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Fishers Fire District – Financial Condition (2021M-128)
… Board gave taxpayers the impression the District needed to increase real property taxes and override the 2018 and 2020 tax caps to close projected budget gaps. As a result, more real property taxes were levied than needed to fund operations. As of December 31, 2020, the unassigned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/10/29/fishers-fire-district-financial-condition-2021m-128Town of Throop – Highway Department (2021M-115)
… or maintain records to track the costs related to these services to ensure taxpayer equity. The Superintendent did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/05/03/town-throop-highway-department-2021m-115Tuxedo Union Free School District – Payroll and Leave Accruals (2022M-15)
… approved and supported. We attribute the audit findings to inadequate Board oversight, policies and procedures and … leave accrual payments, including $47,673 in overpayments to the Interim Superintendent. The Interim Superintendent was … Board resolution. As a result, payroll staff were unable to interpret what benefits employees are entitled to receive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/26/tuxedo-union-free-school-district-payroll-and-leave-accruals-2022m-15Waterville Central School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning (2022M-111)
… did not adequately manage network user accounts or develop a written IT contingency plan that details how District officials would respond to IT disruptions. As a result, officials had active but unneeded network user … ability to recover from an unexpected IT disruption. In addition to finding sensitive IT control weaknesses that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/10/waterville-central-school-district-network-user-accounts-and-informationState Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on New York City Preliminary Budget
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released the following statement on New York City's Fiscal … 2026 Preliminary Budget: New York City’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 $116.9 billion preliminary budget confirms the city’s finances are improving. Over $3 billion in better than projected revenue and $2.4 billion allocated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-new-york-city-preliminary-budgetOpinion 2004-7
… tax only if expressly delegated to it by the Legislature (NY Const, art. XVI, 1; see, e.g., City of New York v State of … v City of New York , 43 NY2d 253, 401 NYS2d 173; see also NY Const, article IX, §2[c][8]; Municipal Home Rule Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-7DiNapoli and William Glasgall Op-Ed
… Thomas P. DiNapoli and William Glasgall, Senior Director, Public Finance, at the Volcker Alliance , a nonprofit based in New York City. The full op-ed is below: In 2020 and 2021, … In fact, the Volcker Alliance, where Dick was a director, released a study in January 2022 that pegged the total …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-and-william-glasgall-op-edOpinion 89-4
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST … has an interest may be designated as a depository on the grounds that the town would otherwise be "required" to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4State Agencies Bulletin No. 1992
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April … LLS payments for newly eligible employees, the increases to the previously paid April 2019, 2020, and 2021 five (5) … ten (10) year LLS amounts, the new 15 year LLS amount, and to provide instructions for payments not processed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1992-public-employees-federation-pef-retroactive-longevity-lump-sum-llsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1828.1
… The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2020 Arbitration Eligible (BU01) and Non-Arbitration Eligible (BU21) Retroactive Salary Increase, … State of New York and the NYS Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/18281-retroactive-salary-increases-arbitration-eligible-bu01-and-nonAccounts Payable Advisory No. 73
… for Paying Sales Tax and Freight Amounts Reference: Guide to Financial Operations XII.5.E Paying Sales Tax and Freight Amounts Guidance: Guide to Financial Operations XII.5.E Paying Sales Tax and Freight … about the payment of sales tax and freight charges and how to enter the amounts in the voucher when applicable. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/73-paying-sales-tax-and-freight-amountsOpinion 88-77
… provision by the corporation of arts-in-education programs to the district. However, disclosure would be required under General Municipal Law, §803. This is in reply to your letter in which you inquire whether a school board … Council on the Arts has contracted with the local council to provide State funds up to fifty percent of the cost of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-77CUNY Bulletin No. CU-704
… ‘Exempt’ so that premiums will not be deducted. See PFL Job Aid 9.2 for instructions. To process waivers in time to … for PFL waivers, and upon determining that an employee is no longer eligible for a waiver, the agency must advise the … Leave. If there are no subsequent rows in the employee’s job history, the agency must enter the following transactions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-704-city-university-new-york-cuny-paid-family-leaveComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by New Jersey Woman Over Theft of More Than $162,000 in New York State Pension Benefits
… Eric T. Schneiderman and today announced the guilty plea of Linda Miller, 57, of Englewood, New Jersey, over the theft … benefits from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System. The defendant, Linda Miller, continued to … Daniel Cort and Deputy Bureau Chief Stacy Aronowitz. The Division of Criminal Justice is led by Executive Deputy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-new-jersey-woman-over-theft-more-162000DiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Paid Consultant's Questionable Hotel and Dining Tabs
… and a “team dinner” that included cocktails, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … on the public’s dime at a time when Downstate was supposed to be getting its fiscal house in order. Downstate failed to protect the public’s money, and I urge the Joint …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-suny-downstate-paid-consultants-questionable-hotel-and-dining-tabsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-183
… this bulletin may be directed to the University Manager of Payroll Systems and Operations at CUNY Central Office. … This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-183-rate-change-certain-continuing-education-teachersCity of Yonkers – Budget Review (B20-6-4)
… reasonable. Background The City of Yonkers is authorized to issue debt not to exceed $45 million to liquidate current deficits in the City School District’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/05/21/city-yonkers-budget-review-b20-6-4II.3.D Evaluation – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… is required under Section 8 of the State Finance Law to issue monthly, quarterly, and annual budgetary (cash) basis reports to the Legislature. These reports contain prescribed … DOB is required under Section 22 of the State Finance Law to prepare and issue quarterly financial plan updates on both …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii3d-evaluationDiNapoli: Former Bethel Tax Collector Arrested for Pension Fund Fraud
… her public office and retired in Aug. 2020, is alleged to have submitted a false Record of Activities (ROAs) with … in which certain officials must record their work hours to determine if they are full-time or part-time. The information is used to calculate their service time for retirement benefits. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-former-bethel-tax-collector-arrested-pension-fund-fraudDiNapoli: Disgraced Top Officials at School for At-Risk Students Arraigned on Public Corruption Charges
… District, which serves at-risk students from kindergarten to 12th grade, were arraigned today on an indictment charging … and Third Degrees. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. “School administrators allegedly stealing from students they are supposed to serve is reprehensible,” DiNapoli said. “My thanks to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-disgraced-top-officials-school-risk-students-arraigned-public-corruption-charges