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Risk Assessment and Implementation of Measures to Address Extreme Weather Conditions
… Objectives To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)—Bridges & … Company (MTA Bus), and New York City Transit-Department of Buses (Transit Bus)—identified the potential damage to its … To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/01/02/risk-assessment-and-implementation-measures-address-extreme-weather-conditionsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… and oversight of NYSID and for ensuring NYSID is in compliance with all applicable regulations. An audit released in June 2016 found that SED provided only minimal oversight … offering little assurance NYSID was awarding contracts in a manner that best meets the purpose of the program as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: 27 NY Local Governments Persistently Delinquent in Filing Required Financial Data to the State
… are required from all counties, cities and villages and Property Tax Cap (PTC) reports, which are required from all … restricts the amount local governments may raise by taxing real estate in any fiscal year. The CTL form captures full …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-27-ny-local-governments-persistently-delinquent-filing-required-financial-data-stateDiNapoli: MTA Faces Growing Risks to Its Capital Funding
… New York state helped stabilize the MTA’s finances last year, but its capital program for maintaining and … work. However, those commitments slipped to $8 billion last year and the MTA’s target for 2024, once estimated at … New York state helped stabilize the MTAs finances last year but its capital program for maintaining and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-mta-faces-growing-risks-its-capital-fundingIntroduction to Payroll
Presentation from 2019 Fall Conference
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/resources/pdf/fall-conference-2019-payroll-presentation-5.pdfDiNapoli: State's Pandemic Response to Nursing Homes Hindered by Ill-Prepared State Agency
… The state Department of Health (DOH) was unprepared to respond to infectious … P. DiNapoli found. DiNapoli said that a persistent lack of funding for public health over the last decade forced DOH … that could have identified and helped limit the spread of COVID-19 at nursing homes. State auditors also found that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-states-pandemic-response-nursing-homes-hindered-ill-prepared-state-agencyOpinion 2004-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. HISTORIC PRESERVATION -- Contracts (by … permit the historical society to use the unneeded space in a municipal building, without payment of cash rent, so … is at least equal to the value of the use of the space in the building. You ask whether a village may permit an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6Responsiveness to Noise Complaints Related to Construction Projects (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the recommendations in our initial audit report, … 31, 2017, examined whether the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the New York City … To determine the extent of implementation of the recommendations in our initial audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/02/04/responsiveness-noise-complaints-related-construction-projects-followDiNapoli: NYC Budget Faces Uncertainty Without More Federal Relief
… New York City’s finances have remained resilient so far … services sector, but the city will face some dire choices in 2021 if the federal government does not deliver direct aid … solutions,” DiNapoli said. “Senator Schumer and the New York state congressional delegation deserve praise for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-budget-faces-uncertainty-without-more-federal-reliefFunds Expected to be Awarded to Small Businesses -08-31-22
Funds Expected to be Awarded to Small Businesses -08-31-22
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/excel/small-businesses-08-31-22.xlsxFunds Expected to be Awarded to Small Businesses 03-31-25
Funds Expected to be Awarded to Small Businesses 03-31-25
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/excel/small-business-03-31-25.xlsxDiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Failed to Get Its Money's Worth From Cost-Cutting Consultant
… Medical Center paid a consultant $34 million for a plan to help the hospital out of financial trouble, but a report … Pitts Management Associates (PMA), which it charged to SUNY Downstate while working on this project. "SUNY … problems were severe and it needed help. But it failed to monitor PMA's $34 million contracts and did not get what …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-suny-downstate-failed-get-its-moneys-worth-cost-cutting-consultantDiNapoli: Mobile Sports Betting Adds to State Revenue, But Calls to Problem Gambling Hotline Rise as Gaming Expansion Continues
… State collections from the taxes on mobile sports betting totaled $727.4 million in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-2023 and have continued to grow in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, according to a report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. With the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-mobile-sports-betting-adds-state-revenue-calls-problem-gambling-hotline-rise-gamingImplementation of Train Service to Grand Central Madison
… whether the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) implemented train service to Grand Central Madison (GCM) terminal in a manner that addressed customer needs. We also determined … that post-GCM implementation, they were offering 41% more train service—up from 665 trains to 936 trains. However, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/implementation-train-service-grand-central-madisonAnnual Update: Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Debt Profile
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) finances brightened last year when the State provided a substantial, recurring funding solution to help it balance its operating budget as federal relief funds are exhausted.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-3-2025.pdfWall Street Bonuses Went Up In 2013
… supplemented by compensation deferred from prior years. “Wall Street navigated through some rough patches last year … costly legal settlements and higher interest rates. Wall Street continues to demonstrate resilience as it evolves … revenues; New York state, which depends more heavily on Wall Street revenues than the city does, collected $10.3 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/wall-street-bonuses-went-2013Responding to an OSC Audit Report: Audit Responses and Corrective Action Plans
… and governance. They can also identify strategies to reduce costs and strengthen controls intended to safeguard assets. These varying scopes and objectives will … present local officials with the opportunity to take positive action and document their efforts to improve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/responding-osc-audit-report-audit-responses-and-corrective-action-plansTuition Assistance Program – CUNY York College
… was founded in 1966 and is located on a 50-acre campus in Jamaica, Queens, New York. York offers baccalaureate degrees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/01/11/tuition-assistance-program-cuny-york-collegeTuition Assistance Program – Fordham University
… in New York State: Rose Hill in the Bronx; Lincoln Center in Manhattan; Westchester in West Harrison; and the Louis Calder Center in Armonk. The school’s enrollment for the 2015-16 academic year totaled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/01/27/tuition-assistance-program-fordham-universityCost-Saving Ideas: A Guide to Justice Court Consolidation in Villages and Towns
… surcharges and civil fees. The financing of justice courts is a local responsibility and maintaining a court may pose … of all justice court matters arising in the village. What needs to happen The village board must abolish the … hold a joint public hearing within 20 to 40 days after the notice is published. The notice of hearing must be published: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-guide-justice-court-consolidation-villages-and-towns