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DiNapoli: State Must Improve Management of Medical Equipment Stockpile After Spending Millions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… or create written procedures. Auditors determined limited action was taken to reduce the stockpile. DOH conducted some … Homeland Security and Emergency Services and the New York National Guard may have purchased, stored or transported DME, as well …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-state-must-improve-management-medical-equipment-stockpile-after-spending-millions-duringShareholders Send Exxon a Strong Message on Climate Change
… by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and the Church Commissioners for England, asks the company to assess … Edward Mason, Head of Responsible Investment for the Church Commissioners, said: “We are delighted to have got the … to similar shareholder proposals co-filed in 2015 by the Church Commissioners and other investors and endorsed by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/shareholders-send-exxon-strong-message-climate-changeArchived: Legislative Session 2015 –2016
… were used during the preceding calendar year. Eliminate Notary Requirement on Membership Application – Signed into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2015-2016State Agencies Bulletin No. 2311
… (Internal Revenue Service) tax withholding requirements for 2025 and other tax related topics. Affected Employees: … has updated PayServ with the new Federal withholding rates for 2025. New York tax requirements for 2025 remain unchanged from 2024. OSC continues to use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2311-summary-tax-related-changes-2025Chazy Union Free School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-13)
… Period July 1, 2019 – September 30, 2024 Understanding the Program Lead is a metal that was commonly used in … to test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary remediation. Testing and … to December 31, 2020 (extended to June 30, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Cycle Three: January 1, 2023 to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/11/chazy-union-free-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-13Indian Lake Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-16)
… test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary remediation. Testing and … pandemic). Cycle Three: January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. 2 Audit Summary District officials did not properly … 2 As of December 22, 2022, schools are now required to test for lead in the water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/25/indian-lake-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-16Poland Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-20)
… and beyond. 1 To aid in combating lead poisoning, New York State (NYS) requires all public school districts and Boards … lead action level, and because there was no information on the lead levels of the 132 water outlets that we … within 90 days, pursuant to Section 35 of the New York State General Municipal Law, Section 2116-a (3)(c) of the New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/poland-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-20Bayport Blue Point Union Free School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-8)
… and beyond. 1 To aid in combating lead poisoning, New York State (NYS) requires all public school districts and Boards … were planned or enacted. Because there is no information on the lead levels of the 39 water outlets not sampled for … within 90 days, pursuant to Section 35 of the New York State General Municipal Law, Section 2116-a (3)(c) of the New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-lead-testing-and-reportingCOVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program
… the 2021-22 State budget established the Program, with $800 million in funding. ESD was charged with administering …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/05/07/covid-19-pandemic-small-business-recovery-grant-programDiNapoli: Report Finds Persistent Problems at Long Island Power Authority
… Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). As a result, ratepayers do not benefit from regulatory oversight, access to … are not well-founded. DPS expressed concern with how storm costs were being tracked by LIPA and PSEG and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-report-finds-persistent-problems-long-island-power-authorityOpinion 2000-14
… (payments into annuity program) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Teachers (payments by school district into annuity program) … agreeing in a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers to make annual payments, either in prescribed dollar … of pay, into a "tax deferred annuity program" for its teachers. Under the program, all school district payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14Opinion 2005-8
… to render emergency ambulance services. November 18, 2005 Robert N. Going, Esq., Corporation Counsel City of Amsterdam …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-8State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Incident Database; and ensure adherence to drug testing requirements. Higher Education Services Corporation: … awards to ensure grant funds were allocated and spent for intended purposes. Auditors concluded that the division … Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR): Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Energy Companies Agree to Report on Impact of Paris Agreement Goals
… future. As a result, the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) has withdrawn the shareholder requests it had … Gold real estate investments, World Bank Green Bonds and private equity investments such as Invenergy, developers of a … around the globe that meet the Fund's risk and return requirements. Active Ownership: DiNapoli uses the Fund's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-energy-companies-agree-report-impact-paris-agreement-goalsOpinion 92-42
… v Warren County Board of Supervisors , 179 AD2d 118, 581 NYS2d 885; Murphy v Erie County , 28 NY2d 80, 320 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42Opinion 91-62
… REAL PROPERTY -- Gifts (from village to school district public library) -- Conveyance (with reservation of right to … LAW -- Gifts and Loans (gift of property from village to public library) VILLAGE LAW, §1-102; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … by local law, may transfer a building to a school district public library without consideration, subject to the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62Opinion 91-56
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES -- … appropriation made to such authority or commission by the state of New York or by any political subdivision thereof …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-56Opinion 96-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … prohibited interest in a contract for environmental review and planning services between the village and either the … deemed to have an interests in contracts between the firm and the village. Unless an exception applies, these interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 2000-21
… 22-A (§22-2210 et seq.) contain provisions relating to the establishment of joint fire districts in towns and … law, located in said town or towns are hereby authorized to establish in such town or towns and village or villages a … hearing and permissive referendum requirements applicable to the establishment of the joint fire district by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21Empire BlueCross BlueShield – Controls Over Payments for Special Items
… the identification and recovery of overpayments made to hospitals for special medical items; and took sufficient … of excessive payments which result from contracts with hospitals that do not include language that limits the … hospitalization program. Empire’s contracts with member hospitals include reimbursement rate schedules for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/22/empire-bluecross-blueshield-controls-over-payments-special-items