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Office Real Estate in New York City: A Review of Market Valuation Shifts
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shift to hybrid office work arrangements have raised questions about the health of office commercial real estate and its potential impact on the economy and the finances of governments reliant on its tax revenue.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-11-2025.pdfCorporate Governance - Discrimination Proposal
Shareholders request the Board of Directors oversee the preparation of an annual public report describing and quantifying the effectiveness and outcomes of efforts by Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., (Chipotle) to prevent harassment and discrimination against its protected classes of employees.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/common-retirement-fund/corporate-governance/pdf/chipotle-discrimination.pdfDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments Located Outside New York City – Sunnyside Manor: Unauthorized Bank Account (2024-S-12)
to determine whether residents of Mitchell-Lama developments supervised by DHCR are provided safe and clean living conditions, and whether funds are properly accounted for and used for intended purposes. Our audit covered the period from January 2019 through December 2022.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-24s12.pdfHomeownership Rates in New York
In New York, that dream appears unattainable for a large share of the population: New York has the lowest homeownership rate among the states, with only 53.6 percent owning a home in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 65.8 percent nationally.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/homeownership-rates-in-ny.pdfFranziska Racker Centers, Inc. dba Racker: Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2021-S-5) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the costs reported by Franziska Racker Centers, Inc. dba Racker (Racker) on its Consolidated Fiscal Report (CFR) were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s (SED) guidelines, including the Reimbursable Cost Manual (RCM).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21s5-response.pdfStreet Construction-Related Permits (2020-N-6)
To determine whether the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) ensures that all street construction permittees have complied with the application requirements and permit conditions, including completing the project by the scheduled permit expiration date. We also determined whether DOT...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20n6.pdfKids in Action of Long Island, Inc. - Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2021-S-13) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the costs reported by Kids in Action of Long Island, Inc. on its Consolidated Fiscal Report (CFR) were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s (SED) guidelines, including the Reimbursable Cost Manual (RCM).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21s13-response.pdfNYC Health + Hospitals Check-Up: The Impact of COVID-19
NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) is the largest municipal public health system in the country and New York City’s largest provider of care to Medicaid patients, mental health patients, and uninsured patients, serving more than 1 million New Yorkers within the five boroughs.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-9-2022.pdfCity of Long Beach – Budget Review (B21-7-6)
Determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the City’s proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year are reasonable, and whether the City took appropriate action to implement or resolve recommendations from our budget review issued in May 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/long-beach-budget-review-b21-7-6.pdf2020 Annual Report on Preschool Special Education
In 2020, OSC completed 10 audits of preschool special education providers' expenses submitted to SED. These audits cumulatively identified over $4.4 million in recommended disallowances, or more than 3 percent of the total claimed expenses of $139.3 million for the audit period.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/seit-annual-report-2020.pdfOversight of Provider Consolidated Fiscal Reports – Independent Living, Inc. (2019-S-60) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health ensures that costs reported by providers such as Independent Living, Inc. on Consolidated Fiscal Reports are allowable, properly calculated, and adequately documented in accordance with Consolidated Fiscal Reporting and Claiming Manual requirements.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/2020-19s60-response.pdfComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Dec. 31, 2013, auditors identified $6,634 in costs charged to special education programs that did not comply with SED’s … that it applied the full, correct amount of interest to the Court and Trust accounts. In a follow-up, auditors … in drug rebate and discount revenue that was not credited to the Department of Civil Service for the period Jan. 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 88-32
… in the opinion. TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (authority to publish names, office addresses and phone numbers of town … TOWN LAW, §§30, 116(13): A town board may determine to place an advertisement in a newspaper for the purpose of … clerk. You have asked whether it is a proper town expense to publish an advertisement in a local newspaper stating the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-32College of Staten Island - Examination of Fast Track MK LLC
… Purpose The objective of our examination was to determine if the College conducted an appropriate … Fast Track and submitted an appropriate claim for payment to our Office for those goods. Background The College … The College submitted a $22,800 claim for payment, payable to Fast Track, to our Office for the brackets, support …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/05/college-staten-island-examination-fast-track-mk-llcMedicaid Audits Find More Than $500 Million in Waste
… revenue opportunities over a four-year period, according to a report released today. Auditors identified another $361 … transactions that will require further review and actions to prevent overpayments or recover costs. “Medicaid is a … insuring nearly 6.4 million New Yorkers and enabling them to access health care that would otherwise be unaffordable,” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/medicaid-audits-find-more-500-million-wasteOpinion 89-57
… town board may authorize the superintendent of highways to utilize town highway equipment and personnel to repair and improve a village street of a village located … agreements between the town and village are not subject to competitive bidding requirements. 1971 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-57Opinion 96-19
… -- Capital Improvements (joint construction of a building to be used as town hall and fire station) -- Real Property … A town and a fire district located therein may, pursuant to General Municipal Law, article 5-G, enter into a municipal cooperation agreement to jointly acquire real property and construct a building …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-19Opinion 92-4
… the type of conditioning necessary for the firefighters to efficiently fulfill their firemanic functions, the nature … assurance that it is realizing sufficient benefits to justify the expenditure and the cost is reasonable in relation to the benefits received by the district. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 97-3
… TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (authority to waive) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §1182; L 1993, ch 602, §8, … of the Real Property Tax Law does not authorize a village to waive interest and penalties on taxes which became a lien prior to January 1, 1995. Until December 31, 1999, however, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3Opinion 98-9
… of (by entity providing ambulance service pursuant to contract) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §122-b; TOWN LAW, … district, may fix a schedule of municipal fees or charges to be paid by persons requesting the use of those services. Absent action by the town board to fix such a schedule of fees or charges for the services to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9