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DiNapoli: State Missing Nearly $2.4 Million in Uncollected Tolls
… The amount of unpaid tolls has risen since the expansion of cashless tolling by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel … audit identifies several ways to improve the collection of unpaid tolls, which is needed to help maintain and repair …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-state-missing-nearly-24-million-uncollected-tollsWestchester Attorney Indicted for Fraud and False Statement Charges Arising From His Attempt to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Philip R. Bartlett, … U.S. Postal Inspection Service ("USPIS") announced that a federal grand jury in White Plains, New York, returned an … took advantage of the trust given to him by his client, when instead of doing the right thing, he created a company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleOpinion 88-57
… Opns St Comp, 1968, p 728; 8 Opns St Comp, 1952, p 281; NY Const, Art I, §11; US Const, 14th Amendment). … , 28 NY2d 74, 320 NYS2d 25; Town Board of the Town of Poughkeepsie v City of Poughkeepsie , 22 AD2d 270, 255 NYS2d 549). Generally, this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57IX.8.D Electronic Refund Payments to the U.S. HHS – IX. Federal Grants
… funds to the US HHS due to: Excessive cash balances on deposit that are not needed for program purposes; Unspent … system. If the award is open in the PMS, and OSC draws on your behalf, this return will be processed through PMS, … a refund check was deposited via Refund of Appropriation (ROA) OR the corresponding chartstring where expenditures have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-ix/ix8d-electronic-refund-payments-us-hhsOpinion 88-7
… been raised by assessments, the current fiscal year's debt service should be paid from the moneys raised therefor … in the case of counties, cities other than the City of New York, villages and city school districts, General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7DiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… The state Department of Health (DOH) has made limited progress in addressing the widespread failures identified in a March 2022 audit of the state’s response to the COVID-19 … system. Officials said they were strengthening their collection, use and analysis of data but did not provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesHomeless Services Housing Needs Assessment
… of Temporary and Disability Assistance (Office) oversaw a network of 625 transitional homeless shelters across the … of a client’s ILP and subsequently the timeliness of when they begin to receive services. While there are many … Local District (1%). 1 client passed away (1%). The Office does not collect and analyze aggregate data that would allow …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/08/15/homeless-services-housing-needs-assessmentDiNapoli: Federal Aid, Increasing Tax Revenues and Savings Boost New York City's Surplus
… New York City is expecting to generate a surplus of $3.7 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2022 due to … previously raised. Still, more can be done to prepare for unforeseen risks and to manage challenges as increased … of FY 2023 spending, enhance its rainy-day fund or retiree health benefits trust, or reduce future expenses in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-federal-aid-increasing-tax-revenues-and-savings-boost-new-york-citys-surplusDiNapoli: Public Must Be Alerted to Sewer Overflow Problems
… System Permit Requirements Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-public-must-be-alerted-sewer-overflow-problemsOpinion 89-36
… compliance with the permissive referendum requirements is required if an authorization to issue obligations for the … issuance of obligations for such capital improvement... is required by law to be subject to a permissive or mandatory … of probable usefulness of such capital improvement ... is equal to or more than such minimum period of maturity . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-36DiNapoli: Employment Services System for New Yorkers with Disabilities Is Underutilized
… The COVID pandemic greatly impacted employment among all New Yorkers, but from April 2020 to March 2021, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-employment-services-system-new-yorkers-disabilities-underutilizedOversight of Juvenile Justice Facilities
… a different incident in February 2023 was overdue on their crisis prevention and management training by more than 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/03/oversight-juvenile-justice-facilitiesIX.7.E Disaster Assistance – IX. Federal Grants
… the Statewide Financial System (SFS), and impacted New York State agencies. This process will allow New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7e-disaster-assistanceOpinion 2001-15
… when assets are sold to town) -- Property (meaning of for purpose of Town Law §198[12]) PERSONAL PROPERTY -- … district) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Corporation" (meaning of for purpose of Town Law §198[12]) -- "Property" (meaning of for purpose of Town Law §§191, 202-c) -- "Resident Owner" …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-15Opinion 91-32
… decrease in market value) STATE CONSTITUTION, ART. I, §7(a), ART. VIII, §1; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, §2045-a, et seq .: (1) The prohibition against gifts and loans does not apply to the Onondaga County Resource Recovery … location of a municipal facility. It has been noted that: When a public agency has so interfered with property that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32Opinion 96-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST-- Insurance … agency through which town's insurance placed) -- Interest in Contract (arising from general concern with overall … of the insurance agency, would not have an "interest" in the town's insurance contracts. The supervisor, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-6State Medicaid Bought Erectile Dysfunction Drugs for Sex Offenders
… and erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs and treatments for 47 sex offenders, according to an audit released today by State … for ED drugs and treatments for recipients, including sex offenders, that are barred under Medicaid. “There are … it comes to erectile dysfunction drugs. And paying for sex offenders who’ve committed terrible crimes to get these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/state-medicaid-bought-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-sex-offendersDiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… with state policy makers and state agencies, need to do a better job making sure inappropriate payments are … provided to county inmates in a timely manner. Counties do not have a legal role in monitoring the eligibility of UI … 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ . The easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsOpinion 97 - 12
… of article 18 here, we note that, although there is some case law to the contrary ( People v Pinto , 88 Misc 2d 303, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 97-10
… A fire district may not enter into a lease-purchase agreement under which a contractor would build a firehouse on a concrete slab on fire district property and the fire district would make annual payments to … equipment, machinery or apparatus " (emphasis added). This definition generally would include lease-purchase agreements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-10