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DiNapoli: Get Your Money Back!
… Day/Time Event Location County Lower Hudson Valley June 4, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. OUF in the Town of Ramapo … Ramapo Town Hall 237 NY-59 Suffern, NY Rockland June 5, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. OUF in the Town of Haverstraw … Town Hall 1 Rosman Road Garnerville, NY Rockland June 6, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. OUF in the Town of Stony Point …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-get-your-money-backEffectiveness of the Information Technology Transformation
… Restructuring, IT Infrastructure Modernization (Data Center Modernization, Digital Network Consolidation, Email … its processes and procedures during the Transformation. For example, our audits questioned: the adequacy of access … components of the initiative will be completed. Other Related Audits/Reports of Interest Office of Information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/24/effectiveness-information-technology-transformationOpinion 93-5
… Sea Beach Improvement Co. v City of New York , 214 NY 1; Metcalf v City of New York , 49 Hun 607, 1 NYS 873; … of the City of New York , 116 Misc 2d 357, 455 NYS2d 317; Wood v LaRose , 67 Misc 2d 597, 603 324 NYS2d 788, 797, … is for the benefit of the public (see Looney v Hughes , 26 NY 514; McKinney's Statutes, §172). Based on these general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-5Opinion 89-59
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. WATER RENTS -- … and debt service solely by the imposition of water rates on the users of the water district. The district in question …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 97-3
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (authority to waive) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §1182; L 1993, ch 602, §8, as amended: … 602, provides in pertinent part that: If the governing body of any tax district shall determine that it is for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3Opinion 95-4
… necessary (see County Law, §501; see also Barry v City of New York , 175 Misc 712, 25 NYS2d 27, affd 261 AD 957, 27 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-4Opinion 2003-2
… VILLAGE LAW §§17-1704, 22-2210; TOWN LAW §§189-a, 189-e: A coterminous town/village that operates … Law §§2-252[1][b], [6], 2-254, 19-1914). Therefore, when a coterminous town/village chooses to operate … that the authority to establish joint fire districts does not apply to coterminous town/villages because, by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2Cortlandville Fire Department – Internal Controls (2014M-3)
… Background The Cortlandville Fire Department is located in Cortland County. It is operated in accordance with its by-laws and governed by a seven-member … and canceled check images. Record all transactions in a timely manner. Comply with the Department’s by-laws by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/03/21/cortlandville-fire-department-internal-controls-2014m-3Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-602
… of the changes to the TIAA Action Request (AC-1767) form Affected Employees Employees who have prior service … plan Background The TIAA Action Request (AC-1767) form is used to request a waiver of the suspense period or an … with a qualified employer sponsored retirement plan. This form has been updated to include additional information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-602-revised-form-tiaa-eligible-employeesMedicaid Program – Overpayments of Ambulatory Patient Group Claims (Follow-Up)
… methodology (known as Ambulatory Patient Groups [or APG]) for clinic and ambulatory surgery services as well as … $933,399 in duplicate payments that were made to providers for the same services under both the old and the new (APG) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/28/medicaid-program-overpayments-ambulatory-patient-group-claims-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 1649
… the check is created from the Payroll Revolving Exchange account and mailed to the agency with a transmittal letter. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1649-changes-payroll-reversal-and-exchange-checksSylvan Beach Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-76)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine if the District’s controls are … The Sylvan Beach Fire District is a district corporation of the State, distinct and separate from the Towns of Vienna …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/06/07/sylvan-beach-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsTravel Plaza Revenues and Capital Improvements (Follow-Up)
… plazas are (1) paying their rent on time, (2) paying the full amount of rent due under their contracts, and (3) making … were adequate to ensure fuel and food concessionaires pay full rent on time and make required capital improvements. We … in one month tested, and as a result underpaid its rent for that month. Furthermore, we found that concessionaires …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/14/travel-plaza-revenues-and-capital-improvements-followContract with EBSCO Subscription Services, Inc. (Follow-Up)
… services that provided books, journals, magazines, and other literary materials to State agencies, political subdivisions, and other authorized entities. EBSCO Subscription Services … Its current five-year contract is valued at $140 million and expires December 31, 2015. In accordance with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/05/13/contract-ebsco-subscription-services-inc-followAdministration of the Article 8-A Loan Program (Follow-Up)
… the extent of implementation of the recommendations in our initial audit report, Administration of the Article … that HPD does not verify the accuracy of building owner affidavits submitted to support their Program eligibility and … will cost the Program several millions of dollars in revenue. We also found that many significant building …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/04/12/administration-article-8-loan-program-followHoneoye Falls-Lima Central School District – Financial Management and Competitive Procurement (2016M-124)
… financial management and procurement of goods and services for the period July 1, 2012 through February 11, 2016. … nine-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2015-16 fiscal year totaled approximately $47.4 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/26/honeoye-falls-lima-central-school-district-financial-management-andDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections in August Increase by Nearly 13% Over Last Year
… reported sales by vendors. The next quarterly numbers (for July-September) will be available in October, and should … Monthly Local Sales Tax Collections by County and Region (for detailed monthly breakdown) Track state and local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-august-increase-nearly-13-percent-over-last-yearDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up Nearly 12% in July
… Local sales tax collections in New York state increased by 11.9% in July compared to the same … that impact overall sales tax revenues." New York City’s collections totaled $776 million, an increase of 19.5% — or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-nearly-12-percent-julyTown of Schaghticoke – Budgeting (2013M-239)
… 30, 2013. Background The Town of Schaghticoke is located in Rensselaer County and has 7,679 residents. The Town is … As a result, unexpended surplus funds declined in the town-wide general fund, two water district funds and … and user rates stable. However, this practice resulted in budgets that were not structurally balanced because they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/12/06/town-schaghticoke-budgeting-2013m-239