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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Rock Public Library District and the City of Utica. “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) regular permitted thresholds and as a result, DEC issued … that were remitted. Shelter Rock Public Library District – Bank Reconciliations (Nassau County) Library officials have …
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
… Thomas P. DiNapoli questions whether $74 million in savings even happened. A prior DiNapoli audit released in … contract failed to clearly define how PMA would measure savings or delineate its responsibilities, nor did it include … more than $74 million of the $85 million in purported savings reviewed. The flawed methodologies and magnitude of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-suny-downstate-failed-get-its-moneys-worth-cost-cutting-consultantDiNapoli: January Tax Collections Fall Short
… $58.9 billion, but were $367.3 million below the state’s latest estimates because of lower than expected Personal … collections from PIT were $467.6 million below the state’s latest Financial Plan projections but $301.4 million higher … of 1.9 percent from last year, and $59.5 million above the latest projections. Total tax collections through January …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-january-tax-collections-fall-shortDiNapoli Releases August Cash Report
… Total receipts through the first five months of the state fiscal year were $59.9 billion, $609 million higher than the state Division of the Budget’s August projections, according … Total receipts through the first five months of the state fiscal year were $599 billion $609 million higher than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-releases-august-cash-reportDiNapoli: Audit Shows Health Department Overpaid Certain Medicaid Managed Care Premiums
… overpaid managed care organizations nearly $19 million for the state fiscal year 2014-15, in part, because of a flaw in how it calculated premiums, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … DOH overpaid managed care organizations nearly $19 million for the state fiscal year 201415 in part because of a flaw in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-audit-shows-health-department-overpaid-certain-medicaid-managed-care-premiumsDiNapoli: OCFS Should Improve Foster Care Placement Oversight
… could not show that caseworkers contacted children in foster care within the first 30 days of their placement and lacked documentation proving children were placed in foster homes that met program certifications, according to an … frequent contact with children, their parents and their foster parents. While the demands on the agency are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-ocfs-should-improve-foster-care-placement-oversightOpinion 88-24
… in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Interest in Contract (reimbursement to board member for expenses incurred … expenses incurred in maintaining a private pond on their land used as part of the town's recreation program, where … company repaired a town heating system and billed the town only for less than the cost of parts for the repairs, but not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24DiNapoli: Troy Housing Authority IT Worker Arrested for Secretly Running Private Business on Housing Authority Time
… with our law enforcement partners to ensure that public funds are protected and those who abuse the public trust are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-troy-housing-authority-it-worker-arrested-secretly-running-private-business-housingAudit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear how the authority prioritizes capital improvements, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller … there were no supporting documents to indicate how projects met strategic goals and objectives. Also, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningOpinion 90-62
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … official physically unable to perform the duties of office) SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Removal (physical … who is physically unable to perform the duties of his office is entitled to continue in office and receive his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 94-13
… for engaging in prohibited employment) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-a(6): Subject to any applicable collective … pursuant to section 207-a(2) of the General Municipal Law to certify periodically that they are not engaged in any … section 207-a. Section 207-a(1) of the General Municipal Law requires a city (other than New York City), town, village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-13Opinion 89-6
… state who is to be the ultimate recipient of those funds. In Goodman v State , 31 NY2d 381, 340 NYS2d 393, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-6Opinion 89-34
… -- Powers and Duties (authority to investigate misuse of highway equipment and discipline highway department employees); (authority to direct rescission of highway superintendent's appointment of deputy highway … is authorized to make inquiry into the activities of town highway department laborers suspected of using town vehicles …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-34Opinion 91-49
… highway property) COUNTY LAW, §215; HIGHWAY LAW, §§118-a, 131-b: A county may convey an abandoned county highway by … advised us that the county owns fee simple title to the road bed. Highway Law, §131-b(1) provides that a county legislative body "may, when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 93-9
… or burdensome, so that some ease is obtained'" ( In re McCormick's Estate , 169 Misc 672, 675, 8 NYS2d 179, 1983, …
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
… budgets that only spend what the city takes in.” A cash-flow analysis prepared by DiNapoli’s auditors found not only … will soon run out of cash, but that the city’s cash-flow deficiency will grow to nearly $4.6 million by Dec. 31. … accurate accounting records or prepare an adequate cash-flow analysis. The city’s audited financial statements for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-lockport-facing-severe-cash-flow-problemsDiNapoli Releases April State Cash Report
… New York state collected $8.2 billion in taxes during the … from April 2015, according to the monthly state cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. … slowing in the first quarter of the year," DiNapoli said. "New developments in the coming months and their impact on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapoli-releases-april-state-cash-reportDiNapoli: Former Utica City School District Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Public Corruption
… public corruption for using taxpayer funds to help support a political campaign relating to the 2021 Utica City School … related fundraiser. As part of the plea agreement, he will serve five years of probation, pay restitution of … District Attorney’s Office, for their hard work in putting an end to this dishonest act.” Karam and a co-defendant, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-former-utica-city-school-district-superintendent-pleads-guilty-public-corruptionDiNapoli: Former Throop Supervisor Pays Full Restitution After Pleading Guilty to Felony for Stealing $11,000 from Town
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Attorney General Letitia James, and the New York State Police announced today. William … personal gain,” DiNapoli said. “I thank Attorney General James and the New York State Police for their work in … interest, not using their office to enrich themselves,” James said. “William Tarby exploited his position to steal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-former-throop-supervisor-pays-full-restitution-after-pleading-guilty-felony-stealing-11000