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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Cash Management (2023M-40) Over an 18-month period, officials missed an opportunity for BOCES to realize additional interest earnings totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli Report Analyzes Regional Trends in Education for School Districts Outside New York City
… most districts since 2007-08. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 14 percent of children in New York state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-report-analyzes-regional-trends-education-school-districts-outside-new-york-cityState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… manage a comprehensive investment program. From July 1, 2022 through Feb. 29, 2024, the district earned $321,190 from … financial operations. All nine balance sheet accounts for 2022 and six accounts for 2023 were not accurate. Two … Of the 10 revenue accounts reviewed as of Dec. 31, 2022 and Dec. 31, 2023, two accounts were overstated by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli: Office of Children and Family Services Can Improve Efforts to Investigate Child Fatalities
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found the state’s Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), which oversees the … fatalities, can take additional steps to protect children from harm. “The findings in this audit should be a sobering … State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local government financial records, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-office-children-and-family-services-can-improve-efforts-investigate-child-fatalitiesDiNapoli Op-Ed in Buffalo News Urges Washington to Help Governments Hurt by COVID-19
… P. DiNapoli today pressing the federal government to do more to help state and local governments hit hard by the … come to a bipartisan agreement on the next installment of federal stimulus legislation. Let’s do it right: The … a wide range of local services or increase property taxes, when we can least afford it. This would also make it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-op-ed-buffalo-news-urges-washington-help-governments-hurt-covid-19State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued: George Junior Republic … than necessary. Wyandanch Union Free School District – Budget Review (Suffolk County) Auditors found that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsVII.2 Miscellaneous Receipts / Accounts Receivable Receipts – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… deposits Temporarily unidentified revenues (only when moneys cannot be classified upon deposit) Revenue … dollar amount must be negative (the revenue in the fund will be increased/credited). If the Control Total was a … Requirements All AR Deposits are required to include OSC form AC 3312-S filled out in its entirety. This form will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii2-miscellaneous-receipts-accounts-receivable-receiptsDiNapoli: Problems Caused by Outdated System Left State's Unemployment Insurance Program Vulnerable to Fraud
… The state Department of Labor’s (DOL) failure to replace its long-troubled Unemployment Insurance (UI) system and ad hoc workarounds to compensate for the old system weakened oversight and … claimants before being detected; The length of time from when claims were filed to when they were identified as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-problems-caused-outdated-system-left-states-unemployment-insurance-program-vulnerable-fraudDiNapoli: Former Medical Office Manager Pleads Guilty to Defrauding New York State Health Insurance Plan
… C. Nneji announced that Gina Bradshaw, an office manager for numerous doctors’ offices in Manhattan, has pleaded … of more than $12,000 by submitting phony medical claims for reimbursement. She was arrested in September 2023 following a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-former-medical-office-manager-pleads-guilty-defrauding-new-york-state-health-insurance-planDiNapoli Announces Improvements to College Savings Plan to Save Money for College
… includes two separate 529 plans: the Direct Plan sold directly by the program and the Advisor Plan, sold exclusively through financial advisors. The Advisor Plan … disclosure booklet here or go to: http://cdn.unite529.com/jcdn/files/NYD/pdfs/DisclosureBooklet.pdf Ascensus Broker …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-announces-improvements-college-savings-plan-save-money-collegeLong Island Rail Road: On-Time Performance by the Numbers (2023)
In 2023, the LIRR carried 65.2 million riders, a reduction of 25.9 million from levels last reached before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, when ridership reached 91.1 million passengers.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-9-2025.pdfXI-A.4 Procurement Card Use – XI-A. Purchasing
… with policy and guidance on purchasing and paying with a Procurement Card (PCard) and requirements for online agencies … for payment. This facilitates a cost effective method of procurement and a direct way to obtain rebates. However, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a4-procurement-card-useOpinion 94-3
… of town special districts upon petition and, in the case of the establishment or extension of special districts … public highway (Town Law, §200[14]). Section 200 details a number of procedural requirements, including: the adoption of … of trunk sewers, drains and water systems". In our opinion, however, the reference to the previous …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3XII.6.A.A Using the Real Estate Module to Pay Lease Vouchers – XII. Expenditures
… Units may need to create new POs for each new fiscal year or at other times throughout the fiscal year, as necessary. Each new PO must be re-associated with … lease voucher will be the PO ID followed by the month and year (i.e., MMYY) of the voucher. Business Units must enter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6aa-using-real-estate-module-pay-lease-vouchersState Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children
… and observations are supposed to be documented as progress notes in CONNECTIONS – a statewide computer system … child welfare information maintained by the State Office of Children and Family Services. Both ACS and the … inability to record incidents of abuse or neglect in an area separate from progress notes, the inability of case …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-childrenDiNapoli: NYC’s Restaurant, Retail and Recreation Sectors Continue to Struggle During Pandemic
… retail and recreation (RRR) sectors continued to struggle during the COVID-19 pandemic, even before the latest surge in cases, with 169,700 fewer jobs in November than from two … and construct outdoor dining structures. However, not all eligible businesses received funding. The SBA was so …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-nycs-restaurant-retail-and-recreation-sectors-continue-struggle-during-pandemicOpinion 95-8
… 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. COUNTIES -- Powers … enforcement purposes subaccount of the general fund of the state where the claiming agent is an agency of the state or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-8DiNapoli Op-Ed in Democrat & Chronicle Calls for Swift Action to Address Growing Food Insecurity
… the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The full op-ed is below: The need to combat hunger is clear and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-op-ed-democrat-chronicle-calls-swift-action-address-growing-food-insecurityDiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
… of Sublime Medical Transportation, a Schenectady County company that is enrolled in the Medicaid program as a … by emailing a complaint to investigations@osc.ny.gov or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State … of Investigations, 8th Floor, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236. … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli Schenectady …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraudFormer Treasurer of Putnam Engine & Hose Co. of the Port Chester Volunteer Fire Dept. Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $38,000
… Judge Paul E. Davison. This case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román. New York State … Gerardi fell for an online scam and stole nearly $40,000 to pay for it, violating his duty to the public and to his … and accountability. Gerardi violated his most basic duty when he decided to use the funds entrusted to his care to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-treasurer-putnam-engine-hose-co-port-chester-volunteer-fire-dept-pleads-guilty-embezzling-more