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State Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children
… improve oversight to ensure that non-profit agencies that place foster children are doing home visits and other … in foster care. The general rule in foster care is to place the child in the least restrictive, most family-like … improve oversight to ensure that nonprofit agencies that place foster children are doing home visits and other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-childrenComptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Schneiderman, State & DOI Commissioner Mark Peters Announce Conviction of Non-Profit Executive Involved in Six-Year Theft Scheme
… of New York and the United States using her not-for-profit corporation, Angeldocs, Inc. Angeldocs received a total of … trust.” DOI Commissioner Mark G. Peters said, “This defendant manipulated a system meant to provide financial … funds to pay the mortgage and utilities on a commercial building she owned through a holding company, instead of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-state-doi-commissioner-mark-peters-announce-conviction-nonDiNapoli: Dormitory Authority Overstated MWBE Contract Participation
… years 2011-12 through 2014-15, ranging from 20 percent to 26 percent. While authorities may submit MWBE plans with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-dormitory-authority-overstated-mwbe-contract-participationDiNapoli: Report Finds Persistent Problems at Long Island Power Authority
… metrics, storm cost provisions and compensation terms. Electricity prices for LIPA customers have not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-report-finds-persistent-problems-long-island-power-authorityDiNapoli: SED Needs To Improve Oversight of School Districts' English Language Learners Programs
… available for all required languages and grade levels. To teach ENL and BE classes, educators are required to have a … extension certifications, which authorize the holder to teach not only the subject they are already certified in but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-sed-needs-improve-oversight-school-districts-english-language-learners-programsOpinion 91-15
… issues discussed in the opinion. ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (authority of newly incorporated village to assess park land fee upon subdivision plat already so assessed by town) TOWN LAW, §277(1); VILLAGE LAW, §7-730(1): When a town has approved a … Whether the village may require the developer to pay money in lieu of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-15Opinion 91-30
Whether a town board member who is employed as a sales representative for a corporation which holds State and county contracts would have a prohibited conflict of interest if the town purchases materials in excess of $100 under the State or county contract
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-30Opinion 93-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Powers and Duties (designating holidays for closing of county offices) LOCAL LAWS -- Public Holidays (determining … Whether the offices of a noncharter county are required to be kept open for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-10Opinion 94-3
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … before the improvement is commenced (1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-703, unreported; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 537; … for approval by the State Comptroller (1951 Opns St Comp No. 5474, unreported; 1946 Opns St Comp No. 1590, unreported; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3DiNapoli Releases Report on 30-Day State Budget Amendments
… attaching them to spending bills that expire within two years or less may not be the best way to consider the … amendments eliminate proposed separate appropriations from a new Dedicated Infrastructure Investment Fund (DIIF), … agency or public authority for the purposes described. As a result, oversight measures, checks and balances, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-releases-report-30-day-state-budget-amendmentsComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Defendants in Elaborate Multi-Million Dollar Bid-Rigging Case Involving Public Contracts
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General … Monroe County taxpayers with millions in costs,” said State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “These cases send a … in Monroe County Court to serve 2 and 1/3 to 7 years in State Prison and to pay a total of $600,083.70 in restitution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-defendants-elaborate-multi-million-dollarState Comptroller DiNapoli and Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Announce Arrest in Check Theft Scheme
… including a $1,148 check from DiNapoli’s Office of Unclaimed Funds, and various checks from the Jewish Communal Fund … Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said: “Stealing funds intended to help the needy and vulnerable is especially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-brooklyn-da-gonzalez-announce-arrest-check-theft-schemeGreen Economy Boosts Job Growth in New York
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released a report showing that New York’s environment … and sustainability initiatives are creating new green occupations, as well as creating additional demand for … educational and workforce development programs to grow the green economy and help bolster New York’s pandemic recovery. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/green-economy-boosts-job-growth-new-yorkOlean Firefighter Charged With Stealing Over $116,000 From City's Fire Department
… Jr. allegedly used more than $50,000 of the funds to pay his personal credit card, most of which funded his private HVAC business, Amazon purchases and payments to Verizon Wireless. He also … personal account, which he then used to withdraw cash and pay for personal expenses. Gaylor Jr. is due back in court on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/olean-firefighter-charged-stealing-over-116000-citys-fire-departmentOverview – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… Quick Contracting is intended to significantly lessen the time it takes for the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) to audit and approve competitive … Quick Contracting is intended to significantly lessen the time it takes for the Office of the State Comptroller OSC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi6-overviewComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… to immediately notify the Paratransit Division of any accidents/incidents and provide a written report within 24 hours. Auditors found the number of reported accidents increased from calendar year 2008 through calendar … or less are not all reported as required. Similarly, car service providers did not report accidents as required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsDiNapoli: Former Crystal Beach Fire Department Treasurer Sentenced in More Than $82,000 Theft
… this case and seeing that justice was done.” Judge Frederick Reed sentenced Michael Mason, 44, of Canandaigua, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/dinapoli-former-crystal-beach-fire-department-treasurer-sentenced-more-82000-theftDiNapoli: Perry Ambulance Service Manager Charged With Embezzlement
… ambulance funds to pay her personal utility bills, Direct TV Service and her husband’s membership to the New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/dinapoli-perry-ambulance-service-manager-charged-embezzlementTransformation of the MTA
… We also determined whether MTA has implemented any aspect of the Transformation Plan (Plan) that resulted in improved … assign, transfer, share, or consolidate any one or more of its powers, duties, functions, or activities, or any department, division or office, or any of those of its subsidiaries or affiliates. The legislation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/08/08/transformation-mtaDiNapoli: State's Tuition Assistance Program Not Keeping Up With Inflation, Tuition Costs
… P. DiNapoli finds that New York’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), the state’s primary need-based grant program for college students, has not kept pace with … Thomas P DiNapoli finds that New Yorks Tuition Assistance Program TAP the states primary needbased grant program for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/02/dinapoli-states-tuition-assistance-program-not-keeping-inflation-tuition-costs