Search
DiNapoli: $10 Million Ponzi Scheme Unraveled Following Nassau County District Attorney Investigation
… Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a financial advisor from Pennsylvania and the re-arrest of his alleged collaborator, a financial advisor from Syosset, for allegedly scamming at least 40 people – many seniors – out of more than $10 million in a Ponzi scheme. "These defendants allegedly took …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-10-million-ponzi-scheme-unraveled-following-nassau-county-district-attorney-investigationOpinion 91-24
… be financed by the county in the same manner as other operation and maintenance costs incurred by the district. … to contracts may properly include those capital and operation and maintenance costs attributable to the provision … contract would be financed in the same manner as the other operation and maintenance costs incurred by the district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-24Medicaid Program – Errors in Identification of 340B Providers in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
… (lower) drug prices. Federal law prohibits duplicate discounts, which occur if manufacturers pay Medicaid rebates … to collect allowable rebates and avoid duplicate discounts, states must accurately exclude 340B drugs from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/30/medicaid-program-errors-identification-340b-providers-medicaid-drug-rebate-programDiNapoli and Scarpino Announce Guilty Plea & Sentencing in Theft of $60K in Pension Payments
… A. Scarpino, Jr. announced the sentencing of Rochelle Rose to five years’ probation after her guilty plea to grand larceny in the third degree in April. Rose also paid $22,000 in … A Scarpino Jr announced the sentencing of Rochelle Rose to five years probation after her guilty plea to grand …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-and-scarpino-announce-guilty-plea-sentencing-theft-60k-pension-paymentsCost-Saving Ideas: Credit Card Accountability - Minimizing the Risk of Error, Misuse and Fraud
… with a credit card than to fill out a procurement request form and wait for it to be approved. This also saves time and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-credit-card-accountability-minimizing-risk-error-misuse-and-fraudMilitary Service Credit
… credit depends on which section of the law applies in your case, and in some circumstances there is no cost. Once we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/military-service-creditOpinion 91-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … AND PHRASES -- "In the same manner and at the same time as town taxes" (as meaning ad valorem levies) TOWNS -- Powers … Concerning the powers and duties of the town board in relation to a park district which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-10Opinion 92-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … any pertinent provisions. Further, the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-6Opinion 92-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … (necessity to address only a single subject) -- Terms of Office (single local law may increase terms of several … Whether a town in a county not having a board of supervisors may by the adoption of a single local law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-13Opinion 98-12
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (commingling of city and dependent school district moneys); (use of city and … Whether the moneys of a city with 125000+ inhabitants and the moneys of the city school district of such a city may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-12DiNapoli: Problems Persist at Many Hotels and Motels Used to House Homeless
… DiNapoli launched a major review of the state's homeless shelter system. This review encompassed 200 emergency … observations from the 2016 report. The October 2016 site inspections included re-visiting 19 of the 26 hotels and … Districts (SSDs) to utilize hotels and motels to provide shelter to homeless people under certain circumstances. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-problems-persist-many-hotels-and-motels-used-house-homelessOversight of the Practice of Funeral Directing
… of Health is effectively overseeing the practice of funeral directing in accordance with relevant law and … effectively overseeing selected aspects of the practice of funeral directing. The audit covered the period from April … for governing and regulating the business and practice of funeral directing, undertaking, and embalming in New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/11/26/oversight-practice-funeral-directingOpinion 90-11
… You ask whether employees who are required to work hours beyond the normal work week may receive compensatory … term "terms and conditions of employment", which includes hours of employment and rates of compensation, encompasses … required to work in excess of their regularly established hours of employment. Under section 90, overtime may be at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-11DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for March 2016
… or other improprieties. Cumulatively through March for calendar year 2016, DiNapoli’s office has approved 5,292 … Diem Expenses Legislative travel and per diem expenses for calendar years 2013 through the first quarter of 2016, are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-march-2016Opinion 98-1
… 637, Letter of July 10, 1991 to the Honorable Elizabeth D. Moore, Counsel to the Governor, from the New York State … July 12, 1991; but see Letter to Honorable Elizabeth D. Moore, Counsel to the Governor from the Legislative … for L 1991, ch 637, Letter to Honorable Elizabeth D. Moore, Counsel to the Governor from Senator Charles D. Cook, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-1Renewable Electricity in New York State
To carry out the goals and directives of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, New York is pursuing an aggressive campaign to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to levels identified by climate scientists as necessary to limit the most dangerous impacts of climate change.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/renewable-electricity-in-nys.pdfBusiness Owners in New York State
While New York exceeds the nation in the share of business owners that are female and minority-owned, they are underrepresented relative to their share of the population.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/business-owners-in-new-york-state.pdfHousing Production in New York City
Over the last 14 years, housing supply growth in New York City outpaced that of the state, even as it lagged the nation.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-24-2025.pdfHousing Production in New York City
Over the last 14 years, housing supply growth in New York City outpaced that of the state, even as it lagged the nation. The growth was driven, in part, by more recent housing production.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-24-2025.pdfNew Yorkers in Need Wrap-up (Spanish)
La pandemia de COVID-19 tuvo consecuencias médicas, económicas y sociales devastadoras.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/new-yorkers-in-need-wrapup-report-es.pdf