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Comptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Conviction of Florida Resident for Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that … of Tamarac, Florida, pleaded guilty today to Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class D felony, for stealing over $148,000 in pension payments from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System paid to her father, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-conviction-florida-resident-stealing-over-148k-nysComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Florida Resident For Allegedly Stealing Over $148k In NYS Pension Benefits
… to the indictment and statements made by the prosecutor at arraignment, Kanas’ father was a New York State pensioner who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-florida-resident-allegedly-stealingComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentence of Brooklyn Man for Stealing Over $22K in Deceased Mother's Pension Benefit
… in state prison by the Honorable Elizabeth Foley in Kings County Supreme Court. "Jimmie Buie concocted an elaborate … to our investigators and the Attorney General, he’ll serve jail time and repay $22,000 to the New York State and Local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentence-brooklyn-man-stealing-over-22k-deceasedDivision of Housing and Community Renewal: Physical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments in New York City
… under certain conditions. DHCR works with owners as they near the end of their 20 year affordability requirements to … Representatives when conducting reviews of developments. This audit is based on a sample of four developments located … and financial conditions at the sampled developments. This likely caused management at those developments to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/15/division-housing-and-community-renewal-physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchellDiNapoli: Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft and Must Pay Back $459K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… SSA. The defendant’s late-mother-in-law, Minnie Smith, was an employee of the New York State Insurance Fund for 20 years until retiring in 2005. To be closer to family, she moved from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-woman-pleads-guilty-theft-and-must-pay-back-459k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsExamples from GASB Statement 34 - Sample City Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances Governmental Funds
… Sample City Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances Governmental Funds For the Year … Public service taxes 8,969,887 8,969,887 Fees and fines 606,946 606,946 Licenses and permits 2,287.794 2,287,794 Intergovernmental …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/examples-gasb-statement-34-1Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Charges Against Georgia Resident for Stealing Over $200K in NYS Pension Benefits
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the unsealing of a … New York State Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T Schneiderman today announced the unsealing of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-charges-against-georgia-resident-stealing-over-200kFormer Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Sentenced to 8-24 Years for Stealing Nearly $250,000 in State Grant Funds
… Coalition, was sentenced today in Warren County court to 8-24 years in prison after a jury convicted him of 6 … including grand larceny in the second degree, scheme to defraud in the first degree and four counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, related to his diversion of federal and state grant funds meant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/former-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-sentenced-8-24-years-stealing-nearly-250000-stateMedicaid Program – Excessive Premium Payments for Dual-Eligible Recipients Enrolled in Mainstream Managed Care and Health and Recovery Plans
… To determine whether Medicaid overpaid Mainstream Managed Care and Health and Recovery Plan premiums on behalf of … Medicaid recipients receive their services through managed care, including Mainstream Managed Care (MMC), which provides comprehensive coverage, and Health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/31/medicaid-program-excessive-premium-payments-dual-eligible-recipients-enrolled-mainstreamDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Public Campaign Financing Commission to Keep Fusion Voting and Open Up Political Process
… by 2022. The full op-ed is below: It takes big money to run for political office in New York, especially for … and open the path. After years of proposals falling to the wayside, New York finally has taken a significant step … The commission has held hearings around the state to collect ideas on what changes might work. Some of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-public-campaign-financing-commission-keep-fusion-voting-and-openNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Pew Charitable Trusts Ranking State Pension Fund One of Top in Nation
… "We have strategically put New York on a steady course to capitalize on long-term market opportunities and weather … pension fund is one of the best in the nation." According to Pew, only New York (91%), South Dakota (97%), Tennessee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-pew-charitable-trusts-ranking-state-pension-fund-one-topImproper Medicaid Payments to Hospitals for Outpatient Services Billed as Inpatient Services for Recipients Enrolled in Managed Care
… (DOH) administers the Medicaid program. Most of the State’s Medicaid recipients receive their medical services through … Services (CMS) defines outpatient care provided in a hospital as care that a patient receives, typically in the … or observation room, without being admitted to the hospital as an inpatient, even if the care takes place …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/08/28/improper-medicaid-payments-hospitals-outpatient-services-billed-inpatient-servicesDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Total $11.9 Billion in First Half of 2025, Up 3.7% Over Prior Year
… government sales tax collections totaled $11.9 billion in the first half of 2025, an increase of 3.7% ($423 million) compared to the same … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Year-over-year growth in collections during the first half of 2025 almost doubled … Local government sales tax collections totaled $119 billion in the first half of 2025 an increase of 37 $423 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-total-11-point-9-billion-first-half-2025-3-point-7-percent-over-prior-yearFormer Chief of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Embezzling More Than $120,000
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today that Robert Garcia, the former president and chief of … Briarcliff Manor Fire Department ("BMFD"), was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel to 12 months in … of Ossining, NY, was sentenced to two years of supervised release and fined $20,000. Garcia paid full restitution to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-chief-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-sentenced-12-months-prison-embezzling-more-120000Examination of Sunset LG Realty, LLC
We examined more than $5,000 in select bonuses that Sunset LG Realty, LLC (Sunset) paid, and requested reimbursement for, in 2016 under contract L120019 with SU
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/bse-2018-10-30.pdfPandemic and Recovery: Local Government Finances and Federal Assistance - Lessons from the Mid-Hudson Region
The case studies described in this report provide insight into some of the fiscal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented to individual local governments in 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/pandemic-and-recovery-lessons-from-the-mid-hudson-region.pdfReport on the State Fiscal Year 2019-20 Executive Budget, February 2019
State tax revenues in December and January fell far short of earlier projections, making the process of adopting the new State budget more difficult than in the
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/budget/pdf/budget-executive-2019-20.pdfThe Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
Identity theft cases surged in New York State in 2020, inflicting financial losses on individuals and threatening disruption to government programs as well as private financial institutions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/increasing-threat-of-identity-theft.pdfRequirements and Procedures for “Abandoned Property Location Services”
If you are interested in becoming an “Abandoned Property Location Service Provider” in New York State, or if you have been contacted by someone who claims they
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/unclaimed-funds/claimants/pdf/aplsp-requirements-and-procedures.pdfIdentifying, Reporting, and Providing Services for Youth at Risk of Sexual Human Trafficking in New York City (2021-N-2) 180-Day Response
To determine if the New York City Administration for Children’s Services and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development identify, report on, and provide services for victims of child sex trafficking and those at risk of child sex trafficking. The audit covered the period from Ja
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-21n2-response2.pdf