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NYS Common Retirement Fund Reports First Quarter Results
… estate and real assets (8.5 percent) and absolute return strategies and opportunistic alternatives (3.6 percent). In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-reports-first-quarter-resultsFormer Treasurer of Patterson Fire Department Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Returns
Preet Bharara the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that ALBERT MELIN the former treasurer of the volunteer Patterson Fire Department was sentenced by US District Judge Nelson S Roman to 33 months in prison for fraud and tax charges
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/former-treasurer-patterson-fire-department-sentenced-33-months-prison-embezzlement-and-filing-falseDisposal of Electronic Devices
… OGS' Surplus Unit. Key Findings Seven of the 36 computer hard drives readied for surplus still contained data, even … indicating all information had been removed. Two of these hard drives contained personal, private and/or sensitive … home addresses and financial information. One of these two hard drives also contained potentially inappropriate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/04/disposal-electronic-devicesNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… 2.8 million adult New Yorkers found it “very difficult” to pay normal household expenses in mid-December, the highest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-january-21-2021Opinion 96-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … performed during the individual's regularly assigned work periods. The effect of this provision is to limit the … exceptions, for the suspension of public retirement pensions and annuities following retirement from the civil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-13Fare Evasion (Follow-Up)
… New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA has two agencies that provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/22/fare-evasion-followCompliance With Special Education Requirements – Evaluations
… to meet their educational and developmental needs. In New York State, the Regulations of the Commissioner of … Program (IEP) development, and placement of students in special education. (*The terms “child(ren) and … with the required time period. New York City Local Law 27 of 2015 requires the DOE to annually report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/compliance-special-education-requirements-evaluationsOpinion 96-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (disposition of proceeds of sale of property); … moneys held by the third party would be invested in the types of investments authorized by law for the investment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-4Former President of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $120,000
… Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or by mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/former-president-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-pleads-guilty-embezzling-more-120000Overlap, Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation of Workforce Development Programs and Services (Follow-Up)
… category, and 247 (48%) served multiple population categories. Key Findings DOL officials have made significant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/11/overlap-duplication-gaps-andor-fragmentation-workforce-development-programs-and-servicesAn Analysis of Reasonable and Customary Out-of-Network Reimbursement Rates for Medical/Surgical Services in the New York State Health Insurance Program
… service in the same or similar geographic region. United’s reimbursement rates for out-of-network services are generally … — often significantly higher — than United’s in-network reimbursement rates. Consequently, services provided by … for 226,128,077 services. To illustrate, the average reimbursement for a routine office visit in 2016 was $29 for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/01/analysis-reasonable-and-customary-out-network-reimbursement-rates-medicalsurgical-servicesNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Second Quarter Results
… of the Fund’s 2015-2016 fiscal year was -4.13 percent for the three-month period ending Sept. 30, 2015, according … mortgages (20.0 percent), private equity (7.9 percent), real estate (6.8 percent), absolute return strategies (3.7 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/11/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-second-quarter-resultsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1997
… overtime rate of 2.5 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for employees in certain titles. The new overtime rate … 11:00 pm on 12/01/2021 and at or before 10:59 pm on 02/23/2022. For any shift that begins at or after 11:00 pm on … Entry Overtime Earnings Codes beginning in Institution Pay Period 23L, checks dated 02/24/2022. Eligibility Criteria …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1997-pilot-program-establishing-temporary-overtime-rate-employees-certainState Agencies Bulletin No. 1996
… establishing a temporary overtime rate for employees in certain titles represented by NYSCOPBA working at a DOH … DOH, the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), the Public Employees Federation (PEF), NYSCOPBA, and Council 82 … 02/23/2022, the overtime rate shall revert to the rate in place prior to implementation of the pilot program unless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1996-pilot-program-establishing-temporary-overtime-rate-employees-certainMandatory Membership – Membership and Enrollment
Some public employees are required to join NYSLRS others may join if they wish
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/membership-enrollment/mandatory-membershipMarion Central School District – Procurement (2022M-3)
… District (District) officials procured goods and services in accordance with the procurement policies and procedures … Board did not always ensure that competition was sought in accordance with the procurement policies and procedures … competition for purchases totaling: $103,687 for goods and public works that were subject to competitive bidding, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/24/marion-central-school-district-procurement-2022m-3West Seneca Fire District #2 – Purchasing and Capital Project Management (2018M-241)
… that goods and services were accurately paid and purchased in accordance with the District’s procurement policy and … our audit. District officials did not competitively bid a public works contract totaling more than $115,000. District … action. Appendix B includes our comment on an issue raised in the District’s response. … Determine whether the Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2019/08/30/west-seneca-fire-district-2-purchasing-and-capital-project-management-2018mDiNapoli: Town of Cohocton Clerk Arrested for Stealing Public Funds
… with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, and official misconduct, a class A misdemeanor, after an audit and investigation by DiNapoli’s office uncovered the … is due back on September 15. “This is another troubling case of a local official abusing her position to steal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-town-cohocton-clerk-arrested-stealing-public-fundsDiNapoli Announces New Corporate Agreement to Disclose Political Spending
… agreed to disclose its corporate political contributions in the wake of majority shareholder support for the New York … are to be commended for respecting shareholders’ interest in protecting our investments.” For the 2017 proxy season, … ruling in 2010. The Fund’s proposals ask companies to make public and comprehensively report their corporate spending on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-announces-new-corporate-agreement-disclose-political-spendingOpinion 91-10
… commissioners in certain towns in Westchester County. You ask generally about the nature of the district in … the town board's role in administration of the district. You also specifically ask: (a) whether, once a park district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-10