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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1656
… Purpose To provide agencies with instructions for processing the 2017-2018 Pilot Firearms … York and the Public Employees Federation (PEF), employees with peace officer status shall be eligible to receive an … Health and Safety Committee and shall run concurrently with State fiscal years. A memo dated April 9, 2018 from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1656-2017-2018-public-employees-federation-pef-pilot-firearms-training-andState Agencies Bulletin No. 1755
… the 2018-2019 Pilot Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program Payment Affected Employees Employees in the … with peace officer status shall be eligible to receive an incentive payment in return for participating in an … Federation (PEF) Pilot Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program Payment can be submitted beginning in Pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1755-2018-2019-public-employees-federation-pef-pilot-firearms-training-andState Pension Employer Contribution Rates Announced for 2020-21, Assumed Rate of Return Lowered
… year for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) with a small increase in rates for the Police and Fire Retirement … on investments from 7 percent to 6.8 percent, anticipating a lower return investment environment. “Each year, for the … average employer contribution rate for PFRS will increase by 0.9 percent, from 23.5 percent to 24.4 percent of payroll. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/state-pension-employer-contribution-rates-announced-2020-21-assumed-rate-return-loweredComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being … in the records, making it impossible for officials to determine the condition of individual funds. Elba Fire … the treasurer could not prepare appropriate reports to substantiate the accuracy of revenue received and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Plattekill #1 Fire District and the Town of Schroeppel . “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … unreliable. Fund balances for all funds were commingled in the records, making it impossible for officials to … adequate oversight of department financial activities. In addition, the treasurer could not prepare appropriate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Metro North and LIRR Lax in Monitoring Overtime Paid For With Federal Stimulus Funds
… conductors to charge overtime for tasks such as washing up for work, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … System, did not have a requirement for conductors to sign out manually, so there was not an accurate record of … that Metro-North: Require conductors to electronically sign in and out; Monitor time and attendance records; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-metro-north-and-lirr-lax-monitoring-overtime-paid-federal-stimulus-fundsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1578
… advice. Questions Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1578-2016-2017-public-employees-federation-pef-pilot-firearms-training-andState Agencies Bulletin No. 1632
… ITINs – ITINs issued before 2013 with the middle digits of 70, 71, 72, or 80 (Example: 9XX-70-XXXX) will expire at the end of 2017. The renewal period …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1632-summary-tax-related-changes-2018State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… his office completed audits of the Central Square Central School District , Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District , Livonia Central School District , Panama Central School … his office completed audits of the Central Square Central School District HastingsonHudson Union Free School District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1157
… To describe agency procedures for employee enrollment in Tier 6 retirement. Affected Employees Employees first joining a … and its effective date, the process will be implemented in stages. The legislation limits the amount of overtime that … To describe agency procedures for employee enrollment in Tier 6 retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1157-new-tier-6-benefit-structure-enrollment-following-retirement-systemsFare Evasion (Follow-Up)
… largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people in the 5,000-square-mile area fanning out … first quarter of 2023 (January–March) saw an increase of 11.1% (± 0.9%) for subways and an estimated increase of 37.6% for buses. After the audit’s release, the MTA created a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/22/fare-evasion-followOpinion 92-55
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and Duties (performing work for private water system) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties … may enter into a contract to provide at the expense of the private owners a village employee to perform testing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-55DiNapoli: New York Jobs Top 9 Million, New Statewide High
… 2014, after adding 538,000 jobs since 2009, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … saw the biggest drops in employment. “Six years after the Great Recession, growth is steady statewide, but some … 4.4 percent rate for 2006, the last full year before the Great Recession. The state’s underemployment rate – including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-new-york-jobs-top-9-million-new-statewide-highOpinion 92-4
… and Expenditures (supervised physical fitness training for firefighters) TOWN LAW, §176(10): A fire district may pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for its … Whether a fire district may expend fire district moneys to pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4DiNapoli: Audit Shows Former Highway Superintendent Took Taxpayers for a Ride in Town of Erin
… The former highway superintendent for the Town of Erin in Chemung County made personal … purchases and used gas, oil and other town supplies for his own use, totaling nearly $70,000, according to an … C felony, and four counts of offering a false instrument for filing, a class E felony. The arrest was the result of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-audit-shows-former-highway-superintendent-took-taxpayers-ride-town-erinXIX.7 Moving Expenditures Charged Prior to Conversion to a PCIP Converted Project ID – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… to the new projects and therefore when attempting to post an expenditure credit against the new project, an agency may … General Ledger Journal Entry or AP Journal Voucher) does not have enough expenditures against it to allow for a … Prevent_Negative_ODL_When_Processing_ROA. New Analysis Type of ‘REF’ To transfer the expenditure costs from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix7-moving-expenditures-charged-prior-conversion-pcip-converted-project-idState Pension Fund Commits Additional $50 Million to Invest in New York-Based Companies
… The state pension fund has committed an additional $50 million for … The program has returned nearly $300 million to the state pension fund and supported thousands of jobs across the … commitment to Graycliff will help to keep the state pension fund strong for the more than one million retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/state-pension-fund-commits-additional-50-million-invest-new-york-based-companiesDiNapoli: Audits Lead to Millions of Dollars in Medicaid Savings from Drug Rebate Collections
… $78 million in rebates have not been submitted to drug manufacturers, but could still be collected by the state … prescription drug costs by requesting rebates from drug manufacturers. In 1992, Congress created the 340B Drug … as 340B providers that were not on the official federal list of such providers. This misclassification led to an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-audits-lead-millions-dollars-medicaid-savings-drug-rebate-collectionsDiNapoli: Unemployment Taxes on Employers Poised To Increase To Repay $9B Owed to Federal Government
… in the state borrowing from the federal government to pay claims. State UI tax rates have already risen to the highest level permissible under law in 2021. Unless … employers will also increase in 2022 and beyond, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-unemployment-taxes-employers-poised-increase-repay-9b-owed-federal-governmentNew York's Prison Population Continues Decline, But Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… to parole supervision under DOCCS jurisdiction also rose. The state’s prison population has been trending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/new-yorks-prison-population-continues-decline-share-older-adults-keeps-rising