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Wyandanch Union Free School District – Budget Review (B25-7-3)
… is authorized to issue the deficit obligations, and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the deficit obligations are outstanding, their proposed budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings We found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/04/11/wyandanch-union-free-school-district-budget-review-b25-7-3Town of Lodi – Town Hall Capital Project (2024M-130)
… Board approved 17 payments totaling approximately $930,000 to construction contractors without adequate supporting … that the work was performed and completed according to contract terms. Key Recommendations The audit report … and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. Appendix C includes our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/07/11/town-lodi-town-hall-capital-project-2024m-130Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… District , Port Byron Central School District , Enlarged City School District of Troy and the True North Rochester … or resolutions to govern electronic transfers. As a result, the treasurer and a payroll clerk processed … completed audits of the Brunswick City School District CSD Elwood Union Free School District Pine Valley CSD Port …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0State Agencies Bulletin No. 1377
… legacy cost centers to the new COA accounting structure in SFS will be available for testing Affected Employees The … . Changes to Control D report layouts will be provided in a separate bulletin expected to be released late February. … Agency Actions Agencies who would like to participate in the testing of these layouts, should email the System …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1377-new-york-state-payroll-system-payserv-conversion-statewide-financialState Agencies Bulletin No. 1598
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of PayServ changes that must occur when an employee is Retired and Rehired. Affected Employees: Employees that … Rehire Job Action and whose ORP or VDC Savings Plans panel is set to Elect are affected. Background: OSC has identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1598-terminating-retirement-plans-active-employees-prior-job-action-retireOpinion 96-18
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (advisory … REFERENDUM -- Advisory (village becoming a city) VILLAGE LAW, §§1-102, 4-412, 9-912: Absent an act of the State … should become a city. It has been consistently held in this State that a municipality may not submit a question …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-18Infrastructure Inspection and Maintenance (Follow-Up)
… audit report, issued on May 26, 2015, examined whether the New York State Canal Corporation’s (Corporation) inspection scheduling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/01/12/infrastructure-inspection-and-maintenance-followOn-Time Performance
… To determine whether Staten Island Railway trains run on time and On-Time Performance (OTP) is reported accurately … Authority’s (MTA) Staten Island Railway (SIR) operates one train line between Tottenville and the St. George Terminal, … The schedule is designed to accommodate the Ferry, which is operated by the NYC Department of Transportation. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/15/time-performanceComptroller DiNapoli Statement on Earth Day 2015
… low carbon economy and to end practices that threaten public health, damage the environment and lead to climate … programs . Through audits of local governments and school districts the Comptroller has promoted energy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-statement-earth-day-2015Executive Order 111 – Requirements to Purchase Renewable Energy Summary of Implementation of Recommendations at 15 Audited Entities (Follow-Up)
… Final results ranged from lows of zero at the Rochester- Genesee Regional Transportation Authority and only …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/13/executive-order-111-requirements-purchase-renewable-energy-summary-implementationPurchasing and Procurement Practices (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the eight recommendations included in our initial audit report, Purchasing and Procurement … Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course. In September 2008, upon renewal of its exclusive Franchise … practices result in obtaining goods and services at the best available prices, primarily through competition. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/18/purchasing-and-procurement-practices-followNew NY Broadband Program
… (ESD) has effectively monitored and managed the New NY Broadband Program and whether the Program has achieved its … Program was to achieve statewide broadband availability by the end of 2018. ESD’s Broadband Program Office (BPO) is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/07/01/new-ny-broadband-programDiNapoli Urges New Yorkers to Spend Holiday Gift Cards
… years of dormancy, money from unused gift cards issued by New York businesses is turned over to the Office of … apply to those cards. Rebate cards are not all covered by the same rules as regular gift cards, so this disclosure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-spend-holiday-gift-cardsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, the state's 180,000 … bid protest decisions and commonly requested data. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Newburgh Fire Chief Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Fraudulently Obtaining Retirement Benefits
… approximately $95,000 in pension benefits by failing to report his return to work in the public sector to the New York State and Local … sector despite knowing he had a duty under state law to do so. As a result of this conduct, VATTER obtained $95,106 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/01/newburgh-fire-chief-charged-white-plains-federal-court-fraudulently-obtaining-retirement-benefitsState Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on New York City Budget & Financial Plan
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released the … “Mayor Adams put forward his first budget proposal as New York City is still rebounding from the pandemic and is facing … year after the city budgeted for its largest ever drop in property tax collections, a remarkable turnaround in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-new-york-city-budget-financial-planDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up Over 12% in Second Quarter of 2022
… Local sales tax collections in New York state totaled more than $5.5 billion in the second quarter of 2022 (April-June), an increase of … continue to show positive results, but the lower growth in June bears watching,” DiNapoli said. “The slowdown …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-over-12-second-quarter-2022DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Total $11.9 Billion in First Half of 2025, Up 3.7% Over Prior Year
… tax collections totaled $11.9 billion in the first half of 2025, an increase of 3.7% ($423 million) compared to the same … growth in collections during the first half of 2025 almost doubled that for the same period last year (1.9%) … experienced stronger growth in the first half of 2025, future revenues may become less predictable as local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-total-11-point-9-billion-first-half-2025-3-point-7-percent-over-prior-yearOpinion 2001-9
… against county officials serving as officers of not-for-profit corporations) -- Exceptions (contracts with not-for-profit corporations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, … governing board who also serves as an officer of two not-for-profit corporations and a director of one of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-9DiNapoli Releases Lower Manhattan Economic Snapshot
… terror attacks on September 11, 2001 killed 2,753 people in Lower Manhattan, leaving the nation devastated and Lower … according to an economic snapshot released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The … population is swelled with hundreds of thousands of public and private sector employees, and college students. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-releases-lower-manhattan-economic-snapshot