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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… to be eligible for Medicaid during the 2021-22 school year, officials did not file for reimbursements. Also, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 863
… Purpose To inform agencies of a new process implemented by OSC to … that NYC wages are properly reported on the 2008 Form W-2 for all employees with a NYC residence. Control-D Report … that NYC wages are properly reported on the 2008 Form W2 for all employees with a NYC residenc …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/863-new-york-city-nyc-reportable-wagesXI.18.E Public Officers Law – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… State employees. CONTRACTING WITH FORMER NYS EMPLOYEES In accordance with Public Officers Law §73(8)(a) (POL 73), … and, if so, whether contracting with such individual will result in a potential conflict as defined in POL 73. However, … is a State employee. Public Officers Law, section 73 (4)(a) states that: [n]o statewide elected official, state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18e-public-officers-lawDiNapoli Finds Medicaid Billing Errors of Nearly $1 Billion
… that likely should have been provided by nursing homes as part of the daily all-inclusive rate paid to those …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-finds-medicaid-billing-errors-nearly-1-billionSUNY Bulletin No. SU-294
… Unit = 28 Salary Grade = 980 Pay Basis Code = BIW, FEE Payroll Status = Active or Leave With Pay Eligible employees … for Yonkers residents and 0.50% for Yonkers non-residents. Payroll Register and Employee’s Paycheck/Advice The … Earnings Code and the amount paid will be displayed on the Payroll Register. The appropriate Earnings Description and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-294-suny-recruitment-and-retention-payments-gsnu-employeesNew York's Prison Population Continues Decline, But Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… by half from March 2008 to March 2021, but the population of individuals aged 50 and above grew slightly, according to … Thomas P. DiNapoli. No age segment under the age of 50 showed an increase. The number of older incarcerated individuals has grown from 7,511 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/new-yorks-prison-population-continues-decline-share-older-adults-keeps-risingHealth, Safety, and Accessibility in District 75 Schools
… Objective To determine whether the New York City (NYC) Department of Education (DOE) is providing a safe and … Education Department, Regulations of the Chancellor of the NYC Department of Education, and the NYC Health Code govern these requirements. Several DOE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/04/12/health-safety-and-accessibility-district-75-schoolsDiNapoli Moves State Pension Fund Toward Net Zero Target, Restricts Investments in Oil Sands Companies
… investments that face significant climate risk. Last year, DiNapoli’s review of coal companies led to the Fund’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/dinapoli-moves-state-pension-fund-toward-net-zero-target-restricts-investments-oil-sands-companiesControls Over Revocable Consents
… fees for revocable consents; whether DOT is ensuring that all structures meet the standards required by the Rules of … City of New York; and whether DOT is monitoring to ensure all structures requiring a revocable consent have one in place. Our audit covered the period from July 1, 2016 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/23/controls-over-revocable-consentsDiNapoli Op-Ed in Democrat & Chronicle Calls for Swift Action to Address Growing Food Insecurity
… times, but food insecurity is an urgent need we can and must address right now. Let’s feed our children, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-op-ed-democrat-chronicle-calls-swift-action-address-growing-food-insecuritySUNY Bulletin No. SU-302
… income taxes. Federal, State, and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the Aggregate method. Yonkers income tax withholding will be calculated using the Flat Rate method. Yonkers Flat Rate withholding is 1.61135% for Yonkers residents and 0.50% for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-302-suny-recruitment-and-retention-payments-gsnu-employeesDiNapoli: Statewide Local Sales Tax Collections Declined 10 Percent in 2020
… eating places,” “traveler accommodation,” and “clothing stores” industry groups each experienced steep decreases in … in other industry groups, such as “beer, wine, and liquor stores” and “other information services.” This was especially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-statewide-local-sales-tax-collections-declined-10-percent-2020Opinion 95-31
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation … pursuant to General Municipal Law, §207-m. This is in response to your letter concerning the starting salary of … salary increases, the police chief may decline to receive all or part of these increases (see 1991 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-31Opinion 90-64
… -- Procedural Requirements (referendum requirements) BONDS AND NOTES -- Referendum Requirements (bond resolution for … are neither permitted nor required by statute are improper and without effect (see, e.g., 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-70, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-64Opinion 90-63
… -- Appropriations and Expenditures (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations … library workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Practices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees
… The total fine amount was $30.41 million, of which $16.98 million was collected. Inaccurate information written … of uncollected summons fines and fees because their 20-year limit had been reached. Key Recommendations Ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/11/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-feesOpinion 93-6
… the procedures set forth in that section must be complied with in connection with such a contract. Accordingly, in our opinion, a town and … Opn No. I 89-26 has concluded that a village may contract with a town, pursuant to article 5-G, for the village to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-6Opinion 99-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE -- Taxes (Exempt … to designated charitable organization as memorial in honor of deceased firefighter) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, … family of a deceased volunteer firefighter, as a memorial in honor of the deceased firefighter, made for the purpose of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-3Opinion 93-27
… of county sales tax in cash, the town may not use its share to reduce townwide taxes in the area of the town … administration of sales tax is not a matter within a town's home rule authority (see Municipal Home Rule Law, … the provisions of section 1262 to provide that the town's cash share of county sales tax be used to reduce townwide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 2007-7
… discussed in the opinion. [Edited for Publication] PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits … LAW §§ 34, 334: In reporting “days worked” of an elected official for purposes of 2 NYCRR 315, an employer may record … duties of the office and the need to be available to the public. Such activities may take the form of responding to an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-7