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DiNapoli: Franklin School District Saves $826,000 in Health Care Costs

… by switching carriers and offering employees a buyout incentive, according to an audit released today by New York … by offering 25 employees an annual health insurance buyout incentive. The buyout only cost the district $38,000. Had it not offered such an incentive, the district would have paid a total of $321,000 …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 981

… Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) (BU01) Chapter 688 of the Laws of 2007 which implements the agreement …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1064

… 1 The following procedures must be used by the agency when submitting transactions in Pay Period 1L: For …

Village of New Paltz – Internal Controls Over Building Department Operations (2017M-201)

Village of New Paltz Internal Controls Over Building Department Operations 2017M201

NYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Amazon Must Ensure Its Business Is Not Adding to Racial Inequality

… in May 2020, a declaration of its “solidarity with the Black community—our employees, customers, and partners—in the … that Amazon: Paid low wages to its disproportionately Black and Latino warehouse employees, who have contended with … division, discriminated against employees for wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job. Inconsistently enforced …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 893

… Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) (BU01) Chapter 688 of the Laws of 2007 which implements the agreement …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 918

… of the availability of Control-D report NPAY779 (Merit Step Eligibility Listing) that lists potentially eligible employees for the Merit Step payment and to provide instructions for submitting … processing this payment. Affected Employees Merit step eligible employees in Bargaining Unit 05 with a Pay …

Inspecting Highway Bridges and Repairing Defects (Follow-Up)

… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Inspecting Highway Bridges and Repairing Defects (Report 2012-S-33). Background In our initial audit report, which was issued on Report April … NYSTA implemented the three recommendations we made in our initial report. Key Recommendations None Other Related …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 832

… of the availability of Control-D report NPAY779 (Merit Step Eligibility Listing) that lists potentially eligible employees for the Merit Step payment and to provide instructions for submitting … processing this payment. Affected Employees Merit Step eligible employees in Bargaining Unit 05 with a Pay …

DiNapoli: Former Mechanics at State Police Garage Charged With Public Corruption and Grand Larceny

… and David Relyea in the theft of nearly $30,000 in auto parts and supplies from the state. The thefts allegedly … allegedly used a state police paid account to purchase auto parts and tools for their personal use, then falsified … they recovered more than $24,000 worth of state funded auto supplies, tools and parts at Rapasadi’s home and more …

DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 3.9% in May Compared to Last Year

… and Finance. The amounts are based on estimates of what each municipality is due. In the third month of each calendar-year quarter, … are adjusted upward or downward, so that the quarter as a whole reflects reported sales by vendors. The next …

Oversight of Resident Care-Related Medical Equipment in Nursing Homes (Follow-Up) (2019-F-35) 30-Day Response

To determine whether the Department’s monitoring and inspection of nursing homes is sufficient to determine if nursing homes perform comprehensive ...

Wallkill Central School District – Claims Auditing (2023M-52)

… for valid purposes and properly reported to the Board of Education (Board). Key Findings The claims auditor did not … for sufficient budget appropriations, which could result in budget lines being overspent. 58 totaling $1.6 million did … Board was not aware of all claims paid. The claims auditor’s deficiencies with auditing claims creates a risk that the …

Mainstream Managed Care Organizations - Administrative Costs Used in Premium Rate Setting (2014-S-55)

To determine whether mainstream managed care organizations are submitting accurate administrative costs to the Department of Health and whether ...

DiNapoli's Auditors Halt $25 Million in Suspicious Tax Refunds

… million in questionable or fraudulent personal income tax refunds from being paid so far in 2016. DiNapoli’s office paid out 4.5 million state refunds totaling $4.2 billion. Another 152,000 refunds totaling $134 million are expected to be paid in the … million in questionable or fraudulent personal income tax refunds from being paid so far in 2016 …

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1743

… Purpose To provide agencies with information regarding OSC’s revised tax refund policy for employees who were/are on a … and the leave was entered after the weekly processing of the Workers’ Compensation programs Affected Employees All … reporting of Workers’ Compensation paid leave transactions in PayServ, OSC must periodically clean up employee records …

IX.12 Overview – IX. Federal Grants

Annual Update: Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Debt Profile

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) was faced with structural challenges balancing its operating budget.

Audits

… The Office of the State Comptroller audits State and local governments to ensure that they use taxpayer … the entire audit report. See Reports for analyses on the State budget, finances, the economy and other special topics. … The Comptrollers Office audits State and local governments to ensure taxpayer money is used …

Compliance With Payment Card Industry Standards

… and Oneida counties. The Authority accepts credit cards as a method of payment for bus fares and parking. All organizations that accept … public’s confidence and the ability to accept credit card payments. In calendar 2015, the Authority reported 40,822 …