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AFR Modernization – Uploading Financial Data with Bulk Load
This webinar is one in a series preparing local officials for the new Annual Financial Report (AFR) currently being developed by our staff at the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). In this session, attendees will learn how to upload Financial Statement data into the AFR using a newly developed b
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/afr-modernization-bulk-load-09-22-22.pdfFirst Quarter 2022 Local Sales Tax Collections Up 21 Percent
Local government sales tax collections totaled nearly $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 21.1 percent, or $901 million, compared to the same quarter the previous year. This growth was at least partially driven by inflation, which hit a 40-year-high in March, most notably for g
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/2022/pdf/2022-sales-taxes-first-quarter.pdfFirst Quarter 2022 Local Sales Tax Collections Up 21 Percent
Local government sales tax collections totaled nearly $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 21.1 percent, or $901 million, compared to the same quarter the previous year. This growth was at least partially driven by inflation, which hit a 40-year-high in March, most notably for g
DiNapoli: Hamburg Employee Admits $150,000 Theft of Recreation Fees
… village fees and altering public records from 2011 to 2017, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Erie County … Joanne Erickson, 54, stole cash payments that were meant to fund an afterschool program, a children's summer program … rental fees. She altered cash reports and submitted them to the village and the Recreation Center supervisor. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-hamburg-employee-admits-150000-theft-recreation-feesDiNapoli: New York State Ranked First Nationwide in Nonprofit Jobs And Organizations
… and more than 31,000 organizations in 2012, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … New York showed employment growth of 5.6 percent from 2007 to 2012. The rest of the private sector experienced uneven … paying nearly $62 billion in total wages. From 2007 to 2012, the number of nonprofit organizations grew by 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-new-york-state-ranked-first-nationwide-nonprofit-jobs-and-organizationsDiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
Some individuals on Medicaid receiving treatment for opioid use disorder might have received unnecessary or dangerous opioid prescriptions outside of their treatment programs according to an audit issued by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationDiNapoli Statement on Executive Budget Proposal
… years, Governor Cuomo and the Legislature have done much to put New York state on better fiscal footing, reduce the … Governor Cuomo has provided a good starting point to continue the progress made. Still, there is much work to be done. The challenge for the state is to align spending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-statement-executive-budget-proposalDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… repair program is progressing too slowly, according to a report issued today by New York State Comptroller … stations but the pace is too slow and much more work needs to be done,” DiNapoli said. “Worn or damaged stairs and … and lighting. The survey rates components on a scale of 1 to 5. NYCT considers those it rated under 3 to be free of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsAbout Statement No. 68 – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
… participating in state and local government pension plans to report their proportionate share of the collective Net … Has no impact on funding—contributions will continue to be based on actuarially determined rates. GASB’s position … Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), you may need to follow GASB guidance and comply with GASB Statement No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/gasb/about-statement-no-68DiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… and high vacancy rates in public housing, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The … applicants and seemingly gave preferential treatment to others. For years, the authority has not operated in a … or transparent manner and has not been fulfilling its duty to provide low-cost housing to this community." The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityOpinion 90-63
… for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation (authority to hold recognition dinners or give awards to volunteers) EDUCATION LAW, §§255(1), 259(1): A public … a group of senior citizens who provide volunteer services to the library or for all the senior citizens of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 90-6
… for the purpose of providing day care services pursuant to the Social Services Law on the condition that a day care … building in a manner which identifies the grantor, subject to the board's power to rename the room. You ask whether a county social services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-50
… (approval of Department of Transportation contracts to construct municipal highways) HIGHWAY LAW, §10(27); STATE … contracts by the State Department of Transportation to perform municipal highway construction in connection with … and appropriated the necessary funds. This is in reply to your inquiry regarding the legal requirements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-50Opinion 89-1
… PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (authority to convert employee's accumulated leave time into cash upon death in service) -- Leave time generally (authority to convert into cash upon death in service) -- Sick Leave (authority to convert into cash upon death in service) -- Vacations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Opinion 92-29
… (applicability of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of deputy police commissioner); (salary of … (applicability of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of deputy commissioner); (salary of individual … the head of the police department, an individual appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner is entitled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 92-26
… and only those expenses that are specifically chargeable to individual jurisdictions within the county may be subsequently charged back to those jurisdictions. In general, the amounts charged back … in a city, town or village budget, but must be added to the next succeeding city, town or village property tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-26Opinion 93-27
… When a town and the villages within the town all elect to receive their shares of county sales tax in cash, the town may not use its share to reduce townwide taxes in the area of the town outside villages. A town may not adopt a local law to provide that its cash share be so used. You have asked us …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 95-10
… opinion. CEMETERIES -- Public Burial Grounds (duty of town to erect fences around certain cemeteries and burial grounds) … of fences around certain cemeteries and burial grounds); (to maintain cemetery) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Around" (meaning … of cemeteries and burial grounds. A town has a duty to erect a fence encircling a cemetery or burial ground in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10Opinion 94-25
… Coburn v Hewlett Fire Department, 111 AD2d 1071, 490 NYS2d 644). Therefore, you may wish to contact the Workers' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… resulting in errors that are costing taxpayers, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … its purchases. "The Rochester City School District needs to substantially overhaul how it is managing payroll and … implemented the controls and oversight procedures it needs to run a sound operation." The Rochester City School District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-payments