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Town of Brookhaven – Physical Accessibility to Programs and Services(S9-24-45)
… components (6 percent) where Town officials could consider taking additional steps to increase physical accessibility at … Town officials should assess the feasibility of taking additional steps to increase physical accessibility …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2025/03/07/town-brookhaven-physical-accessibility-programs-and-servicess9-24-45Wallace Volunteer Fire Department – Board Oversight (2024M-125)
… Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (Department) officers and members provided adequate financial oversight. Key Findings The Department officers (Officers) and members did not enforce the limited financial provisions outlined in the Department’s constitution and bylaws (bylaws) or adopt adequate policies and procedures …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/03/14/wallace-volunteer-fire-department-board-oversight-2024m-125Sherburne-Earlville Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-61)
… Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund balance and reserves. As a result, real property tax levies were higher than needed to finance actual expenditures. By continually overestimating … high balances or did not use reserve balances to pay related expenditures in three of the District’s seven …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/04/sherburne-earlville-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-61Main-Transit Fire Department – Banquet Hall Disbursements And Collections (2024M-86)
… receipts or another suitable record to demonstrate amounts of collections due to the Department. Without adequate … officials could not verify whether all the banquet hall rental revenues were accurately collected and deposited. … fees, issued refunds and disbursed funds for all rental hall purchases and operating expenses. Calculated his own …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/01/03/main-transit-fire-department-banquet-hall-disbursements-and-0Serven Volunteer Fire Company – Board Oversight (2024M-97)
… all money as required, and allowed a member to handle hall rental revenue. Properly record all financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/10/31/serven-volunteer-fire-company-board-oversight-2024m-97DiNapoli Audit: State Oversight of Animal Shelters Found to Be Adequate, But Better Safeguards Needed Before Dogs Are Euthanized
… doing well to ensure animal shelters across New York are providing safe conditions and proper care for seized … dogs, but officials could do more to make certain dogs are not inappropriately euthanized, according to an audit … doing a commendable job making sure local animal shelters are providing dogs with safe conditions and the care they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-audit-state-oversight-animal-shelters-found-be-adequate-better-safeguards-needed-dogs-areDiNapoli: Former Village of Chatham Clerk-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Village
… State Police announced that Barbara Henry, the Village of Chatham’s former clerk-treasurer, has pleaded guilty to … premiums at the town’s expense. “Ms. Henry took advantage of her public position to have the taxpayers fully fund her insurance costs,” said DiNapoli. “This kind of corruption drives up costs and erodes the public trust. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-former-village-chatham-clerk-treasurer-pleads-guilty-defrauding-villageNYS Pension Fund Launches Review of Integrated Oil & Gas Companies
… The New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) is evaluating 28 publicly traded … emissions by 2040 . Background on New York State Common Retirement Fund The New York State Common Retirement Fund is one of the largest public pension funds in … The New York State Common Retirement Fund Fund is evaluating 28 publicly traded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/nys-pension-fund-launches-review-integrated-oil-gas-companiesFillmore Central School District – Reserve Funds (2016M-386)
… million. Key Findings District officials were unable to provide evidence showing that they documented the financial … retained in the debt reserve were ever used toward debt service payments. The District’s 2015-16 report on reserves … pay related debt service expenditures in compliance with statutory requirements. If all associated debt has been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/01/06/fillmore-central-school-district-reserve-funds-2016m-386Optional Service Credit Purchase Payments – Enhanced Reporting
… If members choose to purchase credit for additional previous public service, they have the option to pay the required contributions, plus interest (if … sum payment; Transferring funds through a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer from an eligible retirement tax-sheltered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/optional-service-credit-purchase-paymentsFund Financial Data – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… be soon). Funds represent sources of funding and spending for particular purposes. The General Fund is used to report … and expenditures that are not required to be accounted for in another separate fund. In New York State, significant … General Fund have been pledged or dedicated to other funds for repayment of debt or project funding and are therefore …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/fund-financial-dataUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-344
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the processing of the 2024 Prepaid Legal Service Benefit. Affected … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the processing of the 2024 Prepaid Legal Service Benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-344-prepaid-legal-service-benefit-unified-court-system-ucsFederal Employees in New York State – Federal Funding and New York
… $93,886 Minnesota 33,502 $3,180,784,939 $94,944 Mississippi 27,410 $2,368,493,992 $86,411 Missouri 57,127 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-employees-new-york-stateOversight of Dam Safety
… public safety, but they can also cause millions of dollars in damage and can result in the impairment of many other infrastructure systems, such … not properly filtered and soil particles form sink holes in the dam). When a dam fails, resources must be devoted to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/21/oversight-dam-safetyDiNapoli: Local Law Enforcement Agencies Agree to Improve Sex Offender Monitoring
… information such as the offender’s name, age, exact address, employment address, photograph and physical … Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Steuben and Warren counties; city police departments in Buffalo, Mount Vernon, Ogdensburg, … examined (53 percent). Auditors found that the city of Mount Vernon did not investigate why a level 3 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-local-law-enforcement-agencies-agree-improve-sex-offender-monitoringDiNapoli: Coronavirus Will Cause Multi-Year Hit to State Finances
… to manage spending, including authority to make broad reductions in most local assistance spending as needed to … do not. Given the extraordinary flexibility for spending reductions, the state Division of the Budget should go beyond … stakeholder input on any budget actions should occur. The final budget also included an additional $21.4 billion in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/dinapoli-coronavirus-will-cause-multi-year-hit-state-financesDiNapoli: MTA Budget Continues to Face Serious Risks
… today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The MTA’s ambitious capital program promises significant … operating budget, which already faces risks. Unless the MTA can change the way it does business and reduce costs, for … the amount of outstanding long-term debt issued by the MTA more than tripled between 2000 and 2019, rising from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-mta-budget-continues-face-serious-risksState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… to interviews with district personnel and inspection of certain documents related to the issues identified in the … has made minimal progress implementing corrective action. Of the eight audit recommendations, six recommendations were … the liabilities eligible to be paid from the reserve by $1.5 million. Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli: State Tax Receipts Higher Than Updated Projections Through the First Half of the Year
… released in the Division of the Budget’s (DOB) July Update to the Enacted Budget Financial Plan. However, tax receipts … lower than the first half of SFY 2022-23, according to the monthly State Cash Report released today by New York … growth, and easing inflation were all contributing factors to higher-than-expected tax receipts. However, global unrest, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-state-tax-receipts-higher-updated-projections-through-first-half-year