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DiNapoli Releases Report on Tax Check-Off Donations
… state fiscal year (SFY), according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. A report … intended purposes in a timely manner. The report released today found that 14 funds had higher balances than in the … 201920 state fiscal year according to a report released today by Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-releases-report-tax-check-off-donationsState Agencies Bulletin No. 339
… non-cash merit awards, such as gift certificates and bus or subway tokens. Awards from all qualified award … of items such as store or restaurant gift certificates, bus tokens or transportation cards that are considered "cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/339-taxable-non-cash-merit-awards-mc-employeesDiNapoli Releases New Tool for Monitoring NYC 311 Complaints
… launched the NYC311 Monitoring Tool , an interactive dashboard that will let people see service requests in their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-releases-new-tool-monitoring-nyc-311-complaintsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1896
… completion of the roll-over to the Department Budget Table USA containing the chart of accounts strings for agency … make any changes to the FY 2021 Department Budget Table USA rows on or after March 25, 2021 until the April 8, 2021 … make any changes to the FY 2021 Department Budget Table USA rows on or after April 1, 2021 until the April 14, 2021 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1896-new-york-state-payroll-system-payserv-fiscal-year-end-rollover-positionComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… 177 claims totaling approximately $2 million to determine if they contained sufficient documentation, all were properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsDiNapoli: Health Care Jobs Grow Across New York
… single largest occupation at 33.5 percent – received the lowest average wage at $29,120. With over 548,000 jobs, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-health-care-jobs-grow-across-new-yorkDiNapoli: Audit Finds Inadequate Oversight of Student Grade Changes
… Student grades in five school districts were changed from failing to passing without proper documentation or … (44 percent) were not supported with written documentation from the student’s teacher authorizing the change. Of these changes, 97 (50 percent) were changed from failing to passing, 36 (18 percent) increased a grade, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-audit-finds-inadequate-oversight-student-grade-changesDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Growth Slows
… across the state grew by $439 million, or 3 percent, from 2013 to 2014. In 2013, the growth rate was 5.2 percent. … sales tax collections grew by $304 million, or 4.8 percent from 2013 to 2014, compared to 6.8 percent growth in 2013. … tax collections, excluding all cities, was 1.3 percent from 2013 to 2014 – significantly lower than the 3.8 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-growth-slowsState Audit Finds Rochester Transportation Authority Incorrectly Administered Compensation Program
… generally had adequate controls and accountability over fuel procurement, delivery, storage, and usage. However, … auditors identified certain weaknesses in subsidiaries’ fuel purchasing and monitoring practices. Further, while the authority purchased the correct type of fuel for buses, it paid more than necessary for fuel at two …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/state-audit-finds-rochester-transportation-authority-incorrectly-administered-compensation-programDiNapoli: Facilities Using Radioactive Materials or Radiation Equipment in New York City Were Not Always Properly Inspected or Licensed
… of them. Of the remaining 51 hospitals, five did not have registration certificates for the current and the prior … the required components of a radiation protection program. When the agency did find violations it did not always follow … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-facilities-using-radioactive-materials-or-radiation-equipment-new-york-city-were-not-alwaysDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Cash, Drugs, Weapons Missing from Police Custody
… and discovered 293 items (7 percent) were unaccounted for from law enforcement agency inventories. Of the ten agencies … 100 marijuana plants could not be located. Drugs missing from other agencies included cocaine, crack, heroin, … tested) were stored by agencies in locations that differed from those recorded in the inventory records; More than half …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-cash-drugs-weapons-missing-police-custodyDiNapoli: State Contractor Failed to Pay Prevailing Wages
… A state Office of Mental Health (OMH) contractor hired to provide janitorial services failed to pay … the Shorefront Mental Health Board,” DiNapoli said. “This contractor unconscionably cheated disabled employees out of … wage rates. However, further investigation found the contractor was also paying employees for fewer hours than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-state-contractor-failed-pay-prevailing-wagesComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… 2013, determined the New York State Health Insurance Plan (NYSHIP) made improper payments totaling $137,459 to … non-competitive contract was based on unsupported claims from Downstate officials. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsDiNapoli, Erie Co. Da Keane and Erie Co. Sheriff Garcia: Former Erie County Deputy Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $320,000
… Former Deputy Erie County Clerk Alexander McDougall today pleaded guilty to … county funds, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane, and Erie … Former Deputy Erie County Clerk Alexander McDougall today pleaded guilty to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-erie-co-da-keane-and-erie-co-sheriff-garcia-former-erie-county-deputy-clerk-pleads-guiltyOpinion 98-16
… -- Certiorari Proceedings (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in school district reserve fund for tax certiorari claims) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Reserve Fund (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in … must hold moneys paid into a tax certiorari reserve fund before the moneys may be returned to the school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-16DiNapoli: Pennsylvania Man Who Impersonated Deceased Father to Steal $194K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
… five years in prison and ordered to pay full restitution, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of … from the Nassau County Clerk’s Office in 1992 and moved to Wyoming from Pennsylvania with his son, Timothy Gritman, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-pennsylvania-man-who-impersonated-deceased-father-steal-194k-nys-pension-and-social-securityDiNapoli: Town of Altona Official Misused $23,500
… admitted to DiNapoli’s investigators that over a four year period, between 2009 and 2013, she altered town … also revealed: The bookkeeper allowed checks to remain on hand for weeks or months before deposit, including five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-town-altona-official-misused-23500DiNapoli: State Fiscal Year 2021-22 Tax Revenues $3.3 Billion Over Final Projections
… Tax collections for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021-22 totaled $121.1 billion — … higher than forecast by the Division of the Budget (DOB) in the Amended Executive Budget financial plan released in February, and more than $30 billion higher than DOB’s initial forecasts from May 2021, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-state-fiscal-year-2021-22-tax-revenues-33-billion-over-final-projectionsDiNapoli: Former Prattsville Town Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Fraud of State Funds
… Carla Freedman; Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); John Pias, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office, Department of Homeland … (DHS-OIG); and Christina Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-former-prattsville-town-supervisor-pleads-guilty-fraud-state-fundsDiNapoli: Chatham Police Chief Sentenced for Pension Double-Dipping
… Czajka, and the New York State Police. “No one is above law, including Volkmann who, as the chief law enforcement officer of the village, not only defrauded … the earnings through a private business, PF Volkmann & Associates. He also pled to official misconduct, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-chatham-police-chief-sentenced-pension-double-dipping