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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… financial plan has not been developed. Columbia County – Payroll (2014M-121) Auditors found that the county overpaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Credit for Military or Additional Service – State Police Plan
… your retirement benefit for military service or other public employment. Military Service If you served in the U.S. … purchase military service cannot be withdrawn if you leave public employment and end your membership with NYSLRS. If you … honorably discharged.) Additional Service for Previous Public Employment You may be able to receive credit for paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/credit-military-or-additional-serviceCredit for Military or Additional Service – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… toward disability or death benefits. Also, if you are in a tier or retirement plan that is not required to make … your service will more likely be available; and If your tier or retirement plan allows you to stop making … and contact us with any questions you may have. For reinstatement to an earlier membership within NYSLRS, or for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/credit-military-or-additional-serviceState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… (Nassau County) The district does not have a comprehensive payroll policy or written overtime procedures. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0United HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Spine Specialists
… it will result in United making an excessive payment on the claim. Our audit focused on claims submitted to United … provided by Long Island Spine to Empire Plan members. Key Findings Long Island Spine routinely failed to pursue … Spine waived the member’s out-of-pocket cost obligation. Key Recommendations Recover the $890,931 in overpayments from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/05/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-spine-specialistsOpinion 2003-1
… the original district … as the town board shall determine. We have previously expressed the opinion that the purpose of … circumstances. 2 Although not raised in the inquiry, we note that Town Law §202-a, which relates to the expense of maintaining improvements, does not contain a provision similar to that in section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 2006-9
… -- Mandatory (on the transfer of property of a town sewer district to a county) SEWER DISTRICTS -- Referendum (on the transfer of property of a town sewer district to a county) TOWN LAW §198(12): The transfer of property and facilities of a town sewer district to a county on behalf of a county district pursuant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-9Opinion 88-59
… OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (authority to pay village justice the salary of acting village justice); …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59DiNapoli: NYC Parks Can Do More to Correct Barriers to People With Disabilities
… them. It ranked the problems it found in a prioritization plan, ranging from Readily Achievable (Priority Level 1), which includes … catalogued. Auditors observed 297 Priority 1 or 2 barriers from the Parks survey at these facilities and found that 64% …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-nyc-parks-can-do-more-correct-barriers-people-disabilitiesProtection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees)
… the Department has procedures in place for addressing the discovery of American foulbrood during inspections – a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/19/protection-managed-pollinators-honey-beesOpinion 90-31
… or adjoining counties, jointly, to acquire real property for, and to establish, construct, equip, maintain and operate … field. The ordinance, local law or resolution providing for such action must establish a committee composed of a … provisions of law indicate that a different meaning or application was intended (see General Construction Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31SUNY Bulletin No. SU-354
… Criteria: Employees with a Comp Rate Code of HRY on or after the appropriate effective date and an hourly rate less than the amount provided on the chart below are eligible for the 2024 minimum wage … Counties) $15.00 Employees with a Comp Rate Code of ANN on or after the appropriate effective date and a salary less …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-354-january-2024-increase-minimum-wage-employees-stateDiNapoli: State Needs to Help Addiction Support Providers Better Prepare for Emergencies
… to 2022, found the state’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) must improve its oversight and … Opioid deaths skyrocketed by 44% in 2020 over the prior year, while the number of inpatients decreased 33%. Providers … plans after a program’s initial certification, leaving it up to providers to update them. Auditors reviewed a sample of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-needs-help-addiction-support-providers-better-prepare-emergenciesUniversity at Albany – Sabbatical and Other Paid Leave
… received a total of $38,082 in salaries and stipends while on sabbatical. Also, this employee and another employee … We maintain that many of the examples cited in our report do represent non-compliance with existing policies and that … question the benefit that taxpayers and the University have actually received from the use of paid leaves. Our State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/07/30/university-albany-sabbatical-and-other-paid-leaveState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… law directs pharmacies to substitute prescribed drugs with less expensive drugs containing the same active … were not implemented and one was partially implemented. Homes and Community Renewal – Division of Housing and … Board of Directors (Board) held a checking account (with an average monthly balance of $14,007 for the three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 271
… as follows: For retroactive actions reported directly on the Job Data panel, the adjustment amount(s) will appear on the panel on the day following the on-line entry. For retroactive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/271-agency-access-view-retroactive-payment-panels-and-workers-compensationAudit Faults Justice Center Records, Raises Questions on Accountability
… jobs that involve direct care of patients, according to an audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. … problems," DiNapoli said. "Even though the Justice Center is over three years old, we don't know how effectively it is operating or whether changes are needed. This isn't …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/audit-faults-justice-center-records-raises-questions-accountabilityDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City
… living in Mitchell-Lama developments supervised by Homes and Community Renewal’s (HCR) Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) are provided safe and clean living conditions, and whether funds are properly accounted for and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/15/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchellComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… BOCES and charter school finances and operations to ensure money is being spent appropriately and effectively. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-1NYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street’s 2021 Bonuses Set a New Record
… paid to employees in New York City’s securities industry for 2021 grew to $257,500, a 20% jump over the previous … the average bonus rose 20%, the total 2021 bonus pool for New York City securities industry workers increased by … DiNapoli estimates that the securities industry accounted for 18% ($14.9 billion) of state tax collections in state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-wall-streets-2021-bonuses-set-new-record