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Benefits Advisement Services for Individuals With Disabilities Seeking Employment
To determine if the Office of Mental Health (OMH) has effectively addressed the findings and recommendation related to benefits advisement in the New York State Employment First Commission report.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-20s41.pdfUser Access Controls Over Selected System Applications (Follow-Up) (2021-F-8)
To determine whether access controls over select State University of New York Upstate Medical University (Upstate) system applications are effective to prevent unnecessary or inappropriate access to those applications.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-21f8.pdfControls Over Cash Advance Accounts (2014-S-65), 90-Day Response
The objectives of our audit were to determine if the Department has an ongoing need for its advance accounts, and if it has adequate controls to ensure the mone
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2015-14s65-response.pdfControls Over Cash Advance Accounts (2014-S-65)
The objectives of our audit were to determine if the Department has an ongoing need for its advance accounts, and if it has adequate controls to ensure the mone
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2015-14s65.pdfBorrowing for College, May 2009
Over the past five years, the average cost of a college education has grown by over 30 percent, more than twice as fast as the inflation rate during this period
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/economic-borrowing-college-2009.pdfSchool District Assessment Adjustment Form
All assessment adjustments must be reported in detail by parcel on this form. Please fill it out and mail back to the Office of the New York State Comptroller.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/required-reporting/pdf/school-district-assessment-adjustment-form.pdfAddiction Support Services During Emergencies (2021-S-35) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) offers adequate guidance to providers to help ensure they’re able to deliver addiction support services during emergency situations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-21s35-response.pdfForm W-4P Withholding Certificate for Pension or Annuity Payments (RS4531)
To update your federal tax withholding, which is the amount of federal income tax withheld from your monthly pension payment, NYSLRS retirees and beneficiaries use Form W-4P (RS4531).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/forms/pdf/rs4531.pdfSelected Aspects of the All-Agency Contractor Evaluation System at Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, New York City Transit, and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (2019-S-52) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is monitoring and evaluating its contractors/consultants in compliance with its All-Agency Contractor Evaluation (ACE) system and taking appropriate action where performance ratings are less than satisfactory.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-19s52-response.pdfDiNapoli: OCFS Should Improve Foster Care Placement Oversight
… records. DiNapoli recommends OCFS: Identify and implement strategies to improve county and VA compliance with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-ocfs-should-improve-foster-care-placement-oversightState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Charter School of Inquiry , Elmont Union Free School District , Ithaca City … and the Wells Central School District . "In an era of limited resources and increased accountability, it's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsNY State Pension Fund and Church Commissioners for England Call for Exxon to Separate Board Chair and CEO Positions
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on behalf of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) and Edward Mason, Head of Responsible Investment at Church … climate risk in its operations, even as its competitors do so, presents a governance crisis. Exxon’s failure to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/ny-state-pension-fund-and-church-commissioners-england-call-exxon-separate-board-chair-and-ceoDiNapoli: January Tax Collections Fall Short
… State tax collections through the first 10 months of the state’s fiscal year rose 1 percent from last year to … $367.3 million below the state’s latest estimates because of lower than expected Personal Income Tax (PIT) collections, … this year, but last month’s tax collections fell short of expectations,” DiNapoli said. “With two months left in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-january-tax-collections-fall-shortDiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Failed to Get Its Money's Worth From Cost-Cutting Consultant
… The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center paid a consultant $34 million for a plan to help the hospital out of financial trouble, but a report released today by State … lead to empty promises by vendors. This is another example of why proper contract oversight is needed to protect public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-suny-downstate-failed-get-its-moneys-worth-cost-cutting-consultantDiNapoli Releases August Cash Report
… projections and $1.3 billion over initial projections from the Enacted Budget. The General Fund ended August with a … under $9.5 billion, $580 million over the latest Financial Plan projection. Other findings from the August cash report include: Personal income tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-releases-august-cash-reportOpinion 93-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association (disposition of interest on investment of tax moneys); (need to be member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-9Opinion 93-33
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … a post-office located outside the boundaries of a school district may meet the requirements of General Construction … 2004 notice in a publication which is not entered at the United States post office as second-class matter, we believe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33DiNapoli: Lockport Facing Severe Cash Flow Problems
… The city of Lockport will run out of cash to pay for operations in the very near future unless it … are in such poor condition that city officials were in the dark about the true severity of their fiscal problems,” … to address its financial woes. City officials need to get a handle on the city’s finances immediately and create a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-lockport-facing-severe-cash-flow-problemsOpinion 89-34
Whether a town board is authorized to make inquiry into the activities of town highway department laborers suspected of using town vehicles for private purposes and after such inquiry recommend to the highway superintendent that he censure the employees for such actions
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-34Opinion 89-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FINES AND PENALTIES -- Distribution of (fines … PENAL LAW, §190.60: A fine imposed following a conviction in Supreme Court, for a violation of section 190.60 of the … section 190.60 of the Penal Law for Scheme to Defraud in the Second Degree would properly be deposited into the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-6