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Village of Fredonia – Financial Condition (2025M-149)
… monitor financial operations and take appropriate actions to maintain the Village’s fiscal stability? Audit Period June … village board should actively monitor financial operations to ensure that the village remains fiscally stable, complies … because the Board is ultimately accountable to taxpayers and residents for how it manages public funds. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2026/05/08/village-fredonia-financial-condition-2025m-149How to Make a Vendor Responsibility Determination
… In making a vendor responsibility determination, you must … reviewing a vendor, you should rely on the scope of the contract to help guide you in determining what information is … We strongly recommend that all your contracts include a clause that gives you the ability to terminate for cause, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/how-make-vendor-responsibility-determinationDiNapoli: DOCCS Transitional Services Programs Need Improvement
… CBRPs are generating the results they were intended to produce. DOCCS has no formal, consistent process to decide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/06/dinapoli-doccs-transitional-services-programs-need-improvementDiNapoli: As Subway On-Time Performance Falls Behind, Better Plans Needed To Get Trains Back On Track
… Train delays have increased as the subway system’s on-time performance has … are controllable, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The … the delays caused by growing ridership, the MTA would have more to show for its efforts than a 17-slide Power Point …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-subway-time-performance-falls-behind-better-plans-needed-get-trains-back-trackComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by Former Met Council CFO in $9M Kickback Scheme
… Rapfogel and Joseph Ross, previously pleaded guilty in the case. Further information on the case is available here . “Herb Friedman abused his position … Met Council’s executive director. After resigning that top post, he served as a consultant to the nonprofit. About six …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-former-met-council-cfo-9m-kickbackSelected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy (Follow-Up)
… literacy reportedly not having 3 months of emergency funds vs. 58% for those with lower financial literacy. Similarly, … only the minimum balance within the previous 12 months, vs. 46% for those with lower financial literacy. In 2021, New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/23/selected-state-agencies-roles-financial-literacy-followFinancial Condition and Selected Expenses
… Franchise Agreement (Agreement), a percentage of Resorts’ Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) revenue is directed to NYRA for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/10/financial-condition-and-selected-expensesOversight of Disability Services
… Objective To determine whether the State University of New York has adequately provided access to campuses, … October 2022. About the Program The State University of New York (SUNY) is the largest comprehensive system of public … information annually on the status of higher education in New York State. As per the HEDS Instruction Manual, campuses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/08/09/oversight-disability-servicesHomeless Services Housing Needs Assessment
… Each client who receives temporary housing in a certified shelter must take part in a Needs Assessment (Assessment) and … – and outlining specific goals to help the client exit the shelter and return to self-sufficiency. The ILP includes … be completed within the first 10 days of admission to the shelter. The lack of an Assessment, or a late or incomplete …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/08/15/homeless-services-housing-needs-assessmentDiNapoli: Temporary Federal Spending Drives Up NY’s National Ranking in States’ Balance of Payments
… a report released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. For every dollar New York sent to the federal government in … a national average of $1.70. DiNapoli’s report found that for the second year in a row, all states had a positive … per capita ranking jumped because of pandemic funding for fiscal recovery, economic support, Medicaid and vaccine …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-temporary-federal-spending-drives-nys-national-ranking-states-balance-paymentsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… – COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program (2023-S-10) Empire State Development (ESD) was charged with … Vulnerability Assessment. A prior audit, issued in June 2023, found several instances where it had been more than 10 … and Disability Assistance – Monitoring of Homeless Data (2023-S-38) The Office of Temporary and Disability …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… unneeded user accounts. Town of Sempronius – Real Property Tax Exemptions Administration (Cayuga County) The assessor did not properly administer all of the real property tax exemptions reviewed and did not ensure applicants …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Maternal Health (Follow-Up)
… to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2023 data, the United States has a maternal death rate of 18.6 deaths per 100,000 births. There are also persistent racial and ethnic … rate improved slightly from 34.1% in 2021 to 33.9% in 2023, but it is still higher than the national rate of about …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/04/16/maternal-health-followWall Street Bonuses Rose In 2012
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Wall Street is still in transition, but it is slowly adjusting to changes in its … banks. The industry is also smaller, with 10 percent fewer jobs in New York City. Regulatory reforms are changing the … industry resumed downsizing. Employment totaled 169,700 jobs as of December 2012 -- 1,000 fewer jobs than one year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/02/wall-street-bonuses-rose-2012New Windsor Couple Charged With Stealing Over $2 Million From New York By Submitting False Medicaid Provider Claims
… Sharma Alam, age 45, both of the Town of New Windsor, were arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree … Sharma Alam age 45 both of the Town of New Windsor were arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/new-windsor-couple-charged-stealing-over-2-million-new-york-submitting-false-medicaid-provider-claimsOpinion 89-42
… or, with respect to the city of New York, a reputable dealer in such obligations as shall be designated by the … or payment only by such bank or trust company or dealer in obligations upon receipt of written instructions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-42Maternal Health
… Objectives To determine whether the Department of Health (DOH) has implemented recommendations with the goal of … 2023. About the Program One key indicator of the overall health of a population is its occurrence of maternal … result in short- or long-term consequences to a person’s health, including postpartum depression and any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/30/maternal-healthDiNapoli: MTA Avoided A Fiscal Crisis, Now It Has To Convince Riders To Come Back
… budgets throughout its five-year financial plan through 2027. MTA projects its overall revenue will increase by 4.4% … rising an average of 4% annually from 2023 through 2027 is partially driven by an 8% increase in health and … casinos to provide $500 million in each of 2026 and 2027. Any delay in the casinos’ approval could throw the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-mta-avoided-fiscal-crisis-now-it-has-convince-riders-come-backState Agencies Bulletin No. 1811
… Period Type Effective Date Check Date Institution 23 Lag 01/30/2020 02/27/2020 Administration 23 Lag 02/06/2020 03/04/2020 Eligibility Criteria Eligible employees are those … on the effective date: Occupy a position in: CSEA (BU 02, 03, 04, 47) PEF (BU 05) Man/Con (BU 06, 66) DC-37 (BU 67) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1811-new-procedure-maintaining-job-data-information-employees-reallocatedOpinion 90-15
… TOWN LAW, §§24, 150; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §9; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(1), (d)(3); NY CONST, art VIII, … commissioner, a town has authority under the Municipal Home Rule Law, §10(1)(ii)(a)(1) to adopt local laws, not … office for the deputy is fixed by local law (see Municipal Home Rule Law, §§10[1][ii][a][1]), the deputy appointed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15