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DiNapoli Examines Faltering LinkNYC Program
… program and implement changes to improve it. The agency’s full response is provided in the audit. Audit LinkNYC Program …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-examines-faltering-linknyc-programDiNapoli: NYC Department of Education Must Do More to Combat Mental Health Crisis Among Youth
… crisis among youth, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) can do more to ensure that public school students … staff and too few have services readily available—and that DOE provides little oversight to ensure students receive the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-nyc-department-education-must-do-more-combat-mental-health-crisis-among-youthHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Internal Controls Over and Maximization of Federal Funding for Various Section 8 Housing Programs and the COVID Rent Relief Program
… HCR is obtaining federal reimbursements on time and in a manner that recovers all eligible costs. This audit covers … housing crisis caused by the pandemic escalated the need for programs that provide housing stability. As such, the … the families they were issued to. During the same period when voucher utilization was low, HCR had significant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/03/16/housing-trust-fund-corporation-internal-controls-over-and-maximization-federal-fundingDiNapoli Report Looks at New York's Social Insurance Programs for Unemployed and Injured Workers
… financial support during difficult times in the lives of hundreds of thousands New York workers and their families … may appear differently when assessed against wages lost or cost of living, or in conjunction with household size, other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-report-looks-new-yorks-social-insurance-programs-unemployed-and-injured-workersOversight of Afterschool and Summer Youth Employment Contracts
… Objectives To determine whether the New York City Department of Youth & … sponsors a network of community-based programs intended to help alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/28/oversight-afterschool-and-summer-youth-employment-contractsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… report. This included implementing controls to prevent the payment of pharmacy claims for quantities of controlled … more than $3.6 million. This includes $93,760 in current payment requests stopped, $280,276 in future payments that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsAkron Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing FEMA Grant Funding Intended for Education Expenses
… P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard A. Lobur, 55, of Akron, NY, pleaded before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to theft of government money. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/akron-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-fema-grant-funding-intended-education-expensesComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued. Cazenovia Central …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsOversight of the STEM Incentive Program
… our audit, recipients could attend any State University of New York or City University of New York two-year or four-year college or statutory colleges …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/28/oversight-stem-incentive-programOversight of Passenger Safety
… covers New York City OPWDD facilities during the period of April 1, 2015 through June 26, 2018. Background OPWDD … on the number of clients. OPWDD participates in the Department of Motor Vehicles License Event Notification Service (LENS), an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/01/oversight-passenger-safetyOversight of Contract Expenditures of Phoenix House New York
… claimed and received reimbursement for approximately $2.9 million in unallowable and unsupported parent agency … included in parent agency administrative costs. Recover $3.9 million in unallowable and/or unsupported costs from PHNY, including $2.9 million in parent agency administrative costs, $851,428 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/09/oversight-contract-expenditures-phoenix-house-new-yorkPreferred Source Contracting (Follow-Up)
… Law (Law), grants “preferred source” status to Corcraft and not-for-profit organizations that serve and employ the blind, severely disabled, and veterans. The intent of the Program is to advance social …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/11/09/preferred-source-contracting-followAppropriateness of Medicaid Eligibility Determined by the New York State of Health System (Follow-Up)
… not terminate the corresponding Medicaid eligibility of all of these CINs, which caused additional overpayments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/07/appropriateness-medicaid-eligibility-determined-new-york-state-health-system-followCost-Saving Ideas: Evaluating Solid Waste Collection Options
… dramatically if local governments contracted for services on behalf of households instead of requiring households to … attractiveness by limiting the number of garbage trucks on its roads. Less traffic from garbage trucks may increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-evaluating-solid-waste-collection-optionsCost-Saving Ideas: School District Auditing - Roles, Responsibilities and Resources
… your board the best opportunity for improving fiscal management and protecting taxpayer dollars through expert and … yourself with the different roles and responsibilities in the audit process. Understanding the different roles Each … family members of individuals with the responsibility of business operations or contracts (other than employment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-school-district-auditing-roles-responsibilities-and-resourcesDiNapoli Urges Department of Labor to Improve Investigations of Hours Worked by Nurses
… that DOL did not contact the complainants after the investigation was concluded. For 33 of 165 complaints about … practices were investigated compared to 42 days for private or local facilities. To complete an investigation, … averaged 351 days for state facilities and 138 days for private or local facilities. Among several recommendations, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-urges-department-labor-improve-investigations-hours-worked-nursesDiNapoli: State Correction Commission Falling Short in Tracking Problems or Inspecting Prisons
… The state agency in charge of the oversight and inspection of 561 state and … Correction is not adequately monitoring what's happening in our prisons," DiNapoli said. "The commission needs to … information system lacks the ability to produce reports on how complaints and inmate grievances are resolved and how …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-state-correction-commission-falling-short-tracking-problems-or-inspecting-prisonsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-416
… be considered as reportable income for each covered employee. Therefore, the value of this benefit will be added to the employee’s earnings and reflected on the 2010 Form W-2 (Wage … Code NRA Income Code XPL IC 17 YPL IC 18 ZPL IC 19 If an employee is inactive at the time the benefit is applied, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-416-prepaid-legal-service-benefit-cuny-employeesOpinion 99-1
… in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (requirement that program assets be held in … who have not earned a nonforfeitable right to a service award) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§217(j), 218(e), 219(f): (1) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-1Opinion 92-53
… within the county, the State Comptroller is not required to approve a distribution formula adopted by the county. You … (i.e., 1 1/2%) of the sales tax within the city pursuant to Tax Law, §1224(b). Therefore, the county is required, by Tax Law, §1262(d), to distribute one-half (i.e., 1 1/2%) of its sales tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-53