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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Cortlandville Fire Department , Town of Milford , Raquette Lake Fire District No. 3 and West Sand Lake Fire District No. 1 . “In today’s fiscal climate, budget … board did not develop a multiyear financial plan. Raquette Lake Fire District No. 3 – Internal Controls Over Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1DiNapoli: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $80,000 in Pension Payments Meant for His Deceased Father
… state pensioner pleaded guilty today to identity theft in connection with his theft of nearly $80,000 in pension payments. The defendant, Richard Gaines Jr., 55, of Daytona Beach, Florida was arrested in November 2024 following an investigation by DiNapoli’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-florida-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-nearly-80000-pension-payments-meant-his-deceased-fatherDiNapoli: Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $121,000 in Pension Checks Sent to Late Grandmother
… Thomas P. DiNapoli, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, and Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter … Thomas P DiNapoli Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley and Monroe County Sheriff Todd K Baxter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-rochester-woman-pleads-guilty-stealing-121000-pension-checks-sent-late-grandmotherDiNapoli: Ithaca Woman Charged With Stealing Nearly $70,000 in Pension Payments
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten and the New York State Police announced the arraignment of Sharon … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli Tompkins County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-ithaca-woman-charged-stealing-nearly-70000-pension-paymentsOpinion 2000-4
… a termination pay program where: the program is to provide an incentive to certain employees to separate from service, … bargaining, a termination pay program designed to provide an incentive to certain employees to terminate their … more years of service with the district would be offered an opportunity to participate in the program. The employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-4Selected Aspects of Accommodations for Passengers With Disabilities (Follow-Up)
… of five airports, an interstate rail system, three bus terminals, and three cruise terminals serve the … that we reviewed within the PATH system and at the three bus terminals operated by PANYNJ. However, we did note there … with the regulations in areas of the Port Authority Bus Terminal where some of the gates at both the lower and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/05/12/selected-aspects-accommodations-passengers-disabilities-followManagement of Indoor Air Quality for Individuals With Asthma (Follow-Up)
… The objective of our initial audit, issued on August 2, 2022, was to determine if DOH effectively identified poor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/09/management-indoor-air-quality-individuals-asthma-followDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Monitoring of Mental Health Facilities
… New York’s mental health facilities are not ensuring parents and … only help prevent tragedies if abuse and mistreatment in mental health facilities is properly reported and actions are … operated, licensed or certified by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and other state agencies. Reportable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-monitoring-mental-health-facilitiesOpinion 94-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES--Fees (exemption from parking meter … VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1200, 1600, 1604, 1640: In the absence of express statutory authority, a city may not … parking meter fees when parking their personal vehicles in the city's on-street parking meter zones. Currently, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-2DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Upstate Woman for Theft of over $67K in NYS Pension Benefits, $19K Welfare Fraud
… of Kirkville, New York, with one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony, one count of Welfare Fraud in the Third Degree, a class D felony, two counts of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony, and one count of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-upstate-woman-theft-over-67k-nys-pension-benefits-19kOpinion 2006-1
… CLAIMS -- Payments (of compensation prior to completion of payroll period) LOCAL LAWS -- Pre-emption (matters contained … -- Compensation (payment of prior to completion of payroll period) TOWN LAW §120: Pursuant to Town Law §120, certification of the payroll or other claim for compensation of town officers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-1Oversight of Kendra’s Law
… be entered in OMH’s Tracking of AOT Cases and Treatments system, or TACT. OMH Central Office and Field Office staff …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/02/08/oversight-kendras-lawUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-206
… been processed. All reports are sorted by Department ID, then by employee name in alphabetical order. NHRP704 – Mass …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-206-october-2014-salary-increase-bargaining-units-87-86-88-ctXII.6.B Land Acquisition Payments – XII. Expenditures
… letter, as necessary. In addition, OSC will also create and mail IRS Form 1099-S to the seller of the land for … (Claim for Payment – Purchase of Land or Property) and create a Regular Voucher using the Special Use Vendor ID … these steps to deposit funds into the eminent domain fund: Create a Regular Voucher using the Special Use Vendor ID and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6b-land-acquisition-paymentsOpinion 91-1
… Albany Area Builders v Town of Guilderland , 74 NY2d 372, 547 NYS2d 627; Jancyn v County of Suffolk , 71 NY2d 91, 524 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-1Inmate Sentence Calculation and Release Practices
… with the relevant laws and regulations regarding the sentencing and incarceration of inmates in New York State, … 70.30, which gives the Department the responsibility for calculating the terms of each inmate’s imprisonment. The … dates, as well as any credits that reduce their sentence time. The Department held approximately 50,700 individuals in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/07/inmate-sentence-calculation-and-release-practicesDiNapoli: Middletown Chiropractor Sentenced to Nine Years for Insurance Fraud
… announced James “Jay” Spina was sentenced in federal court for running a large-scale health care insurance fraud scheme. … systematically double-billed insurers, charged for services never rendered, created shell companies and … Spina and three others were charged with billing insurers for medically unnecessary services and procedures, submitting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/dinapoli-middletown-chiropractor-sentenced-nine-years-insurance-fraudPayments Not Requiring Pre-Audit – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… regularly engaged at agreed-upon wages by the hour, day, week, month, year, or other authorized period, including any … or interest payments on debt. Payments made pursuant to a court order. Amounts due upon lawful contracts for periods exceeding one year. Retirement contributions by a participating employer in the New York State and Local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/payments-not-requiring-pre-auditUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-284
… the new voluntary deduction code for Amalgamated Term Life Insurance. Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining Unit DR … using the new deduction code 542, Amalgamated Term Life Insurance. The vendor will submit all transactions for … the new voluntary deduction code for Amalgamated Term Life Insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-284-new-voluntary-deduction-code-542-amalgamated-term-lifeTraining
… Deposit Procedures: Returns/Deletes/Reversals Presentation Fall Conference Visit the Office of Operations Training Resources … and solutions for all Payroll training provided at the Fall Conference. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll/training