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DiNapoli Audit Finds Hazardous Conditions Persist in Mitchell-Lama Developments
… Mitchell-Lama developments in New York City – 753 Classon Ave. Housing Co. (Classon), located in Brooklyn, Cathedral Parkway Towers (Cathedral), located in Manhattan, Findlay House (Findlay), located in the Bronx, and Jamie Towers, also located in the Bronx – …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-hazardous-conditions-persist-mitchell-lama-developmentsDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap at 2% for Third Straight Year
… Property tax levy growth for school districts and 10 of the state’s cities will be capped … applied to local governments (excluding New York City) and school districts in 2012, limits annual tax levy increases to … exceptions. The law also includes provisions that allow school districts and municipalities to override the cap. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-2-third-straight-yearDiNapoli: State Paid $14.5 Billion for Medicaid Home Care Services That Lacked Verification
… home care services for New Yorkers without the required verification that the services took place, according to a new audit from State Comptroller Thomas … funds.” New York state implemented an electronic visit verification program to confirm the delivery of Medicaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-state-paid-145-billion-medicaid-home-care-services-lacked-verificationDiNapoli: Help for Vulnerable Adults in NYC Falls Short
… APS is run by the city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) and overseen by the state Office of Children and Family … with medical or social supports. Caseworkers are based in HRA field offices and contracted nonprofits across the city … turnover likely strained APS operations. Caseworkers in HRA field offices dropped 30% from 2019 to 2022, while …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-help-vulnerable-adults-nyc-falls-shortState Police Bulletin No. SP-235
… of this bulletin is to notify agencies of an increase in dues for Police Benevolent Association of New York State, … Police, and Forest Rangers). Affected Employees: Employees in Bargaining Unit 31 represented by the Police Benevolent … dated November 16, 2022, membership dues for employees in Bargaining Units 31 (Deduction Code 483) will increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-235-police-benevolent-association-new-york-state-inc-pbanys-dues-increaseDiNapoli Releases Report on SFY 2024-25 Financial Plan
… outyear budget gaps and allowed for increasing rainy day reserves,” DiNapoli said. “But the structural imbalance … economy for New York, with both wages and personal income forecasted to accelerate from their previous fiscal … forecasts an $11.3 billion (10.2%) increase in All Funds tax collections from SFY 2024-25, which is largely expected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-releases-report-sfy-2024-25-financial-planUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-366
… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the June 2026 Uniform Allowance and Uniform Blazer Allowance Payments … Background: Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2023, and the 2022-2026 agreement between the Civil Service Employees … Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2023, which implemented the 2022-2026 Agreements between the UCS and the unions representing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-366-june-2026-uniform-and-equipment-uniform-allowance-andLocal Sales Tax Collections Grew Over 12 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2022
Local government sales tax collections in New York State totaled over $5.5 billion in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 12.2 percent, or nearly $604 million, compared to the same quarter last year. April and May collections grew by 15.7 percent and 16.7 percent, respectively, while June inc
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-tax-collections-grew-over-12-percent-in-second-quarter-of-2022.pdfFiscal Stress Monitoring System - School Districts: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Results
This snapshot highlights the FSMS results for school districts that reported for school fiscal year (SY) 2020-21, which ended on June 30, 2021. Fewer school districts were scored in fiscal stress in this year, but the COViD-19 pandemic and the local, State and federal responses to it had a negative
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/fsms-school-districts-fiscal-year-2020-21-results.pdfDiNapoli: New York State Ranked First Nationwide in Nonprofit Jobs And Organizations
… New York state ranked first nationwide in nonprofit jobs and … Given the ongoing challenges facing many nonprofits in New York, it’s important that we develop a better … for the first time earlier this year. Nonprofit groups in New York showed employment growth of 5.6 percent from 2007 to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-new-york-state-ranked-first-nationwide-nonprofit-jobs-and-organizationsDiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
… of outside prescriptions, the program can ask for patient consent to consult with other health care providers on the … and situation. Treatment programs are required to obtain consent from the patient prior to sharing treatment … asked at least once during treatment to sign a consent form to coordinate care with the recipient's opioid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationDiNapoli Statement on Executive Budget Proposal
… and the Legislature have done much to put New York state on better fiscal footing, reduce the structural budget imbalance and hold the line on spending. With today’s budget proposal, Governor Cuomo has … and the Legislature have done much to put New York state on better fiscal footing reduce the structural budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-statement-executive-budget-proposalDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… Too many New York City subway stations are in disrepair and New York City Transit’s repair program is … the city’s 468 stations were free of defects, and just 1-in-4 had most or all of their station components in good repair. “New York City Transit reports it is making …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsAbout Statement No. 68 – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
… Reporting for Pensions : Requires employers participating in state and local government pension plans to report their … share of the collective Net Pension Liability in their financial statements, as well as pension expense and … compensation package. The employer’s participation in a pension plan provided by a separate entity or pension …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/gasb/about-statement-no-68DiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… the city of Tonawanda in Erie County, manages a 257-unit apartment complex that consists of four main apartment buildings. DiNapoli noted both the longtime … with rejected or cancelled applications; Maximizing apartment readiness and apartment showing protocols; and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityOpinion 90-63
… (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation (authority to … party either for a group of senior citizens who provide volunteer services to the library or for all the senior …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 90-6
… a statement of acknowledgement or placing a name plate with the donor's name on property purchased with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-50
… 27 of section 10 of the Highway Law provides that the Commissioner of Transportation shall: Have power, upon the … the removal and relocation of facilities, provided the commissioner of transportation deems it practicable to … estimates prepared by DOT. Chapter 159 of the Laws of 1970 added the proviso that the Commissioner could undertake …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-50Opinion 93-27
… When a town and the villages within the town all elect to receive their shares of county sales tax in cash, the town may not use its share to reduce townwide taxes in the area of the town outside villages. A town may not adopt a local law to provide that its cash share be so used. You have asked us …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 95-10
… the issues discussed in the opinion. CEMETERIES -- Public Burial Grounds (duty of town to erect fences around certain … the cemetery or burial ground at least three times each year and to "erect and maintain suitable fences around such … to provide for the removal of grass and weeds twice each year and for the "preservation, care and fencing of any such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10