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Honeoye Central School District - Information Technology (2019M-9)
… IT assets. Employees stored personal data, such as photos, videos and music, on District computers. District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/08/09/honeoye-central-school-district-information-technology-2019m-9Opinion 90-43
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … EMPLOYEES -- Death Benefits (police officers - eligibility of children) POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Death Benefits … Concerning section 208f of the General Municipal Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-43Problem Gambling Treatment Program
… and Substance Abuse Services: Contracted Programs With Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten and Serve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/05/problem-gambling-treatment-programCost-Saving Ideas: Evaluate the Efficiency of Your Water Delivery System
… Establishing an effective water accounting system is a necessary first step in controlling water losses and reducing water system costs. The Federal Environmental Protection … CostSaving Ideas Evaluate the Efficiency of Your Water Delivery System …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-evaluate-efficiency-your-water-delivery-systemDiNapoli: Billions Needed for Repairs to Local Bridges
… by New York’s local governments need an estimated $27.4 billion in repairs, according to a report released today by … of traffic carried. Those structures may have inadequate lane or shoulder widths, low clearances or low load-carrying … in recent years. In 2016, the state created the BRIDGE NY program to support local bridges and culverts. As of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-billions-needed-repairs-local-bridgesHicksville Union Free School District – Managing Network User Accounts (2023M-20)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Hicksville … (District) officials established adequate controls for managing business office network user accounts to help … loss. Officials also did not establish written procedures for granting, verifying, changing and disabling network user …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/08/25/hicksville-union-free-school-district-managing-network-user-accountsDiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… needs, is supposed to begin within one business day of admission and be completed as soon as possible. Once a client … is supposed to be completed within the first 10 days of admission to a shelter. DiNapoli’s auditors found from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… not limited to, gift cards, clothing, drones and video games. The disbursements also included $10,853 for one board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsAusable Valley Central School District - Claims Auditing (2018M-190)
… and have initiated, or indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. Appendix B includes our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/01/25/ausable-valley-central-school-district-claims-auditing-2018m-190State Police Disability (Section 363-b) – State Police Plan
… behalf. For example, your attorney, a power of attorney (POA) or a court-appointed guardian, who has been granted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/state-police-disability-section-363-bDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Value $210.2 Billion
… term return expectations and provide retirement security for our members, retirees and their beneficiaries,” DiNapoli … Returns for the Fund’s Asset Classes (as of March 31, 2019) Percent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-value-2102-billionDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Value $178.1 Billion
… markets during a volatile year. The Fund has an estimated value of $178.1 billion. “Despite weak equity markets, the … expected rate of return is 7 percent. The Fund’s value reflects $10.9 billion in benefits paid out during the … years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. A graph showing the Fund’s value since 1993 is available here: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-value-1781-billionDiNapoli Releases Dashboard Tracking Federal Covid Funding and State Relief Programs
… and COVID-19 relief programs in the state, including funds for excluded workers, childcare providers, emergency rental … stabilize state and local government finances and allowed for greater investments in programs to assist New Yorkers in … “We thank State Comptroller DiNapoli and his staff for creating this new federal aid tracker,” said Rachael …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/10/dinapoli-releases-dashboard-tracking-federal-covid-funding-and-state-relief-programsSelected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… documentation. Other Related Audits/Reports of Interest Battery Park City Authority: Selected Aspects of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/30/selected-aspects-discretionary-spendingDiNapoli: City of Troy's Finances in Precarious Position
… of taxes, mortgage taxes, and interest and penalties on real property taxes that were overestimated by a total of … addition, the city again budgeted revenues for the sale of real property totaling $650,000. This is the same property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-city-troys-finances-precarious-positionOpinion 90-42
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES -- Fees (filing of in rem tax … to a fee of ten dollars for each in rem tax foreclosure list filed by a tax district therein. In any other county, … You ask whether a city is liable for a fee for filing a list of properties affected by unpaid tax liens to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-42State Agencies Bulletin No. 484
… Purpose To provide processing instructions for Deduction Code 648 . Background Chapter 548 of the Laws of 2000 allows … years of military service. This new after-tax deduction code has been created to allow recovery of arrears for these … Agency Actions Upon notification from NYCERS, Deduction Code 648 should be entered on the General Deduction Data page …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/484-new-general-deduction-code-648-nye-military-buyback-arrears-after-taxWainscott Common School District - Financial Condition (2018M-237)
… balance totaled approximately $2 million on June 30, 2018, or 58.6 percent of the ensuing year’s budgeted appropriations … limit. Adopt realistic annual budgets based on historical or other known trends. District officials disagreed with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/03/29/wainscott-common-school-district-financial-condition-2018m-237Watkins Glen Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-57)
… resulted in operating surpluses, negating the use of appropriated fund balance. In the last three completed … $2.3 million in unplanned operating surpluses instead of $1.4 million in planned deficits. Certain reserve balances were excessive or not needed. Of $3.7 million in seven reserves, three reserves totaling …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/07/12/watkins-glen-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-57Cato-Meridian Central School District – Salaries, Wages and Leave Benefits (2021M-173)
… leave accruals were not proper. As a result: $14.1 million of (97 percent) salary and wage payments were disbursed without authorization. For four of nine employees that had separation payments, unused leave … our comment on an issue raised in the District’s response letter. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/24/cato-meridian-central-school-district-salaries-wages-and-leave-benefits