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Local Sales Taxes Surge 49.2 Percent in April-June 2021 Over Same Quarter in 2020: Statewide Collections Strong Even Compared to Pre-Pandemic Period
Local sales tax collections in New York State grew by 49.2 percent, or just over $1.6 billion, in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year, a dramatic increase from last year’s weak collections during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-taxes-surge-in-april-june-2021.pdfDiNapoli: MTA'S Homeless Outreach Program Didn't Do Much Outreach
… outreach reports. The MTA is not getting what it paid for and riders and the homeless are suffering for it.’ Since 2010, the MTA has contracted with the … Road (LIRR) and Metro-North stations. The contract calls for BRC to conduct homeless counts, outreach and placement, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-mtas-homeless-outreach-program-didnt-do-much-outreachComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… of the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant , Copenhagen Fire Department , Dansville Public Library … Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant – Sewage Operation Costs (Broome County) The quality of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being … purchases using fuel credit cards without receipts to document these transactions or identify the purchaser. In … salaries and wages, and they received only the benefits to which they were entitled. Town of Charleston – Internal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: As Subway On-Time Performance Falls Behind, Better Plans Needed To Get Trains Back On Track
… that its assessment of wait time between trains is a better indicator of subway service. But DiNapoli’s auditors … The presentation suggested that riders’ wait times were a better service measurement than on-time performance, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-subway-time-performance-falls-behind-better-plans-needed-get-trains-back-trackDiNapoli Recommends Ways For LIRR To Get Back On Track
… train delays based on date, time of day (i.e. rush hour), branch and type of delay. Late or canceled trains during … the Little Neck Road Grade Crossing on the Port Washington Branch showed that five steps were not documented as … time). To read the report, go to: https://osc.state.ny.us/audits/allaudits/093018/17s37.htm Find out how your …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-recommends-ways-lirr-get-back-trackDiNapoli: Audit Reveals Questionable Financial Decisions, Lack of Transparency in Hempstead School District
… raised concerns. This includes the current superintendent Susan Johnson receiving biweekly paychecks that were $7,000 … /www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2014/hempstead.pdf … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli released …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-audit-reveals-questionable-financial-decisions-lack-transparency-hempstead-school-districtDiNapoli Examines Faltering LinkNYC Program
… to hold accountable the developers of the city’s ambitious program to expand access to high-speed internet, known as LinkNYC, prevented the program from achieving its goals of bridging the digital … neighborhoods need broadband connection, but the LinkNYC program has not succeeded largely because the city has not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-examines-faltering-linknyc-programSteppingStone Day School, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… primarily on expenses claimed on SteppingStone’s CFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and certain expenses claimed on its CFRs for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2017. About the Program SteppingStone is a New York City-based not-for-profit organization authorized by SED to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/12/31/steppingstone-day-school-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualThrough Ages, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… focused primarily on expenses claimed on Through Ages’ CFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 and certain expenses claimed on its CFRs for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2014. About the Program Through Ages is a New York City-based for-profit organization authorized by SED to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/06/03/through-ages-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: Audit Finds NYC Needs to Improve Income Verification and Enforcement at Mitchell-Lama Housing
… more than the program’s maximum allowed incomes and pay a modest monthly surcharge as their only penalty, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller … Preservation and Development (HPD) has not done enough to verify that residents are reporting their true income and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-audit-finds-nyc-needs-improve-income-verification-and-enforcement-mitchell-lama-housingThese Our Treasures, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Early Intervention program and received monetary grants from public sources. During the 2016-17 school year, TOTS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/12/08/these-our-treasures-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: Better Reporting and Monitoring of NYC Capital Projects Needed
… changes to funding commitments. However, because the city does not explain what is causing budgetary constraints and how they are … little detail is available in public documentation about what is fueling these cost and schedule overruns. DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-better-reporting-and-monitoring-nyc-capital-projects-neededDiNapoli: Some Affordable Apartments for Seniors Left Vacant for Years
… Thomas P. DiNapoli found. The audit examined whether the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) properly oversee … over and that available apartments don’t sit vacant.” The NYC HPD is the largest municipal housing agency in America …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-some-affordable-apartments-seniors-left-vacant-yearsDiNapoli: Homeless New Yorkers Relying on CityFHEPS Face Significant Delays for Permanent Housing
… Inadequate oversight of a New York City rental assistance program is leading to … today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found the New York City Department of Social … taken any steps to investigate why delays are occurring or how to fix them. Subsidy Payment Delays Auditors requested …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-homeless-new-yorkers-relying-cityfheps-face-significant-delays-permanent-housingQueens Centers for Progress – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Objective To determine whether the costs reported by Queens Centers for Progress (QCP) on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports … … To determine whether the costs reported by Queens Centers for Progress QCP on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/08/10/queens-centers-progress-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualStep Up Therapy Services, PLLC – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
To determine whether the costs reported by Step Up Therapy Services PLLC on its Consolidated Fiscal Reports were reasonable necessary directly related to the special education program and sufficiently documented pursuant to the State Education Departments Reimbursable Cost Manual and the
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/07/20/step-therapy-services-pllc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: NYC Metro Transportation Costs Rose 56% Over Past Decade, Slower Than Other Major Areas
… and 2022-23, less than in the Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco metropolitan areas according to a report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/draft-dinapoli-nyc-metro-transportation-costs-grew-slower-other-major-cities-still-rose-29-percentDiNapoli: Nurse Hiring Improves but Temp Staff Costs Remain Elevated at NYC Health + Hospitals
… New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H) spent $168 million more than projected on temporary staff, despite hiring over 1,660 new nurses in city fiscal … Nursing Education, Research and Practice Center at Lehman College, tripling its capacity to help address the statewide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-nurse-hiring-improves-temp-staff-costs-remain-elevated-nyc-health-hospitalsNew York Institute for Special Education – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… whether the costs reported by the New York Institute for Special Education (Institute) on its Consolidated Fiscal … for services under these other programs are based on fixed fees, as opposed to the cost-based rates established through financial information reported on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/18/new-york-institute-special-education-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manual