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Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Follow-Up) (2017-F-11)
To determine the implementation status of the eight recommendations in our initial audit report, Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Report 2013-S-1) ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2017-17f11.pdfLocal Sales Tax Collections Decline by 10 Percent in 2020, With Major Shifts in Consumer Spending
New York State local sales tax collections declined by 10 percent (or $1.8 billion) in 2020 compared to 2019, due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-tax-collections-decline-by-10-percent-in-2020.pdfDiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ . The easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsDiNapoli and Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea in $110,000 Health Contract Theft
… and Executive Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice Kelly Donovan. The prosecutors were assisted by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-and-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-110000-health-contract-theftComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Conviction in $130,000 Pension Theft
… Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class C felony. On October 12, 2016, Eydeler admitted to stealing pension … his mother, Dorothy Eydeler, a retired nurse who died in October of 1998. Today, he was sentenced to a five-year term … for his mother and writing checks to himself every month for over a decade. Eydeler altered his scheme to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-130000-pension-theftDiNapoli: Former Hempstead School District Official Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud
… Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI) and Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Nassau … themselves will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue. Mr. Donoghue … Long Island Criminal Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Charles P. Kelly and Madeline O’Connor and Special …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-former-hempstead-school-district-official-pleads-guilty-credit-card-fraudDiNapoli: Needles, Birth Control Go Missing From NYC School Health Centers
… (DOH) found that medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies were unaccounted for at its School-Based … inventories of medications and potentially hazardous medical supplies at School-Based Health Centers,” DiNapoli … said. “We found too many instances of medication and medical supplies that were missing and that has to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-needles-birth-control-go-missing-nyc-school-health-centersComptroller DiNapoli's Office Releases State Revenue Forecast
… and Policy Analysis, providing a state budget revenue forecast, as required by state law. Read the letter: … and Policy Analysis providing a state budget revenue forecast as required by state law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/comptroller-dinapolis-office-releases-state-revenue-forecastOpinion 88-31
… issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Refund (refund by county treasurer of 2% cash bail fee) COUNTY TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (refund of 2% cash bail fee) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-m: A county treasurer is not required to refund the fee prescribed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-31DiNapoli: Archer Daniels Midland Co. Agrees to Shareholders' Request For 'No Deforestation' Policy
… that are certified free of any link to deforestation, a leading cause of climate change. As a result of the … the very ecosystems that agriculture depends on, and is a short-term business model that poses long-term threats … standards. The companies are expected to explain what steps they are taking above and beyond the benchmarks …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-archer-daniels-midland-co-agrees-shareholders-request-no-deforestation-policyAudit Faults Justice Center Records, Raises Questions on Accountability
… The Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs left three … to records and only permitted review of closed cases for abuse and neglect allegations in which charges had been … its records to Disability Rights New York (DRNY), the not-for-profit group designated by federal and state law for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/audit-faults-justice-center-records-raises-questions-accountabilityMonsey Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2020M-62-F)
… 1 During our audit, and at the time of the audit report’s release, the AFR was known as the Annual Update Document, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/12/31/monsey-fire-district-audit-follow-2020m-62-fIncorrect Payments by CVS Caremark for Medicare Rx Drug Claims That Were Improperly Paid Under the Commercial Plan (Follow-up)
… audit report, Incorrect Payments by CVS Caremark for Medicare Rx Drug Claims That Were Improperly Paid Under the Commercial Plan (Report 2022-S-24 ). About the Program The New York … for members and their dependents who do not qualify for Medicare, and the Empire Plan Medicare Rx drug plan (Medicare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/incorrect-payments-cvs-caremark-medicare-rx-drug-claims-were-improperly-paid-underOpinion 90-39
… issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Imposition of (by town on behalf of fire district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Taxes … Duties (imposition of special tax or user fee on behalf of a fire district) TOWN LAW, §181(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … but may be implied from the nature of the subject matter being regulated and the purpose and scope of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-39Federal Funding and New York – Federal Funding and New York
… and how it supports services in the State of New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-nySection 8 Housing Choice Vouchers – Federal Funding and New York
… income. In New York City, this includes all of HUD’s NY Metro Fair Market Rent Area, which encompasses the five … Rockland and Westchester counties. For 2024, the NY Metro income limit for a family of four was $77,650. Public … HUD considers extremely low-income (ELI). For 2024, the NY Metro ELI limit for a family of four was $46,600. Some HCV …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/section-8-housing-choice-vouchersHenrietta FD – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-27-F)
… real property taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close projected budget gaps. As a result, more real property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/04/04/henrietta-fd-audit-follow-2021m-27-fDiNapoli: Improved Guidance Needed for State Agencies Using AI To Avoid Risks
… New York state’s centralized guidance and oversight of agencies’ use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is inadequate and creates a risk that the technology could be used … New York states centralized guidance and oversight of agencies use of Artificial Intelligence AI …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-improved-guidance-needed-state-agencies-using-ai-avoid-risksMontauk Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2024M-117-F)
… report – pdf] [read complete 2024 report – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to assess the Montauk Fire District’s (District) progress, as of October 2025, in implementing our recommendations in the … The purpose of our review was to assess the Montauk Fire Districts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/12/31/montauk-fire-district-audit-follow-2024m-117-fOpinion 93-17
… of Education of West Islip Union Free School District, et al. v New York State Teachers' Retirement System, et al. , Supreme Court, Albany Co., RJI No. 019028049, May 26, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-17