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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… report or implement needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in potable water outlets as required by state law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Value $194.3 Billion
… early outbreak of the pandemic in the United States with a value of $194.3 billion. Globally, assets swiftly recovered … employees, retirees and their beneficiaries. The Fund's value reflects retirement and death benefits of $13.25 … expected rate of return is 6.8 percent. The Fund’s value and rate of return in prior years is available online: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-value-1943-billionDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Step Up Enforcement of Patient Safety Violations
… Health (DOH) has failed to hold accountable certain health care providers including hospitals, nursing homes and individual nurses, for patient safety violations and use its power under the law to … Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Lisa’s Law was created to make health care in New York safer and give patients the knowledge they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-doh-needs-step-enforcement-patient-safety-violationsDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities
… 28 and July 31. DiNapoli’s office evaluated the fiscal health of 519 villages, which predominantly have a fiscal year ending on May 31, based on self-reported data for 2022. The scores also cover the 17 cities with … List Complete List of Fiscal Stress Scores Data Files FSMS Search Tool Tool Track state and local government spending at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-citiesTown of Steuben – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-25-39)
… agreed with our recommendations and their response is included in Appendix B. We conducted this audit pursuant … to our brochure, Responding to an OSC Audit Report , which you received with the draft audit report. We encourage the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2026/05/01/town-steuben-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-25-39DiNapoli: NYC Budget Is Balanced but Risks Loom As Fiscal and Economic Concerns Grow
… New York City’s adopted $119.7 billion fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget is … revenues and savings from the lower cost of services for asylum seekers,” DiNapoli said. “Employment … spending growth, given the systemic restructuring of federal fiscal policy underway and the risk of its lasting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/dinapoli-nyc-budget-balanced-risks-loom-fiscal-and-economic-concerns-growFinancial Reporting and Asset Allocation
… of New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) management and investments. Monthly Disclosure of Investments & … Monthly reports disclose in detail investments and transactions, hiring fund managers, and the involvement of placement agents. 2026 April | March | …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/resources/financial-reporting-and-asset-allocationDiNapoli: Wall Street Bonus Pool Reaches Record High of $47.5 Billion in 2024
… in Midtown and purchased another nearby building (250 Park Ave) to add to its portfolio. Twenty-one other major …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-wall-street-bonus-pool-reaches-record-high-475-billion-2024Village of Whitehall – Records and Reports (2026M-9)
… The Village’s accounting records included three operating funds during the audit period: general, water and sewer. The … liability accounts among the Village’s three operating funds and capital projects fund as of May 31, 2025, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2026/06/12/village-whitehall-records-and-reports-2026m-9Opinion 2000-6
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding length of service … FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (use of foreign fire insurance taxes to fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§218, 219, 219-a; INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Foreign fire insurance tax monies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6New York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… BLS add to the picture. Total wages in accommodation and food services fell by $3.5 billion, a drop of nearly 60 … in the State “sometimes or often” did not have enough to eat, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse … that they sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat. 20% of Hispanic/Latino households reported that they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-december-16-2020DiNapoli: 90 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
… Ninety school districts, more than 13 percent of districts … Stress Monitoring System. DiNapoli’s office evaluated 672 school districts with fiscal years ending on June 30, 2014. … office has assessed and scored the financial stability of school districts. The second round of scoring designated 10 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-90-school-districts-fiscal-stressDiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… and formally estimate project costs funded by Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) revenue, according to an audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraDiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Upstate Woman for Theft of over $67K in NYS Pension Benefits, $19K Welfare Fraud
… to documents filed with the court today, Banack’s father, Anthony Banack, was a New York State pensioner who retired in 1991. At the time of his retirement, Anthony Banack selected to receive his pension as a Pop Up … to his wife, Rosemary Banack, at the time of his death. Anthony Banack died in 2004, and Rosemary Banack ultimately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-upstate-woman-theft-over-67k-nys-pension-benefits-19kDiNapoli Proposes Option to Help State & Local Governments Pay for Retiree Health Care
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced legislation to create an optional investment pool to help the state and local governments fund retiree health insurance and other post employment benefits (OPEB). … Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced legislation to create an optional investment pool to help the state and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-proposes-option-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-careOpinion 88-59
… our opinion that the village should act promptly to fill a vacancy in the position of acting village justice. With … the salary fixed for the acting justice when there is a vacancy in the acting justice position, it is our opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59Opinion 92-47
… provisions relative to surcharges for enhanced emergency telephone systems. Section 307 of the County Law provides … shall accrue to and become a part of such fund; Local Finance Law, §165.00[b][3], restricting the use of interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-47Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… (2014M-121) Auditors found that the county overpaid $18,724 to employees for time not worked, or for leave time … independent verification and oversight. Town of Eagle – Wind Power Revenues (Wyoming County) The town’s use of wind power revenues was reasonable. However, the board did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1XII.8.G Payment Methods – XII. Expenditures
… ACH payments are electronic payments made from the State’s bank to the vendor’s bank within two business days after OSC approves the payment in accordance … is complete. Agencies can check the M-161 extract or open the voucher in SFS to confirm the payment wire was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8g-payment-methodsNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses and Profits Up Slightly in 2019, but Facing Sharp Fall in 2020
… sector employment. DiNapoli estimates that nearly 1 in 10 jobs in the city are either directly or indirectly associated … assumed that statewide bonuses for the broader finance and insurance sector would decline by 1.7 percent in SFY 2020 … three-quarters of the statewide bonus pool for finance and insurance, state tax collections from bonuses are likely to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-wall-street-bonuses-and-profits-slightly-2019-facing-sharp-fall