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Opinion 94-28
… COUNTY LAW, §250 et seq.; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-d: Expenses incurred by a county for advance planning pursuant to General Municipal Law, §99-d may be paid, in the first instance, from the county's … was undertaken pursuant to General Municipal Law (GML), §99-d in connection with planning a possible future capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-28Medicaid Program – Administrative Costs Used in Premium Rate Setting of Mainstream Managed Care Organizations
… Purpose To determine whether mainstream managed care organizations … (MCOs) are submitting accurate administrative costs to the Department of Health (Department) and whether the … To determine whether mainstream managed care organizations are submitting accurate administrative costs to the Department of Health and whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/09/13/medicaid-program-administrative-costs-used-premium-rate-setting-mainstream-managed-careOpinion 98-20
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads … reasonably related to the functions to be performed and is in the best interest of the fire district. You ask whether a … If so, you ask whether a board of fire commissioners, in its discretion, may provide that newly-appointed members …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today … been implemented and two have been partially implemented. New York State Health Insurance Program: Empire BlueCross … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli announced today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsParishville-Hopkinton Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-19)
… not be located. Seventeen assets (16 Chromebooks and one 3D printer) with a total estimated costs of approximately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/parishville-hopkinton-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22Newfield Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-17)
… safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District … officials cannot assure taxpayers that money invested in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. Of … total cost of approximately $14,410 were not inventoried. In addition, annual inventories of all IT assets were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/newfield-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-17New NY Broadband Program (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, New NY Broadband Program (Report … Yorkers. The New NY Broadband Program (Program)—launched in 2015 and managed by the Broadband Program Office (BPO), a … Development (ESD)—focused on closing the digital divide in the State. The Program was designed to ensure that every …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/25/new-ny-broadband-program-followOpinion 91-15
… configuration of a road and the location of certain lot lines, but does not increase the number of lots or the … order to change the configuration of a road and change lot lines of five lots. The proposed new lots, although having different lines, are the same in number as the lots on the original …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-15Tips to Help You Keep Your Money
… Keep your accounts active. More than half of unclaimed accounts … insurance policies, utility and rent deposits, and your safe deposit number. Notify all your financial institutions when you move. Tell a family … Learn how to keep your financial accounts and records in order …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/tips-help-you-keep-your-moneyNYS Comptroller DiNapoli on Amazon's Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices
… statement today in advance of Amazon’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time. … have urged shareholders to support a resolution calling on Amazon to conduct an independent racial equity audit of … Mr. Bezos and Amazon should be championing action on these issues and taking every opportunity to root out any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-amazons-racial-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-practicesDiNapoli: Port Authority Falling Short of Compliance With Americans With Disabilities Act
… of time. Any new construction or alteration of an existing station after October 1991 was also subject to this … to MTA subway stations that were also inaccessible. PATH station platforms have raised rubber platform edges to alert … Bus Terminal (PABT) and the George Washington Bridge Bus Station (GWBBS) that could impede access to these terminals. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-port-authority-falling-short-compliance-americans-disabilities-actIT Asset Management (2022-MS-2)
audit, schools, statewide, IT asset management
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2023/pdf/it-asset-management-2022-ms-2.pdfOpinion 98-10
… Highway Law, §277 exempts property within villages which form a separate highway district maintained at village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-10State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… manage and monitor the revolving loan fund program. As a result, the board cannot ensure the loan proceeds were used … follow-up information from loan recipients to verify job creation/retention goals but did not enforce these goals … government financial records, track state contracts, and find commonly requested data. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Opinion 89-7
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … in contravention of Article VIII, §1 (1983 Opns St Comp, No. 83-158, p 199; see Timmerman v City of New York , 69 … to the performance of services (see 1985 Opns St Comp, No. 85-44, p 59). Accordingly, in the instant situation, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-7Safety at Stations
… capital projects include the repair and improvement of station security, station structural components and bridges, as well as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/15/safety-stationsXII.8.C Payment Intercepts – XII. Expenditures
… the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has the ability to offset payments received from the Business Unit and offset a portion of that payment to another entity. This section provides Business Units with guidance on how to request OSC to intercept a payment from a Business Unit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8c-payment-interceptsOversight of the Supported Housing Program – Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc.
… Inc. (RSS) expended funds appropriately and provided the required services under its Supported Housing Program … Services Inc expended funds appropriately and provided required services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/04/oversight-supported-housing-program-rehabilitation-support-services-incTuckahoe Union Free School District – Overtime (2023M-53)
… payments increase the amount owed by a district, annually to the State, for its share of the cost of future employee … of $4,432 for overtime due to lack of adequate review of time records. Paid 15 employees overtime totaling $324,934 … our recommendations and indicated they will take and have taken corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/07/21/tuckahoe-union-free-school-district-overtime-2023m-53Opinion 92-14
… discussed in the opinion. COUNTY TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (when mechanics' lien deposit may be refunded … deposit refunded without a court order) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §§2607, 8010(1); LIEN LAW, §§19, 20: The chief … previously paid into court discharging a mechanic's lien, and if such substitution is permissible, whether it may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-14