Search
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of Environmental Conservation: Oversight of Waste Tire Cleanup and Use of Waste Tire Fees (Follow-Up) (2020-F-12) A report issued in … released in May 2019 identified $975,795 in overpayments on 32 inpatient claims that reported 96 consecutive hours or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0DiNapoli: Public Authorities Borrow and Spend Billions With Limited Transparency, Accountability
… posted on DiNapoli’s transparency website, OpenBookNewYork.com . “New York’s public authorities play an increasingly … (fiscal years vary, but generally the period covered is 2015 or 2016); Although state authorities represent just 27 … than 50,000 state contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-public-authorities-borrow-and-spend-billions-limited-transparency-accountabilityState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued. Office of General Services (OGS): Compliance with Executive Order 88 … of Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Plans (2018-S-33) There is room for improvement in how the MTA’s three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsUnited HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery
… Purpose To determine whether Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery, PLLC … provided to Empire Plan members. United contracts with in-network participating providers who agree to accept … However, if a non-participating provider does not collect (i.e., waives) the member’s out-of-pocket costs, it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/05/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-laparoscopic-surgeryOpinion 91-59
… p 429). We also recommend that the Association contact the New York State Insurance Department with respect to whether the establishment of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-59United HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Spine Specialists
… claims from non-participating providers at amounts that are generally higher (and often significantly higher) than … it is with the understanding that Empire Plan members are liable for a portion of the claimed amount, representing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/05/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-spine-specialistsOpinion 93-3
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 2006-6
… elected holders of public office such as petitioners who are heads of their own departments or offices and are permitted within broad limits to determine their own …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6Opinion 2006-9
… property and facilities, is subject to referendum. You state that the town is proposing to transfer assets of a … with the establishment of a county sewer district. You indicate that sewer services would not be terminated to … town obligations issued to finance the town district. You ask whether the proposed transfer would constitute a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-9Opinion 89-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … of unclaimed paycheck of deceased employee) SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT, §1310: A municipality may pay the … to and who will receive the money paid, and that all payments made under this section by all debtors known to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-9Opinion 89-11
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … Associations (use of tax moneys to rent meeting room) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; Laws Of 1975, Chapter 543: The … Firemen's Benevolent Association may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a room in which to meet, if the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … internet services resulted in expenditures of $5,406. The State Comptroller’s office commenced a separate investigation … authorized and made in a timely manner, water and sewer fund budgets should be modified accordingly. The city’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for Feb. 2014
… million grant for the 9/11 Memorial Museum Pavilion at the World Trade Center site. Approved $1.2 million to Currier, … 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ . The easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-feb-2014DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… New York City twice a year. The scores announced today are for local governments operating on a calendar year basis … fiscal years were designated in stress. School districts are also scored in January. For 2023, the City of Little …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… and $752,730 in sewer usage revenue if revenue estimates are not realized. The city has budgeted $23.9 million for … Auditors found the appropriations for personnel services are likely underestimated by as much as $3.7 million. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsThousands of State Computers and Other IT Devices Unaccounted for or Stored With Lax Security
… often inaccurate, records from ITSM and stockrooms didn’t match, devices like laptops were missing, and security was … Auditors found that stockrooms around the state could not match their records with ITSM data, with some devices listed … The data remained unreliable, despite the changes. By the time the audit was concluded, hindrances were removed and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/thousands-state-computers-and-other-it-devices-unaccounted-or-stored-lax-securityDiNapoli: More Older Adults Calling NYC Home Than Ever Before, Comptroller's Report Finds
… must keep pace with demand to support critical services for older adults in the future. “Many older adults are living … incomes and no one wants to see them priced out of their homes because of a lack of supportive services,” DiNapoli … one disability in 2023, higher than the nation at 32.6%. Rent : Over 61% of older tenants were rent burdened in 2023, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-more-older-adults-calling-nyc-home-ever-comptrollers-report-findsOrange County Community College – Information Technology and Financial Activities (2017M-111)
The audit was to examine the Colleges controls over information technology IT and financial activities for the period Sept 1 2015 through Dec 1 2016
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/community-college/2017/09/29/orange-county-community-college-information-technology-and-financialSullivan County – Fiscal Stress (2013M-81)
Sullivan County Fiscal Stress 2013M81
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2013/07/19/sullivan-county-fiscal-stress-2013m-81Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Services Unit staff members were not held accountable for their work performance and time and attendance. In addition, the manager responsible for the unit violated Metro-North policy by not disclosing … that referees did not always properly report and account for foreclosure funds. Additionally, ten of the 77 referees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits