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Compliance With the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act and Monitoring and Enforcement of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Requirements

… Objectives To determine if the Department of Environmental Conservation (Department) is ensuring … and is adequately monitoring and enforcing requirements of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) … surface and ground water resources, with over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 7,600 freshwater lakes, …

Canandaigua City School District – Procurement of Professional Services (2015M-133)

… Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the process and procedures used to procure professional services for the … nine-member Board. The District operates three schools and has approximately 3,600 students. Budgeted appropriations … totaling $477,235. Although the Board has developed a procurement policy, the corresponding regulations do not …

Audit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning

… Transportation Authority’s (NFTA) assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear how the authority … according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “NFTA has many capital … Transportation Authoritys NFTA assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear how the authority …

DiNapoli: Governor Cuomo's Proposed Budget Continues Fiscal Progress

… out that details are lacking on spending changes required for balance in the coming years. “New York state is in its … and Governor Cuomo and the Legislature deserve credit for putting us on the right path. The Executive Budget holds … plan to close future budget gaps, as I have called for, or we could get sidetracked and fall back on short-term …

Sodus Center Fire Department – Financial Activities (2016M-424)

… the membership provided adequate oversight of operations for the period January 1, 2015 through October 25, 2016. … is governed by its constitution and bylaws. Expenditures for 2015 totaled $32,575. Key Findings The Department’s …

Tax Check-Off Technical Amendment

… – Corrects language relating to the committee chair who is appropriately designated to receive the annual report … Corrects language relating to the committee chair who is appropriately designated to receive the annual report …

Vendor Responsibility Review Process

… By law, State contracting entities may only award contracts to … contract fully. Who determines responsibility It is the State contracting entity’s duty to evaluate the … unfair competitions; and produces better value for the State and its citizens. For its part, the vendor must …

DiNapoli: ESD Falls Short in Evaluation of Nearly $2 Billion of Economic Development Programs

… Empire State Development (ESD), the public authority responsible for administering many of New York state’s economic development programs, has failed … fully evaluate most of its programs to determine if they are boosting the state’s economy and promoting promised job …

DiNapoli: Office of Children and Family Services Can Improve Efforts to Investigate Child Fatalities

… and submit a Program Improvement Plan (PIP) to OCFS for approval. Auditors found that while OCFS generally … after the fact may provide useful information and areas for improvement, ultimately the worst outcome has already … nature of calls determined to be non-reports and reasons for such determinations, address deficiencies found in …

Medicaid Program – Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease

… and qualified for Medicare based on his parent’s work credits. Had the child been enrolled in Medicare, the … based on their or a qualifying family member’s work credits, we identified 4,381 ESRD Medicaid recipients who did … [spouse, parent] and obtaining recipients’ qualifying work credits [“quarters of coverage,” or QCs] from SSA); and …

Other Bulletin No. 82

… of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2025 SCF CSEA Salary Increase and provide instructions for payments not … University Construction Fund and CSEA which provides for a salary increase of three percent (3.00%) for fiscal year … employees. Effective Dates: The April 2025 SCF CSEA Salary Increase will be paid using the following effective …

Other Bulletin No. 67

… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the State University Construction Fund of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2023 SCF CSEA Salary Increase and provide … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the State University Construction Fund of OSCs automatic processing of the April 2023 SCF CSEA …

DiNapoli: Five Major Companies Adopt Pension Fund's Call for Transparency on Political Contributions

… political spending best serves the company's own bottom line and long-term value." DiNapoli's disclosure proposals …

Monitoring of Homeless Data

To determine if the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance OTDA monitors data on the States homeless population to better understand the nature and scope of homelessness across the State and to determine if OTDAs programs are using all available data to best address the needs of those

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Governor Cuomo and Comptroller DiNapoli Appoint First-Ever Decarbonization Advisory Panel

… his 2018 State of the State address in January. The panel will advise the Comptroller, as trustee of the $209.1 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), on how best to mitigate investment risks stemming from climate … decarbonize their assets. The panel's recommendations will be advisory in nature. Members of the advisory panel include: …

Town of Lockport – Asphalt Millings Inventory (2025M-55)

… (Superintendent) properly safeguard and account for asphalt millings (millings) inventory and sales? Audit Period … 2024 Understanding the Audit Area Millings are recycled asphalt pavement crushed into a smaller gravel-size rock. … average market price, as required by the Town’s surplus asphalt millings policy (Policy).As a result, 483 tons of …

Rocky Point Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2015M-170)

… Point Union Free School District is located in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County. The District, which operates four …

Cost-Saving Ideas: Capital Planning for Local Governments and School Districts

… allow you to: Document procedures to help guide management in decision making; Establish priorities and determine … fund capital assets; Identify which assets need attention in any given year; and Inform the public and solicit input on … of the new capital assets needed; The priority in which assets are to be acquired, replaced or repaired; …

DiNapoli: MTA Needs to Improve Efforts to do Business with Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

… York’s MWBE program is vitally important to help level the playing field and give qualified companies a chance to do …