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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… requirements. In addition, of the 15 purchase and public works contracts totaling $150,939 that did not exceed … state's 170,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Problems Persist at Many Hotels and Motels Used to House Homeless
… inspection system; and ensure the most efficient use of public resources to inspect temporary residences used to … State . For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial data and information on 130,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-problems-persist-many-hotels-and-motels-used-house-homelessDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for October 2016
… Inc. for senior IT architect consulting services for the Unclaimed Funds Online Claiming System. $146,000 with American …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-october-2016DiNapoli Releases Review of Executive Budget
… Executive Budget that the budget will remain in balance for the next five years, the direction of the pandemic, … build up the state’s reserves, so we are better prepared for future emergencies or an economic downturn.” The SFY … surpluses through SFY 2025-26. Risks The predominant risk for the financial plan forecast is the uncertainty of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-releases-review-executive-budgetState Contract and Payment Actions in October
… In October, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,958 contracts for state … at Open Book New York . Major Contracts Approved Board of Elections $3.9 million with Gaming Laboratories … Inc. for intrusion detection system software. Office of General Services $1.1 million with NEPV LLC to overhaul …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-contract-and-payment-actions-octoberDiNapoli: Housing Cost Burdens for New Yorkers Among Nation's Highest
… households are dealing with housing costs that consume more than 30% of their household income, with 1 in 5 … cost burden of more than 50% of their income going to pay for housing, according to a report by State Comptroller … across all income groups since 2012. Renters earning less than the median tend to be most burdened: 9 in 10 renter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-housing-cost-burdens-new-yorkers-among-nations-highestOpinion 90-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … Neither section 150, nor any other provision of State law, however, provides for the establishment of the … the Constitution, relating to "[t]he powers, duties, ... number, mode of selection and removal, terms of office, [and] …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15Opinion 88-56
… to your inquiry, the commissioner is paid a fixed salary by the firm and does not receive commissions. This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56Opinion 88-5
… group of officers and employees and their families, and to pay for the expense, or any portion thereof, of such plans. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-5Opinion 88-48
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority. However, in order to assure that equipment purchases are made in furtherance of … a vendor, it is generally advisable for the Authority to solicit competition for such procurements. You ask whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-48Opinion 88-65
… to mortgagee banks when taxes are paid from an escrow account. Prior opinions, including 34 Opns St Comp, 1978, p … a tax receipt when taxes are paid from a mortgage escrow account. You have also asked whether a collecting officer is … term is defined, where taxes have been paid from an escrow account for property improved by a one-to-six family …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-65Opinion 88-62
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund … by budgetary appropriation or raised by tax therefore. b. [S]uch revenues as are not required by law to be paid into any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 88-60
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … discussion of Miller , supra , that a lease of park land to a private organization is valid so long as the land … paramount park or other purpose", and choice of employees were not sufficient evidence of a license, "but rather was no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 88-6
… The agreement with the bank provides that the town will pay all fees under the plan. Initially, we note that there is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 88-79
… the particular federal law without violating the gift and loan provisions of Art. VIII, §1 of the New York … including the repayment of principal and interest of any loan, constitutes "program income". The UDAG Agreement and … both provide that "program income" received after the loan is made to the developer is deemed "miscellaneous …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79State Contract and Payment Actions in May
… benefit services for the Empire, Excelsior, and Student Employee Health plans. $34.9 million to Beacon Health Options …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/state-contract-and-payment-actions-mayState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… – Budget Review (Rockland County) Auditors identified a number of issues with revenues and expenditures. They found the district’s unassigned fund balance increased from $4.4 … approximately $51,800 less in fees than it should have for the collected waste. In addition, over a more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsSchuyler County Industrial Development Agency – Project and Sublease Approval and Monitoring (2014M-369)
… public corporation whose purpose is to promote, develop and assist industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, research and recreation facilities. The Agency, which was created in … For calendar year 2014, the Agency had 10 active projects, and it entered into four sublease agreements with businesses. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2015/04/28/schuyler-county-industrial-development-agency-project-andYork College – Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff (Follow-Up)
To determine the extent of implementation of the seven recommendations included in our initial audit report Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/28/york-college-time-and-attendance-practices-public-safety-staff-followService-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Program Implementation (Follow-Up)
… Veteran-Owned Business Act (Act) was signed into law on May 12, 2014 to encourage and support eligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/16/service-disabled-veteran-owned-business-program-implementation-follow