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Higher Education – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… nationwide in Spring 2023, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. Costs and Financial Assistance … percent, for the United States overall. The percentage of student loan debt balance in New York State that was 90 or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/higher-educationOperational Advisory No. 8
… or more and do not negotiate those checks within one year of issuance will receive a State Check Outreach letter … letters have been sent annually for the preceding calendar year. Beginning February 2025, payees will receive the … requests to replace or cancel checks throughout the year rather than once a year. The new process will spread out …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/operational-advisory/8-state-check-outreachComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… , Bovina Fire District , Brighton Memorial Library , Village of Cape Vincent , Town of Cayuta , Commack Public … found the district routinely overspent its budget for the three-year period from 2011 through 2013. In addition, the … DiNapoli announced completed audits of the Ballston Spa Pub Lib Bovina FD Brighton Memorial Library Vill of Cape …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 2002-7
… monies from reserve fund) EDUCATION LAW §§259, 3651: The library board of trustees of a school district public library may determine to accumulate library fund monies for capital purposes. The expenditure of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Management and Maintenance of Non-Revenue Service Vehicles
… cost of $216.7 million. The fleet consists of trucks (light, medium, and heavy), SUVs, vans, cars, and other … extend their useful life. At SFS, PM includes annual and light service operations inspections, the timing of which … Operations (ASOs) are scheduled every 12 months, while Light Service Operations (LSOs) are scheduled based on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/26/management-and-maintenance-non-revenue-service-vehiclesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… today announced the following local government and school audits were issued. Village of Mexico – Financial … supplementing next year’s budget. Dolgeville Central School District – Fuel Monitoring (Fulton County) District … fuel reconciliations were performed. West Genesee Central School District – Capital Assets (Onondaga County) District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Citywide Payment Services and Standards – Controls Over Payments
… the New York City Department of Finance (DOF) Citywide Payments Services and Standards (CPSS) unit has controls in place to ensure that payments received by and processed on behalf of agencies are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/08/01/citywide-payment-services-and-standards-controls-over-paymentsOpinion 98-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (commingling of city and dependent school district moneys); (use of city and … 519 NYS2d 395; see also, e.g., Divisich v Marshall , 281 NY 170; Fuhrmann v Graves , 235 NY 77; Board of Education of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-12Candor Fire Company – Internal Controls Over Financial Activity (2014M-302)
… if controls over financial activity were adequate for the period January 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014. … is governed by a five-member Board of Directors. Expenses for 2013 were approximately $10,374. Key Findings The Board … that sufficient and appropriate supporting documentation for all receipts and disbursements is maintained and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2015/02/13/candor-fire-company-internal-controls-over-financial-activityLima Public Library – Procurement (2017M-295)
… Library officials procured goods and services economically for the period January 1, 2016 through December 20, 2017. … approximately 4,300 residents. Budgeted appropriations for 2017 totaled approximately $160,000. Key Finding The … should adopt a procurement policy to provide guidance for officials and employees for the procurement of goods and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2018/03/30/lima-public-library-procurement-2017m-295II.4.B Basis of Accounting – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… units and fiduciary funds. The cash basis of accounting is used for budgetary purposes. For additional information on … Basis of Accounting/Measurement Focus of this Guide. Guide to Financial Operations REV. 01/01/2017 … The State prepares …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4b-basis-accountingOmnibus Procurement Amendments
… final offer; clarifying the use of best and final offers for invitations for bids and requests for proposals for goods, services and technology; clarifying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/omnibus-procurement-amendments-1Oneida Housing Authority – Tenant Rents (2014M-306)
… Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine tenant rents for the period April 1, 2013 through July 31, 2014. … housing authority created to provide low-rent housing for qualified individuals in the City of Oneida. The … operates three complexes with a total of 240 units for rent. The operating budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/12/12/oneida-housing-authority-tenant-rents-2014m-306Oceanside Union Free School District – Professional Services (2016M-281)
… through April 19, 2016. Background The Oceanside Union Free School District is located in the Town of Hempstead in … and all applicable laws and regulations. … Oceanside Union Free School District Professional Services 2016M281 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/11/04/oceanside-union-free-school-district-professional-services-2016m-281Schodack Valley Fire District – Cash Disbursements (2016M-98)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine if cash disbursements were … Schodack Valley Fire District is a district corporation of the State, distinct and separate from the Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2016/05/07/schodack-valley-fire-district-cash-disbursements-2016m-98State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Clarence Public Library , Village of Fort Johnson , Town … Island , Village of Lindenhurst , Sayville Public Library and the Village of Springville . “In today’s fiscal climate, … and approve claims prior to payment. The library’s bylaws do not address the requirement for an audit of claims and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Opinion 90-64
… for park district) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when issuing bonds to finance improvement to park district); (need for when determining to improve park district) TOWN LAW, §202-b; … to referendum. You have inquired as to the circumstances when a referendum is authorized or required in a town park …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-64State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued. Cato-Meridian Central … and wage payments were disbursed without authorization. For four of nine employees that had separation payments, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1DiNapoli: As Drug Overdoses Climbed the State Failed to Inspect Residential Drug Treatment Programs
… New Yorkers in residential drug treatment programs have been poorly … Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The COVID pandemic wreaked havoc in the lives of many New Yorkers, including those vulnerable … and providing the best care possible to all New Yorkers in need of their help.” In a letter to the federal Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-drug-overdoses-climbed-state-failed-inspect-residential-drug-treatment-programsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… 30, 2023, officials had not billed $95,210 of the $129,538 in tuition to which it was entitled for the 2020-21 through … years and made tuition calculation errors totaling $3,036 in the amounts billed. Campbell-Savona Central School … officials did not properly claim a total of $65,953 in potential state aid for special education and homeless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0