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DiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… and formally estimate project costs funded by Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) revenue, according to an audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Improve Drug Rebate Collections
… $95.1 million in rebates from drug makers, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … “The state is still missing out on millions in savings to taxpayers and wasting millions more in processing errors,” … DiNapoli said. “The state Department of Health needs to review the issues identified in our reports released today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-doh-needs-improve-drug-rebate-collectionsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… (2014M-121) Auditors found that the county overpaid $18,724 to employees for time not worked, or for leave time … independent verification and oversight. Town of Eagle – Wind Power Revenues (Wyoming County) The town’s use of wind power revenues was reasonable. However, the board did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Rabbi Who Pleaded Guilty to Stealing $5 Million of Funds Intended for Special Needs Students Sentenced to Up to Three Years in Prison
… that Rabbi Samuel Hiller, the former assistant director of Island Child Development Center, once one of the City's largest providers of special education services to preschoolers with disabilities, has been sentenced to up to three years in prison for stealing $5 million in City and State funding between …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/rabbi-who-pleaded-guilty-stealing-5-million-funds-intended-special-needs-students-sentenced-threeComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former City of Rensselaer Department of Public Works Commissioner on Felony Charges For Stealing Scrap Metal Proceeds
… who approved of the idea and allowed him to use a city truck to make the trips during business hours. According to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-city-rensselaer-department-publicMitchell Lama Applicants Charged $200 for Virtually No Chance of Apartment in Their Lifetime
… Despite waiting lists for Mitchell Lama apartments being very long and turnover very slow, some … six lotteries for applicants to get on waiting lists for apartments in 2013, 2016 and 2017, collecting over $200,000 … in fees from 1,002 applicants. They awarded just 23 apartments. Another 29 people on the waiting lists asked to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/mitchell-lama-applicants-charged-200-virtually-no-chance-apartment-their-lifetimeAttorney General James and Comptroller DiNapoli Announce Guilty Verdict of Former Mount Vernon Government Official in $365,000 Corruption Scheme
… (B felony) Defrauding the Government (E felony) Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree (E felony) – 3 Counts Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree (A … to the law firms, including memorandums containing false statements. The trial took place in Westchester County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/attorney-general-james-and-comptroller-dinapoli-announce-guilty-verdict-former-mount-vernonState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Freeport Union Free School District , Island Trees Union Free School District , … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0DiNapoli: Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments Behind $700 Million in Improper Payments
… of dollars were spent on Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) costs for individuals who no longer qualified for … and may have also led to unsatisfactory long-term care for eligible patients in need,” said State Comptroller … and improve oversight of its managed long-term care program so that patients receive the services they are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-behind-700-million-improper-paymentsDiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… needs, is supposed to begin within one business day of admission and be completed as soon as possible. Once a client … is supposed to be completed within the first 10 days of admission to a shelter. DiNapoli’s auditors found from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersDiNapoli: NY Pension Fund Reaches Climate Agreements With Five Portfolio Companies
… risks and/or set water quality and quantity targets, while Realty Income Corp., a real estate investment trust, agreed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-ny-pension-fund-reaches-climate-agreements-five-portfolio-companiesDiNapoli: Stronger Oversight Needed for Social Adult Day Care Programs
… paying illegal kickbacks and bribes and submitting claims for services that were never provided. DiNapoli’s office had … at three SADCs, one with two locations in Gravesend and Coney Island, Brooklyn; another in Flushing, Queens; and a third in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/dinapoli-stronger-oversight-needed-social-adult-day-care-programsDiNapoli: Three Arrested in Connection With Over $1 Million Medicaid Transportation Fraud Scheme
… County Sheriff's Office, the Oneonta Police Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General August 28, … by billing for fake transportation services, duplicating and inflating costs, and paying kickbacks to Medicaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-three-arrested-connection-over-1-million-medicaid-transportation-fraud-schemeDiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… stress designation, the same as a year ago, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … of local governments designated in fiscal stress fell to historically low levels over the past two years,” DiNapoli … time, an increasing number of municipalities have failed to file required financial data with my office, diminishing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresDiNapoli: Administrative Streamlining Can Strengthen Fragmented NYC Child Care Programs
… program administration, improving public engagement and outreach and lowering the per-participant cost of services … nearly 160,000 under the age of five in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, equal to about 35% of the city’s 2024 under-five … cost of providing services to children under five in FY 2025 was about $3.2 billion, or nearly $20,000 per child, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/draft-dinapoli-administrative-streamlining-can-strengthen-fragmented-nyc-child-care-programsDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Posts Strong 11.94% Annual Return, Closes at Record High of $295.4 Billion
… turbulence out of Washington,” DiNapoli said. “Under my watch, our diversified, disciplined investment strategy … the Fund’s long-term fiscal health. While annual returns can fluctuate with market conditions, the Fund continues to … assessment of how the Fund is being managed and where improvements could be made. Weaver’s review found: The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/05/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-posts-strong-11-point-94-percent-annual-return-closes-at-record-high-295-point-4-billionDiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters
… The state and city agencies in charge of overseeing food services at homeless shelters in New York City were lax in inspecting them and did not check if food service workers were tested for tuberculosis (TB), … it should not come with a health warning," DiNapoli said. "Food operations of many shelters have gone uninspected and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-sheltersComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Sentencing of Queens Pharmacy Owner for Stealing More than $1.5 Million from Medicaid
… Pharmacy Inc. ("Value"), a pharmacy formerly located in Queens before re-locating to its current location in Lynbrook, NY, for defrauding the New York State Medicaid program out of … million. Today, Acting Supreme Court Justice Barry Kron of Queens County Supreme Court sentenced Arkady Goldin to six …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-sentencing-queens-pharmacy-ownerDiNapoli: NYC Transit Should Improve Response to Safety-Related Defects
… compromise subway safety which had not been identified by station supervisors during their inspections," said DiNapoli. … "A" defects at 12 stations that had been inspected by station supervisors. The defects included: loose stairway treads; exposed, sharp metal objects; station platform cracks; and an oil leak on the station …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-nyc-transit-should-improve-response-safety-related-defectsNYS Comptroller DiNapoli Leads Coalition of Comptrollers & Treasurers Opposing Trump Repeal of Clean Power Plan
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that a coalition of 11 state and … DiNapoli, was joined in the filling to the EPA by California State Treasurer John Chiang, California State Controller Betty T. Yee, Connecticut State … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced that a coalition of 11 state and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-leads-coalition-comptrollers-treasurers-opposing-trump-repeal-clean-power