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Finger Lakes Community College - Credit Card and Travel Expenditures (2019M-184)
… whether College officials adequately monitored credit card and travel expenditures. Key Findings The College could … Services Administration (GSA) per diem rates. A credit card company was allowed to directly withdraw 18 payments … agent who is not an employee uses their College credit card to automatically charge fees. Key Recommendations Revise …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/community-college/2020/01/10/finger-lakes-community-college-credit-card-and-travel-expendituresOysterponds Union Free School District - Financial Management (2019M-217)
… expenditures and unassigned fund balance based on historical data and known trends. Discontinue the practice of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/01/17/oysterponds-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2019m-217Livonia Joint Fire District – Fire Truck Funding and Purchase (2021M-97)
… If warranted, establish a capital reserve to accumulate funds for future capital equipment purchases. District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/09/17/livonia-joint-fire-district-fire-truck-funding-and-purchase-2021m-97Town of Willing – Town Supervisor’s Financial Duties (2021M-68)
… to the Town Board (Board), and reports did not include a detail of money received and disbursed as required. Key … monthly financial reports to the Board which include a detail of money received and disbursed. Town officials agreed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/08/20/town-willing-town-supervisors-financial-duties-2021m-68Town of Fort Edward – Payroll and Leave Accruals (2022M-119)
… Fort Edward (Town) officials ensured that payroll payments and leave accruals were authorized, accurate and supported. Key Findings Payroll payments were not always accurate and supported, and leave accrual benefits were not clearly … Fort Edward Town officials ensured that payroll payments and leave accruals were authorized accurate and supported …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/11/23/town-fort-edward-payroll-and-leave-accruals-2022m-119Attica Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-103)
… necessary; improperly restricted more than $3 . 5 million in a debt reserve; and overfunded the unemployment insurance … Adopt budgets that include reasonable estimates for appropriations, appropriated fund balance and reserves …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/attica-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-103Town of Colonie – Physical Accessibility to Programs and Services (S9-24-41)
… physical accessibility for the 67 components identified in this report. Town officials agreed with our findings and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2025/03/07/town-colonie-physical-accessibility-programs-and-services-s9-24-41Village of Elmira Heights – Claims Auditing (2024M-44)
… payment is made, the Board did not perform a thorough and deliberate audit of individual claims. The lack of a … increases the risk that improper payments could be made and not detected. Although the 213 claims reviewed totaling … policy. Key Recommendations Perform a thorough and deliberate audit of all claims. Ensure quotes are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/07/12/village-elmira-heights-claims-auditing-2024m-44State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on 2025 State of the City Address
… P. DiNapoli released the following statement on New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 2025 State of the City address: “New York City is in a better financial … P DiNapoli released the following statement on New York City Mayor Eric Adams 2025 State of the City address …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-2025-state-city-addressAccounts Payable Advisory No. 64
… review the affidavit and collaborate to render a decision on the claim. If the banks determine the claim is a valid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/64-forgery-checksMeridale Rural Fire District - Management of Fund Balance (2018M-178)
… which could fund over three years’ worth of expenditures. On average, actual expenditures were 39 percent less than … that reflect the District’s operating needs based on historic trends, contracts or other projections. Develop … issue. Appendix B includes our comment on the issue raised in the District’s response. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2018/11/30/meridale-rural-fire-district-management-fund-balance-2018m-178Amusement Park and Fair Ride Safety
… timing of our testing which inhibited us from conducting site visits during most of the operating season, precluded us … during the 2014 operating season. Key Finding We conducted site visits at 53 locations across the State covering almost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/10/06/amusement-park-and-fair-ride-safetyState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-2State Agencies Bulletin No. 693
… Purpose To notify agencies that the return address on all Direct … no longer will be the Office of the State Comptroller name and address. The return address will be the employee’s … report NPAY529 (Agency W-2 Return Address Report). Refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 691 , dated January 4, 2007, for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/693-agency-return-address-direct-deposit-advice-statementsTown of Baldwin – Claims Auditing (2023M-113)
… Board (Board) properly audited and approved claims prior to payment. Key Findings The Board did not always properly … audit claims before approving them for payment. Due to insufficient documentation, we were unable to determine and the Board was unable to support it approved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/12/08/town-baldwin-claims-auditing-2023m-113Town of Vestal – Former Police Chief’s Separation Agreement (2023M-58)
… litigation or a cost-benefit analysis, surrounding the decision to provide a separation agreement which included a … maintain documentation to help support and justify the decision to include a severance payment within a separation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/11/22/town-vestal-former-police-chiefs-separation-agreement-2023m-58Town of Greig – Long-Term Planning (2023M-13)
… and capital needs and has not outlined its intentions for financing future capital improvements or equipment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/05/19/town-greig-long-term-planning-2023m-13North Collins Central School District – Information Technology Equipment Inventory (2023M-39)
… District officials cannot be assured that these assets are adequately accounted for and would be detected if lost, … items) of unknown cost . Officials could not tell us how much they cost because the District’s inventory records were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/23/north-collins-central-school-district-information-technology-equipmentSchonowe Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. – Board Oversight (2021M-185)
… operations. The Board did not develop financial procedures for collections and disbursements, periodically monitor the … to determine whether they were deposited intact (i.e., in the same amount and form it is received). 15 disbursements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2022/04/08/schonowe-volunteer-fire-company-inc-board-oversight-2021m-185Nyack Parking Authority – Parking Ticket Operations (2020M-94)
… Audit Objective Determine whether the Village of Nyack Parking Authority’s (Authority) Board of Trustees (Board) and … effectively pursued and maximized the collection of all parking violation tickets issued. Key Findings The Board and … Determine whether the Village of Nyack Parking Authoritys Authority Board of Trustees Board and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/public-authority/2020/11/20/nyack-parking-authority-parking-ticket-operations-2020m-94