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Public Welfare – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… Assistance Recipients Increase to Highest Level Since 2015 For SFY 2022-23, the average monthly number of public … The average number of FA recipients increased for the first time in nine years, by 8.4 percent to 175,761 … 393,557 in March 2023 – the highest levels ever. Spending for Public Assistance Reaches Record Level Public assistance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/public-welfareState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Department of Health (DOH): Suspicious and Fraudulent Medicaid Payments to Affiliated Brooklyn … Dentists (Follow-Up) (2015-F-24) An initial audit issued in April 2013, identified about $2.3 million in highly suspicious and possibly fraudulent Medicaid claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 91-63
… OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (town councilman who resides with president and owner of hardware store) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A town councilman who resides with the owner and president of a hardware store … but has no relationship with the corporation which owns the hardware store, could have a prohibited interest in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63DiNapoli: Audit Finds Additional $150,000 Stolen by Beekman Town Official
… Frederick D. Knapp Jr. pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree Friday in Dutchess County Court after an audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … Frederick D Knapp Jr pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree after an audit and investigation by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audit-finds-additional-150000-stolen-beekman-town-officialDiNapoli: Former Riverside Treasurer Embezzles $80K
… The former treasurer in the village of Riverside, located in Steuben County, stole more than $80,000 in taxpayer funds through extra pay, pocketing cash and using the village’s credit card for personal purchases, … The former treasurer in the village of Riverside located in Steuben County stole …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-former-riverside-treasurer-embezzles-80kDiNapoli Releases Report on Tax Check-Off Donations
… contributions and related funds that had not yet been used for their intended purposes. “New York taxpayers generously … the number of contributions, with more than 16,000, while Breast Cancer Research received the largest amount of … Donations Report Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-releases-report-tax-check-off-donationsDiNapoli: 2020-21 Tax Revenues $3 Billion Over Projections
… than forecast by the state Division of the Budget (DOB) in the Amended Executive Budget Financial Plan in February (latest projections), and $6.8 billion higher than forecast in May 2020 (initial … than forecast by the state Division of the Budget DOB in the Amended Executive Budget Financial Plan in February …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/dinapoli-2020-21-tax-revenues-3-billion-over-projectionsComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by New Jersey Man Resolving Allegations of Theft of Over $78,000 in New York State Pension Benefits
… in Albany County Court. Fitzpatrick faces a maximum penalty of 2 and 1/3 to 7 years in prison. Fitzpatrick was … felony in Albany County Court Fitzpatrick faces a maximum penalty of 2 and 13 to 7 years in prison …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/11/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-new-jersey-man-resolving-allegations-theftDiNapoli: MTA Outlook Shows Growing Need for New Funding as Budget Gaps Widen
… is clearer. Gaps are forecast at $2.5 billion in 2025 and 2026 as spending outpaces inflation projections, but could be … trends increase the authority’s recurring costs and weaken tax revenues. Other pressures on the MTA’s budget as federal … The MTA estimates a recession could reduce its annual tax revenues by $500 million to $1 billion and DiNapoli has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-mta-outlook-shows-growing-need-new-funding-budget-gaps-widenGreenwood Lake Union Free School District – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-147-F)
… of our review was to assess the Greenwood Lake Union Free School District’s (District’s) progress, as of February 2025, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report Greenwood Lake Union Free School District – Procurement and Claims Processing … of our review was to assess the Greenwood Lake Union Free School Districts Districts progress as of February 2025 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/18/greenwood-lake-union-free-school-district-audit-follow-2021m-147-fTown of Hempstead Local Development Corporation – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-37-F)
… funds its operations with application, administrative and compliance fees paid by the not-for-profits. Results of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/local-development-corporation/2025/09/26/town-hempstead-local-development-corporation-audit-followFormer Chief of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Embezzling More Than $120,000
… Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman. "Mr. Garcia betrayed his neighbors and colleagues in … Thomas P. DiNapoli. "I thank United States Attorney Berman, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York … According to documents filed in court by U.S. Attorney Berman, Garcia was elected to the position of Second …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-chief-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-sentenced-12-months-prison-embezzling-more-120000Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Arizona Man For Theft of Over $100,000 in NYS Pension Benefits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the … 66, a resident of Glendale, Arizona, with grand larceny in the second degree, a class C felony. Eydeler is alleged to … over $100,000 in pension payments from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System intended for his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-arizona-man-theft-over-100000-nys-pensionMedicaid Program – Ambulatory Patient Groups Payments for Duplicate Claims and Services in Excess of Medicaid Service Limits (Follow-Up)
… the implementation status of the six recommendations made in our initial audit report, Ambulatory Patient Groups Payments for Duplicate Claims and Services in Excess of Medicaid Service Limits (Report 2013-S-17 ). … the implementation status of the six recommendations made in our initial audit report Ambulatory Patient Groups …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/06/medicaid-program-ambulatory-patient-groups-payments-duplicate-claims-and-services-excessMedicaid Program – Inappropriate Premium Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Family Health Plus
… premium payments to Medicaid mainstream managed care plans and Family Health Plus managed care plans (Plans) for … medical services that range from hospital care and physician services to dental and pharmacy benefits. In addition to Medicaid managed care, … premium payments to Medicaid mainstream managed care plans and Family Health Plus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/11/medicaid-program-inappropriate-premium-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-mainstreamDiNapoli: Federal Data Shows New York's Losses in Fourth Grade Math and Reading Scores Are Double National Average
… how the pandemic negatively affected student performance in New York. In response, he urged New York school districts to assess … pandemic funds and to target funds towards children most in need. New York was allocated over $15 billion in emergency … how the pandemic negatively affected student performance in New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-federal-data-shows-new-yorks-losses-fourth-grade-math-and-reading-scores-are-double-nationalComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Conviction of Florida Resident for Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that … of Tamarac, Florida, pleaded guilty today to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class D felony, for stealing over $148,000 in pension payments from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System paid to her father, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-florida-resident-stealing-over-148k-nysComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Florida Resident For Allegedly Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the … 63, a resident of Tamarac, Florida, with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class C felony. Kanas is charged in … over $148,000 in pension payments from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System paid to her father, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-florida-resident-allegedly-stealingComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentence of Brooklyn Man for Stealing Over $22K in Deceased Mother's Pension Benefit
… Buie, a Brooklyn resident, for stealing over $22,000 in pension benefits issued by the New York State and Local … 2012. Jimmie Buie was convicted of Attempted Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and sentenced to 1 ½ to 3 years in state prison by the Honorable Elizabeth Foley in Kings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentence-brooklyn-man-stealing-over-22k-deceasedDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City
… of financial conditions at the developments by enforcing compliance with Regulations related to the proper use of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/15/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchell