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Town of Middlebury – Tax Collection Remittance (P1-24-25)
… were not provided to finance Town and County operations in a timely manner. The Tax Collector did not remit taxes … approximately $1.1 million to the County Treasurer in April 2024, instead of paying three separate required payments totaling $656,657 in February, $327,001 in March and $92,168 in April. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/10/town-middlebury-tax-collection-remittance-p1-24-25Town of Clarkson - Justice Court Operations (2018M-57)
… were not submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) scofflaw program or not reported or incorrectly reported to the DMV. Key Recommendations Provide adequate oversight of Court … Enforce pending tickets and submit eligible tickets to the DMV scofflaw program. Town officials agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2018/09/28/town-clarkson-justice-court-operations-2018m-57State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Election of Carl Heastie as Speaker
… his new role with humility and understands the need to get back to work. My office is prepared to help him through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-election-carl-heastie-speakerOpinion 88-67
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … to fill a vacancy in the position of village attorney. We are informed that it is not contemplated that the partner … or partiality. June 20, 1988 John E. Gillies, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Farmingdale …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-67X.4.B Address – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… the vendor to the New York State Vendor Self-Service Portal webpage at … . After signing into the Vendor Self-Service Portal, the vendor will be able to add or update their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x4b-addressTown of Woodstock - Information Technology (2018M-211)
… Determine whether Town officials ensured the Town’s Information Technology (IT) systems were adequately secured … by policy. Officials did not adopt a breach notification, security management or written disaster recovery plan. Employees were not provided with security awareness training. In addition, sensitive IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/02/22/town-woodstock-information-technology-2018m-211Town of Haverstraw - Information Technology (2019M-125)
… Audit Objective Determine whether Town officials ensured the Town’s Information Technology (IT) systems were … Design, implement and enforce procedures to monitor the use of the Town’s IT resources, including personal use. Adopt … Determine whether Town officials ensured the Towns Information Technology IT systems were adequately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/12/13/town-haverstraw-information-technology-2019m-125Town of Richford - Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2019M-236)
… Collector (Clerk) properly remitted and deposited money in a timely manner. Key Findings Real Property Taxes totaling … $2,604 were not remitted to the Supervisor or Treasurer in a timely manner. Forty-five real property tax receipts … two to 60 days after receipt instead of within 24 hours. In addition, there were five instances totaling $2,089 where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/03/27/town-richford-town-clerktax-collector-2019m-236Town of Gardiner – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2024M-78)
… Determine whether the Town of Gardiner (Town) Town Clerk/Tax Collector (Clerk) recorded, deposited, remitted and … the Clerk did not deposit and remit clerk fees and tax collections in a timely manner. In addition, the Town … Deposit 54 clerk fees totaling $3,726, and 28 out of 50 tax collections tested totaling $69,975 in a timely manner or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/10/11/town-gardiner-town-clerktax-collector-2024m-78Oversight of Child Protective Services Outside New York City (Follow-Up)
… Key Recommendation Officials are given 30 days after the issuance of the follow-up review to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/19/oversight-child-protective-services-outside-new-york-city-followNorth Babylon Union Free School District – Online Banking (2023M-156)
… Section 5-a and must improve controls over online banking to ensure these transactions are secure. In addition to sensitive information technology (IT) control weaknesses that we confidentially communicated to District officials, we found that: District officials did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/14/north-babylon-union-free-school-district-online-banking-2023m-156New Suffolk Common School District - Board Oversight and Local Finance Law (2018M-177)
… $233,492 did not include any Board members’ initials to indicate they were audited. The remaining 27 claims … totaling $298,442 that had initials did not include dates to determine when the claims audit had occurred. We reviewed … Key Recommendations Establish compensating controls to routinely monitor and review the Treasurer’s work. Audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/12/14/new-suffolk-common-school-district-board-oversight-and-local-finance-lawDiNapoli Honored with National Leadership Award
… in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The award is given annually to state government professionals who … promote excellence in government financial management. “It is a great honor to receive this prestigious award from the … Accountants,” DiNapoli said. “Across the country, it is the responsibility of state financial officials to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-honored-national-leadership-awardGermantown Central School District – Payroll (2023M-3)
… (Board). Key Findings The District did not have adequate payroll processes to ensure compensation paid to employees … the Board. District officials did not properly segregate payroll processing duties and did not provide adequate oversight. We identified $41,000 in payroll payments to 12 employees that were either inaccurate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/09/22/germantown-central-school-district-payroll-2023m-3Greene County - Information Technology (2020M-38)
… County officials did not provide cyber security training to IT personnel and County employees. Sensitive information … (IT) control weaknesses were communicated confidentially to officials. Key Recommendations Adopt comprehensive IT policies, communicate them to all employees, and review and update routinely or when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2020/09/04/greene-county-information-technology-2020m-38Naples Central School District – Network Access Controls (2020M-82)
… 63 unneeded network user accounts that had not been used in at least six months. In addition, sensitive information technology (IT) control …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/10/16/naples-central-school-district-network-access-controls-2020m-82Town of Brandon - Financial Condition (2019M-239)
… in the highway fund balance declining from $58,241 on January 1, 2017 to $5,714 as of December 31, 2019. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/04/24/town-brandon-financial-condition-2019m-239Special Accidental Death Benefit – Career Plan
… benefit, a special accidental death benefit will be paid to your surviving spouse. If the surviving spouse receiving … accidental death benefit dies, this benefit will be paid to your children who are under the age of 18 or, if they are … The special accidental death benefit is a pension equal to your salary reduced by: The accidental death benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1642/special-accidental-death-benefitSpecial Accidental Death Benefit – Basic Plan with Increased-Take-Home-Pay (ITHP)
… spouse receiving the special accidental death benefit dies, this benefit will be paid to your children who are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1511/special-accidental-death-benefitSpecial Accidental Death Benefit – Non-Contributory Plan with Guaranteed Benefits
… benefit, a special accidental death benefit will be paid to your surviving spouse. If the surviving spouse receiving … accidental death benefit dies, this benefit will be paid to your children who are under the age of 18 or, if they are … The special accidental death benefit is a pension equal to your salary reduced by: The accidental death benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1513/special-accidental-death-benefit