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Auditors Find Safety Hazards at Pre-K Facilities in New York City
… toxic cleaning supplies and peeling paint, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … “New York City is leading the way in providing access to Universal Pre-K programs, but some providers have health and safety hazards in their facilities that need to be fixed immediately,” DiNapoli said. “Young children …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/auditors-find-safety-hazards-pre-k-facilities-new-york-cityDiNapoli: Audit Finds More Than $16 Million in Medicaid Cost Savings
… whose expenses could have been covered by the federal Medicare program, according to an audit released today by … stay alive. Medicaid recipients with ESRD are eligible for Medicare coverage if they receive regular dialysis treatments … When Medicaid recipients with ESRD are also enrolled in Medicare, Medicare becomes the primary insurer. As a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-more-16-million-medicaid-cost-savingsDiNapoli Releases Analysis of State Financial Plan, Warns of Federal Risks
… state's fiscal outlook is clouded because of uncertainty in Washington, falling revenues, and fiscal practices that … estimates state tax receipts will increase by 4.8 percent in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2017-18, below the 6.1 percent projected in February. Personal income tax receipts in the first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-releases-analysis-state-financial-plan-warns-federal-risksDiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… There are 25 local governments in fiscal stress, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … towns and one village. Ten of those municipalities are in the highest ranking designation of “significant fiscal stress.” “Nearly six million New Yorkers are living in a community struggling with fiscal stress. My Fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2018 through Sept. 30, 2018 (2018-S-13) Auditors identified over $134 million in … City Transit: Maintenance and Inspection of Event Recorder Units (2018-S-19) Auditors found train car inspections were … Manual (2018-S-47) For the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2016, auditors identified $232,606 in reported costs that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Health Departments Need to Clean Up Act on Food Safety
… ensure compliance with the sanitary code and investigating complaints and reports of foodborne illness. The departments … at risk. Additionally, auditors found error-prone reporting and problems transmitting data from health … also found regional offices inconsistently utilize the reporting functions within DOH’s Environmental Health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-health-departments-need-clean-act-food-safetyState Contract and Payment Actions in January
… of Civil Service $18.7 billion with Caremark PCS Health, LLC for pharmacy benefits for state employees. State … $9.9 million to New York City for citywide bicycle network development. $3.9 million with Slate Hill … for the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) Mental Health & Substance Abuse Program. Empire State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-januaryDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Revised Executive Budget
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. Still, larger-than-expected declines in current fiscal year tax collections leave uncertainty that … monetary settlement funds into the Rainy Day Reserve Fund in the current and next fiscal years with the caveat “if … fiscal year before declining by approximately $1.5 billion in the coming year and by more than $2.5 billion in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/dinapoli-releases-analysis-revised-executive-budgetDiNapoli: Better Oversight Needed for Youth Jobs Programs
… 15 criteria, such as living in public housing or being in foster care. For the period January 2014 to July 2018, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-better-oversight-needed-youth-jobs-programsJune 2002: Advance Refunding Bonds
… Issued To: School District and BOCES Business Officials Purpose of … Bulletin This bulletin explains the reporting requirements for advance refunding bonds. Many school districts are … refunding bonds this year because the state is changing how it calculates and pays building aid. Building aid, rather …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/june-2002-advance-refunding-bondsDiNapoli: New Yorkers Deserve a Transparent Hiring Process When Artificial Intelligence Is Used To Vet Their Job Applications
… New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is falling short in … intelligence (AI) in employment decisions, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit … New York Citys Department of Consumer and Worker Protection DCWP is falling short in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/12/dinapoli-new-yorkers-deserve-transparent-hiring-process-when-artificial-intelligence-used-vet-theirDiNapoli: Audit Finds False Elevator Inspections, Safety Hazards Overlooked
… the audit sample). Violations were missed or overlooked in 11 of the 12 elevators in the sample. Three non-DOB … terminated by his company for unprofessionalism. 6,741 (11 percent) of the 63,314 annual elevator inspections DOB … authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions and commonly requested …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-false-elevator-inspections-safety-hazards-overlookedDiNapoli Recommends Ways For LIRR To Get Back On Track
… by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "There is no question that LIRR has some tough challenges to … regular ridership). Among its findings: LIRR did not have a plan for 5 of the 11 events examined, including two rail … LIRR Guideline does not discuss these type of events, or how to provide service when they occur. Of the remaining six …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-recommends-ways-lirr-get-back-trackState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… announced his office completed audits of the Amherst Central School District , Friendship Central School District … and charter school finances and operations to ensure money is being spent appropriately and effectively. The … require district officials to properly document compliance when they sought competition. Furthermore, the policy did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued. State Education Department: The Network for Children's Speech, Occupational & Physical … York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Contamination of New York's Waterways From Combined Sewer Overflows Remains a Challenge
… a river, stream, lake or shoreline unfit for swimming or fishing, and can also impact drinking water supplies. Across … Infrastructure Act of 2017 authorized an investment of $2.5 billion in clean water and drinking water infrastructure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/dinapoli-contamination-new-yorks-waterways-combined-sewer-overflows-remains-challengeOpinion 99-4
… are authorized generally to "convey" unneeded real property (see, e.g., County Law, §215[5,6]; Town Law, … corporations and fire districts to make gifts of unneeded real property to another municipal corporation or fire … p 1; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-22, p 37, gift of municipal money to an IDA; 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-342, p 434; 1982 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4Opinion 2024-1
… over 13,000 service connections. 5 Recent water quality testing conducted by the City has found dangerous lead levels … in the installation or repair of public water systems or residential plumbing providing drinking water that was not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2024-1Opinion 92-5
… use is public in nature, it may not be accomplished in violation of article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. … , 76 AD2d 392, 430 NYS2d 847). Accordingly, there is no violation of article VIII, §1 if municipal or school district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5Opinion 92-42
… v Warren County Board of Supervisors , 179 AD2d 118, 581 NYS2d 885; Murphy v Erie County , 28 NY2d 80, 320 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42