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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… to students receiving special education services from 2022-23 through 2023-24. These findings occurred because … salaries and wages accurately during the period July 1, 2022 through Oct. 10, 2024. Auditors reviewed 35 employees’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsManagement of the Student-School Matching Algorithm
… Our audit focused on high school admissions. MySchools is also used to apply to 3K, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, … to school programs. NYCPS’ Office of Student Enrollment is responsible for implementing and overseeing admissions … (e.g., lottery number) and priority. Every student who is not tentatively matched is considered for their next …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/24/management-student-school-matching-algorithmDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2015
… for all state agencies and certain contracts for state public authorities and audits all state payments. This … contract amendment with ValueOptions Inc. for mental health and substance abuse services for state and local … for outside counsel related to sexual harassment policy development and investigations. $3,000 to Roemer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2015DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for August 2015
… his office approved 1,821 contracts valued at $1.9 billion and approved 1.7 million payments worth $8.5 billion in August. His office also rejected 191 contracts and related transactions valued at $713 million and nearly 1,600 payments valued at $61.6 million due to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-august-2015Opinion 2001-13
… a fee to certain users of town highways) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Toll Collection Provisions (authority … LAW §10; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE IX, §2; VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW §§1600, 1604: Absent a State statute providing … 577 NYS2d 215). Sections 1600 and 1604 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law contain restrictions on the authority of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-13DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for February 2017
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his … office approved 1,558 contracts valued at $4.44 billion and approved nearly 4 million payments worth more than $10.5 … than 4,100 payments valued at nearly $20.4 million. As the state's chief financial officer, DiNapoli's office reviews …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-february-2017DiNapoli: Lack of Oversight Hinders Home Meal Delivery Program for Vulnerable Seniors
… monitor the vendors it hires to make and deliver the meals is a particular concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, which … their own meals. The city’s Department for the Aging is responsible for helping to ensure their well-being, but … organizations and paying them for each meal that is delivered successfully. Food Safety and Nutrition DFTA …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-lack-oversight-hinders-home-meal-delivery-program-vulnerable-seniorsOpinion 2010-2
… Union Free School District , 125 AD2d 534, 509 NYS2d 612, appeal denied 69 NY2d 613, 517 NYS2d 1028; Matter of New City … 3d 1030A, 801 NYS2d 236, affd 19 AD3d 284, 799 NYS2d 186, appeal dismissed 5 NY3d 878, 808 NYS2d 138). The method of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-2NY ABLE Program Helps New Yorkers With Disabilities and Their Families Cover Costs
… individuals, family members or friends, but are not tax-deductible. The annual contribution is capped at $14,000 … Earnings and distributions from NY ABLE accounts are tax free provided the funds are used for qualified disability … may be subject to federal and state and local income tax and a 10% federal penalty tax. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/ny-able-program-helps-new-yorkers-disabilities-and-their-families-cover-costsDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2017
… for working capital for the Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration (INDEX) at the Nanotech Complex in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2017DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2016
… million to identify and collect out-of-state abandoned property including $5 million to Versus Financial LLC, $5 … LTD for language services. Major Payments Approved Tax Refunds $255.3 million for 167,000 personal income tax … 42,000 corporate and other refunds. $2.7 million for 8,000 property tax freeze credits. Department of Agriculture and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2016DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for September 2016
… Safety Campaign. $727,000 to The Pike Co. to renovate the bridge over Brown’s Raceway and Genesee River in the City of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-september-2016Opinion 99-14
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … competitive bidding under General Municipal Law, §103 if it involves a direct or indirect expenditure in excess of … of New City Jewish Center v Flagg , 111 AD2d 814, 490 NYS 560, affd 66 NY2d 980, 499 NYS2d 395; Davis v Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-14Opinion 2003-4
… for public roads) TOWN LAW §176(4-a), (9): A fire district is not authorized to purchase holiday decorations for public … that no claim may be presented, audited or paid unless it is either verified under oath or certified, to be true and … v City of Long Beach , 286 NY 382 at p 388). 2 Further, it is also well established that when the Legislature prescribes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-4Opinion 90-37
… section does not require either a public hearing or public sale for the sale of unneeded village real property. A village may not accept the lower of two offers for the sale of village real property based upon a determination that … Whether the village may sell the property at private sale and if so whether it is required to accept the higher of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-37Opinion 92-56
… CHAPTER 791; TOWN LAW, §§27, 116: A town whose town board is authorized by special act to appoint a town manager "upon … of duties, may be reimbursed by the town. There is no provision therein for the payment of a flat monthly fee … its officers and employees if the additional compensation is authorized by State statute or by a duly enacted local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56Opinion 97-25
… for services to be rendered in relation to any matter before any municipal agency of which he is an officer, … to receive compensation for services in relation to any matter before the municipal agency for which he or she serves … the agency, even if the services are rendered before the matter is formally submitted to the agency ( id .). Section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Opinion 92-28
… district and a city school district public library in connection with moneys for the support of the library: 1. Is … district and a city school district public library in connection with moneys for the support of the library …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-28DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for March 2016
… valued at $18 billion and approved more than 4.3 million payments worth more than $21.7 billion in March. His office … transactions valued at $1.15 billion and more than 9,400 payments valued at more than $17.8 million due to fraud, … at $25.8 billion and approved more than 10.5 million payments worth nearly $42.3 billion. His office has also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-march-2016Opinion 88-15
… MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801: A village trustee who is also the comptroller of an insurance company would have a … from that company. A school district attorney who is also comptroller of an insurance company would have a … or duties listed in General Municipal Law, §801. This is in reply to your letter, written in your capacities as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15