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DiNapoli Tracks NYC Agency Performance, Recommends Greater Transparency
… services and 238 service goals established by agencies. “My office developed a comprehensive data tool to increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-tracks-nyc-agency-performance-recommends-greater-transparencyDiNapoli Releases Report on State Spending to Implement Raise the Age Law
… year (SFY) 2025 to help counties implement the provisions of the “Raise the Age” (RTA) law enacted in 2017, with $658.8 … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. RTA changed the age of criminal responsibility as an adult from 16- to … all new and ongoing costs associated with implementation of RTA. To qualify for reimbursement, counties must adhere to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-releases-report-state-spending-implement-raise-age-lawAvoca Central School District – Procurement (2025M-29)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did Avoca Central School District (District) officials make procurements in … – February 20, 2025 Understanding the Program Generally, school district (district) purchases should be made in the … The CAP should be posted on the District’s website for public review. 1 The piggybacking exception allows a district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/06/13/avoca-central-school-district-procurement-2025m-29Southwestern Central School District – Claims Audit (2025M-34)
… corrective action. We conducted this audit pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the State Constitution and the State Comptroller’s authority as set forth in Article 3 of the New York State General Municipal Law. Our … and determined that 230 claims 86 percent totaling $65 million should not have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/25/southwestern-central-school-district-claims-audit-2025m-34Otisco Fire District – Financial Activities (2025M-42)
… Objective Did the Otisco Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) and Treasurer ensure … is responsible for the general management and control of financial activities. The Treasurer serves as the … District had three bank accounts with a combined balance of approximately $500,000. Audit Summary We conducted an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/08/01/otisco-fire-district-financial-activities-2025m-42Bayport Blue Point Union Free School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-8)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did Bayport Blue Point Union … Services (BOCES) to test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary remediation. Testing and reporting for lead contamination began in 2016, and subsequent testing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-lead-testing-and-reportingEssex County Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2024M-146)
… Essex County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) Board of Directors (Board) properly approve and monitor projects … development agencies (IDAs) are established by special act of the State Legislature to advance the job opportunities, … economic welfare, health and general prosperity of the people of New York State. IDAs provide financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/08/15/essex-county-industrial-development-agency-project-approval-and-monitoring-2024mDiNapoli Says Wall Street May Still Have a Good Year Given Strong Start
… Wall Street’s profits were strong in the first half of 2015 at $11.3 … faces volatile financial markets and an unsteady global economy,” DiNapoli said. “After years of downsizing, the … industry continues to be a major contributor to the city’s economy and a large contributor to the state and city …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/0215/10/dinapoli-says-wall-street-may-still-have-good-year-given-strong-startState Audit Shows Need to Improve Response to Noise Complaints in NYC
… 2015, including tens of thousands involving nightlife, but my auditors found limited communication between the SLA and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/state-audit-shows-need-improve-response-noise-complaints-nycDiNapoli: Tax Collector Sentenced for Dodging Her Own Tax Bills
… was sentenced to five years probation and paid a total of $4,303 in restitution for falsifying her own tax payments … Sheppard based on her August guilty plea to two counts of attempted tampering with public records, an E felony. As part of her plea agreement, Sheppard resigned her clerk’s job and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-tax-collector-sentenced-dodging-her-own-tax-billsNYS Common Retirement Fund Reports First Quarter Results
… traded domestic equities and 15.3 percent in international public equities. The remaining Fund assets by allocation are … New York State Common Retirement Fund is the third largest public pension fund in the United States. The Fund holds and … state's 160,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-reports-first-quarter-resultsNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Third Quarter Results
… quarter of the state fiscal year 2015 was 1.91 percent for the three-month period ending December 31, 2014, bringing … quarter of the state fiscal year 2015 was 191 percent for the threemonth period ending December 31 2014 bringing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-third-quarter-resultsDiNapoli: NYC Budget Benefiting From Strong Economy
… New York City is projecting a surplus of $135 million for fiscal year 2016, but the surplus will … in 2015. At the same time, the securities industry, one of the city’s economic engines, is on track for a good year … relatively small (ranging from 2.1 percent to 4.6 percent of city fund revenues), and the budgets for these years …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-nyc-budget-benefiting-strong-economyDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Revenue Slows in 2016
… York state only grew 1.7 percent in the first six months of 2016, according to a report released today by State … tax revenues continue to rebound slowly, only some parts of the state are seeing growth,” DiNapoli said. “The slowdown … a three-year trend. Collections trickle in the first half of the year, followed by more robust growth in the second …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-revenue-slows-2016NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Asks Express Scripts' Shareholders to Back Cyber Security Risk Proposal
… Fund (Fund), today announced that he has written to fellow Express Scripts shareholders urging them to support his call for the pharmacy benefit management company to publicly detail its cyber risk and actions taken to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-asks-express-scripts-shareholders-back-cyber-security-risk-proposalNY State Comptroller DiNapoli: Wells Fargo Needs to Pull Back the Curtain on Its Incentive Pay Program
… New York State Common Retirement Fund is the third largest public pension fund in the United States, with an estimated … beneficiaries. The Fund has a diversified portfolio of public and private equities, fixed income, real estate and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-wells-fargo-needs-pull-back-curtain-its-incentive-pay-programDiNapoli: Monroe County Failed to Monitor Contractor Operating Golf Courses, Costing Taxpayers
… Tindale Inc. for the operation of the county’s three golf courses, allowing the vendor to retain nearly $250,000 that should have been spent on improving the courses even as the operator drifted toward insolvency, … contract has cost county taxpayers a bundle and left the courses in poor repair,”DiNapoli said. “Had county officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-monroe-county-failed-monitor-contractor-operating-golf-courses-costing-taxpayersDiNapoli: Potential Changes in Federal Policies Pose Risks for New York City's Budget
… New York City projects a surplus of nearly $4.2 billion in FY … Medicaid," DiNapoli said. "With these risks in mind, Mayor de Blasio and the city have prudently increased reserves to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-potential-changes-federal-policies-pose-risks-new-york-citys-budgetNYS and NYC Pension Funds To SEC: Greater Disclosure Needed On Risks Faced By Fossil Fuel Industry
… said. “It’s time for the SEC to step in and, through regulatory or enforcement action, require these companies to … climate change, including potential physical impacts and regulatory responses. We need better enforcement of existing … off-shore oil rigs or other critical infrastructure. Regulatory actions such as carbon pricing that have gone into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/nys-and-nyc-pension-funds-sec-greater-disclosure-needed-risks-faced-fossil-fuel-industryDiNapoli: Syosset Man Sentenced for Role in $12 Million Ponzi Scheme
… Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced a Syosset man was sentenced today to up to ten-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a $12 million Ponzi scheme that targeted … to charges of Grand Larceny in the First Degree (a B felony) and Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree (an E felony). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-syosset-man-sentenced-role-12-million-ponzi-scheme