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DiNapoli Urges New Yorkers To Spend Holiday Gift Cards
… be turned over by retailers to the Comptroller’s Office of Unclaimed Funds (OUF). In 2024, the office recovered over $21 … gift cards early this new year and remember to check for unclaimed funds . “Tis the season of giving, not losing, so … please spend those gift cards and check to see if you have unclaimed funds,” DiNapoli said. “Many New Yorkers don’t …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-spend-holiday-gift-cardsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… records and ordered excessive quantities of workbooks. As a result, officials ordered 4,126 workbooks that cost … an adequate inventory policy or written procedures on how workbooks should be accounted for and how the inventory … district officials did not adequately monitor nonstudent network user accounts, provide IT security awareness training …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsCentral Valley Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-7)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 8 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. … Two Chromebooks with a combined estimated cost of $430 based on recent purchases could not be located. One … laptops, one costing $510 and one with an estimated cost of $600, were not inventoried. In addition, annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/central-valley-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-7Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… State Education Department (SED): Whitestone School for Child Development, Compliance with the Reimbursable Cost Manual (2014-S-38) For the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2013, auditors … For the three fiscal years ended June 30 2013 auditors … identified $154563 in reported costs that did not comply with SED requirements and recommended such costs be disallowed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsNY State Comptroller DiNapoli: Social Media Firms Must Demonstrate They Can Protect Users
… of social media users are at risk of being exposed to fake news, hate speech and sexual harassment if these companies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-social-media-firms-must-demonstrate-they-can-protect-usersOpinion 89-26
… Act", amended Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq .) to provide for a system of annual financial … corporation or other district (General Municipal Law, §800[4]). A "political subdivision" is defined to mean a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-26“Nation’s Report Card” Underscores New York’s Need for Academic Recovery
… drops were in fourth grade math, with declines in average test scores that were double any other drops in the past 20 … Tracker through January 31, New York’s school districts have spent roughly 40 percent of these federal funds. The … et al., COVID-19 Learning Delay and Recovery: Where Do US States Stand? , McKinsey & Company, January 11, 2023, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/nations-report-card-underscores-new-yorks-need-academic-recoverySUNY Bulletin No. SU-351
The purpose of this bulletin is to provide instructions to agencies for processing the 2023 $400 UUP Base Salary Increase
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-351-2023-400-discretionary-base-salary-increase-professionalDiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… The Rochester City School District's payroll processes are disorganized, highly … costing taxpayers, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors also found … the district managed its purchases. "The Rochester City School District needs to substantially overhaul how it is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-794
… OT Override (Earnings Code CVO), Earnings Code ARC (Adjust Retro Raise for C19 OT) must be used to process the … who are 62 or older in the calendar year and to active employees with the New York Retiree Indicator checked in Modify a Person who receive the retroactive payment. Recipients of this mailing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-794-cuny-retroactive-rate-increases-plumbers-and-thermostatCUNY Bulletin No. CU-819
… to the Social Security Administration (SSA). As PayServ does not include this information, OSC will be mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-819-cuny-retroactive-rate-increases-steamfitter-andCUNY Bulletin No. CU-808
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions for processing the … the Effective Dates section. Further eligibility criteria is available in the memoranda from Carmelo Batista, Jr. dated … payment of the retroactive rate increases. If an employee is eligible for a retroactive increase and has been paid by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-808-cuny-retroactive-rate-increases-carpenter-and-supervisorOpinion 89-62
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Elections (signing multiple nominating petitions) ELECTIONS -- Fire Districts (signing multiple nominating petitions) PUBLIC … such a prohibition. You ask whether a qualified voter may sign nominating petitions for different candidates for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62About Benefit Reductions
… for Early Retirement Members in regular retirement plans can retire with full benefits at the age specified by their plan, or choose to retire as early as age 55 with a reduction for early retirement.* … retirement age at retirement, the less the reduction will be. It is important to know that once you retire with a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/about-benefit-reductionsHealth, Safety, and Accessibility in District 75 Schools
… (NYC) Department of Education (DOE) is providing a safe and healthy environment that is Americans with Disabilities … students at its more than 1,800 elementary, middle, and high schools, including 202,000 students who receive … services. Students with greater special education needs and challenges, such as autism spectrum disorders, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/04/12/health-safety-and-accessibility-district-75-schoolsOpinion 89-20
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics … of a fire district located within the town. We are in receipt of your letter concerning the town's code of … a local board of ethics. Such a local board would have all the powers and duties and be governed by the same …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-20Opinion 92-27
… (for charitable contributions) -- Wage Assignment (to charitable organizations) PERSONAL PROPERTY LAW, §§45-a, … make a charitable donation by assigning his or her right to receive salary to the charitable organization. A local government may, … Whether the city may honor a council members request to donate his salary to a charitable organization …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 94-17
… [2]; see also General Municipal Law, §120-aa; Second Class Cities Law, §79). Although we are aware of no State … such amounts remaining unpaid on the date taxes are levied against the real property for which or in connection with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-47
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … the probate proceedings for purposes of fixing the filing fee charged by a Surrogate's Court. Such objections are made in a proceeding other than probate and the fee is properly fixed at $60 pursuant to SCPA, §2402(10)(iv). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-47DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Jump for Third Year
… boosting local revenues,” DiNapoli said. “Despite the good news, a slowdown in collection growth in the fourth quarter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-jump-third-year