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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… balance policy specifying the town’s objectives and goals for using the accumulated funds. Greece Central School … and district officials did not always seek competition for professional services. As a result, officials cannot … provide documentation to support the competition process for 44 providers that were paid $4.1 million (75%). Officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… aligned with the corporation’s purpose and were conducted in accordance with its bylaws and acquisition and disposition … goods and services or made purchases that were not in the best interest of taxpayers. For example, of the 195 water … and air-conditioned enclosure purchases were not in the best interest of taxpayers and resulted in $32,000 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Get Your Money Back!
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Office of Unclaimed Funds (OUF) now returns, on average, over $2 million in lost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-get-your-money-backEffectiveness of the Information Technology Transformation
… in planning the execution of the Transformation, with little or no evidence that many basic planning steps were … at the onset of the Transformation. As a result, ITS had little data to quantify or measure what benefits, if any, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/24/effectiveness-information-technology-transformationOpinion 93-5
… regularity and uniformity of procedure are held to be directory, and not mandatory, unless accompanied by negative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-5Opinion 89-59
… and improvement of the water system and for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds issued for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 97-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- … and penalties on taxes levied prior to the dates specified in those sections. You ask whether, pursuant to section 1182 … You state that the tax liens are owned by the village and, in at least some cases, date from the 1930s. For purposes of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3Opinion 95-4
… in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (procedure for investigating possibility of civil liability arising from … paid with county moneys; and charges billed to the county for litigation services by a private attorney. You have … or employee paid from county funds and the accounting for all money or property owned by or under the control of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-4Cortlandville Fire Department – Internal Controls (2014M-3)
… controls over the Department’s financial operations for the period January 1, 2012 through November 8, 2013. … approximately $135,350 and expenses approximately $236,850 for the 2013 fiscal year. Key Findings The Board did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/03/21/cortlandville-fire-department-internal-controls-2014m-3Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the East Islip Union Free School District , … , George Junior Republic Union Free School District and the Otsego Northern Catskills Board of Cooperative Educational Services . “In an era of limited resources and increased accountability, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-602
… prior service credit in an employer sponsored optional retirement plan Background The TIAA Action Request (AC-1767) … Request AC-1767 (Rev.07/17) form is available on the State Payroll Services Forms Page . The new form requires … OSC Actions OSC now requires additional information from state agencies in order to process TIAA Action Requests. Once …
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
… paycheck reversal All employees with checks exchanged for a name change or a next-of-kin or estate request … new business process, all paychecks issued to employees for a paycheck reversal (AC230) or exchange (AC1476) will be …
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)
… consists of five elected members and is responsible for the District’s overall financial management. The District’s general fund budget totaled $189,933 for the 2012 fiscal year. Key Findings The Board needs to …
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)
… in one month tested, and as a result underpaid its rent for that month. Furthermore, we found that concessionaires … in our initial report was no longer applicable. For the remaining seven recommendations, we found six had …
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)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit … which was issued on August 12, 2010, examined the Office of General Services’ (OGS) administration of contracts for …
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)
… initial audit report, Administration of the Article 8-A Loan Program (Report 2013-N-4). Background Our initial audit … of the Article 8-A Loan Program ( 2013-N-4 ) NYC Department of Consumer Affairs: License Fee Revenues ( …
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)
… of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the District’s financial management and procurement of goods and … 11, 2016. Background The Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District is located in the Towns of Mendon, Henrietta …
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 month in 2021, according to an analysis released today by State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-nearly-12-percent-july