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DiNapoli: Audit Shows Health Department Overpaid Certain Medicaid Managed Care Premiums
… state fiscal year 2014-15, in part, because of a flaw in how it calculated premiums, according to an audit released … the state fiscal year 201415 in part because of a flaw in how it calculated premiums according to an audit released …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-audit-shows-health-department-overpaid-certain-medicaid-managed-care-premiumsNY State Pension Fund and Church Commissioners for England Call for Exxon to Separate Board Chair and CEO Positions
… against all Exxon board directors at the company’s annual meeting this month. “A corporate board exists as oversight of … to support the shareholder proposal on the Annual General Meeting ballot proposing an independent chairman.” The … board chair proposal will be held at Exxon’s annual meeting on May 29, 2019. At the meeting, the Fund and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/ny-state-pension-fund-and-church-commissioners-england-call-exxon-separate-board-chair-and-ceoDiNapoli: January Tax Collections Fall Short
… State tax collections through the first 10 months of the state’s fiscal year rose 1 percent from last year to $58.9 billion, but were $367.3 million below the state’s latest estimates because of lower than expected … State tax collections through the first 10 months of the states fiscal year rose 1 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-january-tax-collections-fall-shortComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Rock Public Library District and the City of Utica. “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … of financial activities. As a result, the board is limited in its ability to monitor operations and ensure that … policy as required by law and no written procedures were in place to provide guidance to library staff when procuring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Failed to Get Its Money's Worth From Cost-Cutting Consultant
… fiscal problems were severe and it needed help. But it failed to monitor PMA's $34 million contracts and did not get what it paid for," DiNapoli said. "When my office is precluded from reviewing a contract, poor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-suny-downstate-failed-get-its-moneys-worth-cost-cutting-consultantDiNapoli Releases August Cash Report
… Total receipts through the first five months of the state fiscal year were $59.9 billion, $609 … “The state’s cash position has improved further in recent months, largely because of higher than projected revenues and … Personal income tax receipts through the first five months of the fiscal year were $19.1 billion, $52.7 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-releases-august-cash-reportOpinion 93-9
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … member of association to receive benefits); (use of money for scholarship program) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: The … moneys, or any interest earned thereon, to provide college scholarships to disabled or indigent volunteer firefighters …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-9Opinion 93-33
… -- Powers and Duties (publication of notice of annual meeting) EDUCATION LAW, §2004(1); PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; … may publish notice of the school district's annual meeting in the newspaper. A school district, however, may not … may publish notice of the school district's annual meeting in a publication which is entered as second-class …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33DiNapoli: Lockport Facing Severe Cash Flow Problems
… to repay the RAN when it matures in October 2014. That money cannot be used to fund current operations, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-lockport-facing-severe-cash-flow-problemsOpinion 89-34
… rescission of highway superintendent's appointment of deputy highway superintendent) SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- … laborers and the participation in such acts by the deputy highway superintendent. Following such inquiry, where … that the superintendent reconsider his appointment of the deputy. You ask whether a town board is authorized to make …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-34Opinion 89-6
… LAW, §190.60: A fine imposed following a conviction in Supreme Court, for a violation of section 190.60 of the Penal … and not the State. You ask whether a fine paid into the Supreme Court of a county following a conviction under … of fines imposed by a court of record, such as the Supreme Court, unless a special provision for the collection …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-6Opinion 91-49
… -- Discontinuance of (county conveyance to other than owners of abutting lands) COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties … convey title to abandoned county highway property only to owners of property abutting such highway. You ask whether a … Comp, 1964, p 269, relative to possible claims by abutting owners injured by a discontinuance of a public street). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 90-62
… inability to perform duties) PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §§30, 36; TOWN LAW, §32: An elected town superintendent of highways … is removed from office pursuant to Public Officers Law, §36, or a vacancy in the office is created under Public … of the superintendent to act). Public Officers Law, §36 provides statutory procedures for removal of a town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Audit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s (NFTA) assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear how the … P. DiNapoli. “NFTA has many capital needs, some of which are not being met,” DiNapoli said. “In light of NFTA’s … be completed before the authority’s most pressing needs are met. Additionally, auditors found management does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningOpinion 94-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … may monitor compliance with the employment restriction of section 207-a(6) by requiring disabled firefighters to … firefighters receiving payments pursuant to section 207a2 of the General Municipal Law to certify periodically that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-13State Agencies Bulletin No. 2021.1
… This bulletin is superseded by Payroll Bulletin No. 2021.2 . Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information and processing instructions regarding the implementation of a … The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information and processing instructions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/20211-pilot-program-establishing-temporary-overtime-rate-employees-certainDiNapoli: NYC Transportation and Warehousing Sector Fares Better Than Other Sectors in Recovery Amid Shift to E-Commerce
… impacted by the pandemic. For-hire trips, including taxi rides, dropped by 84% in April 2020. According to the Taxi …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-nyc-transportation-and-warehousing-sector-fares-better-other-sectors-recovery-amid-shift-eXII.8.C Payment Intercepts – XII. Expenditures
… State Comptroller (OSC) has the ability to offset payments received from the Business Unit and offset a portion of that payment to another entity. This section provides Business … Units with guidance on how to request OSC to intercept a payment from a Business Unit and divert it to another entity. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8c-payment-interceptsDiNapoli: Former State Employee Arrested for Falsely Claiming She Never Received $4K Loan Check from New York State and Local Retirement System
… received a $4,055 loan check to get a replacement check in the same amount. Both checks were then cashed separately. … a request to NYSLRS for a loan against her pension in the amount of $4,055. After she received the check, Brady … loan check and Brady was sent a new one, which she cashed. In the meantime, the third party had deposited the original …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-former-state-employee-arrested-falsely-claiming-she-never-received-4k-loan-check-new-yorkDiNapoli: Former Mechanics at State Police Garage Charged With Public Corruption and Grand Larceny
… Acting Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen announced the arrests of former state police mechanics Jeffrey Rapasadi and David Relyea in the theft of nearly $30,000 in auto parts and supplies from the state. … on this case.” Rapasadi, 57, and Relyea, 64, both of Canastota, were non-sworn civilian employees responsible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-former-mechanics-state-police-garage-charged-public-corruption-and-grand-larceny