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DiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses Fell 44% in 2008
… Cash bonuses paid by Wall Street firms to their New York City employees declined by 44 percent … the traditional broker/dealer operations of the member firms of the New York Stock Exchange lost more than $35 … or commuters). Bonuses paid by New York City-based firms to their employees outside of the City (whether in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2009/01/dinapoli-wall-street-bonuses-fell-44-2008State Agencies Bulletin No. 621
… of unemployment insurance benefits, as determined by the New York State Department of Labor Effective Date(s) Immediately Background Involuntary payroll deductions … will instruct the agency to initiate this deduction. The notice will include the employee’s name, Social Security …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/621-involuntary-deductions-unemployment-insurance-owedDiNapoli Releases Report on Casinos' Impact on Upstate Local Tax Revenues
… tax revenue to host and regional local governments, but only the three smaller towns that host casinos realized … tax contributions continue to lag expectations reaching only 50-60% of initial expectations, with the sole exception … tax revenue to host and regional local governments but only the three smaller towns that host casinos realized …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-releases-report-casinos-impact-upstate-local-tax-revenuesThrough Ages, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… the State Education Department’s (SED) Reimbursable Cost Manual (RCM) and the Consolidated Fiscal Reporting and Claiming Manual (CFR Manual). The audit focused primarily on expenses claimed on … to the State Education Departments Reimbursable Cost Manual and the Consolidated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/06/03/through-ages-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (April 16, 2021)
… 2021 Edition Analysis of the Paycheck Protection Program in New York The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a loan … Business Administration (SBA) first authorized by Congress in March 2020 to respond to the economic hardships faced by … requirements and eligibility, and added $320 billion in April and $284 billion in December 2020. The American …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-economy-and-finances-covid-19-era-april-16-2021Buffalo Collegiate Charter School – Credit Cards (2022M-69)
… whether Buffalo Collegiate Charter School (School) credit card charges were properly approved, adequately … supported, and for School purposes. Key Findings Credit card charges were not always properly approved or … that all charges were for School purposes. We reviewed 170 credit card charges totaling $128,070 and found supporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2022/07/15/buffalo-collegiate-charter-school-credit-cards-2022m-69State Agencies Bulletin No. 1070
… Purpose To notify agencies of a new insurance deduction code. Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining Unit 06 who … process deduction transactions using the Deduction Code 548. NOTE: The vendor will submit all transactions using the Deduction Code 548. Agency update is not available for this deduction. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1070-new-deduction-code-548-omce-special-benefitsExamination of Superstorm Sandy Expenses
… response to the Sandy disaster, DHSES paid $1.17 million for 1,000 portable Pelican LED lights, 1,000 portable … this equipment to additional locations (e.g., firehouses) for other Sandy relief efforts. Key Findings We found DHSES … it received all the lights, heaters and generators it paid for or to adequately support the distribution of that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/21/examination-superstorm-sandy-expensesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2425
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Increase to Seasonal Location Pay … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the Fiscal Year 20252026 Increase to Seasonal Location Pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2425-fiscal-year-2025-2026-increase-seasonal-location-pay-and-seasonalDiNapoli: Municipalities Facing Slow Growth in Sales Tax Collections
… in the fourth quarter of 2015, which distorted New York City's year-to-year growth calculations. After adjusting for … in the Mid-Hudson Valley with a 2.9 percent increase and Long Island with a 1.9 percent increase; Sales tax collections …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-municipalities-facing-slow-growth-sales-tax-collectionsOverlap, 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.pdfOverlap, 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.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 Dam Safety
… determine if the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is adequately regulating dam owners across the State to … risks as well as the resulting structural consequences. DEC’s mission is to conserve, improve, and protect New York’s … loss of life and property from flooding and dam failure, DEC is entrusted with the regulatory power over approximately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/21/oversight-dam-safetyHate Crime Reporting
… Purpose To determine whether the Division of Criminal Justice Services (Division) … and takes steps to ensure complete and accurate reporting. The audit covered the period January 1, 2010 through March … to have been targeted due to their actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/25/hate-crime-reportingOpinion 98-15
… contains no referendum requirement. It is a fundamental rule of statutory construction that a prior general statute … (see, gen., McKinney's Statutes, §397). Applying that rule here, we note that section 119-dd(4) of the General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-15Dryden Central School District - Cash Management (2020M-61)
… a result, officials did not maximize interest earnings for the District. Officials did not develop and manage a … rates. Officials earned interest totaling $246,431 during the audit period. However, they could have earned an additional $614,606 if they used other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/08/28/dryden-central-school-district-cash-management-2020m-61Opinion 2007-6
… -- Police Chief (entitlement to one-time payment made to next ranking subordinate officer) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW § … the highest ranking subordinate to the police chief (the “next subordinate officer”). Under the proposed arrangement, for a period not to exceed one year, the next subordinate officer would assume the additional duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6Opinion 90-44
… opinion. VILLAGE BOARD -- Compensation (statement of in notice of budget hearing as excluding fringe benefits) PUBLIC … a village board of trustees which must be published in the notice of public hearing on the tentative budget refers only … This is in response to your inquiry concerning the notice of public hearing with respect to the tentative budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44