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Otisco Fire District – Financial Activities (2025M-42)
… through July 2024. The District had three bank accounts with a combined balance of approximately $500,000. Audit … review. Our follow-up review was limited to interviews with Board members and the Treasurer and inspection of … $130,435 were not approved by the Board prior to payment. 26 claims totaling $19,479 lacked adequate supporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/08/01/otisco-fire-district-financial-activities-2025m-42Essex County Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2024M-146)
… that were provided financial assistance? Audit Period January 1, 2017 – August 31, 2024 Understanding the Program … exemptions (e.g., real property, mortgage recording and sales and use taxes), to businesses to encourage various … financial assistance, promise to create new jobs or retain existing jobs in the community and invest in constructing new …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/08/15/essex-county-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-and-monitoring-2024mPreston Fire District – Board Oversight (2025M-87)
… the District maintained a capital reserve fund in a savings account that offered 0.02 percent interest, and the average daily balance available for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/03/13/preston-fire-district-board-oversight-2025m-87DiNapoli: Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments Behind $700 Million in Improper Payments
… of dollars were spent on Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) costs for individuals who no longer qualified for … and may have also led to unsatisfactory long-term care for eligible patients in need,” said State Comptroller … and improve oversight of its managed long-term care program so that patients receive the services they are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-behind-700-million-improper-paymentsDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for Feb. 2014
… sales tax and other refunds. Paid $68 million to United Healthcare Insurance for the state’s portion of employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-feb-2014State Contract and Payment Actions in January
… Harriman State Park in Orange County. State University of New York $18 million for temporary employment services at … with Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC for outside legal counsel relating to employment matters. Department of … from the Tioga Downs, Rivers, Montreign, and del Lago casinos to 26 local governments, including Albany, Broome, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-januaryDiNapoli Audit Finds Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Medicaid Payments Went to Providers Not Enrolled in the Program
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found Medicaid managed care organizations made as much as $1.5 billion in improper … eligible to deliver services. “The deadline for managed care organizations and their providers to comply with … vital to millions of New Yorkers in need of quality health care and the Department of Health must do a better job …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-hundreds-millions-dollars-medicaid-payments-went-providers-not-enrolled-programDiNapoli: Better DEC Oversight of Dams Recommended To Prevent Failures and Safeguard Communities
… may occur if the dam was to fail. The failure of a Hazard Class B dam could damage a limited number of homes or minor … the threat of personal injury. The failure of a Hazard Class C dam may result in widespread or serious damage to … plan on file with DEC, including 153 of 505 (30%) Hazard Class B dams and five of 338 (1.5%) Hazard Class C dams. 456 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-better-dec-oversight-dams-recommended-prevent-failures-and-safeguard-communitiesDiNapoli: As NYC Budget Stabilizes, New Risks Emerge
… New York City increased its expectations for its surplus in fiscal year (FY) 2025 to $2.34 billion, largely as a result of stronger tax … P. DiNapoli. “Improved fiscal conditions have helped New York City shore up its finances and close a budget gap … New York City increased its expectations for its surplus in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-nyc-budget-stabilizes-new-risks-emergeDiNapoli: Federal Funding Uncertainty Jeopardizes Impact of Inflation Reduction Act for New Yorkers
… clean vehicles, energy efficiency retrofits of homes and commercial buildings, advanced manufacturing investment and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-federal-funding-uncertainty-jeopardizes-impact-inflation-reduction-act-new-yorkersDiNapoli: State Must Improve Management of Medical Equipment Stockpile After Spending Millions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… New York state bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of medical equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, … New York state bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of medical equipment at the onset of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-state-must-improve-management-medical-equipment-stockpile-after-spending-millions-duringThe Changing Face of Post-Pandemic New York City
… international migrants and declining shares of White and Black New Yorkers. From 2019 to 2021, the percentage of … of increases, but did so at varying rates. White and Black populations in the city fell 6.7% and 6.0% respectively …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/changing-face-post-pandemic-new-york-cityEnvironment, Energy and Agriculture – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… funding provided by the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. As of March 31, 2023, employment at DEC … 70 FTEs above levels as of March 31 in the previous year and 16 FTE positions below levels from March 31, 2012. … needs. Appropriations to the EPF have fluctuated over time and reached a high of $400 million in the Enacted Budget for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/environment-energy-and-agricultureState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… appropriated $2.4 million in fund balance as a financing source in the annual budgets for 2012-13 through 2015-16. … $1.1 million in the agency fund’s group health insurance account and $429,000 in excessive reserves over these years. … The board’s ability to monitor the budget and ensure that account codes are not overspent is compromised when it does …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… audits have been issued: City University of New York (CUNY): Medgar Evers College: Controls Over Bank Accounts … were unsupported. Higher Education Services Corporation: Tuition Assistance Program Wagner College (2015-T-3) Auditors … unallowable working capital interest and credit card late fees. State University of New York (SUNY): Compliance With …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsThousands of State Computers and Other IT Devices Unaccounted for or Stored With Lax Security
… and security was lax around the stockrooms where equipment holding potentially sensitive information was stored. ITS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/thousands-state-computers-and-other-it-devices-unaccounted-or-stored-lax-securityState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… to its return. In January 2024, the former supervisor was arrested for stealing town funds and pleaded guilty to grand … of village funds. In August 2023, the assistant clerk was arrested on charges of grand larceny and corrupting the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Codes, Rules and Regulations, program developments must open a bank account to deposit all rent receipts and other … is administering the State’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. A prior audit, issued in November 2022, found … deficiencies with DOL’s oversight and management of its UI system. During the pandemic, faced with the high demand …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Corp. (ECMCC): Employee Incentive and Bonus Payments (2018-F-06) An initial audit report, issued in January 2017 found … Renewal (HCR): Office of Rent Administration (2018-F-3) An initial report issued in December 2014 found the … an average time of 6.7 months just to assign an incoming complaint to an examiner, among other findings. In a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… unsupported systems used by RGRTA on 14 devices. State Education Department (SED): Children’s Unit for Treatment and … travel expenses. State Education Department (SED): Early Childhood Learning Center of Greene County: Compliance With …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits