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DiNapoli: Audit Reveals Hiring and Budgeting Problems in Brentwood School District
… As a result, when unused appropriated fund balance is added back, the district’s recalculated, unrestricted fund … fund balance to appear to be lower than it actually is. As a result, the district withheld funds from being used. … than 50,000 state contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-audit-reveals-hiring-and-budgeting-problems-brentwood-school-districtInvestors: Exxon Needs to Step Up on Climate Change
… the rising tide of investor concern over climate change, is shortsighted and puts shareholders’ investments in … marketplace publicly recognize that a lower carbon future is not only inevitable but rich with opportunity. While Exxon … rightly concerned and increasingly impatient that Exxon is lagging behind its peers in its climate disclosure, and I …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/investors-exxon-needs-step-climate-changeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… accounts. Lansing Central School District – Procurement (Tompkins County) District officials did not always seek … allowed a third-party administrator to access a district bank account. The board’s online banking policy dated April … Trumansburg Central School District – Procurement (Tompkins County) District officials did not always ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsDiNapoli: LIRR Must Better Prepare for Severe Weather to Prevent Service Disruptions and Costly Damages
… The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) needs to do more to properly … in North America and is the primary means of transit from Long Island to New York City which means it must be prepared … LIRR has 700 miles of track, stretching from Montauk on Long Island to Penn Station and Grand Central in Manhattan to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-lirr-must-better-prepare-severe-weather-prevent-service-disruptions-and-costly-damagesHow to Make a Vendor Responsibility Determination
… contract to help guide you in determining what information is most relevant. However, your review must address the four … relating to these categories. Even if the vendor is not required to file a questionnaire, you may still … of vendors they’ve found to be non-responsible, but it is not exhaustive. To view the list as a quick reference, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/how-make-vendor-responsibility-determinationCVS Health: Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to Civil Service (Follow-Up) (2021-F-18) 30-Day Response
To assess the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service (Report 2019-S-51).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21f18-response.pdfCVS Health – Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service (Follow-Up) (2021-F-18)
To assess the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service (Report 2019-S-51).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21f18.pdfDiNapoli: NYC’s Restaurant, Retail and Recreation Sectors Continue to Struggle During Pandemic
… The federal government provided a range of COVID-19 relief options to businesses through the U.S. Small Business … Grant (SVOG) program and the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) program. Businesses in the city received at least … the neighborhood. While the state and city have expanded relief efforts targeted at businesses in the tourism industry …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-nycs-restaurant-retail-and-recreation-sectors-continue-struggle-during-pandemicDiNapoli: MTA Outlook Shows Growing Need for New Funding as Budget Gaps Widen
… billion in 2025 and grow in the outyears, according to a report on MTA’s financial outlook released today by New York … is clearer. Gaps are forecast at $2.5 billion in 2025 and 2026 as spending outpaces inflation projections, but could be … in the future, including the deferral of debt service payments. The MTA should specify and increase planned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-mta-outlook-shows-growing-need-new-funding-budget-gaps-widenCollection of Petroleum Business Tax and Motor Fuel Excise Tax
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance … has systems and practices in place that allow it to appropriately collect Petroleum Business Tax and Motor … To determine whether the Department of Taxation and Finance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/05/20/collection-petroleum-business-tax-and-motor-fuel-excise-taxOpinion 89-7
… in excess of their salaries for meeting twice in one year to hear complaints in relation to assessments. You ask whether a town is required to pay the members of its board of assessment review … Whether a town is required to pay the members of its board of assessment review …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-7DiNapoli: NYC Faces Unprecedented Fiscal and Economic Challenges
… will need to make hard choices to ensure budget balance in the current fiscal year and to close next year’s budget gap.” More than 944,000 jobs were lost in March and April, the largest job loss since the Great … rate, which had fallen to a record low of 3.4 percent in February 2020, shot up to 20.4 percent in June, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-nyc-faces-unprecedented-fiscal-and-economic-challengesDiNapoli: Fire Department Treasurer Arrested for Stealing Public Funds
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the arrest of Dennis Snow, the treasurer of the LeRoy Fire Department in Genesee County. Snow was charged with two counts of grand … York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the arrest of Dennis Snow the treasurer of the LeRoy Fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-fire-department-treasurer-arrested-stealing-public-fundsState Police Bulletin No. SP-237
… the separation of Deduction Code 545 into three deduction codes. Affected Employees: Members of the Police Benevolent … Troopers PBA requested the creation of two new deduction codes to enable the separation of the below three insurances … OSC Actions: OSC has established two new deduction codes for the following insurance types: Deduction Code …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-237-separation-pba-insurance-deduction-code-545Medicaid Overpayments for Non-Emergency Out-of-State Inpatient Services (Follow-Up)
… of the four recommendations included in our initial audit report, Medicaid Overpayments for Non-Emergency Out-of-State Inpatient Services (Report 2009-S-35). Background Our initial audit report, which … of the 4 recommendations included in our initial audit report Medicaid Overpayments for NonEmergency OutofState Inpat …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/03/11/medicaid-overpayments-non-emergency-out-state-inpatient-services-followFuel Purchases
… March 31, 2014. Background The Authority’s eight regional subsidiaries provide public transportation services in … to supply diesel and unleaded regular gas to the two subsidiaries that account for most of its fuel purchases. In … a private company to supply fuel to its six other regional subsidiaries. The Authority spent over $7.5 million and $7.3 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/27/fuel-purchasesSelected Employee Travel Expenses
… Purpose To determine whether the use of travel monies by selected … and abuse. The audit covers the period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2011. Background New York State’s executive … and travel agency fees. As part of a statewide initiative to determine whether the use of travel money by selected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/04/10/selected-employee-travel-expensesHenrietta FD – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-27-F)
… not effectively manage the District’s financial condition and presented budgets indicating the District needed to both increase real property taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close projected budget … fund balance or reserve policies or multiyear financial and capital plans. The audit included four recommendations to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/04/04/henrietta-fd-audit-follow-2021m-27-fCity of Cortland – Non-Contractual Employees’ Payroll Benefits (2020M-161)
… valued at $110,500. Four NC employees were paid for 265 more hours of unused vacation leave than limits established for employees in the collective bargaining agreements, valued … to track their time worked or to submit leave requests for taking time off, and the Council did not approve all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/08/27/city-cortland-non-contractual-employees-payroll-benefits-2020m-161