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Lake Pleasant Central School District – Claims Auditing (2021M-202)
Determine whether the Lake Pleasant Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) ensured claims were supported by adequate documentation, for appropriate purposes and properly audited and approved before payment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/lake-pleasant-2021-202.pdfInternal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations (2018-S-66) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) has adequate controls over selected financial operations to provide reasonable assurance that State assets are appropriately managed and safeguarded.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-18s66-response1.pdfPompey Hill Fire District – Financial Management (2021M-136)
Determine whether the Pompey Hill Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) properly established and managed capital reserve funds, ensured records were audited and annual reports were filed timely.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/pompey-hill-district-2021-136.pdfDisruption to Special Education Services: Closing the Gap on Learning Loss from COVID-19
New York students with disabilities lost partial or full special education services because of school shutdowns and the shift to remote learning during the pandemic, likely exacerbating pre-existing achievement gaps.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/special-education-report.pdfCopiague Fire District – Procurement (2020M-114)
Determine whether Copiague Fire District (District) officials used a competitive process to procure goods, services and professional service providers and ensured that no conflict of interest existed in the procurement process.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/copiague-district-2020-114.pdfEye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Follow-Up) (2017-F-11) 30-Day Response
To determine the implementation status of the eight recommendations in our initial audit report, Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Report 2013-S-1) ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2017-17f11-response.pdfEye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Follow-Up) (2017-F-11)
To determine the implementation status of the eight recommendations in our initial audit report, Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Report 2013-S-1) ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2017-17f11.pdfLocal Sales Tax Collections Decline by 10 Percent in 2020, With Major Shifts in Consumer Spending
New York State local sales tax collections declined by 10 percent (or $1.8 billion) in 2020 compared to 2019, due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-tax-collections-decline-by-10-percent-in-2020.pdfDiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ . The easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsDiNapoli and Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea in $110,000 Health Contract Theft
… and Executive Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice Kelly Donovan. The prosecutors were assisted by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-and-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-110000-health-contract-theftComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Conviction in $130,000 Pension Theft
… Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class C felony. On October 12, 2016, Eydeler admitted to stealing pension … his mother, Dorothy Eydeler, a retired nurse who died in October of 1998. Today, he was sentenced to a five-year term … for his mother and writing checks to himself every month for over a decade. Eydeler altered his scheme to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-130000-pension-theftDiNapoli: Former Hempstead School District Official Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud
… Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI) and Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Nassau … themselves will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue. Mr. Donoghue … Long Island Criminal Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Charles P. Kelly and Madeline O’Connor and Special …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-former-hempstead-school-district-official-pleads-guilty-credit-card-fraudDiNapoli: Needles, Birth Control Go Missing From NYC School Health Centers
… (DOH) found that medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies were unaccounted for at its School-Based … inventories of medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies at School-Based Health Centers,” DiNapoli … said. “We found too many instances of medication and medical supplies that were missing and that has to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-needles-birth-control-go-missing-nyc-school-health-centersComptroller DiNapoli's Office Releases State Revenue Forecast
… and Policy Analysis, providing a state budget revenue forecast, as required by state law. Read the letter: … and Policy Analysis providing a state budget revenue forecast as required by state law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/comptroller-dinapolis-office-releases-state-revenue-forecastOpinion 88-31
… issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Refund (refund by county treasurer of 2% cash bail fee) COUNTY TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (refund of 2% cash bail fee) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-m: A county treasurer is not required to refund the fee prescribed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-31DiNapoli: Archer Daniels Midland Co. Agrees to Shareholders' Request For 'No Deforestation' Policy
… that are certified free of any link to deforestation, a leading cause of climate change. As a result of the … the very ecosystems that agriculture depends on, and is a short-term business model that poses long-term threats … standards. The companies are expected to explain what steps they are taking above and beyond the benchmarks …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-archer-daniels-midland-co-agrees-shareholders-request-no-deforestation-policyAudit Faults Justice Center Records, Raises Questions on Accountability
… The Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs left three … to records and only permitted review of closed cases for abuse and neglect allegations in which charges had been … its records to Disability Rights New York (DRNY), the not-for-profit group designated by federal and state law for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/audit-faults-justice-center-records-raises-questions-accountabilityMonsey Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2020M-62-F)
… 1 During our audit, and at the time of the audit report’s release, the AFR was known as the Annual Update Document, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/12/31/monsey-fire-district-audit-follow-2020m-62-fTransforming Into Construction & Development
… criteria and timelines. They evaluated 29 projects for the 2025–2044 20-Year Needs Assessment. We selected four projects …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/10/22/transforming-construction-developmentDiNapoli: Participation in New York's 30% School Lunch Reimbursement Program Can Be Increased With Improved Administration
… districts at a higher rate if at least 30% of the costs for lunch is spent on eligible New York produced and … 2018, New York enacted an additional state reimbursement for school lunch programs that spend at least 30% of their … The program increases the reimbursement schools receive for lunches from 5.9 cents to 25 cents per meal. Eligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-participation-new-yorks-30-school-lunch-reimbursement-program-can-be-increased-improved