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DiNapoli: Feds Must Step Up or NYC Metro Region Faces End of Public Transit As We Know It

… released the following statement today in response to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s release of its … MTA this year, forcing it to borrow almost $3 billion to get through 2020 and saddling it with even more debt in the … soon as possible. “Washington needs to act now to support mass transit, the lifeblood of metropolitan economies.” … New …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/dinapoli-feds-must-step-or-nyc-metro-region-faces-end-public-transit-we-know-it

Medicaid Audits Find More Than $500 Million in Waste

… and The issuance of multiple client identification numbers ($17 million). Significant recoveries that resulted …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/medicaid-audits-find-more-500-million-waste

Medicaid Program – Appropriateness of Medicaid Eligibility Determined by the New York State of Health System

… of $188,131; and NYSOH issued unreasonably high numbers of CINs for expected multiple births per pregnancy – … Payments for Recipients With Multiple Identification Numbers and No Social Security Numbers (2010-S-29) Department of Health: Inappropriate …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/10/28/medicaid-program-appropriateness-medicaid-eligibility-determined-new-york-state-health

Oakfield-Alabama Central School District – Procurement (2024M-103)

… the goods. Officials also paid $8,641 for software it did not need because they did not cancel the software …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/11/22/oakfield-alabama-central-school-district-procurement-2024m-103

DiNapoli: Critical Pre-School Special Education Services Not Reaching All Students Who Need Them

… Preschool students in need of special education services are not always getting the help they need or are getting … The audit of the State Department of Education (SED) found many local school districts maintain waitlists for services … oversight of services was hindered because it did not know how many students were enrolled in the preschool special …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-critical-pre-school-special-education-services-not-reaching-all-students-who-need-them

XIII.4.C Travel Mileage Rates – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement

… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES New York State reimburses employees for business use of a personal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii4c-travel-mileage-rates

CUNY Bulletin No. CU-822

… is to provide agency instructions for processing the CUNY 2025 3% general salary increases for New York State Nurse … 3% general salary increases have been authorized for 2025. Effective Dates: The 2025 general salary increases will be processed in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-822-cuny-2025-3-general-salary-increases-new-york-state-nurse

DiNapoli Urges New Yorkers to Fill Out 2020 Census Forms

… lags behind most other states in responding to the 2020 Census, ranking 38th in the country, New York State … of response rates as of July 13, as well as those of cities, towns and villages. These charts, which are updated … Hamilton (16.5 percent). Cities with the highest response rate include Sherrill in Oneida County (79.9 percent), …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-fill-out-2020-census-forms

DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Drop 8.2 Percent in July

… compared to the same period last year, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Collections for …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-drop-82-percent-july

Minimum Qualifications - Auditors

… months of applying: Hold or will hold a bachelor’s degree in one of the following disciplines: Accounting Public … will hold any bachelor’s degree At least 24 credit hours in Accounting and/or Auditing For positions as a State … of employment without discrimination based on race, color, sex (including gender identity or expression), religion, age, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/jobs/qualifications-auditors

Controls Over Cash Advance Accounts

To determine whether the Office of Children and Family Services OCFS has adequate controls over the cash advance accounts it oversees to ensure the money is p

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/15/controls-over-cash-advance-accounts

Compliance With School Safety Planning Requirements (Follow-Up)

… included in our initial audit report, Compliance With School Safety Planning Requirements (Report 2018-N-2 ). … provide additional guidance. For example, DOE’s District Safety Team must develop a comprehensive … 907,000 students at approximately 1,600 elementary, middle, and high schools (excluding charter schools). The …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/11/compliance-school-safety-planning-requirements-follow

XII.6.E Making an Emergency Payment – XII. Expenditures

… unexpected situation occurs where health and public safety or the conservation of public resources is at risk and an … Vendor File, Business Units can use the emergency single payment vendor ID “0400000001” to make a payment to … subsequent to processing the payment using the emergency single payment vendor ID. See Chapter X, Section 5.A - …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6e-making-emergency-payment

DiNapoli Releases Industry Sector Dashboards to Track NYC Economic Recovery

… employers such as restaurants, hotels and retail stores. There is no doubt the recovery of New York state requires a … in the sector in December 2021 remained 17.9% below what it was in March 2020. Construction : Jobs in the sector …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-releases-industry-sector-dashboards-track-nyc-economic-recovery

Benefits Advisement Services for Individuals With Disabilities Seeking Employment

… and recommendation related to benefits advisement in the New York State Employment First Commission report. The audit … through January 13, 2021. About the Program Working-age New Yorkers with disabilities participate in the work force … working-age adults (ages 21-64) with disabilities in New York State. The employment rate of working-age people …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/20/benefits-advisement-services-individuals-disabilities-seeking-employment

DiNapoli: Department of Environmental Conservation’s Operational Spending Declines as Responsibilities Grow

… Leadership and Community Protection Act, the Climate Smart Communities Program and the Community Risk and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-department-environmental-conservations-operational-spending-declines-responsibilities-grow

Protection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees) (Follow-Up)

… insects. These crops’ plants use pollen to produce a fruit or seed and cannot reproduce without pollen carried to them … to their populations. This audit covered the period from January 2017 through August 2022. The audit found that … ensure honey bees entering the State are healthy and free from disease. Key Finding Ag&Mkts has made progress in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/12/protection-managed-pollinators-honey-bees-follow

Opinion 97-21

… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (filing of annual … Section 263 of the Education Law provides the following: Every library or museum, other than a school library, which … 20, 1997 Patricia L. McCarthy Deputy Comptroller 1 We note that where a library has not appointed a separate …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-21