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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Oversight of the Agricultural Assessment Program
… the per-acre AAV for soil groups, aquaculture, and farm woodland. Local assessors determine whether land is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/02/oversight-agricultural-assessment-programTuition Assistance Program – New York College of Health Professions
… financial aid awards. Incorrect certifications include eleven students who received awards but did not demonstrate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/31/tuition-assistance-program-new-york-college-health-professionsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1676
… of changes in certain garnishment deduction amounts, or in some instances, garnishments no longer being taken for … Employees who currently have a writ of garnishment or New York State tax levy in place and have a job location in Long Island/Westchester or New York City Background The federal Consumer Credit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1676-new-general-deduction-rules-writs-garnishments-and-new-york-state-taxMonterey Fire Company, Inc. – Misappropriation of Funds (2013M-17)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Company’s financial operations for the period January 1, 2007, to July 31, 2012. Background … The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Companys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/03/27/monterey-fire-company-inc-misappropriation-funds-2013m-17Lakeville Volunteer Fire Department – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2012M-234)
… access to review the Department Treasurer’s records, they do not do so. The Board does not review any of the bank … prepared by the Department Treasurer or annually audit or cause to be audited any of the Treasurers’ records. The Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2013/02/15/lakeville-volunteer-fire-department-internal-controls-overNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Third Quarter Results
… Retirement Fund’s overall return in the third quarter of the Fund’s 2015-2016 fiscal year was 2.88 percent for the … Thomas P. DiNapoli. The Fund had an estimated value of $178.3 billion at the close of its third quarter. “The Fund experienced some recovery in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-third-quarter-resultsTown of Schroon – Internal Controls Over Transfer Station Operations (2013M-24)
… reconcile the amount of money collected with the amount of trash disposed at the transfer station. We found that over a … of at the Franklin County landfill exceeded the amount of trash accounted for as being received at the Town’s transfer … station such as having one individual record the amount of trash brought in and record the amount of money received and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/04/05/town-schroon-internal-controls-over-transfer-station-operations-2013m-24Greene County Industrial Development Agency – Management Practices (2013M-95)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Greene County Industrial … of 10 PILOT agreements reviewed did not have a recapture clause. Key Recommendations Establish and implement controls …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2014/03/04/greene-county-industrial-development-agency-managementDiNapoli Appoints Top Retirement System Staff
… in business management and economics from Empire State College and a master’s degree in public administration from Marist College. She resides in Niskayuna. Her salary is $150,000. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-appoints-top-retirement-system-staffState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… charges. Revenues and expenditures for refuse collection are improperly comingled with general fund revenues and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli and District Attorney Scarpino Announce Arrest in $60K Pension Payments
… Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by calling the toll-free Fraud Hotline at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-district-attorney-scarpino-announce-arrest-60k-pension-paymentsDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for November 2014
… Yonkers Partners in Education, New York City Outward Bound Center and Harlem Center for Education. Department of … to sell prison meals to Saratoga County. Division of Criminal Justice Services $5.2 million in grants to crime labs and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-november-2014Opinion 92-7
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … of a volunteer's business) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Relief" (meaning of for purposes of special acts incorporating volunteer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-7Opinion 97 - 12
… the General Municipal Law or a code of ethics, violate the spirit and intent of the statute, are inconsistent with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 95-20
… paid in Surrogate's Court proceedings seeking multiple relief) COURTS -- Surrogate's Court (filing fees for proceedings seeking multiple relief) SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT, §2402: Whether a … one filing fee or separate filing fees for each type of relief sought in a single proceeding seeking multiple relief …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-20Opinion 91-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- … (assumption of outstanding debt of coterminous town) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §4; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-5Opinion 2001-4
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN ASSESSOR -- Compensation (fixed amount … duties and an additional hourly rate for duties performed in connection with a revaluation. When compensation is paid in this manner, the duties to be performed for the fixed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Opinion 2001-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (authority … TOWN LAW §176(31); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §91(1): A fire district may offer a reward of up to $1,000 for … misdemeanors directly connected to vandalism or theft of fire district property. A fire district, however, may not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5Opinion 2000-15
… §§209-i, 462: A volunteer firefighter from an out-of-state fire company may not volunteer to assist a fire district fire department within New York State on an on-going basis … resides in another state and is a member of an outofstate fire department may volunteer at a New York department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15