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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… collection and reporting practices are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As required, the … Public Service Commission for utility charges associated with its newly enacted Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard … Department (SED): Summit Educational Resources, Compliance with the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2014-S-49) For the fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 2002-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Dock Districts … districts. Subdivision 10 of section 198 provides, in pertinent part, that, except as otherwise provided by law, … one hundred ninety-eight". There is, however, nothing in section 198, or any other State statute, that would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-3Adult Career and Continuing Education Services – Vocational Rehabilitation Supported Employment Program (Follow-Up)
… non-institutionalized working-age adults (ages 18‒64) with a disability in the labor force. Further, ACS data shows that an estimated 25% of New Yorkers with disabilities are likely to live in poverty. Unemployment rates among New Yorkers with a disability were higher than for the general population …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/27/adult-career-and-continuing-education-services-vocational-rehabilitation-supportedState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School & Municipal Audits
… $195,545 did not have support that the purchases complied with competitive bidding requirements or the village’s … last five years. The district’s proposed budget complies with the tax levy limit. Track state and local government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-municipal-auditsDiNapoli Releases Report on Tax Check-Off Donations
… year 2019, six new tax check-off options were available; one went into effect in 2020 and two more will be effective this year. Report Tax Check-Off …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-releases-report-tax-check-off-donationsImplementation of the Security Guard Act
… Prospective security guards must file an application with the Department’s Division of Licensing Services … to ensure security guards remain in compliance with the Act’s requirements. Between April 1, 2016 and … Key Findings The Department generally complies with the Act’s requirements, having processes in place to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/06/implementation-security-guard-actCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data) (Follow-Up)
… data items on Open Data. Open Data should provide ongoing “one-stop” access to publishable State data and make such data … Of the initial report’s three audit recommendations, one has not been implemented and two have been partially implemented. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/27/compliance-executive-order-95-open-data-followEDSS - Glossary of Terms
… Record Amendment. Examples: A previously approved one year contract with four annual simplified renewals is now being amended to become a one year contract with a single four year renewal. A … year term. A previously approved one year contract with two annual simplified renewals is now being amended into a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/edss-glossary-termsNew Yorkers in Need: Food Insecurity and Nutritional Assistance Programs
Approximately one in ten, or about 800,000, New York households experienced food insecurity from 2019 to 2021, and an increasing number say they face food insufficiency since summer 2021.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/new-yorkers-in-need-food-insecurity.pdfEastchester Union Free School District – User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Planning
… IT contingency plan. District officials agreed with our findings and indicated they are initiating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/31/eastchester-union-free-school-district-user-accounts-and-informationState Agencies Bulletin No. 1090
… new system uses a new Chart of Accounts (COA) and, as a result, changes how PayServ processes personal service … data from FDR1. The report will be available no later than March 1, 2012 and then a final will be published for Go-Live on March 22, 2012. Agencies should review this report to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1090-payserv-data-conversion-requirements-statewide-financial-systemState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… card and entrusts the Department of State (DOS) with issuing registration cards. The Act also requires guards … implemented. Department of Transportation – Compliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements (2020-S-12) The … upon request. The audit found DOT did not always comply with the FOIL requirements, identifying instances of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli Urges Focus on Addressing Rural Challenges
… potential, but they often face obstacles which amplify one another,” DiNapoli said. “Demographic and other changes … called “The Population Shuffle,” and data from the past two censuses is stark. Across many counties in New York, we … to support the development of rural New York. There are two key steps that need to arise from this report. One is the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-urges-focus-addressing-rural-challengesFar Rockaway Pre-School Provider "Investor" Pleads Guilty in Theft of Education Funds Intended for Special Needs Students
… providers of special education services to preschoolers with disabilities, has pleaded guilty for his participation … Center were earmarked for special needs pre-schoolers with disabilities, making them the real victims of this … meet the physical and educational needs of children with disabilities. Additionally, within the city of New York, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/far-rockaway-pre-school-provider-investor-pleads-guilty-theft-education-funds-intended-special-needsState Agencies Bulletin No. 415
… employees. Affected Employees All Inactive Employees with Overpayments (OVP). Overview The Payroll System provides … When an Employee is Terminated or Placed on Leave with No Pay : As soon as an employee is removed from the payroll or placed on leave with no pay, agencies will be required to review all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/415-automatic-processing-overpayments-inactive-employeesState Comptroller DiNapoli Adds $3 Billion to the State Pension Fund’s Sustainable Investment Program
… reduces the Fund’s public equity investments in companies with high emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and increases … annual reviews of ESG oversight of existing investments with an annual carbon footprint analysis of the Fund’s public … shareholder resolutions and reached 55 agreements with portfolio companies for them to analyze climate risks, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-adds-3-billion-state-pension-funds-sustainable-investment-programOpinion 2005-4
… employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund. To comply with the permissive referendum requirements, a BOCES should … and charged to the employer’s account in accordance with Labor Law §581(e) (General Municipal Law §6-m[4]). … for the conduct of a referendum by a BOCES in connection with the purchase of real property by a BOCES (see Education …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-4State Agencies Bulletin No. 999
… Background Chapter 105 of the Laws of 2010 authorized a two track Retirement Incentive Program intended to achieve … In order to track and monitor the program, OSC has created two new Reason Codes to be used by agencies to report … program is 7/1/10-9/28/10 OSC Actions OSC has created two new Reason Codes to be used on Job Data to report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/999-new-retirement-incentive-program-reason-codesXII.6.Q Paying and Reconciling State Credit Card Charges – XII. Expenditures
… OVERVIEW AND POLICIES This Section provides Business Units with guidance on how pay and reconcile charges to the State … SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICY This section provides agencies with the Office of the State Comptroller’s policy on paying … contained in this section, agencies and State employees with PCard privileges should refer to Section XIV.10.B of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6q-paying-and-reconciling-state-credit-card-chargesDiNapoli: NYC Retail Sector Battered by Pandemic
… is having an uneven recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with “non-essential” retailers struggling but online sellers … from March to May 2020 compared to one year earlier, with all sectors posting declines except online retailers. … one example of a shift in city policy based on dialogue with local store owners, and offers some support for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-retail-sector-battered-pandemic