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Holley Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-342
… to examine the District’s financial management practices for the period July 1, 2008 through October 21, 2013. … Background The Holley Central School District is located in the Town of Murray in Orleans County. The District is … elected members. The District’s budgeted appropriations for the 2013-14 fiscal year total $23 million. Key Findings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/02/07/holley-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-342State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… As a result, the district levied more taxes than needed to fund operations. The board and district officials … 2017-18 through 2021-22 (excluding 2018-19) by an average of $4.1 million, totaling $16.5 million. In addition, the … charges for the audit period and reviewed all of their time records and payments totaling $428,220. Auditors found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1994
… between each of the parties listed above and New York State has extended the Military Leave Benefits through … 12/31/2022 in response to the continuing need for New York State employees in the National Guard and Reserves to be … period will be compared to the employee’s new bi-weekly State salary. If an increased amount for the Military Stipend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1994-2022-extension-military-and-training-leave-benefits-and-stipendsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1894
… and those employees designated Management/Confidential are affected. Background A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) … employees. OSC Actions OSC will review all employees who are on Military Stipend Leave on 01/01/2021, with or without … Sheet of any bi-weekly stipend changes or employees who are now eligible to receive a bi-weekly stipend. For any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1894-2021-extension-military-and-training-leave-benefits-and-stipendsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1404
… runs the program to calculate and refund taxes: WC Earns Exclusion Path: Payroll for North America > Employee Pay Data >Worker Comp Earnings Exclusions >WC Earns Exclusion The WC Earns Exclusion page will be created when the program is run by OSC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1404-refund-taxes-withheld-while-employees-were-paid-workers-compensationOpinion 2005-4
… procedures outlined in section 1804 of the Education Law and the voter approval requirements provided by section 1951 … of statutory construction that a statute of general import or applicability must yield to a statute of specific import relating to the same subject matter, when there is a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-4Albany County Probation Department – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-340)
… for disbursing restitution money retained in a victims’ trust fund, Department officials have not disbursed these … the policy. As of July 2013, the balance in the victims’ trust fund totaled $130,707; this excessive balance precludes … the balance of the undisbursed restitution in the victims’ trust fund to a nominal amount by making more timely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/02/07/albany-county-probation-department-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsOpinion 93-27
… SALES TAX -- Use (for reduction of townwide taxes within town outside village area) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(8); TAX LAW, §1262(c): When a town and the villages within the town all elect to receive … Whether the Town of Cheektowaga may use its share of county sales tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27North Country Community College – Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations (2013M-354)
… audit was to assess the internal controls over selected College financial operations for the period September 1, 2012 … August 31, 2013. Background North Country Community College is located in Essex County and is governed by the … nine appointed members and a student trustee. The College’s expenditures for the 2012-13 fiscal year were $13.6 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/community-college/2014/03/28/north-country-community-college-internal-controls-over-selectedOversight of Information Technology Consultants and Contract Staffing
… 747 contract employees supporting ITS functions and spent $50 million on contract labor. Generally, contracts contain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/16/oversight-information-technology-consultants-and-contract-staffingDiNapoli: Rechargeable Battery Use Rising Dramatically, But State Not Enforcing Recycling Law Requirements
… Battery Law that requires manufacturers and retailers recycle rechargeable batteries with some exceptions such as … not know they were enrolled in the program to collect and recycle rechargeable batteries and three did not have a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-rechargeable-battery-use-rising-dramatically-state-not-enforcing-recycling-law-requirementsDiNapoli: NYC Budget Is Balanced but Risks Loom As Fiscal and Economic Concerns Grow
… New York City’s adopted $119.7 billion fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget is currently balanced (including pre-payments) … increased by $3.9 billion in FY 2025, $3.5 billion in FY 2026, $2.1 billion in FY 2027, and $2.4 billion in FY 2028. … in new agency spending and council initiatives for FY 2026, outpacing city-fund revenues added over the same …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/dinapoli-nyc-budget-balanced-risks-loom-fiscal-and-economic-concerns-growResponse to Human Trafficking
… support.” From January 2019 to October 2023, there were 1,637 referrals for confirmation as a survivor. Of these, OTDA and DCJS confirmed 1,384 survivors, referring 64% to the Local Districts and 36% … requested. We analyzed referral and confirmation dates for 1,384 survivors and found 314 (23%) were confirmed more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/03/17/response-human-traffickingRemsen Central School District – Fund Balance and Reserves (2015M-306)
… Boonville and Forestport in Oneida County and the Towns of Ohio and Russia in Herkimer County. The District, which … 460 students, is governed by an elected five-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2015-16 … have not created multiyear financial or capital plans. The Board has not established any formal policy for funding and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/02/26/remsen-central-school-district-fund-balance-and-reserves-2015m-306Greenport Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2014M-203)
… audit was to examine the District’s financial condition for the period July 1, 2012 through March 31, 2014. … The Greenport Union Free School District is located in the Village of Greenport in Suffolk County and is governed … 645 students. Budgeted general fund appropriations for the 2013-14 fiscal year totaled approximately $15.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/09/05/greenport-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-203DiNapoli: MTA'S Homeless Outreach Program Didn't Do Much Outreach
… P. DiNapoli. “Straphangers and commuters can see firsthand that homelessness is a growing problem in the transit system, … of workers ignoring homeless people knocking on the door of the outreach office in Penn Station, where they … five unannounced visits auditors saw workers spend just over one hour per shift (14 percent of their time) doing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-mtas-homeless-outreach-program-didnt-do-much-outreachOther Bulletin No. 64
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide the State University Construction Fund … equated to a grade (Grade 603-667) and whose annual salary is below the Job Rate of the employee’s grade on the payment … mailing will be asked to fill out the request and return it to OSC for inclusion on the Special Wage Payment report to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-64-april-2022-state-university-construction-fund-scfElecting the Section 383-e or 383-f Retirement Plan – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… 1.66 percent of your Final Average Earnings (FAE), up to a maximum of seven years. These plans do not allow for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/383-e-383-f-plans/electing-section-383-e-or-383-f-retirement-planOversight of International Offices
… offices in Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Mexico and Turkey. ESD still has foreign representatives operating in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/06/28/oversight-international-officesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… did not properly monitor delinquent water, sewer and tipping fee balances. The treasurer did not follow the … for procuring professional services in their procurement policy. Auditors also found officials did not seek …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0