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DiNapoli: Audits Find More Than $1 Million of Waste in New York's Medicaid Program

… The state Department of Health (DOH) inappropriately paid more than 29,000 … actions have been and will be taken to address them. For a copy of the full report, including DOH’s response, visit: … DOH agreed with the findings of this audit. For a copy of the report, including DOH’s response, visit: Medicaid …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audits-find-more-1-million-waste-new-yorks-medicaid-program

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits

… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today … action is needed. State Education Department: HTA of New York Inc., Compliance with the Reimbursable Cost Manual …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-1

DiNapoli: Audit Finds up to $12.1 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments

… New York State's Medicaid system made as much as $12.1 … up to $10 million that should not have been spent." New York's Medicaid program, administered by the state …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-audit-finds-121-million-inappropriate-medicaid-payments

State Comptroller DiNapoli: $360M Needed to Repair Local Dams

… impact of severe storms, the breach of a large dam could result in the loss of life, devastation of several … New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) classifies dams according to the level of risk that a … ww.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/pubs/research/dam-infrastucture-2018.pdf To find local data on dams across New York, go to: …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-360m-needed-repair-local-dams

Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-88

… be reported for tracking employees eligible for a future Pay Change associated with Judiciary Law, Sections 37.3 and … been created to track employees who are eligible for 2nd Longevity Step. New Reason and Increment Codes have been …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-88-new-reason-codes-373-judiciary-law-373-and-379-judiciary-law

Opinion 2000-19

… foreign fire insurance tax monies are used exclusively for the purposes set forth in the special act governing the … to making the elevator handicapped accessible may be paid for with foreign fire insurance tax monies. You ask whether a … may expend foreign fire insurance tax monies to pay for installation of an elevator in a building owned by the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… District officials have also allowed the unemployment reserve balance to accumulate to an excessive level and have not used funds from the retirement contribution reserve as budgeted. Westmoreland Central School District – …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits

Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Scheneiderman Announce 2 to 6 Year Prison Sentence for Former Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme

… John Chiara of the Public Integrity Bureau prosecuted the case. Legal Support Analyst Dillon Kraus provided important …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-scheneiderman-announce-2-6-year-prison-sentence-former-councilman-ruben

Opinion 2004-8

… corporations to establish "insurance reserve funds", does not provide authority for a reserve fund for self-funded … Village of Weedsport 1 General Municipal Law §6-p also does not provide authority for the proposed reserve fund. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8

Opinion 2002-7

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …

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Opinion 93-16

… VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (credit for activities performed by local government employees during … AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work Periods" (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §217[f]) GENERAL … may not earn credit under a service award program for responding to fire alarms during their "regularly …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16

Opinion 93-15

… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (requirements of annual audit of by … 88-76, p 145; 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-340, p 101). Public libraries are, for most purposes, fiscally autonomous from … the Education Law contains certain requirements for public libraries to report to the State Education Department (see …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15

Opinion 97-20

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Unless otherwise provided by special act, the members of a volunteer fire department may determine to use foreign …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20

Opinion 91-57

… opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (comingling library moneys with those of municipal sponsor) -- Public Library … sponsor) EDUCATION LAW, §259(1): Library fund moneys of a village public library held in the custody of the village … be levied and collected annually with general taxes of the municipality or school district which established the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57

Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing for Rensselaer DPW Employees Who Stole Scrap Metal Proceeds

… and assistance in this investigation. Prosecuting the case is Assistant Attorney General Christopher Baynes of the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-rensselaer-dpw-employees-who-stole-scrap

Opinion 91-19

… moneys it received from a criminal defendant in an arson case as part of a plea bargaining arrangement. You informed …

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Opinion 96-1

… BONDS AND NOTES -- State Comptroller Approval (necessity for in Adirondack Park fire district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack Park) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (necessity for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack fire district) …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1

Opinion 94-17

… General Municipal Law, §120-aa; Second Class Cities Law, §79). Although we are aware of no State statute which … 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-88, p 135; 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79- 307, p 52). The fees, however, may be imposed only upon … with constitutional equal protection guarantees (see NY Const, art I, §11; Elmwood-Utica Houses v Buffalo Sewer …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17