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Opinion 94-29

… fee of two hundred fifty dollars, payable in advance. With respect to juvenile delinquent proceedings, you suggest in … the court, after a proper application, should grant such a status to a spouse being represented by a municipal agency … Finally and most significantly, our conclusions with respect to both juvenile delinquency proceedings and …

Opinion 2000-17

… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES -- Competitive Bidding … engaged by the authority, the authority must solicit bids in accordance with Town Law §197 for the construction of the … categories of estimated construction work to be performed in the aggregate for districts in several towns. You ask …

Upstate Transportation Authorities Suffer Revenue Plunge

… transportation authorities provide public transportation in four upstate areas of New York State. 1 Combined, the … (NFTA) serve more than four million people residing in 18 counties. All four authorities provide bus and … services, and all but RGRTA provide parking services. In addition, NFTA provides light rail and air travel, and …

Payroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-011

… changes to the Savings Plans navigation, page, and process in PayServ 9.2. Background The Office of the State … navigation and page for maintaining employees’ enrollment in the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP), the Voluntary Defined … Codes and Benefit Plans. Moving to Savings Plans pages in v 9.2, as well as converting and consolidating Deductions …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… in a timely manner. Due to deficiencies in the records, it is unclear whether eight recorded cash and check collections …

State Contract and Payment Actions in July

… EGA Associates LLC, $3 million with White Glove Placement Inc., and $2.2 million with Maxim Healthcare Staffing … of early blood cancer detection in World Trade Center first responders. Department of Transportation $384.5 million … Labor $261.2 million for payments under the Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits

… a liability totaling $638,885 and did not transfer unused flex spending moneys totaling $250,047 to the general fund, …

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced …

Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce the Arrest and Indictment of Mount Vernon Corporation Counsel in $365,000 Corruption Scheme

… Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas and a public relations firm. “Mr. Porcari allegedly violated both his duty as a … from the City of Mount Vernon Board of Water Supply to pay law firms for the personal defense of Mount Vernon Mayor … 2018. Approval for the rate of payment for one of the law firms and the public relations firm was sought from the …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… Track state and local government spending at Open Book New York . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data …

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits

… SPS employees. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV): Motor Vehicle Financial Security and Safety Responsibility Acts: … Years Ended March 31 (2014-S-42) DMV administers the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety … (LIRR) - Selected Travel Expenses (2013-S-77) MTA’s travel policy directive does not clearly state all the requirements …

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits

… in the initial report. State Education Department: The Arc of Orange County, Compliance with the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2015-S-45) Arc of Orange County provides preschool special education … who are between the ages of three and five years. Arc is reimbursed for preschool special education services …

DiNapoli: Troy Housing Authority IT Worker Arrested for Secretly Running Private Business on Housing Authority Time

… salary while working for his private business clients. My thanks to Rensselaer County DA Donnelly and State Police …

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits

… 38 deposits tested totaling $12,635 were deposited timely. East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial … grown over the past five fiscal years. As of June 30, 2021, it was over $7.1 million, or 24.3% of the next year’s … last log-on dates ranging from Jan. 3, 2012, to Sept. 3, 2021, and account for 15% of the district’s network user …

Town of Wethersfield – Capital Project (2025M-46)

… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Wethersfield (Town) Board (Board) properly plan for and … The Board is responsible for the oversight and management of capital projects, including ensuring they are properly … wall blocks, officials have not scheduled a delivery date for the wall blocks and owe an additional $37,000 once …

Eastport Fire District – Procurement (2025M-50)

… fire district (district) purchases should be made in the best interest of the taxpayers. One method for ensuring that … services are procured in the most economical way, in the best interests of the taxpayers. In addition, the District … As a result, the District may not have received the best price for the goods and services it purchased. The …

Village of Youngstown – Employee Benefits and Payroll (2025M-123)

… Audit Period June 1, 2023 – June 24, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area Payroll payments, including regular salaries and wages, overtime and payments to employees for unused leave accruals or other benefits upon separation … time records adequately support and document employees’ hours worked, and leave earned and used. For the 2024-25 …

DiNapoli: 22 School Districts Designated in Fiscal Stress

… the more severe the level of stress. This release of scores, which excludes New York City and the “Big Four” City … Ending 2024 Complete List of School District Fiscal Stress Scores Report Fiscal Stress Monitoring System Municipalities: …

Death of the Ex-Spouse – Divorce and Your Benefits

Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits

… , Town of Southold and the Union Center Fire Company . “In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and … is handled at the departmental level and has resulted in inconsistencies in the approval of overtime, modifying time records and the …