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NYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for SFY 2026-27
… Employers’ average contribution rates will increase from 16.5% to 17.6% of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement … in ERS and PFRS, and more than 300 different retirement plan combinations. In the SFY that ended March 31, 2025, … assumptions recommended by NYSLRS’ actuary, who is required to review the actuarial assumptions and experience …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-sfy-2026-27DiNapoli: Former Bethel Tax Collector Arrested for Pension Fund Fraud
… My thanks to the New York State Police and Sullivan County DA Meagan Galligan for helping bring Gabriel to justice.” New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-former-bethel-tax-collector-arrested-pension-fund-fraudState Agencies Bulletin No. 836
… Purpose To inform the agency of new Time Entry codes and procedures for the payment of … the 2007-2011 bargaining agreement between the State of New York and the Civil Service Employees Association, a pilot … the commencement of duties OSC Actions The following new Time Entry earn codes were effective on 7/24/08 and are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/836-pre-shift-briefing-certain-employees-represented-csea-office-childrenEastport Fire District – Procurement (2025M-50)
… (District) Board of Commissioners (Board) seek competition for the procurement of goods and services? Audit Period … be made in the best interest of the taxpayers. One method for ensuring that goods and services are acquired in a … with New York State General Municipal Law (GML), requests for proposals (RFPs) or written and verbal quotes, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/09/05/eastport-fire-district-procurement-2025m-50Performance Based Bus Safety Program
… has effectively implemented the Performance Based Bus Safety Program (Program) by focusing sufficiently … the Department to conduct a safety inspection of each bus every six months. In October 2013, the Department began to implement the Program by revising its bus inspection program to focus less on high-performing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/17/performance-based-bus-safety-programUCP of Niagara County d.b.a. Empower – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… costs $3,164 in unsupported OTPS costs, including leased property and rental equipment $2,157 in bonus payment compensation that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/06/21/ucp-niagara-county-dba-empower-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualState Agencies Bulletin No. 1273
… refer to the GOER Memo 2013-11 to agency Directors of Human Resources dated October 7, 2013. Effective Date(s) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1273-2013-csea-and-pef-over40-comp-time-ii-cash-outPine Valley Central School District –Financial Management and Procurement (2014M-36)
… Pine Valley Central School District (District) is located in several towns in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, and is governed by an … nine-member Board of Education. There are two schools in operation within the District, with approximately 615 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/07/11/pine-valley-central-school-district-financial-management-and-procurementDiNapoli: Health Departments Need to Clean Up Act on Food Safety
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Auditors found that food safety inspectors are identifying hundreds of establishments with serious violations, including food that has not been refrigerated properly or food that has been handled by sick workers. However, many of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-health-departments-need-clean-act-food-safetyArea #4 – Contracts and Service Level Agreements for IT Services – Information Technology Governance
… schools often rely on third parties to provide a variety of IT-related services. For your protection and to avoid … shared PII upon the contract’s expiration (e.g., whether, when and in what format it will be returned and/or whether, … responsibility for various aspects of the IT environment (i.e., the local government/school or service provider), which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-4-contracts-and-service-level-agreements-it-servicesDiNapoli Releases Mid-Year State Cash Report and Review
State tax collections of $342 billion through the first half of the fiscal year were nearly $610 million higher than projected and the state collected nearly $35 billion from financial settlements through September according to the state monthly cash report and midyear report on revenue trends
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-releases-mid-year-state-cash-report-and-reviewUnnecessary and Potentially Illegal Consultant Contract With Former New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director
… To assess Empire State Development Corporation's personal services contract with former New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director Heather Hitchens for necessity, propriety and … began a consulting contract with her for cultural tourism services. Under this agreement, ESDC paid Ms. Hitchens $2,100 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/26/unnecessary-and-potentially-illegal-consultant-contract-former-new-york-state-council-artsDiNapoli: MTA Must Prioritize Safety and Service to Win Riders Back
… The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continues to make progress on bringing back riders, but ridership … reliability and frequency — where the MTA can take steps to improve riders’ experience and encourage their return, to effectively fulfil its mission and stabilize its fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-mta-must-prioritize-safety-and-service-win-riders-backComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing for Rensselaer DPW Employees Who Stole Scrap Metal Proceeds
… today announced the sentencing of Ronald Foust and Jeffrey Clark, former employees of the city of Rensselaer Department … Larceny and was sentenced to five years of probation. Clark pled guilty to Attempted Fourth Degree Grand Larceny. … videos from a local scrap yard showed Foust and Clark cashing in items discarded by city residents. Foust and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-rensselaer-dpw-employees-who-stole-scrapSelected Management and Operations Practices
… supported. Background NYPA began Energy Efficiency (EE) programs for its government customers in New York City … 1994. As of April 9, 2015, NYPA financed $1.8 billion in EE projects, which it claims will produce savings of $103.3 … and reported savings of $44.8 million. Key Finding EE savings in NYPA’s April 9, 2015 report were not always …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/01/selected-management-and-operations-practicesInvestors Reach Settlement with Wynn Resorts
… Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. “We filed our lawsuit in response to serious and repeated allegations of … and those undertaken following the initiation of our lawsuit will protect Wynn Resorts’ employees and shareholders … held shares in Wynn Resorts with an estimated value of $22.3 million. About the New York State Common Retirement Fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/investors-reach-settlement-wynn-resortsComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea and Sentencing of Jean Noel for Theft of Putnam Co. Funds
… Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea of Jean Noel, the former Director of the Putnam County Department of Consumer Affairs, for stealing money … Eric T Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea of Jean Noel the former Director of the Putnam County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-and-sentencing-jean-noel-theft-putnamOpinion 90-63
… (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … for volunteer library workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation … district. You ask whether a public library may fund a holiday party either for a group of senior citizens who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Medicaid Program – Improper Managed Care Payments for Recipients With Duplicate Client Identification Numbers
… were paid on behalf of recipients with duplicate Client Identification Numbers. The audit covered the period January … who applies for Medicaid benefits is assigned a Client Identification Number (CIN), a unique identifier. However, … were paid on behalf of recipients with duplicate Client Identification Numbers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/29/medicaid-program-improper-managed-care-payments-recipients-duplicate-client-identificationXII.5.M Selecting the Appropriate Handling Code – XII. Expenditures
… for pick up at the Division of Treasury located at 110 State Street in Albany. The Business Unit’s courier must be … Business Unit until the order is received. E Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) Use Only L Land Purchase N Wire … to use this handling code, please contact the Bureau of State Expenditures’ Customer Service at (518) 474-4868 or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5m-selecting-appropriate-handling-code