeck is located in Dutchess County. The Town is governed by an elected Town … effectively segregate the Town Clerk’s duties. Deposits in the Clerk’s office were not timely or intact. Cash … officials. Users on each of the Town’s 15 computers were in the local administrators’ group and could therefore …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/05/17/town-rhinebeck-internal-controls-over-cash-management-and-information-technologyFund Financial Data – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… and expenditures that are not required to be accounted for in another separate fund. In New York State, significant sources of funds that normally would be reported in the General Fund have been pledged or dedicated to other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/fund-financial-dataState Agencies Bulletin No. 954
… Premium. Affected Employees PEF represented employees in Agencies 11260 and 11270 who take part as mentors in the Mentoring Program Effective Date(s) Payments may be made beginning in Pay Period 20L, paychecks dated January 14, 2010 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/954-mentoring-premium-nys-schools-deaf-and-blindComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… (Follow-Up) (2015-F-6) An initial audit report issued in November 2012 examined whether the Bureau of Narcotic … combating prescription drug diversion and abuse in New York state, in large part through its analysis and use of prescription …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce Guilty Plea of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James announced the guilty plea of … Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Thanks to my partnership with Attorney General Letitia James, his scheme was exposed and he … has now admitted his guilt. I will continue to work with Attorney General James to root out public corruption across …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon-mayor-richardOpinion 90-59
… discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (removal of snow and ice from private road) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Private Roads (removing of snow and ice from) … Whether a town may regularly plow and sand a private road belonging to a disabled individual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-59Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… BOCES , East Moriches Union Free School District , Fishers Island Union Free School District , Franklin-Essex-Hamilton … in a prior budget review issued in April 2015. Fishers Island Union Free School District – Five Point Plan (Suffolk … BOCES East Moriches Union Free School District Fishers Island Union Free School District FranklinEssexHamilton BOCES …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsDiNapoli: Retired Westchester County Police Officer Indicted for Forging State Records to Illegally Double-Dip From State Pension Fund
… Department and the State Police for their partnership in holding accountable those who think they can swindle the … After retiring from the Westchester Police Department in 2005, Sciacca was hired as an instructor at Ulster County … Sciacca was not allowed to earn more than $30,000 annually in other public employment while continuing to receive his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-retired-westchester-county-police-officer-indicted-forging-state-records-illegally-doubleXII.6.E Making an Emergency Payment – XII. Expenditures
… cannot be added using the Vendor Add process prior to payment. An emergency procurement is one in which an urgent … of public resources is at risk and an immediate payment is required. A purchase resulting from a Business … Vendor File, Business Units can use the emergency single payment vendor ID “0400000001” to make a payment to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6e-making-emergency-payment