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DiNapoli: Number of Domestic Violence Victims Rises in 2022
… Violence Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 … seeking help and receiving services as easy as possible for victims.” In both New York City and the rest of the … homicide victims, a rate nearly five times greater than for non-domestic homicides. Victims of domestic homicide were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-number-domestic-violence-victims-rises-2022State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… District officials did not properly monitor and account for the district’s fixed assets. Officials maintained … a periodic inventory count or an unannounced asset count for district departments. Williamsville Central School … it actually had operating surpluses totaling $40 million, for a difference totaling $78 million. Stamford Central …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… loss. Officials also did not establish written procedures for granting, verifying, changing and disabling network user … County) District officials did not properly account for and monitor all of the district’s fixed assets. Of the 80 … 64 assets totaling $549,117 were not properly accounted for. Testing identified: 34 fixed assets with a combined cost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… entered into a franchise agreement with a vendor to apply for the “.nyc” generic TLD (gTLD) and to operate, manage, … all rebate revenue that it invoiced to drug manufacturers for rebate-eligible prescription drug claims paid on behalf … of the Empire Plan, the primary health benefits plan for NYSHIP; therefore, Civil Service did not receive $453,029 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… whether OASAS has sufficient treatment programs available for those in need. Department of Health: Medicaid Claims … has not developed any quantifiable performance measures for the BRC contract and, as a result, has no basis for determining whether BRC’s outreach services are meeting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… did not provide a clear, consistent and equitable basis for billing property owners. In addition, certain charges … issue receipts or retain adequate evidence of receipt for tax payments collected or to establish tax payment dates. … Law Section 10.10(e). City of Long Beach – Payments for Unused Leave Accruals (Nassau County) The city approved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Better Oversight Needed at Homeless Shelters
… is failing to ensure a healthy living environment for those that need it most.” According to the U.S. … discrepancies between the list of facilities used for housing referrals by OTDA and local districts. OTDA was … referrals from local districts. OTDA administers programs for the state’s low-income residents and provides support to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-better-oversight-needed-homeless-sheltersState Agencies Bulletin No. 1869
… between an employee’s home address and New York City (NYC) taxation. Affected Employees Employees who are Active, … Without Pay and whose home address does not match their NYC taxation are affected. Background New York State … Control-D report has three sections: Home Address not NYC but Local Tax Data is NYC Resident Home Address not NYC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1869-new-control-d-report-employees-new-york-city-residency-tax-dataCuylerville Volunteer Fire Department – Financial Oversight (2025M-133)
… are paid on time, and funds are safeguarded and available for equipment, training and emergency responses. A lack of … totaled $177,922 and disbursements and withdrawals for startup 1 cash for fundraising events totaled $141,561. Audit Summary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2026/04/24/cuylerville-volunteer-fire-department-financial-oversightState Agencies Bulletin No. 1016.1
… and current addresses. The United States Postal Service (USPS) provides a service that compares the address file of … the USPS deems the organization to be Move-Update Certified and eligible for discount postal rates. … provide an address list from PayServ containing the home, mail and check address as recorded in PayServ to be matched …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/10161-maintaining-date-employee-addresses-payserv-systemDiNapoli: Audit of NYC's CityFHEPS Program Reveals Weak Oversight and Rising Costs
… at risk of homelessness avoid entering shelters and apply for rent subsidies, enabling them to remain in the community. … into a unit that had just been vacated by another tenant for habitability issues that had not been fixed. The audit … found landlords who continued to receive rent payments for uninhabitable apartments, increasing costs and forcing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/dinapoli-audit-nycs-cityfheps-program-reveals-weak-oversight-and-rising-costsNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli, CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost and NYC Comptroller Mark Levine Raise Alarm on Reports of Proposed SpaceX IPO Governance
… extreme governance structure within SpaceX’s confidential draft registration statement. While the registration …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/05/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-calpers-ceo-marcie-frost-and-nyc-comptroller-mark-levine-raiseState Agencies Bulletin No. 1939
… Duty Pay annual amount, and to provide instructions for increases not processed automatically. Affected Employees … agreement between New York State and NYSCOPBA, provides for a bi-weekly Security Services Hazardous Duty Pay payment for employees who have at least one year of service credit in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1939-october-2021-increase-hazardous-duty-pay-arbitration-eligible-bu01XIV.14.B Capital Assets – XIV. Special Procedures
… The major issues related to accounting for capital assets include the following: Criteria for recording general capital assets including infrastructure … infrastructure assets Depreciation and modified approach for infrastructure capital assets College and University …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14b-capital-assetsOpinion 96-21
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Beach Erosion Control Districts (increase or improvement of … of sand and the installation of a sand-filled geotube at a town-owned beach in a town beach erosion control …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21Opinion 93-28
… Assistance ("CHIPs") moneys appropriated by the town board for the repair and improvement of highways may be expended … a consolidated local highway assistance program ("CHIPs"), for the purpose of providing State-aid toward the … Subject to certain restrictions, CHIPs moneys may be used for the construction, reconstruction or improvement of local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28Opinion 91-44
… of a municipal officer and employee (see, e.g., 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-34, p 52). In particular, we have concluded … including health insurance coverage (see also 1978 Opns St Comp No. 78-621, unreported, 1972 Opns St Comp No. 72-897, … regard, we note that 4 NYCRR 73.1[c][1][ii], authorizes school board members to be covered under the State health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44VII.2.A Direct Journal Payment – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… A Direct Journal Payment is used to record payments received by an agency that … receipts. The process for creating a Direct Journal Payment starts with the agency entering the deposit and payment information in the ‘Regular Deposit’ navigation in … A Direct Journal Payment is used to record payments received by an agency that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii2a-direct-journal-paymentDiNapoli: Thruway Authority Needs Plan to Meet Future Costs
… Despite cost control efforts and increased state financial assistance, the New York State … The Comptroller recommended the authority develop and implement a long term capital plan given that its current … revenue structure may not be sufficient to cover ongoing and future capital needs. “The Thruway Authority should …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-thruway-authority-needs-plan-meet-future-costsXII.8.G Payment Methods – XII. Expenditures
… OVERVIEW AND POLICIES This section advises agencies on payment methods available in the Statewide Financial System (SFS). There are four available payment methods in the SFS: check, two-day Automated Clearing … Check and two-day ACH payments are the primary vendor payment methods in the SFS. Check payments are physical, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8g-payment-methods