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Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Purchase Program (Follow-Up)
… Port Authority included funds for vehicle and equipment rentals in its annual Purchase Program. We also found that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/11/03/vehicle-and-heavy-equipment-purchase-program-followUnitedHealthcare – Reasonable and Customary Reimbursement Rates for Delayed Claims
To determine whether UnitedHealthcare paid claims using reasonable and customary reimbursement rate schedules that did not correlate
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/12/unitedhealthcare-reasonable-and-customary-reimbursement-rates-delayed-claimsBuffalo City School District – Special Education and Grant Administration (2017M-73)
… Excess Cost Aid and billing nonresident tuition for special education services and to review the grant … through December 20, 2016. Background The Buffalo City School District is located in the City of Buffalo in Erie … greater than NYSED rates. The District was not rebilling school districts of residence when NYSED released updated NRT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/06/30/buffalo-city-school-district-special-education-and-grant-administrationFishers Fire District – Financial Condition (2021M-128)
… Commissioners (Board) effectively managed the Fishers Fire District’s (District’s) financial condition. Key Findings The … not effectively manage the District’s financial condition and did not adopt realistic budgets from 2018 through 2021. … taxpayers the impression the District needed to increase real property taxes and override the 2018 and 2020 tax caps …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/10/29/fishers-fire-district-financial-condition-2021m-128Elementary and Secondary Education – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… from the Education Supplemental Appropriations Act, and $243 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Federal pandemic relief … $28.9 billion, including the School Tax Relief Program (STAR) of $2 billion; and Federal, $2.7 billion. In school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/elementary-and-secondary-educationState Contract and Payment Actions in November
… Conservation $1.6 million with Inventech Marine Solutions LLC for the purchase of patrol boats. Office of General … Motor Vehicles $51.8 million with BTM Development Partners LLC for the Bronx District Office lease space. Office of … on Route 9 in Essex County. Major Payments Approved Tax Refunds and Credits $821.1 million for 70,420 personal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/state-contract-and-payment-actions-novemberCayuga County – Court and Trust Funds (2024-C&T-5)
… Review The purpose of our review was to determine whether County officials have established appropriate controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the period January 1, 2021 through … may be provided to the court and then delivered to the County Treasurer (Treasurer) for safekeeping. Payments made …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/27/cayuga-county-court-and-trust-funds-2024-ct-5State Contract and Payment Actions in April
… Comptroller approved 1,072 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $11.9 billion and approved more than 20.1 million payments worth more than $12.6 billion. The Office rejected 109 contracts and related transactions valued at $337 million and more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/state-contract-and-payment-actions-aprilCity of Dunkirk – Budget Review (B25-1-8)
… independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2026. Background Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2024, Part DD (the … bill which totaled more than $2.7 million in February 2026. Therefore, we estimate that the $5 million remaining … million in revenues received in the first three months of 2026 will not be sufficient to pay for the City’s monthly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2025/11/21/city-dunkirk-budget-review-b25-1-8Opinion 89-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether a town may pay to the surviving spouse of a deceased town highway … of absence to its officers or employees with or without pay and adopt rules and regulations in relation thereto. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Yaphank Fire District – Claims Processing (2013M-51)
… 31, 2012. Background The Yaphank Fire District is located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County and serves 14.1 … Because of this procedure, the entire Board does not audit all claims. At monthly meetings, the Board simply receives a … of the Board’s audit. Key Recommendations Ensure that all claims, other than those exceptions allowed by Town Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/05/31/yaphank-fire-district-claims-processing-2013m-51DiNapoli Report Analyzes Regional Trends in Education for School Districts Outside New York City
… implications for spending, pupil outcomes and the delivery of services, including special education. The report details … York City. “School districts must navigate a complex set of state rules and local needs to determine how to best … tax revenue. Property taxes made up more than half of the total revenues (53.1 percent), a modest increase from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-report-analyzes-regional-trends-education-school-districts-outside-new-york-cityOpinion 2002-15
… for any given purpose to be raised from taxes levied only in the unincorporated area of the town (see, e.g., 1994 … the expenses of lighting districts would be assessed only against the several lots and parcels within the district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls – Cash Collections (2022M-165)
… audit charter school school district cash collections …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/02/03/albany-leadership-charter-school-girls-cash-collections-2022m-165Opinion 2004-7
… -- Taxes and Assessments (inclusion of delinquent water rents of outside users on tax roll) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND … water user fees against outside users with) WATER RENTS -- Enforcement (of delinquent outside users by … with law for enforcing the collection of water rents and provides that a village "may enforce observance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-7Henry Johnson Charter School – Resident Tuition Billings and Collections (2023M-32)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Henry Johnson Charter School (School) Board of Trustees … audit charter school Henry Johnson …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/06/16/henry-johnson-charter-school-resident-tuition-billings-and-collectionsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's 145,000 … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsSouth Butler Fire District – Board Oversight of Financial Operations (2020M-155)
… report - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether the South Butler Fire District (District) Board of Fire … Determine whether the South Butler Fire District District Board of Fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/04/30/south-butler-fire-district-board-oversight-financial-operations-2020m-155Rochester Prep Charter School 3 – IT Asset Management (2025M-36)
… information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period? Audit Period July 1, 2023 – … of Operations supervise the special project managers, for the respective middle or elementary school, who can order IT assets and are responsible for receiving the IT assets at the School. The Regional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2025/08/29/rochester-prep-charter-school-3-it-asset-management-2025m-36Baldwinsville Central School District – Fuel Inventory (2022M-106)
Determine whether Baldwinsville Central School District (District) officials safeguarded and accounted for fuel inventory.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/baldwinsville-central-school-district-2022-106.pdf