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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… accounting records. As a result, the board’s ability to make informed financial decisions was inhibited because … did not file payroll reports or remit withholdings timely to the Internal Revenue Service or the New York State … authorized by an act of the state Legislature for the city to issue debt to liquidate the deficits. Village of North …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… be provided to the court and then delivered to the county treasurer for safekeeping. Auditors identified one action … The treasurer stated that she did not turn over the money because the action was still pending in court. However, the money had been in the treasurer’s custody for over three years and, therefore, should have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … timely and identified deficiencies in internal control. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal and School Audits
… reserve balances that circumvented the statutory limit on surplus fund balance and resulted in a real property tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-and-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… had not billed $95,210 of the $129,538 in tuition to which it was entitled for the 2020-21 through 2022-23 school years …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Monitoring of Construction Management (Follow-Up)
… recommends awarding the contract to the highest-ranking firm. Pursuant to Article 15-A of the New York State Executive Law, State agencies are required to establish goals for MWBE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/06/monitoring-construction-management-followOversight of the Nourish New York Program (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the five … 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic (pandemic) in response to disrupted food supply chains and was intended to expand …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/14/oversight-nourish-new-york-program-followDiNapoli: Statewide Local Sales Tax Collections Declined 10 Percent in 2020
… were impacted more severely than those throughout the rest of the state during the entire year. Because the city was hit … the second quarter, compared to 19 percent for the rest of the state, and double-digit declines continued in the … sales tax collections. DiNapoli’s report also found: County sales tax collections decreased by 0.9 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-statewide-local-sales-tax-collections-declined-10-percent-2020Town of Lorraine – Town Supervisor's Records and Reports (2025M-47)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Lorraine (Town) Supervisor (Supervisor) maintain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/08/08/town-lorraine-town-supervisors-records-and-reports-2025m-47DiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Costs Increased 10.2% in 2024, Up 1.8M Hours Over 2023
… for a total of $1.3 billion, while the number of overtime hours increased by 7.8%, or 1.8 million hours higher than the previous year, according to the annual … employees, and agencies need to ensure the use of overtime hours is justified and services are delivered safely and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-costs-increased-10.2-percent-in-2024-up-1.8m-hours-over-2023Financial Reporting and Asset Allocation
… Financial Report, which conforms with Governmental Accounting Standards Board principles and reporting … Equities 25% International Equities 14% Private Equity 15% Real Estate 12% Real Assets 4% Fixed Income 22% Credit 4% …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/resources/financial-reporting-and-asset-allocationOpinion 90-10
… 153; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§239-x, 239-y; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): Neither a conservation advisory … v City of Lockport , 228 AD 319, 238 NYS 662, affd 254 NY 582; Embler v Town of Wallkill , 132 NY 222; 1989 Opns St … danger to users of a town highway, we note that Municipal Home Rule Law, §10(1) authorizes a local government to adopt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10XVI.3.C State Funds Included in the ACFR – XVI. Financial Reporting
Article 6 of the State Finance Law requires the Comptroller to classify each fund not classified by law into a fund type for financial reporting purposes in conformance with GAAP
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3c-state-funds-included-cafrState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… pay claims for hospital services. Hospital benefits cover a range of services including physician-administered drugs, … are drugs administered by health care professionals in a hospital or facility setting. A prior audit, issued in … As eligibility factors change, individuals may transition between Medicaid and the Essential Plan, resulting in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for June 2014
… more than 840,600 payments worth nearly $10.8 billion in June. His office also rejected 224 contracts and related … Trails Inc. for shuttle bus services for state employees in Albany. Thruway Authority $29 million contract with Kapsch … for the Major Deegan Expressway bridge rehabilitation in the Bronx. Approved a $12.8 design/build contract with El …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-june-2014Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Defendant For Stealing Over $148k in NYS Pension Benefits
… County Supreme Court today to 6 months incarceration and 5 years of probation, $45,000 in restitution and a judgment in … to collect his pension benefits for approximately five years. During this time period, Kanas lived off of the stolen money and, among other things, took multiple cruises, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-defendant-stealing-over-148k-nys-pensionDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for December
… $358 million and 1,390 payments valued at $1.9 million due to fraud, waste and other improprieties. As the state’s chief … Major Contract Approvals Office of General Services—State Capitol Escalator Replacements Approved a $1.8 million … daily activity accounts provide important details about how taxpayer dollars are spent, which is a fundamental …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-decemberDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Hiring and Budgeting Problems in Brentwood School District
… A pattern of poor budgeting led the Brentwood Union Free School District to accumulate excessive fund balance as well as … district policy, most notably in the search for a new superintendent. “This audit revealed some troubling decisions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-audit-reveals-hiring-and-budgeting-problems-brentwood-school-districtOpinion 93-21
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (procedures for sale of) REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for to sell fire truck in fire district) -- Permissive (need for to sell fire truck in fire … v Board of Education of the Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District , 125 AD2d 534, 509 NYS2d 612, lv den 69 NY2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21Opinion 92-44
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … to fringe benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law, §207-m) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-44