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Improper Medicaid Payments to a Transportation Provider (Follow-Up)
… the extent of implementation of the recommendation made in our initial audit report, Improper Medicaid Payments to a … claims prior to 2016, which accounted for $1.4 million in Medicaid payments. We recommended that the Department of … Key Finding Department officials made some progress in addressing the problem we identified in the initial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/10/15/improper-medicaid-payments-transportation-provider-followVillage of Mount Kisco – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-24-18)
… l Reported the results of the Village’s fiscal activities to the public in a transparent manner. Key Findings The Board did not: Provide … for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2023 was not presented to the Board until March 2024, more than nine months after …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2024/12/20/village-mount-kisco-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-24-18Freeport Union Free School District – Financial Management (2024M-49)
… to close projected budget gaps totaling $51.4 million for fiscal years 2019-20 through 2022-23. However, none of … million without demonstrating they were reasonably funded. For example: retirement contribution reserve has about $18.9 million, enough to pay annual expenses for almost 13 years. Recommendations The audit report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/11/01/freeport-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2024m-49DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… pharmacy without the benefit of competition or obtaining price quotes. City of Batavia – Awarding Contracts for Goods … loss, data backup, monitoring of remote-access users and server room security. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… today announced the following local government audits have been issued. Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Association, … debit withdrawals ($67,303) and check payments ($78,441) to questionable businesses in which there was no evidence … use, access and loss. Auditors found town officials have not implemented comprehensive procedures for managing, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsMonitoring the Green Innovation Grant Program
… Green stormwater infrastructure includes a wide array of practices, at multiple scales, that manage wet weather and … green infrastructure is the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features, such as forests, floodplains, … On the local scale, green infrastructure consists of site- and neighborhood-specific practices, such as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/06/20/monitoring-green-innovation-grant-programComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… spent appropriately and effectively." Town of Johnstown – Payroll (Fulton County) The town board needs to improve its policies and procedures over payroll to ensure that officials maintain adequate time …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2Cost-Saving Ideas: Evaluate the Efficiency of Your Water Delivery System
… (EPA) has established an industry goal of 10 percent for unaccounted water system losses. A water accounting … need attention, particularly large volumes of unaccounted-for water. Calculate unaccounted-for water losses and related costs Unaccounted-for water is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-evaluate-efficiency-your-water-delivery-systemDiNapoli: Fiscal Stress Remains Low in Villages
… which predominantly have a fiscal year ending on May 31. For 2014, three villages have been classified as in … In January, DiNapoli released fiscal stress scores for school districts . In September, his office will release scores for calendar year municipalities, which includes all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-fiscal-stress-remains-low-villagesState Police Bulletin No. SP-171
… of State Police in the State Police Troopers Unit – BU07 and the State Police Commissioned/Non-Commissioned Officers … report will be available for agency use. NPAY770 – One Time Payment Report This report identifies all employees … Goal Balance: Same as Annual Addl Earnings (to prevent making another payment) Retirement Information The Hazardous …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-171-2016-state-police-hazardous-duty-payDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Growth Slows
… revenue growth, the results can have a serious impact on their budgets now and in the future. As the 2015 fiscal … (2.1), Western New York (1.9) and the Finger Lakes (0.9). On Long Island, sales tax collections declined by 1.4 percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-growth-slowsEnforcement of Mitchell-Lama Surcharge Provisions
… at Mitchell-Lama housing developments supervised by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). This audit focused on the income affidavits submitted for the 2012 calendar year … households reporting annual earnings of over $500,000. The Law states that tenants whose income exceeds the maximum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/10/enforcement-mitchell-lama-surcharge-provisionsRochester Attorney Admits to Unlawfully Receiving Retirement Benefits
… today to unlawfully "double-dipping" and receiving state retirement benefits to which she was not entitled. She agreed … and New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "For the six years Ms. Cecero was general counsel to Monroe … that while employed with MCC, she falsely filled out an Application for Service Retirement, dated April 3, 2008, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/rochester-attorney-admits-unlawfully-receiving-retirement-benefitsOpinion 90-61
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … districts) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Assessments (authority to impose benefit assessments in water supply district) -- … in the same manner as the cost of establishment, that is, on an ad valorem basis. There is no authority in the Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-61Oversight of Pupil Transportation Services (Follow-Up)
… (b) establish training and safety technique requirements for school bus drivers and school bus safety training … Department’s regulations set qualification requirements for school bus drivers, monitors, and attendants statewide, … Districts’ compliance with safety training requirements for school bus personnel and instructors to help ensure safe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/22/oversight-pupil-transportation-services-followDiNapoli: Young People in NYC Still Face Double-Digit Unemployment
… and the country and has had a particularly profound impact on young people of color and young men.” DiNapoli’s report … the CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative; Identify and report on its efforts to provide at-risk youth or youth from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/dinapoli-young-people-nyc-still-face-double-digit-unemploymentState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … written fund balance policy, which limits transparency. City of Little Falls – Financial Condition (Herkimer County) … rely on loans for cash flow. Errors in the 2020 accounting records also make it difficult for officials to accurately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Federal Relief Funds Should Have Been Better Targeted to Communities Hardest Hit by COVID-19
… been better aimed to the localities, especially New York City, that suffered the most severe impacts from the novel coronavirus, instead of being based on the most recent U.S. Census Bureau population data. DiNapoli released an analysis that found the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-federal-relief-funds-should-have-been-better-targeted-communities-hardest-hit-covid-19State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… be identified by payee. The court clerks did not return unclaimed exonerated bail totaling $16,287 to the known …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli: NYC Faces Unprecedented Fiscal and Economic Challenges
… New York City, New York state and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority … to balance its budget. Congress is currently debating the size and content of another COVID-19 relief bill, but the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-nyc-faces-unprecedented-fiscal-and-economic-challenges