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Town of Berkshire – Board Oversight (2023M-122)
… (Town) officials ensured non-payroll disbursements were for appropriate Town purposes. Determine whether the Town … officials did not ensure non-payroll disbursements were for appropriate Town purposes. The Board did not: Segregate … all claims, require adequate supporting documentation for 59 claims totaling $51,519 or establish procedures to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/08/30/town-berkshire-board-oversight-2023m-122NYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Third Quarter Results
… Retirement Fund’s overall return in the third quarter of the Fund’s 2015-2016 fiscal year was 2.88 percent for the … Thomas P. DiNapoli. The Fund had an estimated value of $178.3 billion at the close of its third quarter. “The Fund experienced some recovery in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-third-quarter-resultsState Police Bulletin No. SP-255
… Earnings Code AJR, or ARO: Earnings Begin Date: The first date included in the adjustment Earnings End Date: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-255-retroactive-april-2023-april-2024-and-april-2025-salary-increases-stateState Agencies Bulletin No. 2325
… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2025 increases to Premium Overtime, Administrative … the State of New York and PBANYS, provides for April 2025 salary increase and increases to certain additional … to employees’ annual earnings. Effective Dates: The 2025 increases to Premium Overtime, Administrative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2325-april-2025-increases-premium-overtime-administrative-maintenance-payNYS Comptroller DiNapoli: ExxonMobil Agrees to Assess Impacts of Climate Change
… State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) and the Church of England, received landslide support from more than 62 percent of Exxon voting shareholders at the company's annual meeting in May. As a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-exxonmobil-agrees-assess-impacts-climate-changeNYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street’s 2021 Bonuses Set a New Record
… The average bonus paid to employees in New York City’s securities industry for 2021 grew to … high, according to annual estimates released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The estimated … Russia wages an inexcusable war on Ukraine’s freedom. In New York, we won’t get back to our pre-COVID economic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-wall-streets-2021-bonuses-set-new-recordDiNapoli: NYC Health + Hospitals Confront Tough Fiscal Outlook as Washington Moves to Cut Health Care Spending
… insurance, while reimbursement rates for health care programs are cut by Washington, making it harder for the … health insurance and reimbursement rates for health care programs are cut by Washington …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/12/dinapoli-nyc-health-hospitals-confront-tough-fiscal-outlook-washington-moves-cut-health-care-spendingNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on EPA Proposal to Roll Back Emission Standards
… our heads in the sand and ignore the changing world around us. Rolling back smart emissions standards will injure … comptrollers and state treasurers sent a letter to the US Environmental Protection Agency opposing the agencys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-epa-proposal-roll-back-emission-standardsDiNapoli: Pleasant Valley Town Clerk Charged in Theft of Fees
… Pleasant Valley Town Clerk Margaret Hart was charged today for the theft of … by the State Comptroller’s office after a referral from town officials. As clerk, Hart also functions as the town tax collector. She allegedly used her position to steal … Pleasant Valley Town Clerk Margaret Hart was charged today for the theft of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-pleasant-valley-town-clerk-charged-theft-feesState Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children
… New York City's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) should improve oversight to ensure that non-profit agencies that place foster children are doing home visits and other critical functions required to protect those children, according to an audit released today by State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-childrenDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Enacted State Budget
… that leave broad discretion for use of funds with limited disclosure, including a new $475 million allocation for the … more than $500 million in annual revenue by eliminating what would have been an automatic boost in the state's child … new lump-sum appropriations for economic development, but does not include any provisions to improve transparency or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-releases-analysis-enacted-state-budgetComptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Schneiderman, State & DOI Commissioner Mark Peters Announce Conviction of Non-Profit Executive Involved in Six-Year Theft Scheme
… Thomas P. DiNapoli, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York City Department of Investigation (NYC DOI) … of pocketing taxpayer dollars intended for public services and capital improvements in New York City. A multi-agency joint investigation, including NYC DOI and two federal agencies, exposed the theft of approximately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-state-doi-commissioner-mark-peters-announce-conviction-nonDiNapoli: Dormitory Authority Overstated MWBE Contract Participation
… women-owned business contractors (MWBE) and could not show how it determined the authority’s overall MWBE participation … analysis to support that claim and could not demonstrate how they determined the authority’s overall MWBE … womenowned business contractors MWBE and could not show how it determined the authoritys overall MWBE participation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-dormitory-authority-overstated-mwbe-contract-participationDiNapoli: Report Finds Persistent Problems at Long Island Power Authority
… previous reforms have not reduced costs for ratepayers and debt levels continue to rise. DiNapoli noted that concerns … “Costs for ratepayers remain too high and an increasing debt load will burden customers well into the future. Both … the national median. In addition, the report shows LIPA’s debt burden and associated costs remain an ongoing challenge. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-report-finds-persistent-problems-long-island-power-authorityOpinion 91-15
… when the developer simply changes the configuration of a road and the location of certain lot lines, but does not … least two cases, has questioned the imposition of a double toll upon property being developed. In Riegert Apartments … stated that: Otherwise, a town would be able to exact a toll twice from the same development: once when the developer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-15Opinion 90-57
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … 11-A has been challenged (see Caruso v State of New York , Supreme Court, Albany County). January 8, 1991 Jorge Batlle, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 91-30
… (see General Municipal Law, §802). General Municipal Law, §104 generally authorizes political subdivisions, without … Purchasing Memorandum CL-262, page 3). Further, section 104 expressly provides that the municipality purchasing from … without competitive bidding. Section 103(3), like section 104, provides that the purchase is subject to audit and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-30Opinion 93-10
… of the particular personnel to be present on that day is, in the first instance, to be made at local level, subject … the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving and, if so, what particular support staff is required to report to work … offices on the day after Thanksgiving. With respect to what particular personnel must be present on the day after …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-10Opinion 94-3
… COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for proceeding to improve road pursuant to Town Law, §200) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- … in connection with a proceeding for the improvement of a road pursuant to Town Law, §200. You ask whether the approval … with a proceeding for the improvement of a private road pursuant to Town Law, §200 when it is proposed that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3DiNapoli Releases Report on 30-Day State Budget Amendments
… lower tax collection estimates in the Financial Plan for state fiscal year 2014-15 but increase the Executive’s … of the Division of the Budget (DOB) and could be used for costs incurred before April 1, 2015. The money could also … be transferred to any state agency or public authority for the purposes described. As a result, oversight measures, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-releases-report-30-day-state-budget-amendments