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IX.6.D HHS Payment Management System – IX. Federal Grants
… day via the ACH system. Rejected requests are deleted from the federal draw system. For rejected requests, OSC BSAO … yet disbursed. Failure to submit the report within thirty days following the end of the quarter will result in the … is filed. For HHS Grant Recipients Only: Effective 4/1/2022, HHS grant recipients are no longer required to submit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix6d-hhs-payment-management-systemOlean Firefighter Charged With Stealing Over $116,000 From City's Fire Department
… Gaylor Jr., 41, of Olean, was charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, two counts of Forgery in the Second … Official Misconduct in Cattaraugus Court. Gaylor Jr. is accused of paying his personal credit card bills directly … department’s account and writing unauthorized checks to himself. Gaylor Jr. allegedly used more than $50,000 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/olean-firefighter-charged-stealing-over-116000-citys-fire-departmentState Comptroller DiNapoli Announces New Cybersecurity Training Webinars for Local Governments
… webinar series are also available on the Comptroller’s website, as are several other webinars and a wide variety of … issues. Track state and local government spending at Open Book New York . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-announces-new-cybersecurity-training-webinars-local-governmentsDiNapoli: Medicaid Billing Errors Cost State More Than $1.5 Billion
… of 65,961 recipients who had multiple identification numbers in the eMedNY system. In a follow-up report released … Since the 2019 audit, auditors identified another $14.3 million in managed care premium payments for 14,293 potentially inappropriate identification numbers for the period July 1, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2020. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-medicaid-billing-errors-cost-state-more-15-billionDiNapoli: Perry Ambulance Service Manager Charged With Embezzlement
… ambulance funds to pay her personal utility bills, Direct TV Service and her husband’s membership to the New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/dinapoli-perry-ambulance-service-manager-charged-embezzlementCrown Point Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2024M-29-F)
… Point Fire District’s (District) progress, as of October 2025, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report … Crown Point Fire Districts District progress as of October 2025 in implementing our recommendations in the audit report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/01/09/crown-point-fire-district-audit-follow-2024m-29-fUpper Jay Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2023M-24-F)
… reports. The Treasurer also served as the District's Secretary during our audit period. The Secretary is responsible for recording the proceedings of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/01/16/upper-jay-fire-district-audit-follow-2023m-24-fNewark Valley Fire District – Audit Follow-Up (2020M-30-F)
… Fire District’s (District) progress, as of September 2025, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report … Valley Fire Districts District progress as of September 2025 in implementing our recommendations in the audit report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/11/07/newark-valley-fire-district-audit-follow-2020m-30-fMiddlesex Fire District – Fiscal Transparency (2025M-130)
… (OSC)? Audit Period January 1, 2019 – October 24, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area The monthly and annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/03/13/middlesex-fire-district-fiscal-transparency-2025m-130Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… . Caledonia-Mumford Central School District – Online Banking (Genesee County) Although the district’s … that it has a written online banking agreement with its bank, district officials told us they do not have an … to foster competition. Heuvelton Central School District – Payroll (St. Lawrence County) Auditors reviewed payroll …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsDiNapoli: Brooklyn Leads NYC’s Economic Recovery
… signs of recovery that outpace the rest of New York City and point to a strong rebound for the city’s most populous … “The pandemic halted Brooklyn’s booming economy in 2020 and exacerbated some existing inequities,” DiNapoli said. “As … issues, like housing affordability, child poverty and food insecurity.” “New York City is coming back, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-brooklyn-leads-nycs-economic-recoveryDiNapoli: Thruway Authority Owed More Than $275 Million in Unpaid Tolls and Fees
… The state’s Thruway Authority has to do a better job of identifying, billing, and collecting tolls and related fees, including $276.3 million it has a … of tolls and fees,” DiNapoli said. “Based on the Authority’s response, I’m hopeful action will be taken to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-thruway-authority-owed-more-275-million-unpaid-tolls-and-feesDiNapoli Report Looks at New York's Social Insurance Programs for Unemployed and Injured Workers
… reviews the benefit amounts, limits, and wage replacement rate of these programs and how they compare with peer states. … can be challenging, and is influenced by the benefit rate, the maximum benefit or cap on benefits, and the wages … to those of peer states. It shows that New York’s benefit rate for these programs are mostly in-line with other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-report-looks-new-yorks-social-insurance-programs-unemployed-and-injured-workersComptroller DiNapoli Statement on Rosh Hashanah
… to wish all of my friends in the Jewish community a happy, peaceful, prosperous and healthy New Year. L'Shana Tovah!” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/comptroller-dinapoli-statement-rosh-hashanahState Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Superstorm Sandy Anniversary
… are relying on state government to provide resources. I hope that the new laws recommended by my office are helping communities pay storm expenses. Whether … by the state, my office will continue to assist so that we can rebuild our state and make sure the money is spent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-superstorm-sandy-anniversaryOpinion 2005-7
… provisions of section 99-t of the General Municipal Law, for the collection, either by payment in person or payment by … reduce the water supply so that it will be insufficient for the district or its inhabitants and all required … Law §99-t provides the necessary express authority for municipal corporations to contract with one or more banks …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-7Opinion 88-78
… we note that Village Law, §8-800, as amended by L 1985, ch 810, provides that the village board may establish a … In addition, Civil Service Law, §58(1-c), added by L 1985, ch 840, provides that, notwithstanding other general, special … and had not established the office of chief (L 1985, ch 810, §2; L 1985, ch 840, §2). Since we are not informed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-78Opinion 88-7
… (need to use debt service appropriation where surplus bond proceeds available) TOWN LAW, §112(1); GENERAL MUNICIPAL … LAW, §9; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §165.00: Where surplus bond proceeds are available to pay debt service for purposes … of this Office. That opinion concluded that, where surplus bond proceeds are available to pay debt service on bonds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7Opinion 93-21
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (procedures for sale of) REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for to sell fire truck … district) PERSONAL PROPERTY -- Disposition (procedures for sale of unneeded truck by fire district) TOWN LAW, §176(23): … determination that a negotiated, rather than a public, sale of an unneeded pumper truck will yield the best price or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21Opinion 98-7
… three chiefs' cars. The fund would be used to replace one car every two years for an indefinite period of time. At the time of replacement, each car would have been in service for about six years. You also … that such apparatus and equipment includes a chief's car (see 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-299, unreported; see also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-7