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… For each category on the dashboard the data represent the most recently certified fiscal year for those authorities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/state-public-authorities-dashboardDepartment of Health (Department) Examination of Travel Expenses
… and regulations. Background State employees are eligible for reimbursement of actual, reasonable, necessary expenses for official business travel. State employees submit Travel … Law requires employees to certify each travel expense report is just, true and correct and the balance is due and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/20/department-health-department-examination-travel-expensesMerrick Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2016M-240)
… District's financial operations and use of fund balance for the period July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015. … Board was not used. The district did not use its reserve funds during the audit period but instead used operating funds to pay for related costs. Key Recommendations Adopt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/10/07/merrick-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-240Gouverneur Central School District – Medicaid Reimbursements (2023M-34)
… consent forms, documenting the eligible services provided and submitting claims for Medicaid reimbursement. District officials agreed with our recommendation and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/09/gouverneur-central-school-district-medicaid-reimbursements-2023m-34State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… (Montgomery County) Town officials did not properly budget for and allocate sales tax revenue. As a result, taxpayers … (TW) highway funds by an average of $83,477 (21 percent) for fiscal years 2018 through 2020. Copiague Fire District – … paid without an invoice attached to the claims, checks for 39 payments totaling $141,904 were deposited between one …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsAccounts Receivable Collections
… have been unable to collect and have referred to the OAG. During the period April 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010, … Key Findings Overall, the Bureau was generally effective in its collection of accounts receivable referred by state … to locate debtors. Key Recommendations Ensure that all accounts receivable collection cases referred by state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/03/13/accounts-receivable-collectionsSchuyler Lake Fire District – Financial Activities (2022M-191)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Schuyler Lake Fire District (District) Board of Fire … financial activities to safeguard assets. Key Findings The Board did not establish adequate controls over financial activities to safeguard assets . The Board did not: Establish adequate controls over the work …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/02/10/schuyler-lake-fire-district-financial-activities-2022m-191SUNY Bulletin No. SU-238
… Purpose To provide instructions for processing the 2016 Discretionary Award. Affected Employees Employees designated management or confidential in the State University of New York – BU13 who meet the eligibility criteria and are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-238-2016-suny-discretionary-award-managementconfidentialDiNapoli: State Tax Receipts Through First Half of Fiscal Year Exceed Projections by $2.4 Billion
… State tax receipts totaled $58.4 billion through the first half of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23, exceeding the latest … revenue in the months ahead. Bolstering rainy day reserve funds on or ahead of the schedule proposed in the Enacted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-state-tax-receipts-through-first-half-fiscal-year-exceed-projections-2-point-4-billionSpecial Disability Benefits – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… you contracted HIV (where there may have been exposure to bodily fluids that may have involved the transmission of … disease, but who passed a physical examination upon entry to firefighting service that did not reveal evidence of the … systems, but who passed a physical examination upon entry to firefighting service that did not reveal evidence of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/special-disability-benefitsOpinion 95-21
… IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Consolidation (procedures for) SEWER DISTRICTS -- Consolidation (procedures for) TOWN LAW, §206: A town board may, on its own motion, and … two or more special improvement districts established for the same purpose, subject to public hearing and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-21Hamlin Morton Walker Fire District – Financial Management (2023M-67)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Hamlin Morton Walker Fire District (District) Board of … officials effectively managed fund balance. Key Findings The Board and officials did not effectively manage fund … appropriations. The Board did not adopt realistic budgets. For example, expenditures were underestimated by nearly $1.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/08/18/hamlin-morton-walker-fire-district-financial-management-2023m-67State Agencies Bulletin No. 246
… direct deposit Affected Employees Employees in the Oswego State Federal Credit Union who are currently having a general … deposit panel with account information provided by Oswego State FCU. Agency Action Agencies will no longer be able to … Agencies must access all transactions for the Oswego State FCU through the direct deposit panel. Questions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/246-conversion-general-deduction-direct-depositState Agencies Bulletin No. 900
… prior approval to submit an AC 230 for a situation that warrants making an exception to the above. Questions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/900-schedule-submitting-2009-returned-paychecksState Agencies Bulletin No. 973
… of AC 230 processing, agencies must submit AC 230s to OSC in accordance with the processing schedule outlined in this bulletin. Processing Dates Check Date Must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/973-schedule-submitting-2010-returned-paychecksOpinion 92-41
… St Comp, 1961, p 252; cf . Wells v Town of Salina , 119 NY 280). We are not aware of any statute which expressly … be free from doubt' ( Saltser& Weinsier v McGoldrick , 205 NY 499 at 506; see Lawrence Const. Corporation v State , 293 NY 634 at 639; People ex rel City of Olean v Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Co. , 214 NY 526; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-41State Agencies Bulletin No. 1887
… of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the 2021 rate for the New York State Paid Family Leave Program. Affected Employees: All employees eligible for the New York State Paid Family Leave Program are … premium rate and the maximum weekly employee contribution for coverage will be 0.511% (0.00511) of an employee’s weekly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1887-2021-paid-family-leave-rate-increaseState Comptroller Releases School District Audits
… assets (14 percent). Fallsburg Central School District – Fund Balance Management (Sullivan County and Ulster County) … officials are relying on the city council to approve a waiver to the city charter for the use of $10 million for operation expenditures rather than capital purposes. Therefore, absent recurring additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/state-comptroller-releases-school-district-auditsFine Fire District – Board Oversight (2023M-81)
… audit of the Secretary-Treasurer’s accounting records. Hold required public hearings on the proposed 2022 and 2023 … records. Develop and adopt realistic budgets, hold public budget hearings, and develop and adopt written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/10/27/fine-fire-district-board-oversight-2023m-81Opinion 97-8
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (requirement that … be certified) CLAIMS -- Certification of (necessity for in city) LOCAL LAWS -- Claims (certification requirement) … HOME RULE LAW, §10(l)(ii)(a)(5): A city is not required by general State statute to accept only vouchers which have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-8