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Opinion 2008-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … 1 The collective bargaining agreement does not expressly state how the cash payment is to be calculated. It appears, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-6DiNapoli: Jackson Heights Economy Energized By Immigrants and Small Businesses
… to their neighborhoods,” said Assemblymember Catalina Cruz (D-Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights) . “I want to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-jackson-heights-economy-energized-immigrants-and-small-businessesOpinion 94-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … is usually indigent. Section 8022 provides: Fee on civil appeal (a) A county clerk, upon filing a notice of appeal, is … proceedings are quasi-criminal in nature and as such would not be subject to fees which are applicable to civil matters. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-29DiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… The state Department of Health (DOH) has made limited progress in addressing the widespread failures identified in a March 2022 audit of the state’s response to the COVID-19 … system. Officials said they were strengthening their collection, use and analysis of data but did not provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Bellmore Union Free School District , … year. The board overestimated expenditures by an average of $4.4 million per year from 2012-13 through 2014-15. In … in all three years reviewed, the district did not use any of the fund balance appropriated to finance operations. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsDiNapoli Warns of ‘Triple Threat’ of Fiscal Risks
… than expected personal income tax collections, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … than expected personal income tax collections and cuts to federal programs combine for a triple threat of budgetary … for the coming fiscal year before any budgetary actions to address the gap. If tax receipts continue to fall below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-warns-triple-threat-fiscal-risksContact Information
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https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/contact-informationDEC Management of Invasive Species (2019-S-026) - Maps
… For more information, read our audit report: Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/dec-management-invasive-species-2019-s-026-mapsDiNapoli, Stringer Lead Investors Calling on Olympic Sponsors to End Their Silence, Defend Russian LGBT Rights
… coalition of 19 investors, today released letters written to four major corporate sponsors of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia that failed to respond to an earlier request they use their influence to ensure the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-stringer-lead-investors-calling-olympic-sponsors-end-their-silence-defend-russian-lgbtCompliance With Jonathan's Law
… Under Jonathan’s Law, facility directors are required to do the following in response to any incident involving a … their rights to this information. We also found Facilities do not always provide all records to qualified persons when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/19/compliance-jonathans-lawDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Monitoring of Mental Health Facilities
… New York’s mental health facilities are not ensuring parents … incidents, 20 percent of the incidents reviewed (42 total, all involving children under the age of 18) lacked support … Auditors also found facilities do not always provide all records to parents and guardians when requested or are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-monitoring-mental-health-facilitiesDiNapoli: Tax Collections Exceed Projections Through First Half of Fiscal Year
… million higher than the latest projections largely due to strong personal income tax receipts, according to the … first half of the year with a balance of $10.7 billion, up 33 percent from a year earlier, largely because of legal … PIT collections of $5.1 billion in September were up by $892 million, or more than 21 percent, from the same …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-tax-collections-exceed-projections-through-first-half-fiscal-yearCUNY Bulletin No. CU-261
… salary was off step or Position Data and Job Data did not match. Agency Instructions: Pay Period 8C Agencies must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-261-cuny-increment-payments-effective-july-1-2006DiNapoli: Overtime Costs at State Agencies Reached All-Time High in 2021
… services are provided in a cost-effective manner without excessive use of overtime.” Most of the state’s overtime in … new hiring between Jan. 1, 2012, and Jan. 1, 2021. After a low for this period of roughly 5,700 in 2012, new hires …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-overtime-costs-state-agencies-reached-all-time-high-2021Opinion 92-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … has a paid subscription. In 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-28, p 51, we concluded that a publication must be a "newspaper" …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-24Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Felony Conviction of Woman Who Stole over $290,000 in Deceased Mother's Benefits from the Buffalo Firemen's Pension Fund
… Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the felony conviction of Pearlann MacVittie of West Seneca, New York, of the crime … scam against the city and its taxpayers." "Concealing the death of one's parent to steal from their pension … was illegally collecting $935 per month. The total amount stolen by MacVittie from October 1983 through May 2016 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-felony-conviction-woman-who-stole-over-290000State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… data, and inability to recover from a network disruption. In addition, the district’s use of two central network … enabled network user accounts were not logged into in the last six months. Accounts grant access to sensitive … receipts totaling $4.8 million were not recorded on time in the supervisor’s accounting records, 11 disbursements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1DiNapoli: Surge in Tourism Bolsters NYC Hotel Industry
… The number of hotel rooms in New York City increased by 48 percent between … issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The hotel industry is flourishing. A record number of tourists …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-surge-tourism-bolsters-nyc-hotel-industryDiNapoli: Report Finds Mixed Job Picture in Upstate NY
… the overall average annual wage gain in upstate of 3.3 percent outpaced both the downstate and national … come as no surprise that a closer look reveals pockets of the state still have a long way to go to catch up.” … over the next 19 months, to a recessionary low point of 2.9 million in February 2010. As of June 2016, upstate had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-report-finds-mixed-job-picture-upstate-nyOpinion 99-3
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … Firemen's Benevolent Association (use of tax moneys to make nominal contribution to designated charitable … 84-36, p 44). We have also noted that these special acts do not define the phrase "care and relief", and that we are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-3