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XIV.10.B Travel and Purchase Rewards Programs; Updated Information Regarding T-Cards, P-Cards, and NET-Cards – XIV. Special Procedures
… policies to ensure State officers and employees are in compliance with Commission Advisory Opinion No. 08-04. Personal Use of Supply Vendor Reward Points In the Advisory Opinion, the Commission concludes that a … influencing the decision of the State officer or employee in performing his or her State duties and responsibilities. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv10b-travel-and-purchase-rewards-programs-updated-information-regarding-t-cards-p-cards-and-netAdministration of the CityFHEPS Program for Department of Homeless Services Shelter Residents
… programs in New York. For example, data shared between the two systems helps identify households who are potentially … subsequently exited the shelter into permanent housing. In one case, a client had to wait more than 3 years after … found that DSS paid a contractor approximately $9,000 for two units that were vacant during 2023. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/30/administration-cityfheps-program-department-homeless-services-shelter-residentsDiNapoli: NYC Finances Continue To Benefit From Better Than Projected Revenue but Spending Pressures Remain
… New York City’s finances continue to benefit from … to a report on the city’s Financial Plan released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The city’s budget gaps … operational needs to ensure it can continue to encourage employment and business growth and enhance its economic and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-nyc-finances-continue-benefit-better-projected-revenue-spending-pressures-remainDiNapoli: Nourish NY Needs Better Oversight to Connect More Food Banks and In-State Farms to Funding
… New York program (Nourish NY) was created to help the 1-in-10 New Yorkers facing food insecurity and local farmers by … New York Program is vital and addresses significant needs in both rural and urban communities to combat food … of Agriculture and Markets (Ag&Mkts). The program launched in May 2020 to help with the pandemic’s food supply chain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-nourish-ny-needs-better-oversight-connect-more-food-banks-and-state-farms-fundingOpinion 89-28
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Expenses (allocating … allocated between proposed and existing districts. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning the financing of a … tank. You indicate that a number of water districts in the town are supplied by a neighboring city. A storage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-28XII.6.Q Paying and Reconciling State Credit Card Charges – XII. Expenditures
… the Statewide Financial System. See the following sections in this Chapter for additional detail on paying and … charges within the Statewide Financial System (SFS). In addition to the guidance contained in this section, agencies and State employees with PCard …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6q-paying-and-reconciling-state-credit-card-chargesComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… (Met Council), has been sentenced to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $3 million in restitution to Met Council. The Attorney General’s … in the Third Degree (a class D felony) and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree (a class E …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-councilState Contract and Payment Actions in April
… In April, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,361 … and development of recreational trails on State land in the forest preserve. Office of General Services $9.7 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/state-contract-and-payment-actions-aprilDiNapoli: NYC Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Balanced, but Out Year Gaps Continue to Grow
… that could increase its budget gaps for Fiscal Years (FY) 2025 through 2027 to an average of $12.6 billion annually, … nearly $7.3 billion per fiscal year beginning in FY 2025, according to DiNapoli’s analysis, and could push budget gaps to $8.7 billion in FY 2025, $13.7 billion in FY 2026 and $15.5 billion in FY 2027. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-nyc-fiscal-year-2024-budget-balanced-out-year-gaps-continue-growComptroller DiNapoli & A.G Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… Poverty (Met Council), has been sentenced to one year in jail. Cohen has also paid $650,000 in restitution to Met Council. The joint investigation … "I hope these six prosecutions, and nearly $9 million in restitution, will serve as a warning to those who might …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-directorState Contract and Payment Actions in July
… In July, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,580 … million with Dow Electric Inc. for Job Order Contracting in various regions. $1.2 million with Normandeau Associates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/state-contract-and-payment-actions-julyDiNapoli: Syosset Man Sentenced for Role in $12 Million Ponzi Scheme
… owned by co-defendant Kevin Brody, Conmac Funding Corp., at Eckstein’s urging. At that time, Eckstein, who was a registered CPA, assured his … in January 2017 but received a payment of only $26,699. At that time, Eckstein claimed that Conmac Funding was an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-syosset-man-sentenced-role-12-million-ponzi-schemeOpinion 93-13
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … local law, the imposition of such a charge-back, nor may it by local law create a special district within the county … by local law, may authorize the charge-back, we note that it is well-settled that the power to assess and collect taxes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-13Opinion 92-32
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§119-aa, 119-dd; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i): A town may purchase an historically …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-32Far Rockaway Pre-School Provider "Investor" Pleads Guilty in Theft of Education Funds Intended for Special Needs Students
… not-for-profit company that is now defunct, was located at 1854 Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens, and primarily … to the New York City Department of Education (DoE) at the time of sentencing, sign a confession of judgment for … if he fails to pay the $82,000 in restitution in full at sentencing, he will be sentenced to one year’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/far-rockaway-pre-school-provider-investor-pleads-guilty-theft-education-funds-intended-special-needsFormer Assistant Director of Queens Pre-School Provider Pleads Guilty to Stealing $5 Million Intended for Special Needs Students
… not-for-profit company that is now defunct, was located at 1854 Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens, and primarily … $3 million, pay an additional $1 million in restitution at the time of sentencing, June 15, 2017, and make a full and … fails to pay the full additional $1 million in restitution at sentencing, he will be immediately sentenced to two to six …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/former-assistant-director-queens-pre-school-provider-pleads-guilty-stealing-5-million-intendedDiNapoli: Debt Adding to MTA's Financial Pressures With Riders and Fare Revenue Slow to Return
… the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continues to plan to use borrowing techniques that push difficult … P. DiNapoli’s annual report on the MTA’s debt . If riders do not return faster than the MTA projects, or if new sources … taxpayers. If it continues down this path, the MTA will have a harder time paying for maintenance, repair and other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-debt-adding-mtas-financial-pressures-riders-and-fare-revenue-slow-returnDiNapoli: Stable Government Funding Needed for NYC Health + Hospitals to Provide Essential Care
… critical financial support to New York City Health and Hospitals (H+H), but reliable funding and timely payments … from all levels of government to stay solvent and prepare for future emergencies.” The challenges facing H+H are … unfolded, H+H assumed a significant role in planning for and responding to the city’s public health emergency. H+H …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-stable-government-funding-needed-nyc-health-hospitals-provide-essential-careState Contract and Payment Actions in April
… In April, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,072 … remediation at the former Eastman Business Park in Monroe County. Governor’s Office of Employee Relations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/state-contract-and-payment-actions-aprilDiNapoli Releases Analysis of 2022-23 Enacted State Budget
… better-than-expected revenues allowed for a steep increase in spending in the $220.5 billion enacted state budget for State Fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-releases-analysis-2022-23-enacted-state-budget