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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… issued. Empire State Development – COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program (2023-S-10) Empire State … federal COVID-19 support. ESD awarded the entirety of the $760 million allocated for small businesses to 40,842 … (Preschool Special Education Audit Initiative) – Jackson Child Development Center, Inc.: Compliance With the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… charges totaling $28,555 did not include a pre-approval form or other supporting documentation. Rockland County – … properly managed user account permissions in its financial application but did not properly secure user account access … manage user account permissions in the student information application. As a result, there is a significant risk that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today … were not implemented. Department of Civil Service: New York State Health Insurance Program – Payments by CVS … one was no longer applicable. Department of Civil Service: New York State Health Insurance Program – Payments by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… as required to the State Education Department (SED) for approval. As a result, officials created a risk that SED could reduce the district’s building aid reimbursement for all unapproved work. For the 151 change orders reviewed … $2.7 million were not submitted to SED, as required. In addition, six change orders totaling $155,173 were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0DiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… meeting job creation goals. These same IDAs are unable to recover incentives given to companies that fail to reach specific benchmarks because of inadequate contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… justice took over, 48 tickets have been adjudicated and closed, including 32 of the former justice's 82 cases. Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… in an unlocked and unattended cabinet. The cabinet used to store the district’s cash receipts is not locked during …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… not yet developed a written, comprehensive statewide plan for implementing the program. In a follow up, auditors found … June 30, 2015, auditors identified $253,494 in ineligible costs that the school claimed for state reimbursement … to direct care preschool employees. Department of Taxation and Finance: Property Tax Credits (2018-BSE8-01) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: State Medicaid Needs to Stop Paying Bills That Federally Funded Plans Should Cover
… in Medicaid and other public health plans, according to two audits released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … covered,” DiNapoli said. “As the DOH continues its efforts to ensure everyone gets the health coverage they’re entitled to, it has a chance to save hundreds of millions of dollars …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-state-medicaid-needs-stop-paying-bills-federally-funded-plans-should-coverDiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… Housing Initiative (ESSHI) has not been meeting the needs of all the vulnerable New Yorkers it was created to serve, … significant deficiencies in the New York State Office of Mental Health’s (OMH) oversight of ESSHI, which was launched in 2016 with the goal of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellDiNapoli: New York's Public and Private Colleges and Universities Face Significant Challenges in Years Ahead
… degrees (69.1% compared to 62.3%). However, completion rates at community colleges are also lower than at four-year … nationwide have led to unprecedented growth in student loan debt in New York and the country. Federal Reserve Bank of New York data indicates that in the third quarter of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-new-yorks-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities-face-significant-challenges-yearsDiNapoli: Four Arrested for Allegedly Defrauding Medicaid Out of Over $1.6 Million
… brother Junaid Choudhary, 43, both of Clifton Park, Danya Matthew, 56, of Springfield Gardens, and Kenneth Smith, 34, … allegedly submitted over $400,000 in false claims. Danya Matthew, owner of Ride to Recovery Corp., her son, Smith, and … investigation revealed the Choudhary brothers, along with Matthew and Smith, allegedly fraudulently billed the Medicaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/06/dinapoli-four-arrested-allegedly-defrauding-medicaid-out-over-16-millionState Agencies Bulletin No. 2419
… Employee should not be automatically enrolled into NYSLRS. Grand N/A Employee was grandfathered into a specific NYSLRS … will provide OSC with the populations for “CGH” and “Grand” and OSC will update the indicator for these … new fields in PayServ that agencies do not have access to view. These fields will identify the following: Which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2419-enhanced-payroll-reporting-new-york-state-and-local-retirement-systemState Agencies Bulletin No. 2419.1
… Employee should not be automatically enrolled into NYSLRS. Grand N/A Employee was grandfathered into a specific NYSLRS … will provide OSC with the populations for “CGH” and “Grand” and OSC will update the indicator for these … new fields in PayServ that agencies do not have access to view. These fields will identify the following: Which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/24191-enhanced-payroll-reporting-new-york-state-and-local-retirement-systemOpinion 88-15
… issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance Transactions (village board member and school district attorney as comptroller of incorporated insurance company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801: A village trustee who is also the comptroller of an insurance company would have a prohibited conflict of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15Opinion 88-1
… in the opinion. PARKING FACILITIES -- Conveyance of (to U.S. Postal Service); (necessity of special act … (of village parking lot) -- Gifts (of parking lot to U.S. Postal Service) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-h: The … that a village should obtain special legislation prior to conveying a village parking lot to the U.S. Postal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Opinion 2003-4
… power to bind the [local government]" ( Seif v City of Long Beach , 286 NY 382 at p 388). 2 Further, it is also well established that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-4Opinion 89-65
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … provisions. Also, we note that the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 89-64
… terms, including price, in the public interest. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning a village which … 17). You indicate that the village/town board of trustees is considering the purchase of a certain parcel of unimproved … have arrived at a purchase price which the board believes is fair, but which exceeds the appraiser's estimate of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-64Opinion 89-21
… or removal of trees along town line highway) -- Repairs (repair and maintenance of town line highway) SUPERINTENDENT … OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (maintenance and repair of town line highway, including cutting or removal of … The highway superintendent of one town may maintain and repair a portion of the road located in the other town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-21