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The Changing Face of Post-Pandemic New York City
… Yorkers were smaller. The city’s senior population was the only group analyzed that increased from April 2020 to June …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/changing-face-post-pandemic-new-york-cityDiNapoli: State Needs to Help Addiction Support Providers Better Prepare for Emergencies
… needs to improve its guidance for the emergency plans for residential or inpatient programs for substance use … after Superstorm Sandy because of the number of patients who had to be evacuated. However, the audit determined 35 of … have a clear picture if patients in need of care or who should be prioritized are getting services due to unknown …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-needs-help-addiction-support-providers-better-prepare-emergenciesDiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… entering the shelters are being set up with a plan to get the services they need and transition to permanent … its oversight powers to help this vulnerable population get back on their feet.” Homeless shelters across the state … entering the shelters are being set up with a plan to get the services they need and permanent housing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… utilize worksheets to prepare budget estimates, which are then required to be manually input into the financial system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Custodial Service Contract Procurement and Oversight
… potential vendors ahead of awarding a contract, it allowed only 5 business days for any interested parties to respond. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/08/custodial-service-contract-procurement-and-oversightReimbursement of Homeless Shelter Providers – Westhab Inc.’s Coachman Family Center
… York City Department of Homeless Services and 57 county offices throughout the rest of the State. As reported in our … budget was not approved by the Office until almost the end of September 2019, well into the budget year. This can …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/03/01/reimbursement-homeless-shelter-providers-westhab-incs-coachman-family-centerPublic Safety – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… dropped 2.2 percent. Property crimes include: Burglary (down 16.6 percent to its 2019 number following the same percentage jump in 2020); Larceny (down 1.3 percent); and Motor vehicle theft (rising for the … which include: 44 State correctional facilities (down from 50 following the closure of six State Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/public-safetyOversight of Pupil Transportation Services
… the State Education Department (Department) is monitoring school districts’ compliance with safety training requirements for school bus personnel and instructors to help ensure safe … whether the State Education Department is monitoring school districts compliance with safety training requirements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/14/oversight-pupil-transportation-servicesHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Internal Controls Over and Maximization of Federal Funding for Community Development Block Grant & HOME Investment Partnerships Programs
… through June 2022. About the Program HCR is the State’s affordable housing agency, with a mission to build, preserve, and protect affordable housing and increase homeownership throughout the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/16/housing-trust-fund-corporation-internal-controls-over-and-maximization-federal-fundingDiNapoli: Weak Oversight Leads to Tax Breaks for Ineligible Properties
… New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) inadequate monitoring and enforcement has resulted in … private forest landowners who submit and follow a DEC-approved forest management plan for their property to … of trees sufficient to produce a profitable crop within 30 years from DEC certification. The landowner must submit a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-weak-oversight-leads-tax-breaks-ineligible-propertiesReport File Transactions (File Upload) – Enhanced Reporting
… for employee earnings. For detailed information about how to format these transactions, please read our enhanced … for the first time. Certain employees are required to join NYSLRS and for others, membership is optional. Read … Dashboard and upload a signed membership application to Retirement Online when you submit your report file. You …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/report-file-transactions-file-uploadState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… surplus fund balance is in compliance with the statutory limit. Officials consistently overestimated appropriations by … Oswego County Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Claims Auditing (2022M-29) The claims that auditors reviewed were supported and for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (Nassau County) The board and officials did not properly … The board did not provide appropriate oversight and management of budgets and fund balance or ensure annual audits were completed. More real property taxes were assessed than necessary to fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2Claims for Deceased Owners and Estates
… deceased owner, you need to provide: proof of ownership of the funds by the deceased individual, proof of your … documentation that the decedent had a connection to the address reported with the funds or evidence of their … copy of the owner's death certificate and completed Small Estates Affidavit and Table of Heirs . If the value of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/claims-deceased-owners-and-estatesOffice of Operations: 2024 Virtual Fall Conference
… Kimberly Wintergerst, Fran Montanye, Natasha Nolan, Jamie Hockey-Barrett, Nicole Maguire, Kyla Alexander, Linsay … (Bureau of State Expenditures), Amanda Zibella and Jamie Lynn Weaver (Bureau of State Accounting Operations), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/outreach/office-operations-2024-virtual-fall-conferenceOpinion 95-8
… moneys constitute dedicated general fund revenues for use only for purposes of the claiming authority or claiming … services" subaccount of the general fund, and used only for law enforcement purposes in the investigation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-8Opinion 2000-10
… this chapter" (emphasis added), that is, notwithstanding only the provisions of the General Municipal Law. There is … our opinion, chapter 41 takes precedence over section 6-l only insofar as the two statutes are in conflict (id.). After … provided, the pedestrian walkway was constructed using only Federal and State funds. Under these circumstances, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-10Opinion 99-4
… such as industrial development agencies, have only those powers which are conferred expressly by the State … 582 NYS2d 328, 329), and those powers may be exercised only in furtherance of its prescribed purposes ( Grossman v … of a public purpose of the donor municipality, but only by the enactment of a local law (1990 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… report issued in May 2010 found that DoE did not provide John F. Kennedy Educational Campus staff with adequate … accounts. In a follow-up report, auditors found DoE and John F. Kennedy officials have made progress in addressing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsDiNapoli: Fairport Audits Reveal Unauthorized Practices for Economic Development Agencies
… separately and distinctly from the FURA and the FLDC; Only use the FIDA’s cash for the payment of the FIDA’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-fairport-audits-reveal-unauthorized-practices-economic-development-agencies