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Cost-Saving Ideas: Reviewing Your Revenue Collection Process
… earnings. Use a Bank Having a bank process payments on behalf of your local government can reduce the amount of … (EVT). Pursuant to this contract, payments may be made on-site or over the Internet. Local governments currently use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-reviewing-your-revenue-collection-processThe North Country Is Among the Top Regions in the State for Agricultural Sales
… engine for their communities and an essential part of our food supply system. This is especially true in the North Country where sales of farm products topped $1.2 billion in 2022, making it the … state. Access to fresh, healthy food adds to the quality of life in the state, but this local food supply was put to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-agriculture-report-reveals-economic-growth-and-challenges-facing-new-york-farms-north-countryAuburn Industrial Development Authority – Project Approval and Monitoring (2025M-15)
… [read complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Did the Auburn Industrial Development … with project costs totaling $102 million to the New York State Authorities Budget Office, including one active bond … annual reporting form and supporting documentation (NY-45 forms) needed to monitor project goals, including job …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2025/04/25/auburn-industrial-development-authority-project-approvalXI.2.A Thresholds – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… § 355, § 373, § 6218 and § 6275) and agency discretionary buying thresholds (State Finance Law § 163). (See OSC … this Chapter, for additional information). DISCRETIONARY BUYING THRESHOLDS State Finance Law § 163(6) provides for … OSC prior approval thresholds and agency discretionary buying thresholds State Finance Law 163 see State Finance Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2a-thresholdsDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for June 2016
… nearly 1,000 payments valued at more than $8.2 million due to fraud, waste or other improprieties. Cumulatively through … the playing field is level and taxpayers get the best value for their money. These independent audits also help … $498,000 to Metritech Inc. for the NYS English as a second language achievement test program. Empire State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-june-2016DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for September 2016
… or other improprieties. Cumulatively through September for calendar year 2016, DiNapoli’s office has approved 14,683 … Expenses Legislative travel and per diem expenses for calendar years 2013 through the third quarter of 2016, are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-september-2016Opinion 2004-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Fees (imposition of for services of emergency rescue and first aid squad) FIRE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-1Opinion 90-43
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … death benefit which is payable under §208-f may be paid to a deceased member's children where the deceased … shall determine. Such pension shall continue in the same amount as received by the member's widow or widower as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-43Opinion 98-12
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … various funds held by a municipality may be deposited in a single bank account (1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-57, p 158; 1981 … that city and school district moneys may be deposited in a single bank account. Further, city general fund moneys may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-12Opinion 91-29
… the State Legislature and is authorized to receive direct payment of foreign fire insurance tax moneys, the moneys may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-29Opinion 95-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … (to maintain cemetery) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Around" (meaning of for purposes of Town Law, §291) TOWN LAW, §291: … Town of Schodack 1 We note that the Secretary of State administers a fund for the maintenance of certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10Environment, Energy and Agriculture – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… totaled $991.8 million, a decrease of $251.3 million (20.2 percent) from SFY 2019-20 due to COVID-19 related … year’s estimated emissions and a decrease of more than 40.6 percent from 2010. These emissions include nitrogen oxides, … precursors of ground level ozone, or smog. Sulfur dioxide is a precursor of particulate formation in the atmosphere and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/environment-energy-and-agricultureComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Defendants in Elaborate Multi-Million Dollar Bid-Rigging Case Involving Public Contracts
… this kind of corruption whenever and wherever I find it.” Daniel Lynch, a Rochester-area businessman was sentenced … to Monroe County. In February, Lynch pleaded guilty before Judge Kehoe in Monroe County Court to four felonies, … Officer for Monroe County was sentenced today by Judge Kehoe to five years of probation, a condition being …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-defendants-elaborate-multi-million-dollarOpinion 2010-4
… cover instances or periods of time when the fire district's service may not be readily available. In neither situation, … ambulance companies to receive "back-up" services ( see New York State Assembly Mem in Support of Legislation, Budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-4New York City’s Uneven Recovery: Youth Labor Force Struggling
… Young Labor Force Still Reeling from COVID-19 Pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, workers aged 16 to 24 … FIGURE 1 – Unemployment and Labor Force Participation Rates for Workers Aged 16 to 24 by Geography Unemployment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-citys-uneven-recovery-youth-labor-force-strugglingDiNapoli: Managed Care Companies Wasting Millions in State Medicaid Dollars
… determine if the MCOs’ recoveries have an impact on the monthly managed care premium rate calculations, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-managed-care-companies-wasting-millions-state-medicaid-dollarsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-625
… by Payroll Bulletin CU-625.1 Purpose To inform agencies of updated procedures for processing union dues deductions in … for union dues Background A recent internal review of the procedures for initiating and terminating payroll … unions: Union Ded Code Deduction Description Moving Pictures Operator 269 Moving Pictures Oper Loc 306 NYS Nurses …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-625-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payrollUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-266
… This bulletin has been superseded by Payroll Bulletin USC-266.1 Purpose To inform agencies of … review of the procedures for initiating and terminating payroll deductions for union dues has highlighted the need to … properly authorized, verified and executed. As the State’s payroll administrator, OSC is responsible for processing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-266-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payrollComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his … era of limited resources and increased accountability, it’s critical that schools make every dollar count," DiNapoli … operating surpluses totaling $6.3 million. To reduce fund balance and stay within the year-end statutory limit for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-1DiNapoli: Dormitory Authority Overstated MWBE Contract Participation
… must also include explanations as to why. DASNY did not do so. DASNY officials told DiNapoli’s auditors that the goal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-dormitory-authority-overstated-mwbe-contract-participation