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DiNapoli: Audit Finds up to $12.1 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments
… York State's Medicaid system made as much as $12.1 million in inappropriate payments during 2015, including $2.3 million … were recovered. "My auditors continue to find glitches in the Department of Health's payment control systems that … should be recovered because of errors, abuse or fraud. In 2015, DiNapoli's auditors questioned $223 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-audit-finds-121-million-inappropriate-medicaid-paymentsState Comptroller DiNapoli: $360M Needed to Repair Local Dams
… New York are facing an estimated $360 million price tag to fix locally-owned dams that are considered a high- or intermediate-hazard to public safety, according to a report issued today by New York State Comptroller Thomas …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-360m-needed-repair-local-damsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-88
… notify agencies of two new Increment Codes to be reported for tracking employees eligible for a future Pay Change … Office of Court Administration. Background Due to a change in Judiciary Law, Section 37.3, new Reason and Increment … Amount field is left blank. YR is the two-digit year in which the employee is eligible to receive the Pay Change …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-88-new-reason-codes-373-judiciary-law-373-and-379-judiciary-lawOpinion 2000-19
… foreign fire insurance tax monies are used exclusively for the purposes set forth in the special act governing the … to making the elevator handicapped accessible may be paid for with foreign fire insurance tax monies. You ask whether a … may expend foreign fire insurance tax monies to pay for installation of an elevator in a building owned by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits and Examinations
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the … needed. State Education Department (SED): Spotted Zebra Learning Center, Inc., Compliance with the Reimbursable Cost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-and-examinationsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Aloma D. Johnson Charter School , Center Moriches Union … and the Westmoreland Central School District . "In an era of limited resources and increased accountability, it's … recorded in the employee leave records and found that 12 of these employees' leave carryover amounts were overstated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsSelected Aspects of the Paratransit Call Center Operations
… MTA-New York City Transit’s Paratransit Call Center was in compliance with the terms of its contract, and if not, … benefit corporation that provides transportation services in and around the New York City metropolitan area. One of the … The contract was signed on December 18, 2012 and remains in effect for five years at an estimated cost of $152.9 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/03/selected-aspects-paratransit-call-center-operationsComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Scheneiderman Announce 2 to 6 Year Prison Sentence for Former Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. "We must have a zero tolerance for public corruption and we will continue to partner with … betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself – and he'll now pay the price," said Attorney … Wills used public matching funds from his 2009 campaign for City Council to pay $11,500 to Micro Targeting, a shell …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-scheneiderman-announce-2-6-year-prison-sentence-former-councilman-rubenOpinion 2004-8
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (reserve fund for) LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds … care benefits for its employees and their families through insurance coverage and, in addition thereto, reimburses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8Opinion 2002-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Appropriations and Expenditures (necessity for … (necessity for referendum) REFERENDUM -- Public Libraries (not required to expend monies from reserve fund) … of the Education Law provides, with respect to public libraries, that monies received from taxes and other public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 93-16
… Work Periods" (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §217[f]) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §217(c),(f): Volunteer firefighters who also serve as … of a political subdivision. Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §217(f), such firefighters may not earn credit under a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 93-15
… books for audit to, the town board with respect to private source moneys held by the library. You state that the town … a treasurer of the library who holds only private source moneys of the library. Town Law, §123 provides that, … fund, the library board would have custody of private source moneys of the library (1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-76, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15Capital Planning and Maintenance
… the Ogdensburg International Airport (Airport); the Port of Ogdensburg (Port); the New York and Ogdensburg Railway; … sound economic business development through the promotion of buildings and river, road, rail, and air transportation. … the Authority relies on federal, State, and other sources of funding. During each of the fiscal years 2012-13, 2013-14, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/08/capital-planning-and-maintenanceOpinion 97-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (remodeling and purchasing appliances for firehouse kitchen) INSURANCE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 91-57
… rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court … 81-341, p 373; 1971 Opns St Comp No. 71-291, unreported). We have also recommended generally that bank accounts be … subsection 2.0020). Therefore, since section 259 does not expressly require separate bank accounts ( cf . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing for Rensselaer DPW Employees Who Stole Scrap Metal Proceeds
… P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of Ronald Foust and Jeffrey …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-rensselaer-dpw-employees-who-stole-scrapOpinion 91-19
… In Re Szabo's Estate , 10 NY2d 94, 217 NYS2d 593; 62 NY Jur 2d, Gifts, §13). It is a general rule that once an … Saunders v Regeer , 50 Misc 2d 850, 271 NYS2d 788; 62 NY Jur 2d, Gifts, §§56, 57). Accordingly, once the … VIII, §1. Therefore, there is no express constitutional bar to a fire district making a gift to a fire company. Even …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 96-1
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- … notes or budget notes unless the State Comptroller, on behalf of the State, consents thereto. There is no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 94-17
… of Amsterdam, 200 AD2d 315, 613 NYS2d 993) and the fee schedule must be consistent with constitutional equal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 95-14
… FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (personal computer for fire department); (ceremony to dedicate fire house and … tax moneys to purchase a personal computer to be used for department purposes and to pay for a ceremony to dedicate a new fire house and new fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14