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DiNapoli: Funds Dedicated for Highway & Bridge Capital Projects Continue to be Diverted for Operating and Debt Costs
… and shrinking debt capacity, according to a report issued today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. … good repair. Now, more than three-quarters of this money is siphoned off to pay for borrowing and operating costs of … in the last fiscal year, including the costs of snow and ice removal by the Department of Transportation and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-funds-dedicated-highway-bridge-capital-projects-continue-be-diverted-operating-and-debtOpinion 94-10
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (human rights … of a joint commission, although article 12-D is silent in this regard, it must be read together with article 5-G of … or more villages within or outside the town could agree to form a joint townwide-village commission on human rights. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-10Opinion 91-18
… serving as his or her bookkeeper or confidential secretary) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(3); TOWN LAW, §29(15): … if the supervisor's spouse were appointed confidential secretary or bookkeeper. The town's code of ethics, however, … of the town board on matters relating to the confidential secretary or bookkeeper. You ask whether it is still the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-18Opinion 94-18
… or for nominal consideration. You ask whether it is necessary for the members of a village volunteer fire … no further action by members of the fire companies is necessary to establish a separately incorporated fire … an exempt volunteer firefighters' benevolent association is a private not-for-profit corporation, a village may not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18State Agencies Bulletin No. 414
… Purpose To explain the new certification process resulting from the Payroll System upgrade. Affected Employees Employees who require certification or recertification by the Office of Court … into the payroll system each payroll period, require certification by OCA before paychecks for the affected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/414-employee-certification-process-unified-court-system-ucsDiNapoli: Georgia Woman Allegedly Stole Over $450K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan K. Buchanan and the Inspector General for the … Administration Gail S. Ennis today announced the arrest of a Georgia resident, Sandra Smith, for allegedly stealing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-georgia-woman-allegedly-stole-over-450k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsOversight and Monitoring of the Public Housing Modernization Program at the New York City Housing Authority
… Purpose The objective of this audit was to assess the Division of Housing and Community Renewal’s oversight and monitoring of certain New York City Housing Authority projects funded … The objective of this audit was to assess the Division of Housing and Community Renewals oversight and monitoring of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/26/oversight-and-monitoring-public-housing-modernization-program-new-york-city-housingState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… performance. The 2024-25 tentative budget includes sewer meter rents revenue of $1.6 million, Orange County sales tax revenue of $1.2 million, and water meter rents revenue of $1.1 million, but auditors were unable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli: Surge in Tourism Bolsters NYC Hotel Industry
… 696 hotels in New York City in 2015. Of these, two-thirds (460) were located in Manhattan. The number of hotels in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-surge-tourism-bolsters-nyc-hotel-industryDiNapoli Report Examines State School Aid Trends
… school districts has increased $6 billion to $23.3 billion in 2015-16, according to a report issued today by State … P. DiNapoli which examined school aid patterns and trends in New York. “School aid is the largest single state-funded … and the public additional information on education funding in New York.” Over the past decade, school aid has averaged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-report-examines-state-school-aid-trendsDiNapoli: Emergency Rental Assistance Program Rebounds After Slow Start
… at the onset of the program, were made that alleviated many of the administrative and application problems hampering it, but renters living in … costs. Officials must continue to prioritize keeping people in their homes and avoiding evictions as New York City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-emergency-rental-assistance-program-rebounds-after-slow-startState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0XII.5.B Unique Invoice Number Requirements – XII. Expenditures
… and applying a consistent method to use unique invoice numbers and may need to contact their vendors to agree to an … include only one invoice on a voucher. Combining invoice numbers in the Invoice Number field on a voucher may cause … payments. Vendors may not be able to reconcile the invoice numbers and payments on e-Supplier with invoice numbers, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5b-unique-invoice-number-requirementsNew York's Prison Population Continues Decline, But Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… The state’s prison population declined by half from March 2008 to March … in March 2021. As a percentage of the state’s shrinking prison population, however, the older population has doubled. … March 2021. Thirteen years earlier, just 12% of the then prison population of 62,597 were 50 and over. The share who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/new-yorks-prison-population-continues-decline-share-older-adults-keeps-risingState Agencies Bulletin No. 1892
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the updated IRS (Internal Revenue … of federal income tax on the wages of nonresident alien (NRA) employees is subject to an additional withholding amount … was first paid wages before 2020 and has not submitted a new Form W-4 for 2020 or later. If the NRA employee was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1892-summary-tax-related-changes-2021DiNapoli, James and Garnett Announce Sentencing in Straw Donation Scheme
… Ivette Morales under the supervision of Inspector General Andrew Sein, Deputy Commissioner/Chief of Investigations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-james-and-garnett-announce-sentencing-straw-donation-schemeIX.8.A Accounting for Federal Refunds – IX. Federal Grants
… U.S. Treasury. If an agency uses an electronic system to draw funds, the refund should be processed within that draw system if the account is still open on the draw system. Otherwise refunds should be prepared and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix8a-accounting-federal-refundsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… operations without providing independent oversight. City of Long Beach – Budget Review (Nassau County) … in the proposed budget are reasonable. Although the city appears to have budgeted sufficiently for termination … County – Sale of Estate Real Property The Office of Public Administrator (PA) guidelines regarding the sale of estate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli Releases Annual IDA Report
… 2021, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s annual report . “IDAs were created to help grow local … IDAs (0.2%). DiNapoli’s report summarizes the most recent annual data, which is self-reported by IDAs through the … encouraging improvements in IDA procedures and reporting. Annual Report Performance of Industrial Development …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-releases-annual-ida-reportState Ends 2015-16 Fiscal Year with Strong Cash Position Largely From Temporary Resources
… for the year, my office will be looking closely at this April’s results to see how the new fiscal year starts … Fund to the newly created Dedicated Infrastructure and Investment Fund, only $857 million was actually moved, which … than initial projections and $522.2 million below the latest projections released in February. State spending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/state-ends-2015-16-fiscal-year-strong-cash-position-largely-temporary-resources