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2023 Corporate Governance Stewardship Report
Our Corporate Governance Program works to help protect the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s long-term value by exercising prudent stewardship of our portfolio by engaging with the public companies we invest in on key environmental, social, and governance issues that have a financial impact.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/2023-corporate-governance-stewardship-report.pdfMental Health: Inpatient Service Capacity
In recent years, the prevalence and estimated numbers of New Yorkers living with any mental illness have increased, according to the State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/mental-health-inpatient-service-capacity.pdf2023 Annual Financial Report of the New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund
The report includes: a description of the costs and damages paid by and recovered for the Fund; the monies spent pursuant to Section 186 (including amounts spent for oil spill prevention, training activities and equipment purchased), and the economic and environmental impacts on the State.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/about/pdf/oil-spill-annual-report-2023.pdfHealth Insurance Coverage in New York State
Public policies over the last decade have had a significant impact in reducing the number of uninsured people nationally and especially in New York, where the share of those without health insurance declined to 5.2 percent in 2021, well below the national average of 8.6 percent.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/health-insurance-coverage-in-new-york-state.pdfCybersecurity Web Series Week 2 – IT Contingency Planning – Oops! What now?
This session will expand on one of the key areas within a comprehensive cybersecurity program: IT Contingency Planning. We will define IT Contingency Planning as a means to avoid costly delays in getting your government or school operations back up and running as quickly as possible.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/cybersecurity-week-2-10-12-2021.pdfSelected Management and Operations Practices (2020-S-38) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the New York Power Authority’s electric vehicle initiatives and programs placed the Charge NY and Charge NY 2.0 charging stations in locations where the intent of these programs could be achieved; and whether it's EVolve NY program met its initial goals.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-20s38-response.pdf2024 Annual Financial Report of the New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund
The report includes: a description of the costs and damages paid by and recovered for the Fund; the monies spent pursuant to Section 186 (including amounts spent for oil spill prevention, training activities and equipment purchased), and the economic and environmental impacts on the State.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/about/pdf/oil-spill-annual-report-2024.pdf2024 Corporate Governance Stewardship Report
Our Corporate Governance Program works to help protect the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s long-term value by exercising prudent stewardship of our portfolio by engaging with the public companies we invest in on key environmental, social, and governance issues that have a financial impact.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/2024-corporate-governance-stewardship-report.pdf2025 Corporate Governance Stewardship Report
Our Corporate Governance Program works to help protect the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s long-term value by exercising prudent stewardship of our portfolio by engaging with the public companies we invest in on key environmental, social, and governance issues that have a financial impact.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/2025-stewardship-priorities.pdfNew York City Agency Services Update
New York City has the largest municipal budget and public workforce in the nation, with a citywide budget of over $115 billion (FY 2025) and more than 300,000 employees (June 2024) tasked with providing a vast array of services to its more than eight million residents.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-19-2025.pdfState Agencies Bulletin No. 1323
… Purpose To notify agencies of the new voluntary deduction codes 553 PEF AFLAC Accident Indemnity and 554 PEF AFLAC Cancer Care established … To notify agencies of the new voluntary deduction codes 553 PEF AFLAC Accident Indemnity and 554 PEF AFLAC Cancer Care established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1323-new-deduction-codes-553-pef-aflac-accident-indemnity-and-554-pef-aflacOpinion 99-12
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-12Opinion 98-3
… in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Appointment to Office (of town supervisor's business partner) -- Contracts (appointment to office) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(2), 805-a: The appointment of the town supervisor's business partner to the office of town comptroller, by itself, does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-3Opinion 95-18
… cemetery in lieu of the yearly assessment provided for by Village Law, §15-1506. You ask whether a village, in … by villages. Section 15-1502 prescribes the procedure for the sale of burial lots but is silent with respect to the … fees. Further, while there is express authority for a village to impose upon lot owners a yearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-18Opinion 96-16
… issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Property (use of proceeds from sale of) WATER DISTRICTS -- … of proceeds from sale of) TOWN LAW, §198(12); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10: A town may not, pursuant to either Town … 141; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-53, p 84; see also Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][ii][d][3]). Accordingly, since the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Columbia, Rockland, and Ulster) had immunization rates of 94 percent, just short of the 95 percent target. There are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0State Agencies Bulletin No. 1130
… the process of testing the payroll accounting interfaces as part of the first Full Dress Rehearsal (FDR1) being … or finalized their chart field assignments in SFS. As a result many Position Pools in PayServ contain PayServ … be valid in SFS, it may not charge the same Cost Center as the original payroll. OSC will create a test version of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1130-payroll-processing-during-sfs-full-dress-rehearsalState Agencies Bulletin No. 693
… Purpose To notify agencies that the return address on all Direct … no longer will be the Office of the State Comptroller name and address. The return address will be the employee’s … report NPAY529 (Agency W-2 Return Address Report). Refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 691 , dated January 4, 2007, for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/693-agency-return-address-direct-deposit-advice-statementsOpinion 88-54
… , 134 NY 163; 5 McQuillin, Municipal Corporations, §§15.39, 15.41; 1 Antieau, Municipal Corporations Law, §4.26; also see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54State Agencies Bulletin No. 1971.2
… No. 1971.1 . Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide step-by-step guidance for Direct Deposit entry and provide details of the Direct Deposit Audit … after January 1, 2023 and existing employees with a change to their Request Direct Deposit record are affected . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19712-direct-deposit-guidance-and-audit-query