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Sign up for emails DiNapoli: Former Tupper Lake Fire Treasurer Pleads Guilty in $30k Theft
… repay the $30,000 he stole for private vacations revealed in an audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Brown, 54, of Tupper Lake, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Court last week to grand larceny in the third degree, a Class D felony, and is expected to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/sign-emails-dinapoli-former-tupper-lake-fire-treasurer-pleads-guilty-30k-theftOpinion 95-14
… for fire department); (ceremony to dedicate fire house and apparatus) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise … a personal computer to be used for department purposes and to pay for a ceremony to dedicate a new fire house and new fire apparatus. You ask whether a volunteer fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Objective To determine whether the costs and revenues reported by Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center, … (CFR) were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s (SED) … The audit covered expenses reported on the Center’s 2017 and 2018 CFRs for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/05/27/buffalo-hearing-speech-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualMary Cariola Children’s Center, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… (CFR) were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s (SED) … guidelines, including the Reimbursable Cost Manual RCM) and the Consolidated Fiscal Reporting and Claiming Manual (CFR Manual).The audit covered expenses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/12/07/mary-cariola-childrens-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOversight of Water Supply Emergency Plans
… of Health (Department) is providing sufficient guidance and oversight to ensure that water system operators have completed and submitted updated emergency response plans timely, … objective was to determine whether the Department and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/27/oversight-water-supply-emergency-plansMonitoring of Select Programs
… if the New York State Office for the Aging’s policies and procedures for select programs are adequate to ensure Area Agencies on Aging are appropriately monitored and the older New York population is adequately served. The … as possible for as long as possible through advocacy and the development and delivery of person-centered, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/01/21/monitoring-select-programsDiNapoli: Two Capital Region Residents Indicted for $1 Million Medicaid Transportation Fraud Scheme
… two principles of Phinaliz Communications LLC, Philip Mtui and Mbaga Kaiza, were indicted for their alleged role in a … steal more than $1 million from Medicaid by filing false and inflated reimbursements for transportation services, New … announced today on behalf of the joint state, local and federal investigating agencies. “Mtui and Kaiza’s alleged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-two-capital-region-residents-indicted-1-million-medicaid-transportation-fraud-schemeCompliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements
… of Transportation (DOT) has policies, procedures, and processes in place to fulfill its responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), and if DOT is in compliance with its responsibilities under … by DOT for the period January 2018 through July 2021 and FOIL appeals received by DOT for the period January 2018 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirementsVII.2.C Direct Journal Payment & Payment Worksheet - Treasury Requirements – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… Agencies must forward all checks, money orders, etc. and a printout of the SFS Regular Deposit screen, showing Business Unit, Deposit ID and total amount to DTF-Treasury who will deposit the funds … with the amount of the cash deposit and a justification as to why there is no alternative. Cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-vii/vii2c-direct-journal-payment-payment-worksheet-treasury-requirementsDiNapoli: Surge in Tourism Bolsters NYC Hotel Industry
… in New York City increased by 48 percent between 2006 and 2015, and the number of industry jobs increased by 29 percent, … "While the industry is vulnerable to changes in domestic and international economic conditions, the industry's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-surge-tourism-bolsters-nyc-hotel-industryDiNapoli Releases Executive Budget Report
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli identifies risks and concerns that underscore the importance of taking action to address the trajectory of state spending and improve the state’s structural imbalance, while … of $27.3 billion through State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2028-29 and state spending is projected to rise at a rate that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-releases-executive-budget-reportNYS Comptroller DiNapoli Continues to Hold Corporate America Accountable for Poor Climate Policies
… to have corporations improve their environmental policies and practices and take steps to address climate risk. “Climate change is a … companies we invest in to disclose climate change’s impact and to set meaningful goals for lowering their emissions and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-continues-hold-corporate-america-accountable-poor-climate-policiesCapital Asset Management
… Services is adequately overseeing selected State agencies and related entities to ensure that they have proper inventory controls in place to safeguard assets and that they are properly reporting capital assets. The … Laws of 1981, the State is responsible for establishing and maintaining custody of a comprehensive capital asset …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/02/12/capital-asset-managementDiNapoli: Improved Guidance Needed for State Agencies Using AI To Avoid Risks
… systems are reliable and accurate, and no inventory of what AI the state is using. This audit is a wake-up call. … to safeguard against the well-known risks that come with it.” While the state has moved to implement AI systems, … implemented systems for fairness and equity. ITS also does not have an inventory of AI systems in use by state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-improved-guidance-needed-state-agencies-using-ai-avoid-risksAdditional Service Credit for Sick Leave (Section 41[j]) – Basic Plan for ERS Tier 1 Members
… information for ERS Tier 1 members under Sections 70a 71a and 75 Additional Service Credit for Sick Leave Section 41j …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1500/additional-service-credit-sick-leave-section-41jCredit for Previous Public Employment or Military Service – Basic Plan for ERS Tier 1 Members
… information for ERS Tier 1 members under Sections 70a 71a and 75 Credit for Previous Public Employment or Military …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1500/credit-previous-public-employment-or-military-serviceAdditional Service Credit for Sick Leave (Section 41[j]) – Basic Plan for ERS Tier 2 Members
… information for ERS Tier 2 members under Sections 70a 71a and 75 Additional Service Credit for Sick Leave Section 41j …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1505/additional-service-credit-sick-leave-section-41jCredit for Previous Public Employment or Military Service – Basic Plan for ERS Tier 2 Members
… information for ERS Tier 2 members under Sections 70a 71a and 75 Credit for Previous Public Employment or Military …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1505/credit-previous-public-employment-or-military-serviceEast Ramapo Central School District – Budget Review (B21-5-4)
… up to three monitors to the District to provide fiscal and academic oversight. In February 2021, the two appointed monitors (one fiscal and one academic) expressed concerns that the 2020-21 fiscal … to those concerns, District officials, SED officials, and members of the New York State Legislature requested our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/05/05/east-ramapo-central-school-district-budget-review-b21-5-4DiNapoli: Special Education Contractor Convicted for $2 Million Fraud
… by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration and ordered to pay $2,151,318 in restitution and forfeit another $1,924,318. “Cheon Park enriched himself …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-special-education-contractor-convicted-2-million-fraud