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DiNapoli Statement on Retirement of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
… New York and Long Island will lose a strong advocate with the retirement of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy next year. After a gunman took her … New York and Long Island will lose a strong advocate with the retirement of Rep Carolyn McCarthy next year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-statement-retirement-rep-carolyn-mccarthyState Agencies Bulletin No. 1718
… qualified parking benefits from agencies Background The IRS issues guidance on an annual basis indicating the maximum … transportation fringe benefits, as defined by the IRS, includes “qualified parking,” using mass transit, … that exceeds the applicable statutory monthly exclusion limit, and the employee does not make any payment, the value …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1718-qualified-parking-benefitsMedicaid Program – Appropriateness of Payments to Transportation Management Contractors and Providers
… who are unable to obtain transportation on their own. In January 2011, the New York State Governor’s Office … of health care services. As part of this initiative, in January 2012, the Department began the process of removing … these services to the Medicaid fee-for-service program (in which Medicaid reimburses providers directly for services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/15/medicaid-program-appropriateness-payments-transportation-management-contractors-andOpinion 99-3
… families. In construing similar language in other special acts creating benevolent associations, we have concluded that … death is a "disability" within the intent of such special acts (Opn No. 97-4, supra ; 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-59, p … No. 84-36, p 44). We have also noted that these special acts do not define the phrase "care and relief", and that we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-3Opinion 95-2
… issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Exemption from (housing authority) PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Fees … amount billed by a cable television company to a municipal housing authority as a "pass through" to the customer of a … exemption of Public Housing Law, §52. You ask whether a housing authority is exempt from paying that portion of its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-2Oversight of Hotels and Motels Used for Homeless and Mixed-Use Temporary Residency
… Purpose To determine if the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) and the Department of Health … (DOH) are adequately ensuring that hotels and motels used for homeless and mixed-use temporary residency are properly … in New York State (2016-D-3) Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance: Oversight of Homeless Shelters …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/27/oversight-hotels-and-motels-used-homeless-and-mixed-use-temporary-residencyState Agencies Bulletin No. 1157
… Purpose To describe agency procedures for employee enrollment in Tier 6 retirement. Affected Employees … Tier 6 as an option in the Benefit Plans listed below. Any employee designated as Tier 6 by the Retirement System must … Plans table later than 3/31/2012, and manually update the employee into the appropriate Tier 6 benefit plan. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1157-new-tier-6-benefit-structure-enrollment-following-retirement-systemsDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for January 2014
… New York students. Approved $17 million for snow removal, road salt and de-icing supplies for New York’s roads and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-january-2014State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Districts Law allows reduced property tax bills for land in agricultural production by limiting the property tax assessment of the land to its prescribed per-acre Agricultural Assessment Value …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsSeized Assets Program
… share of any forfeitures. Assets are considered in pending status until a forfeiture determination is made. As of September 2013, the Division was tracking 5,047 pending seized assets valued at $2.012 billion. Funds … of proceeds received. Of 107 seized assets we sampled pending disposition per the Division’s control records, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/23/seized-assets-programYork College – Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff
… to provide reasonable assurance that they worked the hours for which they were compensated. The audit covered the … Safety officers. No one was responsible for verifying the hours worked by Department staff, and officers could alter … officer (not the sergeant) actually worked a fire watch post assigned to the sergeant. Also, on three other nights, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/06/york-college-time-and-attendance-practices-public-safety-staffComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… and one has not been implemented. State Department of Health: Medicaid Payments for Medicare Part A Beneficiaries … Improper Payments for Ancillary Services Provided During Hospital Inpatient Admissions (2012-S-160) Ancillary services … recipients who were also covered by Medicare. Office of Mental Health, New York Psychiatric Center: Controls Over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 89-48
… Law, §37 to secure payment of any judgments which might be recovered by contractors and/or subcontractors for work … with subdivision 10 of section 37. The bonds should be considered a court record and permanently retained by the … Lien". You ask (i) where and how the bonds are to be indexed on your records, (ii) who physically holds the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-48State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … did not perform a proper review of reports submitted to New York state agencies to ensure that all cases, including … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsFare Collection
… LIRR operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays. In 2018, the LIRR carried 311,100 passengers on an … other times on weekdays, all day on weekends, and on some holidays. LIRR tickets can be purchased in either hard copy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/19/fare-collectionControls Over Capital Improvements at City-Owned Homeless Shelters
… Objective To determine whether the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) has appropriate oversight and … 2019. About the Program DHS, an administrative unit of the New York City Department of Social Services, is the primary … To determine whether the New York City Department of Homeless Services has appropriate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/08/25/controls-over-capital-improvements-city-owned-homeless-sheltersCUNY Bulletin No. CU-689
… Affected Employees CUNY employees in the Skilled Trade titles of Oiler, Stationary Engineer, and Senior Stationary … Union of Operating Engineers for employees in the titles of Oiler, Stationary Engineer, and Senior Stationary … for retroactive increase are CUNY employees in the titles of Oiler, Stationary Engineer, and Senior Stationary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-689-cuny-retroactive-pay-rate-increases-oiler-stationaryDiNapoli: NY's Homeownership Rate Lowest in the Nation
… be pursued to ensure that illegal, systemic barriers do not remain. Finally, the state can redouble efforts to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-nys-homeownership-rate-lowest-nationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… fund the reserves or use or maintain reserve funds at reasonable levels. The board and officials used … a transportation efficiency study ($32,500), purchases of ice melt ($10,845) and information technology equipment … fund operations. Track state and local government spending at Open Book New York . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0DiNapoli: Owner and Employee of Medical Transport Company Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid
… County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino announced the arrest of Muhammad Adnan Saeed, owner of Sublime Medical Transportation and Heather Smith an employee/driver for the company, for the alleged theft of over $700,000 from the state’s Medicaid program. Saeed and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-owner-and-employee-medical-transport-company-arrested-defrauding-medicaid