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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Local Government Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli announced the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-local-government-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Visits Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center
… Night of the Broken Glass”) to the Center’s library. The book, titled “Pogrom Night 1938,” was presented on behalf of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-visits-holocaust-memorial-and-tolerance-centerIntroduction – Federal Funding and New York
… for everything from paving the highways they drive on to work to bolstering the schools their children attend to helping to put food on their tables. Understanding how New … budget resolutions passed by the 119th Congress will lead to a dramatic restructuring of the federalstate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/introductionGrahamsville Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-117)
… However, the District has not formally established reserve funds. Key Recommendations Develop accurate budgets that … that benefits District taxpayers. Ensure that reserve funds are established, funded and used in accordance with all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/08/09/grahamsville-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsOrchard Park Central School District - Financial Management and Payroll (2018M-89)
… 2014-15 to 2017-18. Three teachers were paid stipends at rates not established by a collective bargaining agreement … necessary and reasonable. Ensure that all payments, pay rates and stipends are paid at rates established by a CBA, employment contract or Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/08/17/orchard-park-central-school-district-financial-management-and-payrollMechanicville City School District – Financial Condition (2017M-93)
… in the City of Mechanicville and part of the Towns of Stillwater and Halfmoon in Saratoga County and the Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/09/29/mechanicville-city-school-district-financial-condition-2017m-93Internal Control
… Laws, Rules & Regulations Internal Control Act Standards for Internal Control in New York State Government (Current) / Standards for Internal Control in New York State Government (2007) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/guidance/internal-controlSeized Assets Program (Follow-Up)
… or other items that are suspected of being used to conduct criminal activity, are the proceeds from a criminal activity, or were purchased with the proceeds of a criminal activity. As of October 2017, the Division was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/11/28/seized-assets-program-followMount Vernon City School District – Purchasing and Claims Auditing (2017M-198)
… period July 1, 2015 through April 3, 2017. Background The Mount Vernon City School District is located in the City of Mount Vernon in Westchester County. The District had … Mount Vernon City School District Purchasing and Claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/02/23/mount-vernon-city-school-district-purchasing-and-claims-auditing-2017mBohemia Fire District – Purchasing and Employee Overtime Costs (2017M-158)
… the District’s purchasing procedures and employee overtime for the period January 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. … five-member Board of Fire Commissioners. Expenditures for 2016 totaled approximately $3 million. Key Findings … appointed specific vendors to provide goods and services for the year, without obtaining competition. District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/11/03/bohemia-fire-district-purchasing-and-employee-overtime-costs-2017m-158Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-195
… of the State Comptroller, beginning in calendar year 2005, the statutory salary of judges is paid in twenty-six … do not receive a payment in the last paycheck of December. Since January 1, 2014 is a holiday and paychecks will be dated Tuesday, December 31, 2013, calendar year 2013 is the first year that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-195-end-calendar-year-2013-processing-judgesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1617
… of the process for handling the late submission of Form AC230 (Report of Check Return for Refund or Exchange) and the impact on the employee’s 2017 Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) and agency appropriations. … 5, 2018 (Admin) will be reflected in the employee’s 2017 Form W-2 and the agency appropriation will be refunded in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1617-processing-2017-salary-refunds-received-osc-after-december-29-2017-instOpinion 98 - 19
… would have been required to be subject to a supermajority vote (see Local Finance Law, §33.00), a mandatory or … for equipment, machinery or apparatus is "subject to such vote, referendum or such referendum and vote, as the case may be, in the same manner as provided for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-19Opinion 92-55
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … 11-1120, 11-1122: A village may not contract to provide, at the expense of the private owners, a village employee to … whether the village may enter into a contract to provide, at the expense of the private owners, a village employee to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-55Opinion 92-4
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (supervised … fitness training for firefighters) TOWN LAW, §176(10): A fire district may pay for supervised physical fitness … functions, the nature of the supervision is such that the fire district has reasonable assurance that it is realizing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 92-21
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. FEES -- Justice Courts (mass dismissal of cases - entitlement to fees under General Municipal Law, … Whether towns and villages are entitled to the payment of fees pursuant to section 99l of the General Municipal Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-21Opinion 2002-10
… and cultural properties under their jurisdiction in a spirit of stewardship and trusteeship for future …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-10
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CEMETERIES -- Privately-owned cemetery … Law (§119-aa et seq .) relates to historic preservation in local governments. This article establishes a "framework … … historic and cultural properties under their jurisdiction in a spirit of stewardship and trusteeship for future …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Felony Conviction of Woman Who Stole over $290,000 in Deceased Mother's Benefits from the Buffalo Firemen's Pension Fund
… of West Seneca, New York, of the crime of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony. MacVittie pleaded … guilty this morning before the Hon. Kenneth F. Case in Erie County Court. She admitted that she had stolen … Fund that were intended for her late mother, who died in 1983. "From the day her mother died, Pearlann MacVittie …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-felony-conviction-woman-who-stole-over-290000State Agencies Bulletin No. 1033
… except for those on Military Stipend, are eligible for the payment, provided the employee returns to the payroll within one (1) year of the eligibility date.The payment is based on the work percentage before the employee … on the eligibility date are entitled to receive a prorated payment based on the employee’s part-time percentage on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1033-2010-uniform-cleaning-and-maintenance-allowance-lifeguards