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DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… A total of 14 local governments in New York state ended their fiscal year 2023 with a fiscal … today. “The number of local governments designated in fiscal stress fell to historically low levels over the … of these localities may be needed.” DiNapoli launched FSMS in 2013 to evaluate local governments’ financial indicators, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresDiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… An audit of the Tonawanda Housing Authority (THA) has revealed inappropriate computer … and applicant treatment, and high vacancy rates in public housing, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas P. … An audit of the Tonawanda Housing Authority THA has revealed inappropriate computer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityMedicaid Program – Ambulatory Patient Groups Payments for Duplicate Claims and Services in Excess of Medicaid Service Limits (Follow-Up)
… to prevent duplicate and excessive Medicaid payments to clinics and outpatient facilities reimbursed by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/06/medicaid-program-ambulatory-patient-groups-payments-duplicate-claims-and-services-excessServen Volunteer Fire Company – Board Oversight (2024M-97)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Serven Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Company) Board of … Determine whether the Serven Volunteer Fire Company Inc Company Board of Directors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/10/31/serven-volunteer-fire-company-board-oversight-2024m-97Opinion 90-63
… (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation (authority to … library workers, but may not sponsor a party for the senior citizens of the sponsor municipality or school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 90-6
… -- Powers and Duties (naming of public facilities after corporate grantor) -- Social Services Districts (acceptance of corporate grant for day care purposes) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and … Whether a county social services district may accept a corporate grant to furnish carpet and provide toys for a day …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-50
… the municipality to the project (see, gen., Gill, Korff et al. v County of Onondaga , 152 AD2d 912, 544 NYS2d 393). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-50Dynamic Center Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Report were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable under the State Education Department’s … to children with disabilities between the ages of three and five years. Dynamic is reimbursed for SEIT Program … Cost Manual (RCM) regarding the eligibility of costs and documentation requirements. For the fiscal year ended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/29/dynamic-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOpinion 92-29
… LAW, §207-m: Where the police commissioner is the head of the police department, an individual appointed to … who for purposes of this inquiry we assume is the head of the police department, is not a member of a … unit and who is the highest ranking subordinate to the head of the police department in such unit, is increased, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 92-26
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ELECTIONS -- Board of … and charged back to, the cities and towns in the county on the basis of the taxable real property therein (see also … board of elections will continue to be borne by taxpayers on essentially the same basis; that is, the expenses will be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-26Opinion 93-27
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Taxes and Assessments … taxes within town outside village area) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(8); TAX LAW, §1262(c): When a town … town all elect to receive their shares of county sales tax in cash, the town may not use its share to reduce townwide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 95-10
… class, the town board is required to provide for the removal of grass and weeds twice each year and for the … such cemetery." The town board need only provide for the removal of grass and weeds from cemeteries in the third class …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10Opinion 94-25
… (service credit for attending meetings of groups within a fire department or fire company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … for attendance at "meetings" of groups formed within a fire department or fire company, such as an emergency rescue … for attendance at meetings of groups formed within a fire department or fire company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… decentralized and not administered uniformly, resulting in errors that are costing taxpayers, according to an audit … payments made to 41 (91 percent) of the employees in almost every type of payment made to them, including … of these types of payroll payments. They identified errors in 97 percent of the additional payments tested. In total, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2126.5
… - Management Confidential State Police 46 - Military and Naval Affairs M/C 66 - Public Employment Relations Board 0801 … Institutional Services Unit 47 - Division of Military and Naval Affairs Unit PEF Represented Employees 05 – … Investigators Unit Employees who have separated from State service are not entitled to Paid Parental Leave, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/21265-paid-parental-leave-fullDiNapoli: Bombay Clerk Sentenced for Pocketing Justice Court Fees
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. Eric Fleury, 44, was sentenced in Dickinson Town Court to three years’ probation and ordered … nearly a year, investigators found. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption … easy-to-use website was created to promote transparency in government and provide taxpayers with better access to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-bombay-clerk-sentenced-pocketing-justice-court-feesDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Costs Decreased 11.6% in 2023, First Decline Since 2016
… 2.5% in 2023. “State agencies should ensure that overtime use is justified, and services are provided safely and … with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), and the Office of Mental Health (Mental Health) comprised 23.6% of the workforce but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-costs-decreased-116-2023-first-decline-2016DiNapoli: Binghamton Woman Sentenced for Stealing Deceased Father-In-Law's Pension Payments
… Attorney F. Paul Battisti today announced that Joy LaBarr, a 58-year-old Binghamton woman, was sentenced to pay full … his wife was to continue receiving payments after his death. However, she predeceased him, so payments should have … the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-binghamton-woman-sentenced-stealing-deceased-father-laws-pension-paymentsPublic Safety – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… the violent crimes rose by 7,965 incidents from last year. Two of the four violent crime categories declined … by 185 incidents (15 percent) in the areas reporting on this data in 2022. This decline follows steep increases in … was hit are up 15 percent, and the number of individuals killed by gun violence was 31 percent greater in the areas …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/public-safetyState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on the Death of Maya Angelou
… “Today, America mourns the loss of one of its greatest writers and poets, Maya … of verse will remain relevant and vital far into the future.” … Today America mourns the loss of one of its greatest writers and poets Maya …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-death-maya-angelou