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Town of Humphrey – Financial Management (2013M-116)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Town’s budgeting practices for the period … the Board appropriates fund balance as a financing source to balance the budget. However, because the Town’s operations … where revenues exceeded expenditures due primarily to the underestimation of sales tax, fund balance was not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/07/19/town-humphrey-financial-management-2013m-116Contract Participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
… goal of 28.92 percent specified in the Law. For fiscal year 2015-16, the Authority increased its overall annual MWBE goal to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/30/contract-participation-disadvantaged-business-enterprises-and-minority-and-women-ownedAccess Controls Over Selected Critical Systems
… provides to vulnerable populations. To ensure that only authorized users are allowed to access this information, … inappropriate access to those systems. We identified 367 user accounts with access to six OCFS systems that were … OCFS did not keep accurate records of those individuals authorized to approve or manage access to its systems, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/21/access-controls-over-selected-critical-systemsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… and school audits were issued. Serven Volunteer Fire Company – Board Oversight (Seneca County) The board did not … As a result, the former district fire department chief, who was also a director of the Border City Hose Company, … was not always properly accounted for, and a director, who was also the Border City Fire District Fire Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Oversight of Contract Expenditures of Palladia, Inc.
… the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) is effectively monitoring its contract with Palladia, Inc. … and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. Its mission is to provide quality, accessible, and cost-effective … (Guidelines), and the contract. Key Findings OASAS is not effectively monitoring the expenses reported by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/18/oversight-contract-expenditures-palladia-incTown of Sharon – Fund Balance (2017M-271)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether the Board ensured that fund balance was … balance policy that establishes the level of fund balance to be maintained. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2018/03/21/town-sharon-fund-balance-2017m-271Village of Rushville - Board Oversight and Information Technology (2018M-118)
… and the Board appointed another Clerk-Treasurer who served for the remainder of our audit period. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2018/08/24/village-rushville-board-oversight-and-information-technology-2018m-118City of Newburgh – Budget Review (B17-6-18)
… the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the City’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The City of Newburgh, located in Orange County, is authorized to … projections in the proposed budget are reasonable. The City faces potential increased salary costs when one of its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2017/11/14/city-newburgh-budget-review-b17-6-18Hamlin Morton Walker Fire District – Financial Management (2023M-67)
… appropriations. The Board did not adopt realistic budgets. For example, expenditures were underestimated by nearly $1.5 … and revenues were underestimated by $215,772 (8 percent) for 2020 through 2022. The District did not have a written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/08/18/hamlin-morton-walker-fire-district-financial-management-2023m-67Bank Street College of Education – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… 2014. Background Bank Street’s Family Center (Center) is a not-for-profit organization authorized by SED to provide Preschool Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) services and a Preschool Integrated Special … school year, the Center reported serving 73 children in its SEIT program and 24 children in its Preschool …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/13/bank-street-college-education-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualSUNY Bulletin No. SU-290
… bulletin is to inform agencies of the new deduction code for a political action fund to be offered to employees … code 488. The vendor will submit all transactions for enrollments, cancellations, and/or changes in a bi-weekly file. Agency update access is not available for this deduction. Agency Actions Agencies must notify …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-290-new-deduction-code-cwa-political-action-fund-cwa-cope-pccCity of Binghamton – Apparent Misappropriation of Parks and Recreation Department Funds (2013M-169)
… was titled in the City’s name and used the City’s Federal identification number, no one in the City knew this bank account existed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/10/03/city-binghamton-apparent-misappropriation-parks-and-recreation-department-fundsPembroke Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-31)
… Background The Pembroke Central School District is located in the Towns of Pembroke, Darien, Batavia and Alexander in Genesee County. The District, which operates three schools … The District consistently overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets and did not use all of the annually …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/10/pembroke-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-31Gates-Chili Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-53)
… more than $12 million in unbudgeted year-end transfers to capital projects and reserves, overstating encumbrances by … over the last three years despite having sufficient funds to finance the District’s increased costs. Key … the amounts of fund balance and reserves that will be used to fund operations. Review and fund reserve balances to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/21/gates-chili-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-53Canastota Central School District - Financial Condition Management (2019M-174)
… in most of the appropriated fund balance not being needed to fund operations. The tax certiorari reserve was overfunded … exceeded the statutory limit ranging from 7.2 percent to 10.9 percent. Key Recommendations Adopt annual budgets … that contain realistic estimates and develop a plan to reduce the amount of surplus fund balance. Account for and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/11/08/canastota-central-school-district-financial-condition-management-2019mMalverne Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2024M-84)
… did not retain cash collection logs from the safes where club money was placed before deposit and club advisors did not ensure student treasurers maintained … forms totaling $159,461 had the required items such as club advisor signatures. The central treasurer improperly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/11/malverne-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-funds-2024mState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… were issued. City of Amsterdam – Budget Review (Montgomery County) The significant revenue and expenditure projections … funds using unsupported allocation methods. Town of Chemung – Intermunicipal Consolidation Agreement (Chemung County) Town of Chemung (Chemung) officials did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsSchuylerville Central School District – Fund Balance (2016M-113)
… The Schuylerville Central School District is located in eastern Saratoga County. The District, which operates … year the District transferred more than $1.4 million in excess funds from the employee benefit accrued liability … the amount of the District’s unrestricted fund balance is in compliance with the statutory limits and reduce the amount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/08/schuylerville-central-school-district-fund-balance-2016m-113Village of Sleepy Hollow – Parking Ticket Collections (2016M-408)
… Court. During our audit period, the Village issued 6,005 tickets and collected approximately $255,690 in fines, … with a vendor to assist with the processing of parking tickets and to enforce payment of unpaid parking tickets, but $2.2 million in cumulative unpaid parking …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/02/03/village-sleepy-hollow-parking-ticket-collections-2016m-408Town of Indian Lake – Reserves and Justice Court Operations (2014M-330)
… funds and to examine internal controls over the Town’s Justice Court’s financial activity for the period January 1, … governed by an elected five-member Town Board, operates a Justice Court with two elected Justices. Budgeted … fund expenditures in accordance with State law. One Justice did not perform bank reconciliations or month-end …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2015/03/06/town-indian-lake-reserves-and-justice-court-operations-2014m-330