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NYS and NYC Pension Funds To SEC: Greater Disclosure Needed On Risks Faced By Fossil Fuel Industry
… climate change poses to their business and what steps they are taking to meet those challenges. DiNapoli, Trustee of the … than one million state and local government employees and retirees and their beneficiaries. The Fund has a diversified … instruments. … NYS Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and NYC Scott M Stringer today called on the SEC to compel fossil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/nys-and-nyc-pension-funds-sec-greater-disclosure-needed-risks-faced-fossil-fuel-industryNew Funding Needed for MTA Improvements to Prevent Unplanned Fare and Toll Hikes
… If new funding sources for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) are not … on modernizing the system and will be included in the 2020-2024 capital program. The MTA has not yet indicated how … million in 2021, despite planned biennial fare and toll increases of 4 percent in 2019 and 2021. (The MTA has already …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/new-funding-needed-mta-improvements-prevent-unplanned-fare-and-toll-hikesAvailability, Access and Affordability: Understanding Broadband Challenges in New York State
… share of households without access (23.2 percent) while Washington ranks the best, with only 8.8 percent of … 177,573 0.4% 69,376 13.4% Warren 63,944 3.8% 29,593 13.9% Washington 61,204 2.3% 24,093 14.6% Wayne 89,918 3.7% 36,634 … True Mobile 5G in Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.,” press release. August 27, 2019, available …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/availability-access-and-affordability-understanding-broadband-challenges-new-york-stateOversight of Career and Technical Education Programs in New York State Schools (2019-S-29) 180-Day Response
To determine whether current State Education Department (Department) career and technical education (CTE) activities are sufficient to meet high-demand, high-growth, and high-salary job market needs; and what the Department, school districts, and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s29-response.pdfSelected Aspects of the All-Agency Contractor Evaluation System at Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, New York City Transit, and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (2019-S-52)
To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is monitoring and evaluating its contractors/consultants in compliance with its All-Agency Contractor Evaluation (ACE) system and taking appropriate action where performance ratings are less than satisfactory. We also determined...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-19s52.pdfSales Tax Vendor Registration (2020-S-40)
To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance has taken steps to ensure that persons who are required to register as sales tax vendors, including those with no physical presence in the State, have done so.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s40.pdfCapital Asset Management (2022-S-32) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of General Services is adequately overseeing selected agencies and related entities to ensure that they have proper inventory controls in place to safeguard assets and that they are properly reporting capital assets.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22s32-response.pdfCapital Asset Management (2022-S-32)
To determine whether the Office of General Services is adequately overseeing selected agencies and related entities to ensure that they have proper inventory controls in place to safeguard assets and that they are properly reporting capital assets.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/2022-S-32.pdfResponse to Human Trafficking (2023-S-31)
To determine whether the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is overseeing contracted Providers (Providers) and Local Districts of Social Services (Local Districts) to ensure adequate services are being provided to victims of human trafficking (survivors).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2025-23s31.pdfControls Over Tablet and Kiosk Usage by Incarcerated Individuals (2022-S-8
To determine whether the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision provides sufficient oversight to ensure that the independent network, kiosks, and tablets used by Incarcerated individuals are secure, and whether secure messaging accessed by these Individuals complies with...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-22s8.pdfSales Tax Vendor Registration Practices (2020-S-40) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has taken steps to ensure that persons who are required to register as sales tax vendors, including those with no physical presence in the State, have done so.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s40-response.pdfDiNapoli: The State May Have Your Money
… office could be theirs. More than 30 million accounts are unclaimed in New York, some dating back to the 1940s. An … their name. It’s likely that some of the $12.5 billion in unclaimed funds belongs to you, a family member or friend,”said …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-state-may-have-your-moneyDiNapoli: Silencing Excessive NYC Noise a Major Challenge
… local law, but there is more that city agencies can do to control noise disruptions. We hope our reports on noise … has adverse effects on our mental and physical health. I hope that city officials will use this information to … levels in their homes. 83 percent were dissatisfied with how their complaint was handled, with more than 1,100 saying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-silencing-excessive-nyc-noise-major-challengeNew York One of Only Seven States to Owe Money to Federal Unemployment Trust Fund
… payments to the federal Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF), New York is one of only seven states or territories with … second only to California, according to a new analysis by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. As DiNapoli detailed in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/new-york-one-only-seven-states-owe-money-federal-unemployment-trust-fundDiNapoli: Local Governments Challenged by Slow Revenue Growth
… Many of New York’s local governments are coping with slow or no revenue growth, making it … Thomas P. DiNapoli. “New York’s municipal governments are seeing sales tax revenue growth slow and state aid remain essentially flat while they and school districts are coping with tax cap and tax freeze initiatives that limit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-local-governments-challenged-slow-revenue-growthOverlap, Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation in Workforce Development Programs and Services (2020-S-45)
To determine what workforce development programs and services State agencies and public authorities offer, who they serve, and what their eligibility requirements are; and to determine whether there is overlap, duplication, gaps, and/or fragmentation among these programs and services.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s45.pdfOverlap, Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation in Workforce Development Programs and Services (2020-S-45) 180-Day Response
To determine what workforce development programs and services State agencies and public authorities offer, who they serve, and what their eligibility requirements are; and to determine whether there is overlap, duplication, gaps, and/or fragmentation among these programs and services.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s45-responses.pdfManagement of Capital Projects (2018-S-70) 180-Day Response
To determine whether Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has a formal capital project management process that its employees and contractors/consultants are required to follow; and whether LIRR followed the capital project management process and was successful in ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-18s70-response.pdfMonitoring of Construction Management 2020-S-42
To determine if the Office of General Services is adequately monitoring construction management contracts to ensure they meet the terms and requirements, and if the oversight and administration costs associated with carrying out this function are supported and related.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s42.pdfOversight of Career and Technical Education Programs in New York State Schools (2019-S-26)
To determine whether current State Education Department (Department) career and technical education activities are sufficient to meet high-demand, high-growth, and high-salary job market needs; and what the Department, school districts, and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services can do to ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s29.pdf