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DiNapoli: MTA Financial Outlook in Precarious Balance
… the MTA needs to address before emergency federal funds dry up in 2025. After that, the MTA faces enormous … savings and revenue measures, it will begin using borrowed funds a year earlier, in 2024. DiNapoli has long cautioned … to cover operational costs runs the risk of reducing funds for the MTA’s badly-needed capital investments. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-mta-financial-outlook-precarious-balanceDiNapoli: Percentage of New Yorkers With Mental Illness Rose as Available Psychiatric Beds Declined
… For those between 18 and 25 years of age the rate was 8.6%. New York’s rates were less than the national average of 23.1% of adults with AMI and 6% with SMI. The state public health system has mirrored …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-percentage-new-yorkers-mental-illness-rose-available-psychiatric-beds-declinedDiNapoli Launches Audits on School Safety
… children safe in schools are being followed. We need to do everything we can to prevent senseless tragedies." "When … Vallone, chair of the Committee on Economic Development. "I applaud State Comptroller DiNapoli for launching these … prevention training. DiNapoli will also be auditing how several school districts across the state have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-launches-audits-school-safetyOpinion 93-12
… that the lodging expenses of a board member sharing a room with his or her spouse may be reimbursed by the municipality at the usual rate of a single occupancy room). Since the spouse of a member of a school district's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-12Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest and Indictment of Defendant Accused of Theft of Over $50,000 in New York State Pension Benefits
… Court. Cizik is alleged to have stolen over $50,000 in pension benefits from the New York State and Local Employees … and Attorney General’s Joint Task force on Public Integrity. According to authorities, Cizik failed to notify … Clark of the Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau. The Deputy Bureau Chief of the Criminal Enforcement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-and-indictment-defendant-accused-theft-overBest Practices – Information Technology Contingency Planning
… to improve their chances of quickly recovering from an IT disruption. Assemble a Team – Assemble a team responsible for drafting an IT contingency plan for management’s review and approval. The … with appropriate technical knowledge of the organization’s IT systems and electronic data. It may be necessary to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-contingency-planning/best-practicesOverlap, Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation in Workforce Development Programs and Services
… from the COVID-19 pandemic downturn. As stated in the 2022 State of the State book, As of Fall 2021, New York’s job … in 2018 requires the Department to maintain and annually update an online database (Catalogue of Funding) of WFD … to serve to assist in reconstituting a functioning SWIB in line with WIOA requirements. As soon as is feasible, update …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/05/19/overlap-duplication-gaps-andor-fragmentation-workforce-development-programs-and-servicesOversight of the STEM Incentive Program
… and whether HESC has only made payments on behalf of recipients who are in compliance with Program regulations. … Program provides a full tuition scholarship to State high school graduates who pursue a STEM degree and agree to work … State for five years after graduation. During the scope of our audit, recipients could attend any State University of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/28/oversight-stem-incentive-programCounty of Oneida – County Clerk (2025M-110)
… Did the Oneida County County Clerk Clerk properly collect and deposit funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/12/12/county-oneida-county-clerk-2025m-110DiNapoli: Two Western NY BOCES Holding Millions in Surplus Funds
… Educational Services (BOCES) withheld millions of dollars in surplus funds that should have been refunded to local … P. DiNapoli. “Excessive amounts of money can sit unused or in unauthorized reserve funds because of flawed budget … to each district the cost allocated to that district in the past year’s budget, the actual expenditures associated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-two-western-ny-boces-holding-millions-surplus-fundsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… years auditors reviewed. Appropriating fund balance that is not needed circumvents the statutory limit. Auditors found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… supervisor appointed the town clerk as bookkeeper which is an incompatibility of office and duties. As a result, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued. Longwood Central School District – Overtime (Suffolk County) District … to justify compensatory time earned. New Rochelle City School District – Information Technology (Westchester County) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… the following local government audits were issued. Town of Potter – Town Clerk (Yates County) A former clerk did not … and accurate manner. Auditors identified a cash shortage of $23,838 during this former clerk’s tenure. The former … the former clerk was arrested in November of 2020 . The matter is still pending in court. South Butler Fire District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 2000-1
… the issues discussed in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Payment (of police officers' legal fees as moral obligation) LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (authority to pay police officers' legal fees) -- Municipal Funds (authority to pay police officers' legal fees) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-1Opinion 88-62
… These rules and regulations also provide that in the case of landfills, minimum closure measures must include at … of Local Finance Law, §11.00(a)(6-b), fixing a 10 year period of probable usefulness for abandonment of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 2004-4
… as its attorney, is not mixed with other revenues of the partnership, and if the board member, directly or indirectly, … is deemed to have an interest in any contract of a partnership of which the officer or employee is a member … if the consideration under the contract were paid into the partnership and if, under the terms of the partnership, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-4II.3.A Planning – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… the official start of the budget process. It outlines, in general terms, the Governor’s priorities for the coming … is assembled, guided by the instructions set forth by DOB in their Budget Request Manual; reviewed for consistency with … approved by the agency head. DIVISION OF THE BUDGET REVIEW In accordance with the schedule outlined in the call letter, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii3a-planningMore About This Retirement Plan – Forest Rangers Plan
… This retirement plan summary describes the benefits available to Tier 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 Police and Fire Retirement System members covered by the Forest Rangers Retirement Plan. (There is no Tier 4 in the Police and Fire Retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1864/more-about-retirement-planMore About This Retirement Plan – Basic Plan with Increased-Take-Home-Pay (ITHP)
… publication is a general summary of membership benefits, rights and responsibilities, and is not a substitute for any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1511/more-about-retirement-plan