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DiNapoli Report Examines Broadband Availability, Access and Affordability in NYC
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli examined issues related to broadband availability, access and affordability across … state and federal leaders should focus on measures to improve accessibility for those with the lowest incomes.” … slightly between 2021-2023, but was still lower than prior to the pandemic. As of 2023, the Bronx, with the highest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-report-examines-broadband-availability-access-and-affordability-nycState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… budget transparency and accountability for our local communities is a top priority," said DiNapoli. "By auditing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli: 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 … only two – Elmira and Irondequoit – were able to account for each item tested. The inventories reviewed included property for criminal case evidence, property no longer needed as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-audit-reveals-cash-drugs-weapons-missing-police-custodyInvestors Renew Call on Exxon to Address Climate Risk
… including equities, real estate and alternative investment strategies. The Commissioners' work supports the Church of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/investors-renew-call-exxon-address-climate-riskMaintenance and Inspection of Event Recorder Units
… train locomotives (Model R156), which included ERUs, or “black boxes.” ERUs are a valuable safety feature that allow … documentation of work. This has resulted in Transit not being able to effectively track the maintenance and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/18/maintenance-and-inspection-event-recorder-unitsDiNapoli: State Contractor Failed to Pay Prevailing Wages
… programs of the South Beach Psychiatric Center in Staten Island. It contracts with OMH to provide janitorial services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-state-contractor-failed-pay-prevailing-wagesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Manual (2017-S-7) Kennedy is a New York City-based not-for-profit organization authorized by SED to provide … of Education (DoE) refers students to Kennedy and pays for its services using rates established by SED. The DoE is reimbursed by SED for a portion of its payments to Kennedy. For the three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1204
… Purpose To inform agencies of new functionality that allows agencies to reserve (i.e. pre-assign) a system assigned Empl ID in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1204-reserving-empl-id-payserv-prior-entry-new-hire-transactionLocal Sales Tax Collections up 10.2% in Third Quarter of 2022
… the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, mostly driven by double digit growth in New York City. … P. DiNapoli. This is the second straight quarter that year-over-year growth did not keep pace with inflation for … York City’s third quarter collections this year grew by 16.8% to $2.4 billion. Several of the city’s major service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/local-sales-tax-collections-up-10-point-2-percent-in-third-quarter-2022DiNapoli: Pennsylvania Man Who Impersonated Deceased Father to Steal $194K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
… Office for their efforts in investigating, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Curran for prosecuting this case.” New … his deceased father, he used makeup to whiten his hair and eyebrows. In 2019, Timothy Gritman told a family …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-pennsylvania-man-who-impersonated-deceased-father-steal-194k-nys-pension-and-social-securityMedgar Evers College – Controls Over Bank Accounts
… officials adequately assured that all Medgar Evers College (MEC) bank accounts were authorized and used only for … the Vice President of Finance and Administration at each college to ensure that each bank account complies with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/03/medgar-evers-college-controls-over-bank-accountsComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… School District – Procurement (Jefferson County) A review of 24 purchases totaling about $128,000 found that district … competition by obtaining oral or written quotes for 18 of those purchases (75 percent) totaling $81,500. District … also did not seek competition for services from five of the six professional service providers reviewed. These …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0How to Obtain Your Personal Records Under the Personal Privacy Protection Law
… information the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has on file which pertains to you. Personal Records You Can … symbol, mark, or other identifier such as an address). How to Make a Request Requests for access and corrections … per page per photocopy up to 9 by 14 inches, or the actual cost of reproducing any other record, except where a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/help/how-obtain-your-personal-records-under-personal-privacy-protection-lawProtection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees) (Follow-Up)
… Ag&Mkts had procedures in place for addressing the discovery of American foulbrood during inspections, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/12/protection-managed-pollinators-honey-bees-followOpinion 89-25
… appropriated to a duly established capital reserve fund or tax stabilization reserve fund (GML, §6-d[3][b]). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25Opinion 2007-1
… remaining parts of the agreement ( Guistino v County of Nassau , 306 AD2d 376, 760 NYS2d 862; Burroughs v New York … bidding statute ( Value Management Consultants v County of Nassau , Supreme Ct, Nassau County, May 7, 1999, O’Connell, J, affd 274 AD2d 588, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-1DiNapoli Report Finds Big Five School Districts' Use of Pandemic Aid Reflects Different Priorities
… are using the funds. The New York City Department of Education plans to use a smaller share of the billions of dollars of its federal aid to help close pandemic learning …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-report-finds-big-five-school-districts-use-pandemic-aid-reflects-different-prioritiesOpinion 98-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authority to … must specify the four major categories as set forth in Highway Law, §141 and further must be in such form and contain such information as the budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-14EDSS - Glossary of Terms
… Table of Contents Contract Reporter Exemption Requests (CRER) … Exemption Request Agency Reference Number Any number, letter or combination of, apart from the contract number, … including renewals) The total amount of the procurement award. Examples: If a state agency has a $3 million dollar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/edss-glossary-termsDiNapoli: Problems Persist at Many Hotels and Motels Used to House Homeless
… State auditors examining hotels and motels used to house the homeless found poor conditions … water damage, exposed wiring, missing smoke detectors and garbage in rooms, according to an audit released today by … system. This review encompassed 200 emergency shelters and 187 hotels and motels located across 48 different …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-problems-persist-many-hotels-and-motels-used-house-homeless