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Efforts to Collect Tolls and Fees Using License Plate Images and Law Firms (Follow-Up)
… vehicles per year and carries more traffic than any other bridge or tunnel authority in the nation. Toll revenues from … without payment of the toll prescribed by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority at the regularly established … TBTA’s contracted law firms were not effective in collecting outstanding receivables from persistent toll …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/07/efforts-collect-tolls-and-fees-using-license-plate-images-and-law-firms-followArkport Hose Company No. 1, Inc. – Treasurer (2026M-1)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Arkport Hose Company No. 1, Inc. (Company) Treasurer properly deposit, disburse, record and report Company funds? Audit Period January 1, 2024 – … Did the Arkport Hose Company No 1 Inc Company Treasurer properly deposit disburse …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2026/04/10/arkport-hose-company-no-1-inc-treasurer-2026m-1Village of Youngstown – Employee Benefits and Payroll (2025M-123)
… Audit Period June 1, 2023 – June 24, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area Payroll payments, including regular salaries … village officials must ensure employees only receive the compensation and benefits approved by a village board to … employees’ hours worked, and leave earned and used. For the 2024-25 fiscal year, the Village’s budgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2026/04/03/village-youngstown-employee-benefits-and-payroll-2025m-123City of Newburgh – Budget Review (B24-6-9)
… of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure … County, is authorized by Chapter 223 of the Laws of 2010 to issue debt not to exceed $15 million to liquidate the accumulated deficit in … The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2024/11/15/city-newburgh-budget-review-b24-6-9State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… district audits have been issued. Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity (ECA) … totaling $12,635 were deposited timely. East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial Condition Management … did not use the retirement contribution reserve to pay annual retirement contributions. Its excessive balance is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… initial audit report, which was issued in December 2014, covering the period April 1, 2011 through September 2013, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsCity of Buffalo – Budget Review (B26-1-5)
… To accomplish this objective, we reviewed the proposed 2026-27 budget, audited financial statements and other … fund balance available to help balance the proposed 2026-27 budget. Officials included a real property tax … from impending collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations. Five of the City’s eight CBAs are expired, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2026/05/08/city-buffalo-budget-review-b26-1-5Opinion 98-5
… 802, 803, 806: An elective county coroner, who is also a funeral director, generally, would not have a prohibited … You ask whether an elective county coroner, who is also a funeral director, would have a prohibited interest in a … payment is made to the coroner as a sole proprietor of a funeral business. A coroner also would be deemed to have an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5XII.5.I Prompt Payment Interest – XII. Expenditures
… requires the State to pay vendors promptly (within 30 days for most vendors, 15 days for qualified Small Business vendors. When the State … SFL §179-f requires the State to pay vendors within 30 days for most vendors, and 15 days for qualified Small … 179f requires the State to pay vendors promptly within 30 days for most vendors 15 days for qualified Small Business …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5i-prompt-payment-interestDiNapoli: State Faces $34.3 Billion Cumulative Budget Gap Through State Fiscal Year 2029
… Thomas P. DiNapoli’s report on the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2026 Enacted Budget and First Quarterly Financial Plans. The … made with the Consensus Forecast report on March 1. Job gains both nationally and statewide slowed through May. … with changes made to terminate funding for climate, clean energy, and resiliency programs, many of which were approved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/dinapoli-state-faces-343-billion-cumulative-budget-gap-through-state-fiscal-year-2029Review of the Enacted Budget: State Fiscal Year 2021-22
… 2021-22 relies on substantial new resources from temporary tax increases, including a three-year increase to corporate … franchise tax rates and a seven-year increase to personal income tax rates for high-income earners. Together these … to set aside new revenues in the State’s statutory rainy day funds, which will remain at $2.5 billion. Bolstering …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/review-enacted-budget-state-fiscal-year-2021-22The Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
… Protection Division of the State’s Department of State (DOS) received statutory authorization to help victims of … problems resulting from identity theft. 22 Upon request, DOS may act as a liaison between victims and consumer credit … on large numbers of consumers. Regulations finalized by DOS in May 2018 require consumer credit reporting agencies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/increasing-threat-identity-theftDiNapoli: Local Law Enforcement Agencies Agree to Improve Sex Offender Monitoring
… did not always respond in a timely manner to DCJS notifications to obtain updated photographs, enforce address … audit report. For a copy of the report, visit: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/swr/2014/SORA/global.pdf … and more than 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ . The easy-to-use website was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-local-law-enforcement-agencies-agree-improve-sex-offender-monitoringComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… District and the Wappingers Central School District . “In an era of limited resources and increased accountability, … identify anomalies regarding quantities dispensed, fueling times and the odometer readings entered by employees. As a result, the district cannot properly account for how much fuel is pumped into specific vehicles and by whom. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsAkron Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing FEMA Grant Funding Intended for Education Expenses
… the Federal Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, and the United States Attorney's Office … Attorney James P. Kennedy and Acting Homeland Security Inspector General Jennifer L. Costello for their continued … "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), is pleased by the assistance of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/akron-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-fema-grant-funding-intended-education-expensesComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Arizona Man For Theft of Over $100,000 in NYS Pension Benefits
… Eydeler was arraigned today on the indictment by the Honorable Stephen W. Herrick in Albany Supreme Court, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-arizona-man-theft-over-100000-nys-pensionDiNapoli: Former Riverside Treasurer Embezzles $80K
… through extra pay, pocketing cash and using the village’s credit card for personal purchases, according to an audit … rentals and landfill fees. Johnson also used the village credit card to make $5,000 in personal purchases for items … in the water and sewer accounts; Adopt a comprehensive credit card policy and review and update the policy annually; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-former-riverside-treasurer-embezzles-80kState Will Save Millions After Audit Uncovers Unnecessary Medicaid Transportation Costs
… for transportation management services it shouldn't have, according to a report released today by State … identified another provider of taxi services that did not have supporting documentation for claims totaling about $2.4 … for transportation management services it shouldnt have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/state-will-save-millions-after-audit-uncovers-unnecessary-medicaid-transportation-costsComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest and Indictment of Defendant Accused of Theft of Over $50,000 in New York State Pension Benefits
… a class C felony, in Albany County Court. Cizik is alleged to have stolen over $50,000 in pension benefits from the New … York State and Local Employees Retirement System, payable to her deceased uncle, David Wynn. Wynn was a New York State … and that is why our office will bring these fraudsters to justice,” said Attorney General Schneiderman. “There has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-and-indictment-defendant-accused-theft-overDiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk Ordered To Pay Full Restitution for Theft of Nearly $90,000
… the former treasurer of the Essex County Agricultural Society and former Willsboro town clerk/tax collector, was … a crime of public corruption for stealing funds from the society and the town. “Bridget Brown abused the trust of … abuse.” Brown worked for the Essex County Agricultural Society — a non-profit organization that promotes agriculture …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-former-essex-county-fair-treasurer-and-willsboro-town-clerk-ordered-pay-full-restitution