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DiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… review of the THA’s information technology (IT) assets, auditors found major deficiencies in the authority’s … activities when using authority computers and other IT assets; and Provide IT security awareness training to all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityDiNapoli: NYC Finances Stabilizing With Drop in Costs for Asylum Seekers and Resilient Tax Revenue
… and the city has made significant progress to accelerate recruitment efforts, but some agency divisions continue to … to 283,971 employees as of June 2024. Since then, staffing levels have increased to 285,871. The city assumes staffing will increase from current levels by 5% to 300,299 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-nyc-finances-stabilizing-drop-costs-asylum-seekers-and-resilient-tax-revenueDiNapoli Report Highlights Where New Yorkers Work
… care and social assistance had the greatest increase in jobs since 2019, with the sector now comprising nearly one in five jobs statewide. This sector was also the top employer in 2023 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-report-highlights-where-new-yorkers-workDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Federal Funding for New York City
… New York City’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 operating budget relies on $7.4 billion in federal … at least $535 million of federal aid in FY 2025 and FY 2026, but notes that nearly all federal operating aid that … to nearly $400 million in FY 2025 and $135 million in FY 2026. However, this only considers budgeted amounts as of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-releases-analysis-federal-funding-new-york-cityDiNapoli Statement on the Election of John Flanagan as Leader of the New York State Senate
… move forward. As an experienced advocate for New Yorkers, John Flanagan can help the State Senate carry out the … to move forward As an experienced advocate for New Yorkers John Flanagan can help the State Senate carry out the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-statement-election-john-flanagan-leader-new-york-state-senateNyack Parking Authority – Parking Ticket Operations (2020M-94)
Determine whether the Village of Nyack Parking Authoritys Authority Board of Trustees Board and Authority officials effectively pursued and maximized the collection of all parking violation tickets issued
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/public-authority/2020/11/20/nyack-parking-authority-parking-ticket-operations-2020m-94DiNapoli: State's Cash Position is Strong
… more is on the way. The level of tax receipts is important for purposes of ongoing budget balance, and we are seeing positive numbers there as well.” Total All Funds receipts of $58.1 billion increased 6.4 percent, or … in the General Fund (including transfers from other funds) totaled $28 billion through Aug. 31, representing an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-states-cash-position-strongOpinion 91-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Requiring … (GSA) contracts. General Municipal Law, §103 provides, in pertinent part, as follows: Except as otherwise expressly … the required security after advertisement for sealed bids in the manner provided by this section ... General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-6DiNapoli Report Examines Broadband Availability, Access and Affordability in NYC
A new report by Comptroller DiNapoli examined issues related to broadband availability access and affordability across New York Citys neighborhoods and found that despite high availability one in four households had no cable fiberoptic or digital subscriber line internet subscription as of 2023
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-report-examines-broadband-availability-access-and-affordability-nycDiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… A state agency’s failure to adequately monitor and inspect homeless shelters allowed violations and squalid … at 8 shelters; Trash piled in a children’s play area at one shelter; Repairs to walls and ceilings made with plastic sheeting or garbage bags and duct tape at two shelters; One shelter with 143 residents and only four …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureDiNapoli: Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments Behind $700 Million in Improper Payments
… on taxpayers. This time, failure to effectively monitor money allowed $701 million worth of improper spending, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-lax-oversight-medicaid-payments-behind-700-million-improper-paymentsDiNapoli: 529 College Savings Program Lowers Fees
… state's 150,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-529-college-savings-program-lowers-feesFormer Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million
… for the Southern District of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field … put to an end.” Special Agent in Charge Shantelle P. Kitchen said: “The public expects that individuals who hold …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-hisDiNapoli Calls for Improvements to Capital Planning Process
… its capital program, with another $9.6 billion proposed for the upcoming fiscal year, according to a report released … New York's capital spending over the past decade and plans for the coming years, concludes that reforms are needed to … said. "The Governor and Legislature deserve credit for creating a task force to coordinate New York's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-calls-improvements-capital-planning-processState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Town of Franklin , Fulton Public Library , City of Hornell , Lima Public Library , Newark …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces First Quarter Results
… 30, 2015, the Fund had approximately 38.5 percent of its assets invested in publicly traded domestic equities and 15.0 … in international public equities. The remaining Fund assets by allocation are invested in cash (1.5 percent), … (3.6 percent) and opportunistic alternatives and real assets (1.0 percent). DiNapoli initiated quarterly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-first-quarter-resultsSaranac Central School District – Student State Aid (2023M-91)
… aid for special education students who received services in 10-month public and summer placements. Key Findings … aid for special education students who received services in 10-month public and summer placements. As a result, as of … April 30, 2023, the District will not benefit from $28,832 in State aid that was not claimed and had not claimed an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/22/saranac-central-school-district-student-state-aid-2023m-91State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits and Examinations
… that OITS did not have established policies and procedures for backup of key division systems. In a follow-up, auditors … inmate release dates. Tests of sentencing calculations for a sample of 60 inmates found proper procedures were … under the Article 8-A Loan Program were being used only for qualified projects and their intended purpose and whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-and-examinationsDiNapoli Releases Dashboard Tracking Federal Covid Funding and State Relief Programs
… to assist New Yorkers in need. My office will follow the money to ensure federal funds are getting where they are … Executive Director Betsy Gotbaum, “With such large sums of money coming to New York through the American Rescue Plan and … detailed disclosure so the public can further track how money is being spent. We encourage local governments to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/10/dinapoli-releases-dashboard-tracking-federal-covid-funding-and-state-relief-programsOpinion 90-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE … Neither section 150, nor any other provision of State law, however, provides for the establishment of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15