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DiNapoli: 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-growFinancial Condition and Selected Expenses
… totals about $2.3 billion. In November 2006, NYRA filed for bankruptcy due to its poor financial condition, including … Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) revenue is directed to NYRA for enhanced purses, operational support, and capital … before that time. However, the FOB stressed the need for NYRA to develop a plan to become profitable without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/10/financial-condition-and-selected-expensesDiNapoli: As Subway On-Time Performance Falls Behind, Better Plans Needed To Get Trains Back On Track
… that its assessment of wait time between trains is a better indicator of subway service. But DiNapoli’s auditors … The presentation suggested that riders’ wait times were a better service measurement than on-time performance, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-subway-time-performance-falls-behind-better-plans-needed-get-trains-back-trackHomeless Services Housing Needs Assessment
… 2022. About the Program Homeless shelters across the State provide various services to individuals and families, … and return to self-sufficiency. Our prior audits focusing on shelter living conditions ( 2015-S-23 , issued February … (3%). 4 clients were incarcerated (3%). 2 clients moved out of their Local District (1%). 1 client passed away (1%). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/08/15/homeless-services-housing-needs-assessmentDiNapoli: Temporary Federal Spending Drives Up NY’s National Ranking in States’ Balance of Payments
… New York’s per capita ranking in the federal balance of payments from 49 th in 2019 to 30 th in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021, according to a report released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. For every dollar New … jumped because of pandemic funding for fiscal recovery, economic support, Medicaid and vaccine manufacturing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-temporary-federal-spending-drives-nys-national-ranking-states-balance-paymentsOversight of Disability Services
… Objective To determine whether the State University of New York has adequately provided access to campuses, programs, and services to students with … the succeeding 5-year period. Additionally, campuses have their own Facility Master Plan that evaluates existing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/08/09/oversight-disability-servicesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… and school audits were issued. Town of Homer – Non-Payroll Disbursements (Cortland County) The board and supervisor did not provide adequate oversight of non-payroll disbursements. As a result, the town made duplicate … duties or implement compensating controls relating to non-payroll disbursements; establish procedures to detect and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by Former Met Council CFO in $9M Kickback Scheme
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the … Three other defendants, David Cohen, William Rapfogel and Joseph Ross, previously pleaded guilty in the case. Further …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-former-met-council-cfo-9m-kickbackSelected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, Selected State Agencies’ Roles in Financial Literacy (Report 2020-S-53 ). About the Program In recent decades, financial literacy has emerged as a key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/23/selected-state-agencies-roles-financial-literacy-followState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… been issued. Empire State Development – COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program (2023-S-10) Empire State … in the original goals of the Program when awarding grants, instead favoring a first-come, first-served …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsWall Street Bonuses Rose In 2012
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Wall Street is still in transition, but it is slowly adjusting to changes in its economic and regulatory environment,” DiNapoli said. "Profits and bonuses rebounded in 2012, but the industry is still restructuring. Despite its smaller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/02/wall-street-bonuses-rose-2012DiNapoli: MTA Avoided A Fiscal Crisis, Now It Has To Convince Riders To Come Back
… burden is now on the MTA to improve the region’s transit system and win riders back, while keeping its budget … reductions to service, or disinvestment in the system. Capital and Debt It is currently uncertain how large the MTA’s 2025-2029 capital program will be or how it will be funded. The MTA is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-mta-avoided-fiscal-crisis-now-it-has-convince-riders-come-backState Agencies Bulletin No. 1811
… reallocation. These employees require manual processing for payments such as performance advances or longevity. Going … Actions OSC has created NYS position numbers in PayServ for downward reallocated titles for each agency with employees affected by the change. For …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1811-new-procedure-maintaining-job-data-information-employees-reallocatedCUNY Bulletin No. CU-342
… Professional Staff Congress (PSC) are eligible for annual Increments. Existing increment codes were not adequate to … applied increment payments. January - January increments will be identified with a four digit increment … due an increment during the next scheduled application of increments are identified using ‘01 01 .’ Employees with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-342-new-increment-codes-psc-titlesOpinion 95-23
… based on review of documentation) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (permitting statement supporting voucher to be … on review of documentation) TOWN COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (permitting statement supporting voucher to be … comptroller, is presented to the board or the comptroller and is audited and allowed. Section 118(1) further provides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-23Opinion 92-36
… police district plans to petition the county legislature for authorization to install the E911 system for residents of the district. You suggest that the language … of every service supplier within such municipality to pay for the costs associated with obtaining and maintaining the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-36Opinion 92-12
Whether a disabled firefighter forfeits his or her entitlement to payments and benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law 207a upon becoming selfemployed or performing uncompensated services such as volunteer work
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12Opinion 2006-5
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … to mandatory referendum) TOWN LAW §27(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW §23(2)(e): A town board may reduce the salary … not more than one fiscal year (Town Law §27[1]; Municipal Home Rule Law §24[2][h]; see, e.g., 1981 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5DiNapoli: Thruway Authority Toll Increases Should Be Last Option
… schedule of systemwide toll increases to begin in 2024, but a new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. … its revenue estimates. The Thruway should also provide better documentation and disclosure of the assumptions used … efficiency and transparency. In addition, savings from better coordination with other state agencies or authorities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-thruway-authority-toll-increases-should-be-last-optionOpinion 90-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE … Neither section 150, nor any other provision of State law, however, provides for the establishment of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15