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State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on State Budget for State Fiscal Year 2023-24
… " The state budget makes important investments in education and health care, including mental health care, and provides significant, recurring funding to the MTA that … statutory changes that increase the allowable deposits and balances of the state's rainy day reserves. The state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-state-budget-state-fiscal-year-2023-24Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Industrial Development Agency , Middle Country Public Library and Otsego County . “In today’s fiscal climate, … incentives provided to businesses. Middle Country Public Library – Treasurer (Suffolk County) The treasurer does not … board. In addition, the treasurer’s status, as either a library officer or independent contractor, is unclear. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2DiNapoli: Springport Town Clerk Faces Criminal Charges
… today for allegedly trespassing on a town computer to boost her retirement benefits with the New York State and … and benefits and prevented Waldron from receiving money to which she was not entitled. "This town clerk marred a 25-year career as a public servant by allegedly trying to pad her hours," DiNapoli said. "Hopefully, her arrest will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-springport-town-clerk-faces-criminal-chargesDiNapoli Announces Elliott Auerbach to Oversee Local Government Division
… comptroller for the Division of Local Government and School Accountability. Auerbach will head the division … for monitoring the finances of local governments and school districts. He will manage auditing and budget reviews, … comptroller for the Division of Local Government and School Accountability …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/dinapoli-announces-elliott-auerbach-oversee-local-government-divisionComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… approval. Columbia County – Court and Trust Funds (2014M-353) The surrogate court clerk’s records could not verify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1DiNapoli to Audit Hempstead IDA, Valley Stream School District in Wake of Controversial Development Project
… District 30. The audits will be conducted in response to multiple requests his office received related to approval of the Green Acres Mall project in Hempstead. … promote openness in government and provide taxpayers with better access to the financial workings of government. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/dinapoli-audit-hempstead-ida-valley-stream-school-district-wake-controversial-development-projectDiNapoli: Former Wallkill Fire District Chair Pleads Guilty in $240,000 Theft
… as early as 2010, laundering the money through his wife’s account through 2013, the joint investigation and audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-former-wallkill-fire-district-chair-pleads-guilty-240000-theftLocust Valley Water District – Budgeting (2013M-179)
… fiscal years, and also appropriated $1 million in fund balance each year which was not fully needed to finance … As a result, only a fraction of the appropriated fund balance was used to fund operations in three of the four years reviewed. None of the appropriated fund balance was used in the other year. The Board also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2013/09/06/locust-valley-water-district-budgeting-2013m-179Cooperstown Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-65)
… $3.2 million. Appropriating fund balance that is not needed artificially reduces the amount of surplus fund … Improperly held $500,000 in a debt reserve that should have been returned to the general fund and maintained an … in line with the statutory limit; however, we determined it exceeded the statutory limit by $2.3 million when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/04/cooperstown-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-65Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi – Financial Management (2024M-21)
… reserve balances circumvents the statutory limit on surplus fund balance and resulted in a real property tax … corrective action. Appendix B includes our comments on the District’s response letter. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/delaware-academy-central-school-district-delhi-financial-management-2024mComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's 170,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsTown of Lee – Financial Management (2025M-63)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Lee (Town) Town Board … fund balances? Audit Period December 31, 2021 – April 25, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area A key measure of a town’s … in the highway fund). Appropriations in the Town’s 2025 budget totaled $2.3 million ($1 million for the general fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/09/12/town-lee-financial-management-2025m-63Oxford Academy and Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-6)
… to evaluate the District’s financial management practices for the period July 1, 2014 through November 19, 2015. … five-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2015-16 fiscal year total approximately $19.1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/17/oxford-academy-and-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-6Hamlin Morton Walker Fire District – Financial Management (2023M-67)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Hamlin Morton Walker Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners … audit hamlin morton walker fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/08/18/hamlin-morton-walker-fire-district-financial-management-2023m-67Middletown Enlarged City School District – Financial Condition (2017M-245)
… Key Findings The Board appropriated $27 million of fund balance in District budgets for the last five years, but only … $1.4 million was used. The District’s unrestricted fund balance has exceeded statutory limits in each of the past five years. The Board has not adopted a fund balance policy. Key Recommendations Discontinue the practice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/02/16/middletown-enlarged-city-school-district-financial-condition-2017m-245Mount Sinai Union Free School District - Financial Condition Management (2018M-34)
… and District officials effectively managed general fund balance. Key Findings District officials overestimated … surpluses each year, which resulted in appropriated fund balance not being used and total fund balance increasing from $12.4 million to $16.6 million (35 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/06/01/mount-sinai-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementArdsley Union Free School District – Financial Management (2024M-13)
… limit on surplus fund balance and lacks transparency. As a result, the District levied more taxes than needed to fund … in each of those years averaging $1.1 million. As a result, the appropriated fund balance was not used to fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/21/ardsley-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2024m-13Bradford Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-253)
… not adopted realistic budgets or effectively managed fund balance and, despite the significant amount of accumulated fund balance, continued to raise the tax levy by an average of 2 … over the last three years. When unused appropriated fund balance is added back, unrestricted fund balance exceeded the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/10/07/bradford-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-253Wilson Central School District - Financial Management (2022M-22)
… whether the Wilson Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed fund balance and reserves. Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund … whether the Wilson Central School District District Board of Education Board and District officials properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/04/01/wilson-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-22Town of LaGrange – Financial Management (2023M-139)
… plan and effectively managed the Town’s general fund balance. Key Findings The Board did not develop a multiyear financial plan or manage general fund balance in accordance with Town policy. As of December 31, 2022, the general unassigned fund balance was $3.3 million, or 51 percent of the ensuing year’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/03/29/town-lagrange-financial-management-2023m-139