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Town of Butler – Highway Asset Accountability (2024M-115)
Determine whether the Town of Butler Town officials adequately safeguarded and accounted for Highway Department Department assets
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/12/24/town-butler-highway-asset-accountability-2024m-115Freeport Union Free School District – Financial Management (2024M-49)
… $37.2 million without demonstrating they were reasonably funded. For example: retirement contribution reserve has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/11/01/freeport-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2024m-49Ardsley Union Free School District – Financial Management (2024M-13)
… Audit Objective Determine whether the Ardsley Union Free School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and officials … letter. … Determine whether the Ardsley Union Free School District District Board of Education Board and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/21/ardsley-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2024m-13Falconer Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-52)
… Board and District officials’ budgeting practices resulted in the District levying more real property taxes than needed, a significant accumulation of surplus fund balance in excess of the statutory limit and missed opportunities to … finance operations as a means to accumulate surplus funds in excess of the legal limit or to provide a funding source …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/falconer-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-52Yates County – Court and Trust Funds (2025-C&T-1)
… 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. Background Pursuant to a court order, certain assets may be provided to the court and then … money from foreclosures and contract disputes resulting in a mechanic’s lien. These actions are recorded in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/04/18/yates-county-court-and-trust-funds-2025-ct-1Town of Perth – Conflict of Interest (2024M-142)
… business repaired a Town dump-truck and was paid $13,183 for the repair. The Board member with the prohibited conflict … payment, he was unable to provide a reasonable explanation for why he did not bring this matter to the Town’s Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/04/25/town-perth-conflict-interest-2024m-142State Police Bulletin No. SP-113
… of OSC’s automatic processing. Affected Employees Troopers in Bargaining Unit 07 and Commissioned/Non-Commissioned … State and the Police Benevolent Association and provides for retroactive General Salary Increases and increases to … Code Narrative 410 Health Care Spending Account 420 NY Dependent Care Contribution 425 Repay State Loans/Debt 426 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-113-april-1-2007-april-1-2008-and-april-1-2009-retroactive-salary-and-otherFood Insecurity Persists Post-Pandemic
… Food Insecurity Grew in 2022 Food insecurity worsened for many New Yorkers in the 2020 to 2022 period, according to … insecurity. 4 Nationally, food insecurity also increased for the first time in over a decade to 11.2 percent in … Program (SNAP) benefits. Another likely explanation for the increase is food price inflation. Other factors could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/food-insecurity-persists-post-pandemicDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2015
… to provide current information about the number and types of contracts and payments made by the state. This builds on … for data imaging and document destruction services. Department of Civil Service $85 million contract amendment … state and local government employees. NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision $52.8 million with Erie …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2015Opinion 96-19
… issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (joint purchase with town of real property and construction of building for use as town hall and fire … 5-G, to perform the function ( id .). In the instant case, both towns and fire districts are authorized to acquire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-19State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… As a result, the district levied more taxes than needed to fund operations. The board and district officials … average of $2.9 million from 2017-18 through 2021-22 while it had an operating surplus in each of those years averaging … officials cannot assure taxpayers that all IT equipment is adequately accounted for and would be detected if lost, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… with disabilities who are between the ages of three and five years. For the three fiscal years ended June 30, … In addition to the monthly premiums, MCOs can receive a one-time Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payment (SMCP) for … report’s 15 recommendations, four were implemented, two were partially implemented, and nine were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0Upstate Transportation Authorities Suffer Revenue Plunge
… authority, Figure 3 shows the percentage of revenue by source in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2020 (FY … affected operations. Figure 3: Authority Revenues by Source, FY 2020 Notes: Other includes municipal and public … the month, compared to March 2020 ridership of just over one million, and March 2019 ridership of 1.3 million. Federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/upstate-transportation-authorities-suffer-revenue-plungeNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… Force Drives New York State’s Unemployment Rate Below 10% New York State’s unemployment rate dropped to 9.7 percent … increases in Temporary Assistance child recipients, 16 had increases in Safety Net Assistance child recipients, … economic storm.” The State’s General Fund balance was $16.4 billion as of October 23. Among other factors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-october-28-2020DiNapoli Warns Changing Fiscal Landscape Could Increase Budget Challenges for Local Governments
… The expiration of one-time federal pandemic aid, combined with state aid that has not kept pace with inflation and slower growth in local revenue may push some local governments closer to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-warns-changing-fiscal-landscape-could-increase-budget-challenges-local-governmentsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… for reimbursement. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District , … School District , Putnam Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services , Raquette Lake Union Free School District and the Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services . State Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Improve Drug Rebate Collections
… of Health (DOH) did not collect an estimated $95.1 million in rebates from drug makers, according to an audit released … DiNapoli’s auditors also found another $4.3 million in inappropriate payments in an audit of Medicaid claims processing from Oct. 1, 2014 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/dinapoli-doh-needs-improve-drug-rebate-collectionsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-117
… of the $800 Salary Increase and to provide instructions for payments not processed automatically. Affected Employees Annual and hourly represented employees in Bargaining Units SA, SR, SN, G9, F8, DR, SG, S9, SK, SD, … 203 of the Laws of 2004 authorizes an $800 salary increase for annual and hourly employees of the Unified Court System …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-117-march-31-2007-general-salary-increase-employees-unified-courtCUNY Bulletin No. CU-349
… if appropriate, submit the 10/1/04 Pay Change, followed by the 7/1/05, 7/1/06 and 8/7/07 Pay Changes. To increase the … and submit the new hourly rate. A separate request must be made for each of the rows that exist on the employee’s Job … as a result of the salary adjustment. If the agency has made an effort to deliver the check to the employee but the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-349-retroactive-rate-increases-cement-masons