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DiNapoli: DOH Needs to Step Up Enforcement of Patient Safety Violations
… The State Department of Health (DOH) has failed to hold … for patient safety violations and use its power under the law to impose stronger fines. Additionally, DOH does not … The State Department of Health DOH has failed to hold accountable certain health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-doh-needs-step-enforcement-patient-safety-violationsTemporary Assistance – Federal Funding and New York
… In New York, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families … Assistance is limited to 60 months for any adult. In January 2025, 204,974 people received federally funded … month. Seventy-four percent of recipients (151,971) were in New York City, receiving $34.3 million in benefits. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/temporary-assistanceDiNapoli: City of Kingston Is Addressing Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Needs While Maintaining Fiscal Stability
… first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Median (gross) rent for Kingston increased by 25.5% from 2018 to 2023. … allowed the city to regulate rent for non-rent-controlled apartment buildings built before 1974 with six units or more. … as well as major compliance improvements to the Cooper Lake reservoir located in the Town of Woodstock, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-city-kingston-addressing-infrastructure-and-affordable-housing-needs-while-maintainingDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Will Vote Against Board Members at Corporations With No Women Directors
… just one woman on its board, the Fund will vote against members of the board's governance committee standing for re-election. DiNapoli also announced … data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions and commonly requested data. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-will-vote-against-board-members-corporations-no-women-directorsDiNapoli: Medicaid Audits Find More Than $700 Million in Unnecessary Costs and Overpayments
… dollars because of the COVID-19 crisis and needs to find cost savings wherever it can,” DiNapoli said. “Hundreds of … did not comply with Medicaid policies; $2.9 million for maternity and newborn birth claims that contained inaccurate information, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-medicaid-audits-find-more-700-million-unnecessary-costs-and-overpaymentsDiNapoli: City of Troy's Finances in Precarious Position
… steps to remedy the multitude of problems identified in the audit. Auditors noted recent combined operating deficits in the city’s general, water and sewer funds have approached … that addresses the findings and recommendations contained in our audit. While Mayor Madden is new to his position, he …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-city-troys-finances-precarious-positionDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Problems with Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Program
… Several fire districts are not accurately calculating credits for … and as a result local volunteers may be shortchanged on benefits, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. LOSAP … Several fire districts are not accurately calculating credits for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-problems-volunteer-firefighters-benefit-programComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce Guilty Plea of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General … for stealing campaign funds and lying about those funds on a disclosure to the State Board of Elections. Thomas was sentenced to pay a … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and Attorney General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon-mayor-richardDiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Budget Financial and Capital Plans
… Enacted Budget Financial Plan projects healthy growth in tax receipts and federal aid for the current fiscal year, but … Enacted Budget plan addresses risks such as downturns in tax receipts and federal aid, but other, more unpredictable … projections, due in part to taxpayer responses to federal tax changes. Such changes may continue to have unpredictable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-budget-financial-and-capital-plansDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Hits Record $611 Million
… earnings at state agencies rose to a record $611 million in 2013, a nearly 16 percent increase compared to 2012, … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overtime increased in 2013 for the third straight year. “State employees logged … York’s overtime bill is increasing and needs to be reined in,”DiNapoli said. “State agencies should take a hard look at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-hits-record-611-millionDiNapoli: Audit Finds Major Shortcomings in Oversight of School Safety Planning
… plans are being developed and sound. I urge the state Legislature to look at this issue. We don’t want to nickel … to develop comprehensive district-wide safety plans and building-level emergency response plans. SED regulations were … the audit recommendations and indicated they will act to address them. SED was awarded a five-year School Emergency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-major-shortcomings-oversight-school-safety-planningDiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… claiming that group rides were separate, individual rides in order to unlawfully receive mileage payments for each individual in the group. "Muhammad Adnan Saeed defrauded the Medicaid … people struggling with addiction. Rather than helping them get the treatment they need, the defendant used them to cheat …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudDiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Pleads Guilty in $50,000 Theft
… clerk-treasurer Kristina Johnson will do jail time and pay $50,000 in restitution after admitting Friday to repeatedly pilfering village coffers to pay for white water rafting and dating through Match.com, … expenses and went as far as stealing from taxpayers to pay for white water rafting and Match.com,” DiNapoli said. “I …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-pleads-guilty-50000-theftOpinion 88-53
… discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (exclusion of compensation for working … SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§302(9)(d), 431: Compensation paid to police officers or firefighters for working scheduled vacations pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement is not includable in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53Opinion 91-37
… parking violations bureau for violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law, §§306 and 402) PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Parking Regulations (disposition of … parking violations bureau for violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law, §§306 and 402) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§235, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-37DiNapoli: ESD Falls Short in Reporting Results of Economic Development Programs
… and accountability according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Too often … and accountability according to an audit released today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-esd-falls-short-reporting-results-economic-development-programsDiNapoli Announces Scheduled Sale of $543 Million State of New York General Obligation Bonds
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the details of the negotiated sale of tax-exempt and taxable New York … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the details of the negotiated sale of taxexempt and taxable New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-announces-scheduled-sale-543-million-state-new-york-general-obligation-bondsDiNapoli: New Yorkers Could Lose $72B in Reported State and Local Tax Deductions Under Trump Plan
… change the federal tax code are implemented, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … federal tax code. Changes to the standard deduction and personal exemptions could result in higher tax bills for some … standard deduction. However, the impact of these changes is far smaller than the "nearly doubling" of the standard …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-yorkers-could-lose-72b-reported-state-and-local-tax-deductions-under-trump-planDiNapoli: Two Former Oramel Fire Officials Charged With Theft of More Than $11,000 From Oramel Fire Department
… in the 4 th Degree and Corrupting the Government in the 3 rd Degree. Kish, 54, served as the department’s Treasurer and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-two-former-oramel-fire-officials-charged-theft-more-11000-oramel-fire-departmentDiNapoli: Mount Vernon Officials Failed to Establish Basic and Routine Financial Policies
… The City Council of Mount Vernon did not have adequate financial information for the effective management and fiscal oversight of city … The City Council of Mount Vernon did not have adequate financial information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-mount-vernon-officials-failed-establish-basic-and-routine-financial-policies