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Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Arizona Man For Theft of Over $100,000 in NYS Pension Benefits
… General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging John H. Eydeler III, 66, a resident of Glendale, Arizona, with grand larceny in the second … Dorothy Eydeler, a retired nurse who died in October of 1998. “After his mother passed away, Mr. Eydeler hid her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-arizona-man-theft-over-100000-nys-pensionMedicaid Program – Inappropriate Premium Payments for Recipients No Longer Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Family Health Plus
… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Health (Department) made inappropriate premium payments to … In return, managed care plans arrange for the provision of health care services their members require. The State’s Medicaid program offers different types of managed care. Most Medicaid recipients are enrolled in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/11/medicaid-program-inappropriate-premium-payments-recipients-no-longer-enrolled-mainstreamDiNapoli: 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 period last year, … Year-over-year growth in collections during the first half of 2025 almost doubled that for the same period last year … tax collections totaled $119 billion in the first half of 2025 an increase of 37 $423 million compared to the same …
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-yearComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Florida Resident For Allegedly Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Renee Kanas, 63, a resident of Tamarac, Florida, with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, … the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System of her father’s death. Instead, from March 2010 until January …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-florida-resident-allegedly-stealingComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Conviction of Florida Resident for Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… T. Schneiderman announced that Renee Kanas, 63, a resident of Tamarac, Florida, pleaded guilty today to Grand Larceny in … the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System of her father’s passing in March 2010, today Kanas admitted … death, until January 2015. In total, Kanas stole in excess of $148,000 by accessing a joint bank account she held with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-florida-resident-stealing-over-148k-nysDiNapoli: Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft and Must Pay Back $459K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Ryan K. Buchanan and Inspector General for the Social … S. Ennis today announced that Sandra Smith, a resident of Georgia, has pleaded guilty to the federal crime of theft of … 2005. To be closer to family, she moved from Brooklyn to Georgia afterward and passed away there on Sept. 14, 2006. As …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-woman-pleads-guilty-theft-and-must-pay-back-459k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City
… supervised by Homes and Community Renewal’s (HCR) Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) are provided safe and … (co-op) housing to middle-income families. A total of 269 State-supervised Mitchell-Lama developments … conditions. DHCR works with owners as they near the end of their 20 year affordability requirements to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/15/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchellDiNapoli: Federal Data Shows New York's Losses in Fourth Grade Math and Reading Scores Are Double National Average
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released a review of recent federal data about how the pandemic negatively … the federal government, with $14 billion from three rounds of the Elementary and Secondary School Relief Fund (ESSER) … Jan. 31 New York’s school districts have spent roughly 40% of ESSER funds. “The classroom disruptions caused by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-federal-data-shows-new-yorks-losses-fourth-grade-math-and-reading-scores-are-double-nationalMedicaid Program – Excessive Premium Payments for Dual-Eligible Recipients Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Health and Recovery Plans
… Care and Health and Recovery Plan premiums on behalf of dual-eligible individuals. The audit covered the period … 2021 through March 2022. About the Program The Department of Health (Department) administers the State’s Medicaid … are referred to as “dual-eligibles.” Additionally, many of the State’s Medicaid recipients receive their services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/31/medicaid-program-excessive-premium-payments-dual-eligible-recipients-enrolled-mainstreamFormer Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Sentenced to 8-24 Years for Stealing Nearly $250,000 in State Grant Funds
… announced today that David Decker, former director of the Lake George Watershed Coalition, was sentenced today … court to 8-24 years in prison after a jury convicted him of 6 felonies, including grand larceny in the second degree, … scheme to defraud in the first degree and four counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/former-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-sentenced-8-24-years-stealing-nearly-250000-stateExamples from GASB Statement 34 - Sample City Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances Governmental Funds
… 06856 are reprinted by permission. Sample City Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances … 11,298,469 15,697,954 121,332,470 Excess (deficiency) of revenues over expenditures (2,695,008) (222,916) … OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES): Proceeds of refunding bonds 38,045,000 38,045,000 Proceeds of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/examples-gasb-statement-34-1Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Georgia Resident for Stealing Over $200K in NYS Pension Benefits
… whether the perpetrators are in New York or Atlanta, Georgia, where Mr. Cook lives. I thank Attorney General … authorities allege, Cook routinely accessed the pension funds deposited into a joint account he had held with his … by agents of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, and extradited to Albany County to face the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-georgia-resident-stealing-over-200kDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Public Campaign Financing Commission to Keep Fusion Voting and Open Up Political Process
… tear down those obstacles and open the path. After years of proposals falling to the wayside, New York finally has … state to collect ideas on what changes might work. Some of the ideas are smart, some are practical and many are way … But I urge the commission to focus on the urgent issue of campaign finance, which will truly make a difference, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-public-campaign-financing-commission-keep-fusion-voting-and-openPandemic and Recovery: Local Government Finances and Federal Assistance - Lessons from the Mid-Hudson Region
The case studies described in this report provide insight into some of the fiscal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented to individual local governments in 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/pandemic-and-recovery-lessons-from-the-mid-hudson-region.pdfThe Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
Identity theft cases surged in New York State in 2020, inflicting financial losses on individuals and threatening disruption to government programs as well as private financial institutions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/increasing-threat-of-identity-theft.pdfReport on the State Fiscal Year 2019-20 Executive Budget, February 2019
State tax revenues in December and January fell far short of earlier projections, making the process of adopting the new State budget more difficult than in the
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/budget/pdf/budget-executive-2019-20.pdfRequirements and Procedures for “Abandoned Property Location Services”
If you are interested in becoming an “Abandoned Property Location Service Provider” in New York State, or if you have been contacted by someone who claims they
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/unclaimed-funds/claimants/pdf/aplsp-requirements-and-procedures.pdfExamination of Sunset LG Realty, LLC
We examined more than $5,000 in select bonuses that Sunset LG Realty, LLC (Sunset) paid, and requested reimbursement for, in 2016 under contract L120019 with SU
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/bse-2018-10-30.pdfIncarcerated and Death Matches
… billion in payments for more than 17 million in medical and other service charges the New York State Insurance Fund … payments to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Under Custody files from September … all benefits. Furthermore, NYSIF will not pay for medical and other service charges that occur subsequent to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/08/09/incarcerated-and-death-matchesVillage of Penn Yan – Procurement (2024M-152)
… were made in accordance with Village policy and in the best interest of ratepayers. Key Findings Village officials … goods and services or made purchases that were not in the best interest of ratepayers. For example, of the 195 WTP … and air-conditioned enclosure purchases were not in the best interest of ratepayers and resulted in $32,000 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/03/07/village-penn-yan-procurement-2024m-152