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Comptroller DiNapoli: IDA-Issued Tax Breaks Continue to Climb
… in 2017, up more than 5 percent from 2016, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … between upstate and downstate regions in 2017, according to the most recent data submitted by the state’s 109 active … data so New Yorkers can examine if incentives given out to create and retain jobs in their communities are worth it.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ida-issued-tax-breaks-continue-climbDiNapoli: Billions Needed for Repairs to Local Bridges
… will need help. While the state has taken steps to make funds for repairs available, the assistance of the federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-billions-needed-repairs-local-bridgesDiNapoli: Safeway Supermarkets Commit to Sustainable Palm Oil
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that … of the company’s new policy, the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) has withdrawn its sustainable palm oil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-safeway-supermarkets-commit-sustainable-palm-oilMedicaid Program – Managed Care Payments to Unenrolled Providers
… whether Medicaid managed care organizations violated federal and State regulations by making payments to … members. The 21st Century Cures Act (Act) and additional federal guidance mandated that managed care in-network … Medicaid services. Additionally, DOH must verify that the federal government has not prohibited providers from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/06/04/medicaid-program-managed-care-payments-unenrolled-providersOpinion 92-1
… (mandatory nature of withdrawal provisions); (procedure for withdrawal upon deposit of appropriate securities); … withdrawn); (substitution of certificates of participation for); (types of securities which may be substituted for) … (d) what happens if the market value of the securities increases or decreases after withdrawal of the retainage?; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-1Opinion 90-54
… which provide for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO's) (see ERISA, §4[b] and IRC, §414[P][9]). QDRO's apply only to plans to which IRC, §401(a)(13) also … plans, governmental plans are not required to accept a QDRO. However, the New York Court of Appeals in Majauskas v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-54Opinion 2000-4
… (installment payments of) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (installment payment of termination pay) … prohibits municipalities from creating retirement systems after April 12, 1922. The primary purpose of section 113(a) … and the wages they would have earned had they continued working. The court stated that Retirement and Social Security …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-4Opinion 2006-5
… to mandatory referendum. Prior inconsistent opinions are hereby superseded. 4 July 25, 2006 Brian R. Haak, Esq., …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 92-3
… the engineer or undertake to approve the engineer's vouchers, as long as the loan is outstanding. You ask whether … or employee from directly or indirectly, soliciting any gift, or accepting or receiving any gift having a value of $75 or more, in the form of, inter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-3Opinion 91-26
… to prepare plans and designs for the construction of a new library building. You have informed us that both the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-26Opinion 2004-4
… independent contractor or employee. Therefore, we need not address whether the law partner is an employee of the school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-4Opinion 88-56
… Law, §802(1)(b) is applicable. This is in response to your letter asking whether a fire district commissioner … et seq .) contains the provisions of law which relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees. … has an interest in a contract solely by virtue of his or her status as an officer or employee of a private firm, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56Housing Trust Fund Corporation – Oversight of the Residential Emergency Services to Offer Home Repairs to the Elderly Program (Follow-Up)
… Community Renewal (HCR) consists of several of New York State’s major housing and community renewal agencies, … to just 36 LPAs to serve only 36 of the 62 counties in the State. Furthermore, there were significant delays from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/13/housing-trust-fund-corporation-oversight-residential-emergency-services-offer-home-repairsDiNapoli: Mobile Sports Betting Adds to State Revenue, But Calls to Problem Gambling Hotline Rise as Gaming Expansion Continues
… 2022-2023 and have continued to grow in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, according to a report by State … education purposes, they averaged just over one dollar of every eight state dollars spent on education over the past 12 … the effect of mobile sports betting, particularly on young people and the vulnerable. Gaming Expansion Continues The SFY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-mobile-sports-betting-adds-state-revenue-calls-problem-gambling-hotline-rise-gamingNYS Comptroller DiNapoli to President Biden on DOL Rule Veto
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli to President Biden on DOL Rule veto.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/press/pdf/comptroller-dinapoli-to-president-biden-on-dol-rule-veto.pdfSelected Programs to Assist Businesses in New York City (2022-N-1)
To determine whether the New York City Department of Small Business Services provided available services under the Energy Cost Savings Program and the Business Preparedness and Resiliency Program, and whether Small Business Advocates and Compliance Advisors provided services to assist businesses ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22n1.pdfTips and Tricks to Better Manage Your Work Using SFS
Presentation from 2019 Fall Conference
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/resources/pdf/fall-conference-2019-systems-presentation-4.pdfMedicaid Program - Inappropriate Payments Related to Procedure Modifiers (2016-S-63)
To determine whether Medicaid made inappropriate payments to providers that failed to use modifier codes properly.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2018-16s63.pdf2005 Legislative Update and Reporting to the Justice Court Fund
2005 Legislative Update and Reporting to the Justice Court Fund
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/required-reporting/pdf/103105.pdfLong Island Power Authority: Response to Hurricane Earl, December 2010
While LIPA appears to have adhered to established storm protocols in response to Hurricane Earl, opportunities exist to improve these policies and procedures.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/public-authorities-lipa-2010.pdf