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DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for January 2014
… York students. Approved $17 million for snow removal, road salt and de-icing supplies for New York’s roads and bridges. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-january-2014DiNapoli: IDA Audits Reveal Need For Improved Project Oversight
… project approval and oversight, revealed: Niagara County IDA IDA officials did not adequately monitor projects to … intended capital investments on their applications, the IDA did not require them to submit periodic progress reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-ida-audits-reveal-need-improved-project-oversightNational Investors Call for Workplace Disability Inclusion
… Tobias Read, today called on companies they invest in to create inclusive workplaces that can benefit from … who remain underrepresented in the workforce. Signatories to the joint statement included New York City Comptroller … inclusion provides businesses with a great opportunity to improve their bottom lines, while boosting diversity and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/national-investors-call-workplace-disability-inclusionOversight of Hazardous Materials and Waste
… to effectively safeguard campus communities against hazardous materials and waste. This audit covered the period … management and occupational safety and health. Hazardous materials are defined and regulated in the United … is significant variation in the adequacy of controls over hazardous materials. At most of the non-university center …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/03/oversight-hazardous-materials-and-wasteDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for May 2014
… $222.5 million, 20-year lease renewal for CUNY at 230 West 41st St., Manhattan, with 230 West 41st Street LLC, wholly owned by the Research Foundation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/06/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-may-2014Subway Wait Assessment
… whether those standards take into account demand for service, physical structure, and other factors; and where … the wait assessment statistic based on computerized train tracking information for the numbered subway lines … performance data. Appropriately weight the performance statistics of the various lines and shuttles and promote full …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/06/subway-wait-assessmentDiNapoli Tracks NYC Agency Performance, Recommends Greater Transparency
… of City Fiscal Year (CFY) 2024, but staffing at the city Law Department (1,396), Fire Department (17,095), … of at least 50% of tracked services. For example, the Law Department saw the number of cases pending in state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-tracks-nyc-agency-performance-recommends-greater-transparencyDiNapoli: State Clean Energy Fund Makes Progress on Developing Solar Capacity, But Energy Efficiency Lags
… The CEF, authorized by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to promote the use and development … 46% of its 2025 natural gas efficiency goals and 33% of electric efficiency goals. Distributed solar has achieved … new homes. Stepping up performance of programs to achieve electric efficiency and electrification of buildings is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-state-clean-energy-fund-makes-progress-developing-solar-capacity-energy-efficiency-lagsOpinion 94-18
… for the members of a village volunteer fire department to form a not-for-profit corporation constituting the … for the members of a village volunteer fire department to form a notforprofit corporation constituting the incorporated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Avoca Central School District – Procurement (2025M-29)
… policies? Audit Period July 1, 2022 – February 20, 2025 Understanding the Program Generally, school district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/06/13/avoca-central-school-district-procurement-2025m-29DiNapoli Presses Companies on Political Disclosure
… “dominant source of political money.” PAC activity, though only one type of political money, provides a valuable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/dinapoli-presses-companies-political-disclosureDiNapoli Audit Finds Fixes Needed in NYC High School Matching Process
… Not Properly Prioritized The matching algorithm used only one address per student, which meant as many as 7,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-fixes-needed-nyc-high-school-matching-processNew York's Prison Population Continues Decline, But Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… The state’s prison population declined by half from March 2008 to March … 2008 to 7,586 in March 2021. As a percentage of the state’s shrinking prison population, however, the older population has doubled. Nearly 1-in-4 (24.3%) of the state’s 31,262 incarcerated individuals were 50 and above in March …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/new-yorks-prison-population-continues-decline-share-older-adults-keeps-risingDiNapoli: As Drug Overdoses Climbed the State Failed to Inspect Residential Drug Treatment Programs
… New Yorkers in residential drug treatment programs have been poorly … state’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) to inspect and certify that the programs are safe and give … Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The COVID pandemic wreaked havoc in the lives of many New Yorkers, including those vulnerable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-drug-overdoses-climbed-state-failed-inspect-residential-drug-treatment-programsDiNapoli Announces Fiscal Stress Scores
… lines, with many counties outside of New York City seeing only slight losses for 2020 overall compared with 2019, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-announces-fiscal-stress-scoresState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… leave records contained errors. As a result: $14.1 million of (97%) salary and wage payments were disbursed without authorization. For four of nine employees that had separation payments, unused leave … incorrectly calculated — resulting in over/underpayments of $7,430. Two administrators received leave valued at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1DiNapoli Op-Ed: Act on Proposal to Help State & Local Governments Pay for Retiree Health Care
… paying a share of their health insurance premium, health care costs for current and former employees are mounting. … annually pay contributions to pre-fund pensions, the same does not hold true for paying for retiree health insurance. … costs over the long term. There would be no limit on how much or how little a government can deposit into the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-op-ed-act-proposal-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-careState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of Health (DOH): Medicaid Program: Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019 … of Special Hauling and Divisible Load Overweight Permit Fees (Follow-Up) (2019-F-24) An audit, covering the … a total of $4.7 million in additional compensation for work beyond their regular job duties but did not maintain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… certain departments. However, it does not appear that the total appropriation will be sufficient. The city’s proposed … market value and sell all real property or cooperative apartments at public auction or by private sale at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsAccounting for Capital Assets
A municipality's inventory of capital assets often represents its most significant investment of resources. This session will cover the proper accounting for these valuable assets. We will also discuss best practices to ensure these assets are properly safeguarded from theft or loss.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/accounting-capital-assets-110624.pdf