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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… 2017-18 through 2021-22 (excluding 2018-19) by an average of $4.1 million, totaling $16.5 million. In addition, the … district appropriated fund balance at an annual average of $2.9 million from 2017-18 through 2021-22 while it had an operating surplus in each of those years averaging $1.1 million. As a result, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-274
… Education Department and SUNY employees who are members of the ORP Background On March 16, 2012, the Governor signed … annual wage. Once a Tier 6 member has reached three years of membership, his or her contribution rate is based on … to change the Benefit Plan based on the agency’s review of the “two-year look back” salary. Public query …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-274-two-year-look-back-tier-6-suny-optional-retirement-planState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… transportation aid. As a result, the district was at risk of losing aid totaling $391,494. However, once auditors informed officials of this risk, the school business manager promptly filed … care students enrolled at the district. As a result, as of June 30, 2023, officials had not billed $95,210 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0XII.7.C Reprocessing an OSC Denied Voucher – XII. Expenditures
… a voucher that has been rejected by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), the Business Unit should address all of the reasons the voucher was rejected. Process and Document … in Section 5 - Agency Payment Preparation and Submittal of this Chapter. ONLINE BUSINESS UNITS When denying a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii7c-reprocessing-osc-denied-voucherState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… payments and did not ensure an independent review of separation payment calculations was performed. Therefore, … undetected and resulted in erroneous and missed payments. Of the 41 employees reviewed, 14 separation payments totaling … employees’ separation payments were overpaid by a total of $3,770 and three other employees’ separation payments were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsEarly Retirement – Article 14 Benefits
… With 20 years of service credit, you can apply for early retirement regardless of your age. The early retirement benefit equals 42 percent of your FAS for 20 years of service credit plus an additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1644/early-retirementCUNY Bulletin No. CU-296
… 28, 2007. Affected Employees CUNY employees in the title of Painter and Supervisor Painter Effective Date(s) Rate … the agency must submit the following requests regardless of the employee’s status: For all rate increases, request a Pay Change with the Action/Reason of Pay Rate Chg/CRT (Pay Rate Change/Change Rate) on the Job …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-296-retroactive-salary-rate-increases-painters-and-supervisorDiNapoli Audit Finds Fixes Needed in NYC High School Matching Process
… required placement policies, which set how certain groups of students should be prioritized. “Thousands of New York City students rely on a fair and transparent … lottery number. The audit reviewed selected aspects of NYC’s high school admissions process from the 2018–2019 to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-audit-finds-fixes-needed-nyc-high-school-matching-processSelected Employee Travel Expenses
… the control of agency management, include lodging, meals, car rentals, transportation, fuel, and incidental costs such … was expended to replenish E-ZPass accounts, while $11,059 was expended for car rental and other charges. Most of the Fleet Manager's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/02/25/selected-employee-travel-expensesDiNapoli: Tax Cap Will Drop Below One Percent in 2016
… choices may be required on staffing levels, delivery of services, fund balance reductions, and deferral of capital and infrastructure projects. And if inflation … beginning in 2012, limits tax levy increases to the lesser of the rate of inflation or 2 percent with some exceptions, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-will-drop-below-one-percent-2016State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… officials did not ensure IT policies were up-to-date with current technology changes. User accounts were not … benefits that he otherwise would not have been eligible for based on the collective bargaining agreement. Wyoming … procurement policy. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal spending, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsDiNapoli: State Agencies Persistently Late with Not-For-Profits Contracts
… found 50 percent of the contracts in 2019 between Not-for-Profit (NFP) organizations and the state were not … showed that no progress has been made in the past year, with the percentage of late contracts increasing slightly … failure of state agencies to process contracts on time is unacceptable and harms service providers in fields like …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/06/dinapoli-state-agencies-persistently-late-not-profits-contractsDiNapoli and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Op-Ed: New York Mothers Should Not Be Dying in Childbirth in 2025
… The death rate here is more than 2.5 times the rates of France and Canada and 3.5 times that of the United Kingdom. This crisis has also deeply affected … women in New York City are dying at six times the rate of white women, and Hispanic women are dying at three times …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-and-brooklyn-borough-president-antonio-reynoso-op-ed-new-york-mothers-should-not-be-dyingDiNapoli: SUNY Campuses Need to Focus on Tuition Paid by Out-Of-State Graduate Students
… The State University of New York (SUNY) needs to make sure its campuses are … so that only eligible students receive the benefit of a lower tuition, according to an audit by Comptroller … found that many campuses had little or no verification of residency for SUNY graduate students, resulting in tuition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-suny-campuses-need-focus-tuition-paid-out-state-graduate-studentsAccounts Payable Advisory No. 13
… vouchers should contact the SFS Help Desk for assistance: phone 518-457-7737 (toll-free 877-737-4185), e-mail …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/13-voucher-matching-process-required-sfsDiNapoli: New Yorkers’ Debt on the Rise
… The average household debt in New York climbed to a new high of … at the end of 2021. While New Yorkers trail the national average debt burden ($55,810), student loan and credit card debt per capita were well above the national average, with student loan balances 335% higher than they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-new-yorkers-debt-riseDiNapoli: State Medicaid Program Made More Than $100 Million in Duplicate Payments
… payments for a long time,“ DiNapoli said. “The Department of Health needs to do a better job coordinating with all … local government-funded program that provides a wide range of medical services to people who are economically … disadvantaged or have special health care needs. Many of the state’s Medicaid recipients receive their services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/dinapoli-state-medicaid-program-made-more-100-million-duplicate-paymentsCity of Long Beach – Financial Condition and Cash Receipts from Recreational Activities (2013M-48)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the City’s financial condition … July 1, 2010, to April 30, 2012. Background The City of Long Beach, located in Nassau County, has a population of … City of Long Beach Financial Condition and Cash Receipts from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/07/11/city-long-beach-financial-condition-and-cash-receipts-recreational-activities-2013mOpinion 88-35
… computer software constitutes the purchase of a commodity for competitive bidding purposes and does not fall within the … advisable to seek competition through the use of requests for proposals or, where appropriate, a less formal method, to … consultant would assist the city in preparing a request for proposals (RFP). The consultant would also assist the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-35State Agencies Bulletin No. 1097
… for all transactions, agencies must process salary changes in the payroll system as timely as possible. Due to the … before submitting these transactions. The procedures in this Bulletin supersede Payroll Bulletin No. 235 which was … Salary increases for unallocated positions* Changes in percentage of time worked Transactions in this category …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1097-retroactive-transactions-executive-branch-agencies