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Assessable Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act for the State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2022
… Objective To ascertain the total expenses incurred in administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and … help ensure that the operators of motor vehicles driven in New York State possess adequate insurance coverage, or are … to by the Department, to ascertain the expenses incurred in administering the Acts for the State Fiscal Year ended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/11/16/assessable-expenses-administering-motor-vehicle-financial-security-act-and-motor-vehicleDownsville Fire District – Procurement and Claims Audit (2022M-130)
… Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) ensured that goods and services were procured in accordance with the procurement policy and claims were approved prior to payment. Key Findings The Board did not ensure that goods and services were procured in accordance with the procurement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/12/30/downsville-fire-district-procurement-and-claims-audit-2022m-130Uncollected Penalties (Follow-Up)
… of April 30, 2015, of the eight recommendations included in our initial audit report, Uncollected Penalties (Report … outstanding accounts routinely had no collection activity for two years or more and were often deemed uncollectible. … Key Finding Department officials have made progress in addressing the problems we identified in the initial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/17/uncollected-penalties-followXI.17 Protest Procedures – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… Rules and Regulations , to be used when an interested party 1 asserts to OSC that the State Comptroller should not … with the public contracting entity. However, an interested party may file an initial protest with OSC’s Bureau of … and could not have been reasonably known to, an interested party prior to the date by which a protest was required to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi17-protest-proceduresDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap at 2%
… in 2012, limits annual tax levy increases to the lesser of the rate of inflation or 2%. School districts may override the cap with 60% voter approval of their budget. DiNapoli’s office calculated the inflation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-2-percentControls Over Revocable Consents
… the correct fees for revocable consents; whether DOT is ensuring that all structures meet the standards required … by the Rules of the City of New York; and whether DOT is monitoring to ensure all structures requiring a revocable … the City of New York (Rules). The Office’s review process is guided by the Rules, Chapter 14 of the New York City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/23/controls-over-revocable-consentsControls Over Selected Expenditures (Follow-Up)
… extent of implementation of the recommendation included in our initial audit report, Controls Over Selected … mission is to provide compensation to innocent victims of crime and their families in a timely, efficient, and compassionate manner; to fund direct services to crime victims through a network of community-based Victim …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/02/controls-over-selected-expenditures-followTheresa Fire District – Board Oversight and Financial Management (2021M-60)
… and reported and whether they properly managed fund balance. Key Findings The Board did not provide adequate … recorded and reported and did not properly manage fund balance. The Treasurer did not maintain adequate accounting … The District ended 2019 with $345,000 in surplus fund balance – enough to fund nearly two years’ of expenditures. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/06/18/theresa-fire-district-board-oversight-and-financial-management-2021m-60Opinion 91-18
… secretary) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(3); TOWN LAW, §29(15): A town supervisor would not have a statutory conflict of … of confidential secretary or bookkeeper. Town Law, §29(15) provides that the town supervisor of a town of the first … prohibited by Article 18 and may prohibit conduct (see Belle v Town Board of the Town of Onondaga , 61 AD2d 352, 402 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-18Opinion 94-31
… bargaining agreement between a village and its employees for the annual exchange of cash for one week of vacation credit accumulated during the year. … that, pursuant to this authority, an item may be included in a collective bargaining agreement, whether or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-31DiNapoli: Report Finds Mixed Job Picture in Upstate NY
… Southern Tier (a loss of 2.5 percent). The North Country, Upper Hudson Valley and Central New York also experienced … Region, Central New York and Western New York; and The Upper Hudson Valley led upstate regions with job growth of … Since the Great Recession , visit: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/reports/economic/employment_trends_nys_2016.pdf For …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-report-finds-mixed-job-picture-upstate-nyOpinion 90-16
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Employment Contracts … unless and to the extent that one of the exceptions in General Municipal Law, §802 is applicable. You ask whether … A municipal officer or employee has an "interest" in any contract with the municipality if he or she receives a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16Opinion 89-19
… bears the ultimate responsibility for public assistance payments ( Toia v Regan , 54 AD2d 46, 387 NYS2d 309, affd 40 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-19Wantagh Union Free School District – Financial Application User Access Controls (2024M-46)
… use. We determined that the Board and District officials do not have reasonable assurance that they would be able to prevent … of the financial application system administrator account on the audit trail reports. Assign user account permissions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/25/wantagh-union-free-school-district-financial-application-user-accessJefferson County Industrial Development Agency – Audit Follow-Up (2020M-70-F)
… The purpose of our review was to assess the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency’s (JCIDA) progress, as of July 2024, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/11/15/jefferson-county-industrial-development-agency-audit-follow-2020m-70-fChenango County Industrial Development Agency – Audit Follow-Up (2022M-10-F)
… Agency’s (CCIDA’s) progress, as of November 2024, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report released in April 2022. Background CCIDA is an independent public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/12/13/chenango-county-industrial-development-agency-audit-follow-2022m-10-fDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap at 2%
… and 10 cities will remain capped at 2% for the fourth year in a row, according to data released today by State … governments (excluding New York City) and school districts in 2012, limits annual tax levy increases to the lesser of … a June 30, 2026, fiscal year end. “For the fourth year in a row, the property tax levy for school districts and 10 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-at-two-percentAssessable Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act for the State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024
… Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act (collectively, Acts) for the State Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2024. About the … Law, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is responsible for tracking the expenses of administering the Acts, and assessing these expenses on insurance carriers that issue policies or contracts of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/25/assessable-expenses-administering-motor-vehicle-financial-security-act-and-motor-vehicleDiNapoli: New York State Common Retirement Fund Reaches Agreements With Portfolio Companies on Political Spending
… today. Agreements were reached with: VF Corp. , the maker of clothing lines such as The North Face and Timberland Simon … in the United States; and Brown-Forman Corp. , the maker of Jack Daniel’s whiskey. As a result, shareholder … by the Fund with these companies were withdrawn. “Lack of transparency and accountability on political spending may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-new-york-state-common-retirement-fund-reaches-agreements-portfolio-companies-politicalImproper Medicaid Payments During Permissible Overlapping Medicaid and Essential Plan Coverage (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Medicaid Program: Improper … between Medicaid and the Essential Plan, resulting in DOH-authorized periods of overlapping coverage. The … The audit found Medicaid improperly paid $93.7 million in claims during periods of overlapping Medicaid and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/04/improper-medicaid-payments-during-permissible-overlapping-medicaid-and-essential-plan