Search
Oversight of Passenger Safety
… such as running red lights and speeding through school zones. OPWDD does not analyze traffic violations to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/01/oversight-passenger-safetyUnitedHealthcare – Improper Payments for Medical Services Designated By Modifier Code 59 (Follow-Up)
… in our audit report, UnitedHealthcare: Improper Payments for Medical Services Designated By Modifier Code 59 (Report … The Empire Plan is the primary health benefits plan for NYSHIP. The New York State Department of Civil Service … (United) to process and pay medical and surgical claims for services provided to Empire Plan members. United’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/27/unitedhealthcare-improper-payments-medical-services-designated-modifier-code-59-followHomeless Outreach Program at the Metro-North Railroad
… the period June 16, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Background With an annual ridership of nearly 87 million customers – and … entered into a five-year contract (totaling $2,142,399) with Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) to provide homeless … of their time providing actual outreach services (compared with 43 percent of time spent in their office, and 36 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/21/homeless-outreach-program-metro-north-railroadMedicaid Payments Made Pursuant to Medicare Part C (Follow-Up)
… and/or have special health care needs. Many of the State’s Medicaid recipients are also enrolled in Medicare. … administer Medicare benefits. Medicare pays a fixed amount for each Medicare Part C beneficiary every month to companies … through November 30, 2012. Our initial audit found the State’s Medicaid program did not have limitations on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/15/medicaid-payments-made-pursuant-medicare-part-c-followComptroller 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
… Objective To determine whether the Department of State (Department) is adequately monitoring and enforcing … 2016 to November 23, 2020. About the Program Article 7-A of the General Business Law – referred to as the Security … must file an application with the Department’s Division of Licensing Services (Division) and meet several criteria …
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-followNew 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.pdfEDSS - 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-termsEastchester 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-program