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Selected Controls Over the Property Tax Assessment Process (Follow-Up)
… not implemented. 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/2020/01/06/selected-controls-over-property-tax-assessment-process-followRailroad Bridge Inspection Program
… due during our audit period were not submitted, 43 were late and many were also incomplete. The Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/09/railroad-bridge-inspection-programDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Will Vote Against Board Members at Corporations With No Women Directors
… the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund) plans to vote against all board directors standing for re-election at companies that have no women on their boards. In situations where a company has just … also announced agreements with four Fortune 500 companies to formally include gender and racial diversity in their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-will-vote-against-board-members-corporations-no-women-directorsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1886
… of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions on how to update a Tier 6 employee’s Retirement Plan page due … wage. Once a Tier 6 member has reached three years of membership, his or her contribution rate is based on annual … 4.5% $75,000.01 to $100,000.00 5.75% $100,000.01 and Greater 6% The Benefit Plans and the narrative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1886-two-year-look-back-tier-6-voluntary-defined-contribution-program-vdcComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… websites although it is prohibited by district policy. In addition, district officials did not provide Information … because the district generated operating surpluses in three of those years. After adding back the appropriated … two were not used as intended and appear to be overfunded. Shelter Island Union Free School District – Fund Balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… not structurally balanced. The board used fund balance to finance operations. This resulted in the four main operating funds’ combined unrestricted fund balance to decline 65% from $1,165,418 as of Jan. 1, 2018 to $403,003 … current financial condition. Auditors also found officials have not adopted a fund balance policy, multiyear financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsBorrowing Against Your Contributions – Article 14 Benefits
… limits. You have a loan with a deferred compensation (457) or tax-sheltered annuity (403-b) plan through your current employer that causes your loan to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1644/borrowing-against-your-contributionsFarmland Protection Program
… production. The Department of Agriculture and Market's (AGM) Division of Land and Water administers grant funding for … activities. Although not set statutorily, in 2014 AGM established a maximum award amount of $2 million per application for grants. AGM establishes specific criteria in each Request for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/02/farmland-protection-programDiNapoli: SED Oversight of Career Training Programs Falling Short
… enrollment in certain CTE programs exceeds the number of open positions in the related job market. For … meet educational requirements while also accommodating CTE courses. The majority of locations (78 percent) visited said …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-sed-oversight-career-training-programs-falling-shortCost-Saving Ideas: Containing Employee Health Insurance Costs
… the practices below and determine whether they can achieve cost savings and still provide the right coverage for your … you save money by paying an amount that’s less than the cost of premiums, and employees increase their take-home pay. … a third-party administrator to manage it. This can be very cost-effective if you have employees with relatively good …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-containing-employee-health-insurance-costsDiNapoli: MTA's Plan to Pull Trash Cans Didn't Make Stations Cleaner
… October 2011 The MTA first removed trash cans from the 8th Street station on the R line and at Flushing-Main Street on the 7 line in Oct. 2011 and evaluated the impact … collect when there were no garbage cans. At Flushing Main Street workers collected 13 trash bags each day, down from 39 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mtas-plan-pull-trash-cans-didnt-make-stations-cleanerOpinion 98-10
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Pre-emption (funding town highway functions) -- … No. 73-912, unreported; see Memorandum of the Office for Local Government, L 1962, ch 561, McKinney's Session Laws of … a fundamental limitation on home rule powers ( Albany Area Builders v Town of Guilderland , 74 NY2d 372, 547 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-10Payroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-008.1
… from the upgrade of the PayServ system to PeopleSoft version 9.2. Affected Employees: All PayServ users are … the State Comptroller is upgrading PayServ to PeopleSoft version 9.2 with an expected Go Live date of February 15, … Changes: User Interface The look and feel of PeopleSoft version 9.2 is slightly different from the existing 9.1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-0081-what-changing-payserv-version-92DiNapoli Applauds as Exxon Finally Agrees to Protect LGBT Rights
… a momentous occasion that calls for celebration. Exxon's refusal to heed investors' and advocates' calls to uphold …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-applauds-exxon-finally-agrees-protect-lgbt-rightsSuspicious and Fraudulent Medicaid Payments to Affiliated Brooklyn Dentists (Follow-Up)
… provides a wide range of health care services, including dental services, to individuals who are economically … pattern was highly unusual. Lawrence Bruckner operated two office locations in Brooklyn, NY. Other dentists who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/30/suspicious-and-fraudulent-medicaid-payments-affiliated-brooklyn-dentists-followMedicaid Program – Appropriateness of Payments to Transportation Management Contractors and Providers
… of Health (Department) made improper Medicaid payments for transportation services. The audit covered the period … to provide transportation to medically necessary services for those recipients who are unable to obtain transportation … and transferring these services to the Medicaid fee-for-service program (in which Medicaid reimburses providers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/15/medicaid-program-appropriateness-payments-transportation-management-contractors-andFederal Funds to New York City: Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies
Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), which amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), distributes federal funding to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/federal-funds-to-nyc-title-I-grants-to-local-educational-agencies.pdfDiNapoli Releases Analysis of 2022-23 Enacted State Budget
… Historic federal aid and better-than-expected revenues allowed for a … uncertainty worldwide. As new economic risks emerge and federal funding is spent down, sustaining large new recurring … Revenues in SFY 2021-22 were bolstered by substantial federal aid and tax collections that rebounded sharply, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-releases-analysis-2022-23-enacted-state-budgetDiNapoli: Monster Beverage Needs To Diversify Board
… Monster Beverage Corporation calling on the company to report on plans to increase gender and racial diversity on … in their search process.” The Fund’s request for a report on plans to increase diversity, which was also filed … Monster Beverage Corporation calling on the company to report on plans to increase gender and racial diversity on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-monster-beverage-needs-diversify-boardMTA Makes Progress Funding Capital Programs But Faces Risks From Federal Actions
… this, $31.5 billion, will come from the state’s expanded payroll mobility tax on larger employers in the region, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/mta-makes-progress-funding-capital-programs-faces-risks-federal-actions