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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… ensure the required annual update documents were filed in a timely manner. Auditors reviewed 199 disbursements totaling … the checks, a rubber signature stamp was used, which is not permitted. The supervisor also did not review canceled … when paid. In addition, board members did not know what their claims audit responsibilities were, nor did they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsDiNapoli Audit Finds Hazardous Conditions Persist in Mitchell-Lama Developments
… State’s affordable housing agency, Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), is falling short in its oversight of several … sometimes for years,” said DiNapoli. “Homes and Community Renewal needs to improve its oversight of conditions at … is supervised by HCR’s Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). Mitchell-Lama developments are owned by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-hazardous-conditions-persist-mitchell-lama-developmentsNYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for Retirement System for 2021-22
… (NYSLRS) today announced employer contribution rates for the State Fiscal Year 2021-22 will increase from 14.6 percent to 16.2 percent of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 24.4 percent to 28.3 percent of payroll for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS). NYSLRS is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-retirement-system-2021-22Overtime Limits – Enhanced Reporting
… and Social Security Law limits the amount of overtime pay included in the calculation of pension benefits. Overtime … earnings (regular earnings, shift differential pay, location pay, longevity payments and top of pay grade bonus) from the … Tier 5 and 6 NYSLRS members have annual limits as to how much overtime pay is considered pensionable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/overtime-limitsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… audits were issued. City of Middletown – Payroll and Leave Benefits (Orange County) City officials did not accurately pay employees’ salaries, wages and benefits or properly accrue leave benefits. Auditors reviewed payments and benefits totaling $1.9 million and found exceptions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Archived: Legislative Session 2019–2020
… and its aftermath, by: (1) extending the "rollover" period for bond anticipation notes issued in calendar years 2015 … – Relates to participation by state agencies in a system used by the comptroller to compile vendor … related to the remediation of petroleum discharges on residential property. Accidental Death Benefit Extender – …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2019-2020Village of Herkimer – Payroll (2025M-37)
… officials and employees were paid, as required by New York State Village Law (Village Law) Section 5-524. We reviewed … policies or procedures for overtime, and instead relied on each Village department to complete this task. While both … this audit pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the State Constitution and the State Comptroller’s authority as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/07/11/village-herkimer-payroll-2025m-37State Health Department Slow to Inspect Violations at Adult Care Facilities, Audit Finds
… the health and safety of vulnerable residents, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller … Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found DOH at times failed to conduct timely inspections and often lacked documentation to show critical problems were corrected. “Adult care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-health-department-slow-inspect-violations-adult-care-facilities-audit-findsOpinion 99-4
… are authorized generally to "convey" unneeded real property (see, e.g., County Law, §215[5,6]; Town Law, … corporations and fire districts to make gifts of unneeded real property to another municipal corporation or fire … p 1; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-22, p 37, gift of municipal money to an IDA; 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-342, p 434; 1982 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4Application for Refund of Excess Contributions (RS5195)
To apply for the refund of excess member contributions, NYSLRS Tier 1 & 2 members (and Tier 3 & 5 Police and Fire Retirement System members who are non-contributory), who voluntarily contribute, use form RS5195.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/forms/pdf/rs5195.pdfBrighton Fire District No. 5 - Credit Card and Travel Expenditures (2018M-60)
… properly approved, supported by adequate documentation and a proper use of District money. Key Findings The Board and … were not pre-approved and the Board did not authorize per diem payments of approximately $9,000 that may have been … use of District money. The District could have saved up to $17,000 had the Board required the use of lodging that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2019/09/13/brighton-fire-district-no-5-credit-card-and-travel-expenditures-2018m-60Member Contributions
… Most members are required to contribute a percentage of their earnings toward their retirement. Whether a member contributes, and how much, … Whether members of the Employees Retirement System ERS and the Police and Fire Retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/member-contributionsOpinion 90-55
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … whether a village which abolishes its police department is still required to pay a police officer injured in the line … opinion, we concluded that the rights of a firefighter who is employed in a village fire department which is terminated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued. Town of Ballston – Water Fund … 2022 fiscal year-end physical inventory. Fairport Central School District – Payroll and Employee Benefits (Monroe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… enforce the provisions of the town’s procurement policy, and as a result, town officials did not seek competition when procuring goods and services totaling $561,829, or 48%, of the purchases … found $286 was remitted for the 10-hour Italiafest and wine tasting with no record of how many people attended the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… duties or implement compensating controls relating to non-payroll disbursements; establish procedures to detect and prevent duplicate payments from occurring; or … Brook-Rye Union Free School District – Capital Project Change Orders (Westchester County) The board and district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Requirements Report (Follow-Up) (2022-F-1) An audit issued in October 2020 found DEC had established procedures to help … facilities or verified whether events were reported in a timely manner. In a follow up, auditors found DEC made progress in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued. Village of Airmont – Claims Auditing (Rockland County) The board did not audit claims before payment to ensure they … 30 claims totaling $883,765 and determined that none of the claims were audited by the board. In addition, one vendor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: NYC Put Federal Funds to Work Quickly To Shore Up Budget and Drive Recovery
… New York City is using the federal funds it received in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to replace … Some of those investments have already begun and there is still time for recipients who have not already spent all … New York City is using the federal funds it received in the wake of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-nyc-put-federal-funds-work-quickly-shore-budget-and-drive-recoveryDiNapoli: New York City Workforce Down Over 19,000, Largest Decline Since Great Recession
… search millions of state and local government financial records, track state contracts, and find commonly requested …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-new-york-city-workforce-down-over-19000-largest-decline-great-recession