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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… the district entered into an agreement with Livingston Manor Central School District to share a business official …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsHillsdale-Copake Fire District – Cash Disbursements (2025M-111)
… the claims audit process, Adequately supported, and Made for an appropriate District purpose. However, the Board did … its adopted written disbursement policies were followed. For example: Ten checks totaling $249,004, requiring the … signatures had only the Treasurer’s signature. One check for $4,267 payable to the Treasurer was not signed by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2026/01/09/hillsdale-copake-fire-district-cash-disbursements-2025m-111Ethics Oversight (2020-MS-1)
… complete report - pdf ] We also released 20 letter reports to the following 8 Counties: Albany [pdf] , Chautauqua [pdf] … Determine whether local governments used resources to implement certain ethics oversight standards. Key Findings … York State General Municipal Law (GML) and should do more to ensure proper ethics oversight. For the 20 local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2020/12/30/ethics-oversight-2020-ms-1State Agencies Bulletin No. 1506
To provide agencies with procedures for updating employee health insurance eligibility records in the payroll system
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1506-updating-employee-health-insurance-eligibility-payservOther Bulletin No. 1
… Sum Bonus Payments for eligible employees in Bargaining Unit 96 and 97 Affected Employees Eligible SUNY Construction … when the employee moves into a position with a bargaining unit that does not provide for this calculation (employee is … if an employee is transferred from a CSEA bargaining unit to an ineligible bargaining unit, the agency must insert …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-1-lump-sum-bonus-payments-suny-construction-fund-employeesDiNapoli: Audit Finds Major Shortcomings in Oversight of School Safety Planning
… need for schools to remain vigilant against threats to student and teacher safety,” DiNapoli said. “New York schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-major-shortcomings-oversight-school-safety-planningOpinion 2002-4
… the town highway department to dredge a navigable channel located within the town. You indicate that the banks of the … the town highway department to dredge a navigable channel located within the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-4Opinion 89-53
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES--Recipients (basis for allocation between or … among fire companies in a multi-company fire department) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Where foreign fire insurance tax moneys are distributed in accordance with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 88-56
… in any contract of a firm, partnership, association or corporation of which the officer or employee is an employee … has powers and duties listed in section 801 (see, e.g., Town Law, §176[4-a]). One exception contained in … self-interest, partiality or economic impropriety (see e.g. Zagoreos v Conklin , 109 AD2d 281, 491 NYS2d 358; Matter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56State Agencies Bulletin No. 1129
… Code page that represents the combination of CAS Cost Center and CAS Object Code. SFS is now using the term Account … document for clarification purposes. Critical Date(s) Cost Center updates in SFS must be completed by February 15, 2012, … and SFS is dependent of the transmittal of valid Cost Center information from SFS to PayServ, and the use of only …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1129-updates-cost-centers-statewide-financial-system-sfs-and-payserv-accountOpinion 92-36
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … only on customers serviced within the district. You state that the police district encompasses more than 90% of the county's populace. You further state that the police department of the police district plans …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-36Opinion 99-16
… Conditions (indemnification provision in custodial bank agreement) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to indemnify … MUNICIPAL LAW, §10: A town may enter into a custodial agreement under which the custodial bank will be indemnified … of an indemnification provision in a proposed custodial agreement. You indicate that the town intends to enter into a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-16DiNapoli: NYC Dept. of Buildings Is Not Doing Enough to Improve Construction Site Safety
… of Buildings (DOB) is not doing enough to protect construction workers on building sites, according to an audit released by New York … to make sure violations are corrected to help prevent construction-related accidents, injuries and fatalities. … Department of Buildings DOB is not doing enough to protect construction workers on building sites according to an audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-nyc-dept-buildings-not-doing-enough-improve-construction-site-safetyDiNapoli Releases Upper Manhattan Economic Snapshot
… The number of jobs, businesses and people living in Washington Heights and Inwood have reached record levels, but low household incomes and a shortage of affordable housing are challenges, according to an … The number of jobs businesses and people living in Washington Heights …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-releases-upper-manhattan-economic-snapshotOversight of Dam Safety
… defects, cracking, inadequate maintenance and upkeep, and piping (when seepage through a dam is not properly filtered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/21/oversight-dam-safetySelected Management and Operations Practices
… supported. Background NYPA began Energy Efficiency (EE) programs for its government customers in New York City … 1994. As of April 9, 2015, NYPA financed $1.8 billion in EE projects, which it claims will produce savings of $103.3 … and reported savings of $44.8 million. Key Finding EE savings in NYPA’s April 9, 2015 report were not always …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/01/selected-management-and-operations-practicesOpinion 92-57
… (by State to village) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Approval By (for contracts for water and sewer services from village) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (need for contract to provide water and sewer services to State) … Whether the State is responsible for the payment of late charges imposed by the Village of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-57Employee Qualifications, Hiring, and Promotions
… Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) uses similar hiring and promotion policies, procedures, and directives for … and if there are opportunities for improprieties in the hiring, promotion, or supervision of employees. The audit … Analysts, Electrical Engineers, and Attorneys). The hiring and promotion processes used by Transit are determined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/17/employee-qualifications-hiring-and-promotionsDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Enacted State Budget
… funds, focus on efficient service delivery and develop a strategy for how to contend with federal changes. The final … for workers which have remained stagnant since 2019. Lower Revenue Projected Based on available information, All Funds … any significant cost containment measures or implemented a strategy for addressing federal cuts, so how these risks will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-releases-analysis-enacted-state-budgetState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… more than 10,000 older New Yorkers though were on waiting lists for these services, which can include home health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits