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DiNapoli: Overtime Costs at State Agencies Reached All-Time High in 2021
… The total cost of overtime in 2021 reached an all-time high at more than $924 million, … impacts of the pandemic, overtime costs set a new record in 2021,” said DiNapoli. “While the pandemic does not appear … prompted a ‘great resignation’ from the state workforce in 2020, new hiring stalled, and the workforce declined more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-overtime-costs-state-agencies-reached-all-time-high-2021State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… coordination, and record keeping, impair DSNY’s ability to address ongoing cleanliness problems on New York City … The audit made eight recommendations – four each to DSNY and Operations – to address the problems identified. … information included in these reports. Also, OMH’s reports do not clearly address its progress in the 11 areas of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOversight of Transportation Services and Expenses
… Objective To determine if the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Department) has … from March 4, 2019 to July 23, 2021, we identified 3,518 fuel transactions, totaling $101,700, within 2 miles of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/29/oversight-transportation-services-and-expensesHealth, Safety, and Accessibility in District 75 Schools
… Objective To determine whether the New York City (NYC) Department of Education (DOE) is providing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/04/12/health-safety-and-accessibility-district-75-schoolsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1892
… 15-T , withholding for employees with the 2019 version of Form W-4 or earlier will be calculated using $4,200 for each … and employees changing their withholding must use the new Form W-4, which does not use allowances. Please refer to … first paid wages before 2020 and has not submitted a new Form W-4 for 2020 or later. If the NRA employee was first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1892-summary-tax-related-changes-2021Opinion 95-2
… PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, §52; EXECUTIVE LAW, §§818, 819: The amount billed by a cable television company to a municipal housing authority as a "pass through" to the customer of a franchise fee imposed upon the cable company by a city is not a municipal "fee" falling within the exemption of Public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-2Opinion 94-10
… (human rights commission) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (part-town human rights commission) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- … statute provides for the establishment and operation of a part-town human rights commission (compare General Municipal … defines municipality as including a town "or that part of a town not included within the boundaries of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-10Practices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees
… and fines and fees collected were appropriately accounted for. The audit covered the period January 1, 2013 to December … by State legislation in July 1985 to provide a forum for processing and adjudicating summonses for violations of NYC Transit (Transit) rules governing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/11/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-feesOpinion 93-6
… of the General Municipal Law does not provide authority for) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Fire Protection (article 5-G of the General Municipal Law does not provide authority for town fire protection contracts) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … district. Town Law, §184 provides the exclusive authority for a town to contract for fire protection services on behalf …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-6Opinion 89-44
… during which they did not preside as a village justice and during which they received no moneys for which they are … fact that he has not received any costs, fees, expenses and fines during any month to the state comptroller within … specifically requires an acting village justice to report and pay over moneys to the State Comptroller. Nonetheless, it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-44Mitigation for Extreme Weather Conditions and Flooding
… provides commuter railroad service to customers throughout New York and Connecticut on its Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven Lines, and in New York’s Orange and Rockland counties on its Port Jervis … Valley Lines. In September 2007, the MTA established the Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability and the MTA (Blue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/06/mitigation-extreme-weather-conditions-and-floodingNew York State Artificial Intelligence Governance
… its agencies have been using AI to aid their operations. For example, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) uses AI … to centralize IT services and develop technology services for State government. ITS provides statewide direction, … policy (AI Policy), providing guidelines and requirements for the acceptable use of AI technologies by State Entities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/04/03/new-york-state-artificial-intelligence-governanceDiNapoli: Amid Federal Funding Uncertainty, State Must Focus on Programs To Aid Seniors
… State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) makes it difficult to know who is being left behind or where. “New York has an … Population and Demand for Services New York’s population of people aged 60 and over is projected to reach approximately 5.5 million by 2030. Nearly 70% of adults over 65 are expected to need some form of long-term …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/dinapoli-amid-federal-funding-uncertainty-state-must-focus-programs-aid-seniorsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1898
… Employees in the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Unit – BU05 with an increment code of 1976-2014, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1898-april-2021-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-lump-sum-llsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-598
… IATSE Local One, Bargaining Unit TI. Affected titles are: Theatre Technician, Lead Theatre Technician and Theatre … Union, Local One (IATSE) and the City University of New York, and as summarized in the memorandum dated 5/31/2017 … taxed using the Aggregate method. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-598-2011-2018-iatse-local-one-retroactive-general-salaryState Police Bulletin No. SP-88
… of 2005 which implements the Arbitration Award between New York State and the Police Benevolent Association that … are appointed or returned to BU17: Base Salary Increase New Salary Schedules are in effect for BU17 ( Attachment ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-88-state-police-benevolent-association-nys-troopers-inc-bargaining-unit-17Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-324
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … CSEA Agreement is reached, the negotiated changes detailed in the Labor Relations Memorandum are extended to Management/Confidential and Unrepresented employees in graded positions in Bargaining Units 86, 88 and CT. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-324-april-2023-unified-court-system-ucs-judicial-longevity-paymentState Agencies Bulletin No. 2274
… using the Action/Reason code of Pay Rate Change/TSC (Title Str), the applicable effective date, and the appropriate … with an Action/Reason code of Pay Rate Change/TSC (Title Str). A row will be inserted on the employee’s Job Data page …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2274-restructure-two-year-professional-traineeships-leading-grade-18East Bloomfield-Holcomb Fire Department – Financial Operations (2017M-160)
… of the Department’s financial operations to ensure that assets were safeguarded for the period January 1, 2015 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2017/11/17/east-bloomfield-holcomb-fire-department-financial-operationsDivorce – Police and Fire Plan
… has ended. This division must be stated in the form of a Domestic Relations Order (DRO) if we are to pay a portion of your pension to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1512/divorce