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Monitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs
… justice system. To that end, the Division administers State and federal grant programs aimed at crime prevention … forcible rape, and robbery – in the State, excluding New York City. GIVE contracts may include amounts for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/24/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programsLow-Income Housing Trust Fund Program (Follow-Up)
… to construct low-income housing; to rehabilitate vacant, distressed, or underutilized residential property; or … property to low-income housing. The Program received annual appropriations totaling $44.2 million for 2017 through 2019 and generally provides up to $125,000 per housing unit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/02/low-income-housing-trust-fund-program-followDiNapoli Announces Guilty Plea in Town of Crawford Embezzlement Case
… pleaded guilty before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown, to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-announces-guilty-plea-town-crawford-embezzlement-caseOversight of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
… that were active between October 2017 and September 2021. About the Program The Corporation is a public benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/12/30/oversight-clean-water-state-revolving-fundCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data)
… Coordinator and incorporating Open Data into its ongoing core business planning and strategies. In response to our … and has taken steps to incorporate Open Data into its core business functions. However, DEC did not identify the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/05/27/compliance-executive-order-95-open-dataComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… today announced the following local government audits have been issued. Town of Cairo – Fuel Management (Greene … System Cybersecurity (Orange County) Officials did not have adequate policies and procedures to document employee IT … with higher available interest rates, revenue would have increased by $80,688 during the audit period. Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Oversight of Telemental Health Services
… Objective To determine if the Office of Mental Health is adequately monitoring the delivery and performance of telemental health services and ensuring that related … psychiatric care at a distance. In July 2019, the Office of Mental Health (OMH) expanded the State’s TMH regulations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/06/17/oversight-telemental-health-servicesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… projections in the town’s adopted budget for the 2021 fiscal year are not reasonable. Auditors’ review took … fund. The deficit in the highway fund is estimated at $27,000 as of Dec. 1, 2020. The town’s 2021 adopted budget … Comptroller’s Office for any of the last four years (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19). Fund transfers were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Oversight of Homeless Shelters
… Purpose To determine whether the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (Office) adequately … leadership, guidance, and support to county Departments of Social Services (Local Districts) in the operation of these programs. Through its Bureau of Shelter Services, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/12/oversight-homeless-sheltersDiNapoli: Audit Finds Additional $150,000 Stolen by Beekman Town Official
… larceny for stealing $390,178 by using the town’s American Express card for vacations and other family expenses. Knapp …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-additional-150000-stolen-beekman-town-officialInmate Sentence Calculation and Release Practices
… during our audit period five inmates were released between two weeks and 12 months early because Department procedures … followed. The five errors represent an error rate of about one in every 17,000 inmates released during our audit period. … of Corrections and Community Supervision: Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/07/inmate-sentence-calculation-and-release-practicesUnnecessary and Potentially Illegal Consultant Contract With Former New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director
… New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director Heather Hitchens for necessity, propriety and compliance with … former New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer appointed Heather Hitchens to the position of Executive Director of the … violations of law in the procurement of this contract with Heather Hitchens. We concluded the contract was initiated and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/26/unnecessary-and-potentially-illegal-consultant-contract-former-new-york-state-council-artsOpinion 89-14
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … payments (see also 28 Opns St Comp, 1972, p 167). There have been no amendments to section 986 since that opinion was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-14DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 1.6% in First Quarter
… Local government sales tax collections totaled $5.6 billion in the first calendar … a year-over-year decline for the quarter. “Local sales tax collections in the first quarter showed modest … DiNapoli said. “The numbers from the city signal a healthy tax base and a return to its pre-pandemic role as a major …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-16-first-quarterFormer Village of Candor Mayor Pleads Guilty to Stealing From the Village
… free loans from the people who elected him,” DiNapoli said. “His theft of public funds is contemptible and … New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James said, “Today’s guilty plea by former Village of Candor Mayor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/former-village-candor-mayor-pleads-guilty-stealing-villageOpinion 88-16
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … would first compute the amount of interest which would have accrued during the four payroll periods since April 1, … , 119 AD2d 721, 501 NYS2d 135). Furthermore, the courts have held that poundage must be collected under the execution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16Responding to an OSC Audit Report: Audit Responses and Corrective Action Plans
… on our audit testing and what we recommend you should do to improve your operations or strengthen internal … issues discussed in that report. Please note that we do not always ask for or seek a response to the draft global … and recommendations in the draft audit report. Officials have 30 days from the date the draft audit report is provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/responding-osc-audit-report-audit-responses-and-corrective-action-plansControls Over Equipment
… correctly in FAM. However, H+H officials could not account for 18 of the remaining 75 items. According to FAM, these 18 … including: 600 infusion pumps, purchased collectively for $1.7 million, were recorded in FAM as one item without … to track the 600 pumps. 5 items, purchased collectively for $296,083, were incorrectly recorded in FAM. Four of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/09/controls-over-equipmentComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… are needed. Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Staten Island Railway – On-Time Performance (2015-S-56) The Staten Island Railway’s (SIR) on-time performance percentage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0DiNapoli: Audit Finds Inadequate Oversight of Student Grade Changes
… of student grades being inappropriately altered,” DiNapoli said. “When grades are changed, there needs to be a record …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-audit-finds-inadequate-oversight-student-grade-changes