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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… claims submitted by providers for services rendered to Medicaid-eligible recipients, and it generates payments to … the initial report. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA): Headquarters and Capital Construction Travel and Entertainment Expenses (2013-S-47) Auditors found MTA Headquarters and MTA Capital Construction have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsSelected Aspects of Accommodations for Passengers With Disabilities
… airport (and terminal) operators to be responsible for implementing and maintaining boarding accessibility. … A May 2007 DOJ publication established best practices for state and local government website accessibility. Key … accessibility because there is no option to format text for visually impaired people. PANYNJ did not have written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/29/selected-aspects-accommodations-passengers-disabilitiesPublic Safety – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… of Crimes and Crime Rates Leveled Off in 2021 According to preliminary data, the number of crimes in seven major … dropped by 504 reported incidents (less than 1 percent) to 343,357 in 2021. There are seven major categories of … Property crimes include: Burglary (down 16.6 percent to its 2019 number following the same percentage jump in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/public-safetyArchived: Legislative Session 2019–2020
… Renewals Issued 2015 Through 2020 – Signed into law on August 24, 2020 as Chapter 157 of the Laws of 2020 – A.10492 … to operate and provide critical services during the COVID-19 public health crisis and its aftermath, by: (1) extending … Corporations (LDCs) – Signed into law on December 20, 2019 as Chapter 710 of the Laws of 2019 – A.7476 (Magnarelli) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2019-2020DiNapoli: Former School District Treasurer Sentenced for Stealing Funds
… announced Kristina Hand was sentenced in federal court for stealing $34,000 from the Morris Central School District … last September to two counts of federal program theft, for stealing from a school district that received federal … of her actions. My thanks to Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York Antoinette T. Bacon and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-former-school-district-treasurer-sentenced-stealing-fundsOpinion 2007-1
… remaining parts of the agreement ( Guistino v County of Nassau , 306 AD2d 376, 760 NYS2d 862; Burroughs v New York … bidding statute ( Value Management Consultants v County of Nassau , Supreme Ct, Nassau County, May 7, 1999, O’Connell, J, affd 274 AD2d 588, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-1Opinion 88-28
… of such designation, used to publish official notices. June 3, 1988 Frederick H. Monroe, Esq., Town Attorney Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-28DiNapoli: Alexandria Clerk Charged In Theft of Town Fees
… The former town clerk of the town of Alexandria was arrested today for grand larceny related to … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Ellen S. Peck, 64, of Alexandria Bay, was charged with grand larceny in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/11/dinapoli-alexandria-clerk-charged-theft-town-feesDiNapoli: Former Odessa Clerk Allegedly Falsified Timesheets to Scam $11,000 in Extra Pay
… P. DiNapoli, Chemung County District Attorney Weeden A. Wetmore and the New York State Police announced former … the Government (E Felony); and Official Misconduct (A Misdemeanor) for padding her timesheets to boost her pay. … from local taxpayers,” Comptroller DiNapoli said. “I thank DA Wetmore and the State Police’s Bureau of Criminal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-former-odessa-clerk-allegedly-falsified-timesheets-scam-11000-extra-payDiNapoli: Former Ontario Town Water Superintendent Charged With Covering Up Failure to Fix Water Leaks
… and the ordered restitutions of over $50 million in public funds. Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-former-ontario-town-water-superintendent-charged-covering-failure-fix-water-leaksDiNapoli: Former Morley Fire Company Treasurer Ordered to Pay $50,000 for Theft of Public Funds
… cash withdrawals at ATMs in the Del Lago Resort & Casino and the Turning Stone Resort Casino. She also wrote checks to herself from the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-former-morley-fire-company-treasurer-ordered-pay-50000-theft-public-fundsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to administer the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and HOME Investment … Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation of Workforce Development Programs and Services (Follow-Up) (2023-F-36) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2000-17
… (see People ex rel. O'Reilly v Common Council , 189 NY 66; cf. 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-131, p 165 3 ; compare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-17Opinion 2005-6
… a parochial school) -- Gifts and Loans (gift of town money for private program); (contract for provision of services by … of town to provide a program on the prevention of teen “bullying”) POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Crime … of town to provide a program on the prevention of teen “bullying”) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-6Opinion 97-19
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance … with which the fire district contracts has an interest in the contract. The interest must be disclosed pursuant to … business would have a prohibited conflict of interest in the fire district's contract with the agency. You note …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-19Opinion 88-75
… very costly, as well as time consuming, to the city for a new lawyer from the prior firm to become expert in the case. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-75Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Conviction and Sentencing of Florida Man For Theft of Over $180,000 in NYS Pension Benefits
… pretended he was Petschauer, and asserted that he was not actually dead, in an effort to maintain eligibility for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-and-sentencing-florida-man-theft-overOpinion 93-4
Whether a town board may adopt a bond resolution for the purpose of financing a tax certiorari judgment and if so whether the resolution is subject to referendum or a supermajority vote of the board
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-4Opinion 99-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-13DiNapoli Urges Changes to Protect Children Placed in Custody of Relatives or Guardians
… doing enough to ensure adequate protections are in place for children who are placed in the custody of relatives or … the state’s child welfare system and is responsible for supervising and coordinating child welfare services, … conditions that raised red flags, including a police report stating the relative kept a loaded shotgun in one of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/dinapoli-urges-changes-protect-children-placed-custody-relatives-or-guardians