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X.6.A Requesting a Special Use Vendor ID – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… The VMU assigns Special Use Vendor IDs starting with ‘0’. These Vendor IDs … New York State Business Unit to approve and establish a Special Use vendor for a business need. Process and Document … a request to the Vendor Management Unit (VMU) for a new Special Use Vendor ID to use in the Statewide Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x6a-requesting-special-use-vendor-idDiNapoli: Former Treasurer Charged in $11,000 Theft of Bolivar Volunteer Fire Department Funds
… cash donated at fundraisers – including the "Smile for Christmas" campaign which collects money for toys for local children. She covered her actions by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-former-treasurer-charged-11000-theft-bolivar-volunteer-fire-department-fundsTruxton Academy Charter School – Tuition Billing and Collections (2025M-8)
… $2.14 million, officials overbilled school districts of residence (resident districts) $84,689 for State aid attributable to students receiving special education services from 2022-23 through 2023-24. These … School officials did not follow New York State Education Department (NYSED) guidance for calculating State aid, did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2025/06/06/truxton-academy-charter-school-tuition-billing-and-collections-2025m-8DiNapoli: Former Wallkill Fire District Chair Pleads Guilty in $240,000 Theft
… County Court to grand larceny and criminal tax fraud for stealing nearly $240,000, State Comptroller Thomas P. … DiNapoli said. ”I thank District Attorney Carnright for partnering with my office to expose this scheme and hold … He agreed to pay full restitution. Sentencing is set for January 8, 2016 in Ulster County Court. Denardo, who at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-former-wallkill-fire-district-chair-pleads-guilty-240000-theftVillage of Gowanda – Procurement (2013M-175)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Village’s purchasing practices for the period … State or County contract pricing. The Board’s failure to ensure that Village officials obtained bids and quotes in … bidding process, as required. Attach the obtained quotes to the vendor’s claim so that the Board can audit and approve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/09/13/village-gowanda-procurement-2013m-175Opinion 96-22
… Reserve Fund (transfer of moneys to contingency and tax stabilization reserve fund); (use of moneys in fund following … fund may not be transferred to a contingency and tax stabilization reserve fund. Following the abandonment of the … landfill may be transferred into a contingency and tax stabilization reserve fund if the town no longer needs to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-22Transforming Into Construction & Development
… audit covered the period from January 2017 to February 2024. About the Program The Metropolitan Transportation … however, not retained. While Development managed the MTA 2020–2024 Capital Program, it has not issued new or updated … construction for all MTA operating agencies. The MTA 2020–2024 Capital Program asserts that by combining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/10/22/transforming-construction-developmentOpinion 2007-5
… valuations. Absent a special act to the contrary (see 1980 Ops St Comp No. 80-551), those are the only circumstances … maturity" (General Municipal Law § 6-c [4]; see also 1989 Ops St Comp No. 89-36, at 87). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Opinion 95-9
… meetings pursuant to General Municipal Law, §217(c)(v); and (3) may active volunteer firefighters receive pro rated … at any official meetings of the volunteer fire company " and participation in certain department responses (General … Law, §217[c][v], [vi]; emphasis added). A fire district and a fire company are separate and distinct entities. A fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Oversight of Construction Management Contracts
… includes 180 State parks with opportunities for hiking, camping, swimming, golfing, and snowmobiling as well as 38 historic sites. Parks oversees a range of capital projects to improve these sites. In an effort to ensure certain capital projects are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/06/24/oversight-construction-management-contractsMamaroneck Union Free School District - Extra-Classroom Activities (2018M-95)
… sales tax totaling $473 was not set aside for remittance to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance … amend the ECA fund policy and establish written procedures to supplement it. Maintain records, supporting documentation … agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/09/28/mamaroneck-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activities-2018m-95Opinion 99-5
… the treasurer of the cooperative library system. 24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 914; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 731; and 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 387, superseded to the extent inconsistent. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-5DiNapoli: Former Morley Fire Company Treasurer Ordered to Pay $50,000 for Theft of Public Funds
… She also wrote checks to herself from the fire company’s account and pocketed money, including some from fundraisers, … were able to match Perkins’ deposits into her personal account with similar cash amounts that had been paid to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-former-morley-fire-company-treasurer-ordered-pay-50000-theft-public-fundsImproper Payments for Brand Name Drugs (Follow-Up)
… in our initial audit report, Improper Payments for Brand Name Drugs (Report 2020-S-62 … dosage form, and strength. Generally, this means a brand name drug will be substituted with a generic drug that is equivalent to the brand name drug. Prescribers of drugs can indicate that a brand …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/03/improper-payments-brand-name-drugs-followMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Managed Long Term Care Partial Capitation Plans
… payments to Managed Long Term Care Partial Capitation plans for recipients who were no longer enrolled in these plans. The audit covered the period January 1, 2010 through … 2015. Background Managed Long Term Care Partial Capitation plans (Plans) provide health and long-term care services to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/30/medicaid-program-improper-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-managed-long-term-careOpinion 90-58
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance … policy by a village trustee to a village employee in the employee's private capacity is not a "contract" with … of article 18 includes only any express or implied claim, account or demand against or agreement with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-58Opinion 89-10
… Training Schools (authority of public library to provide for cash advances) - Reimbursement For Expenses (authority of public library to provide for cash advances) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §77-b(6): A public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-10Opinion 98-15
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. HISTORIC PRESERVATION -- Town Building (need for referendum when selling) REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (by town of historic building) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for in town when selling historic building) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-dd; TOWN LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-15Area #8 – Online Banking – Information Technology Governance
… are collected for malicious use. A key logger collects login information, allowing the perpetrator to impersonate the legitimate user or create another user account with access to the victim’s online bank accounts. … The different types of malware can capture keystrokes for login information, monitor and capture other data to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-8-online-bankingOversight of Waste Tire Cleanup and Use of Waste Tire Fees (Follow-Up)
… made in our initial audit report, Oversight of Waste Tire Site Cleanup and Use of Waste Tire Fees (Report 2018-S-43 ). About the Program Waste … made in our initial audit report Oversight of Waste Tire Site Cleanup and Use of Waste Tire Fees Report 2018S43 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/oversight-waste-tire-cleanup-and-use-waste-tire-fees-follow