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Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program – Monitoring of Health and Safety Requirements
… compliance with applicable health and safety regulations is sufficient. Our audit scope included the period January 1, … are complying with health and safety requirements. There is a wide disparity in the way UPK providers are monitored … others are reviewed mainly for program curriculum. There is a lack of consistency in how school districts inspect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/20/universal-pre-kindergarten-program-monitoring-health-and-safety-requirementsCity of Dunkirk – Budget Review (B25-1-8)
… independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2026. Background Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2024, Part DD (the … bill which totaled more than $2.7 million in February 2026. Therefore, we estimate that the $5 million remaining … million in revenues received in the first three months of 2026 will not be sufficient to pay for the City’s monthly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2025/11/21/city-dunkirk-budget-review-b25-1-8State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… audits were issued. Town of Coxsackie – Supervisor’s Records and Reports (Greene County) The supervisor’s failure to maintain complete and … balances of the accounting records. Town of Alden – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (Erie County) The clerk did not properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Lax Oversight of Summer Jobs and After School Programs Provider Led to Contract Violations
… experiences and sports/recreation activities when school is not in session. Providers, such as Ridgewood, get up to … and COMPASS contracts. The daughter of a Ridgewood work site supervisor earned $10,236 as a COMPASS group leader. The … employed in COMPASS. Ensure the COMPASS selection process is fair and appropriate. Ensure that parents are not charged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/dinapoli-lax-oversight-summer-jobs-and-after-school-programs-provider-led-contract-violationsPhysical and Financial Conditions at Selected Mitchell-Lama Developments Located Outside New York City – Sunnyside Manor: Unauthorized Bank Account (Follow-Up)
… were built under the Program. Mitchell-Lama housing is owned by private companies and supervised by Homes and … or entity responsible for managing the developments. It is the responsibility of the owners to provide safe and … representatives are required to conduct yearly on-site assessments of the development’s physical condition as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/03/09/physical-and-financial-conditions-selected-mitchell-lama-developments-located-outside-new-0Local Sales Tax Collections Increased by 4.2 Percent in 2023
Overall growth moderates after increasing by double digits in the prior two years.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/2023-sales-tax-annual-report.pdfUncollected Penalties
… assessed over 31,000 penalties totaling more than $18.2 million. Of this amount, $10.4 million (57 percent) was collected, $2.2 million was waived and $3.9 million was written off as … Outstanding accounts routinely have no collection activity for two years or more and are often eventually deemed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/07/31/uncollected-penaltiesOpinion 91-40
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … duty. In Schampier v Office of General Services of the State of New York , 73 AD2d 1011, 424 NYS2d 57, affd 52 NY2d … for which he was entitled to compensation, although only 24 of those 31 days were also days on which he was scheduled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-40The Economic Impact of the Great Outdoors
… with a specific outdoor activity. These include bug spray, coolers, general outdoor clothing (such as sweatshirts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/economic-impact-great-outdoorsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… transparency and accountability for our local communities is a top priority,” said DiNapoli. “By auditing municipal … to provide taxpayers the assurance that their money is being spent appropriately and effectively.” Town of … authority finances are commingled to the extent that there is no clear division between the two entities. The water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0DiNapoli: Tax Collector Pleads Guilty After Faking Her Own Tax Payments
… Michelle Sheppard resigned her two public jobs and agreed to pay $4,303 in restitution for dodging her personal town … payments over several years. Sheppard pleaded guilty today to two counts of attempted tampering with public records, an … Sheppard thought her government job gave her the right to tinker with public records and delay her tax payments,” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-tax-collector-pleads-guilty-after-faking-her-own-tax-paymentsXII.6.O Paying Retainage – XII. Expenditures
… A VOUCHER TO WITHHOLD RETAINAGE The purchase order (i.e., contract encumbrance) should reflect the total contract liability amount, including the amount that will be … well as releasing those withheld throughout the contract period. Account Code Description 58951 Used when temporarily …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6o-paying-retainageOpinion 97-7
… by a county treasurer which were directed by court order to be deposited into the court and trust fund and which have … in Abandoned Property Law, §600 should be transferred to the Comptroller pursuant to article 6 of the Abandoned Property Law, even if the court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-7Controls and Accountability of Court, Trust and Bail Funds
… Purpose To determine if New York City Department of Finance … all moneys paid into the New York City courts be forwarded to the City's Department of Finance (Finance). These moneys … estates have no known heirs or no heirs able or willing to administer the estates), and other miscellaneous funds. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/16/controls-and-accountability-court-trust-and-bail-fundsNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Asks for Report on Due Diligence in Wake of Dakota Pipeline Controversy
… to omit the shareholder request from a vote at its annual meeting, which the SEC denied in February. The resolution will be presented and voted on at the company's annual general meeting on April 26 in Findlay, Ohio. The Fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-asks-report-due-diligence-wake-dakota-pipeline-controversyCapital Planning and Maintenance
… in tandem to advance the Authority’s mission, which is to create sound economic business development through the … the Public Authorities Reform Act of 2009, the Authority is also required to develop four-year capital spending plans. The Bridge is currently the Authority’s only profitable asset, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/08/capital-planning-and-maintenanceUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-333
… Law and the agreement between the Chief Administrative Judge and the Office of the State Comptroller, the total … year must equal: The statutory salary, provided the Judge or Justice serves the entire year at one salary; or The … adjustment in the final paycheck of the year provided the Judge or Justice’s statutory salary is not evenly divisible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-333-2023-year-end-adjustment-judges-and-justices-unified-courtTown of Homer – Conflict of Interest (2022M-148)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether any Town of Homer (Town) officials had prohibited interests in Town … Key Findings One Board member is the president and owner of a welding company which provided repair work to the Town, … $8,571, during our audit period. As president and owner of the welding company, the Board member had a prohibited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/12/23/town-homer-conflict-interest-2022m-148Village of Pittsford – Audit Follow-Up (2017M-51-F)
… - pdf ] Purpose of Audit The purpose of our review was to assess the Village’s progress, as of August 2020, in … The purpose of our review was to assess the Villages progress as of August 2020 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2021/02/12/village-pittsford-audit-follow-2017m-51-fControls Over Equipment
… period July 1, 2016 through August 7, 2018. Background H+H is a public benefit corporation created by the New York City … H+H, the largest public health care system in the nation, is a network of 22 facilities, including 11 acute care … tagged and the tag number recorded in FAM. When equipment is disposed of, information pertaining to that item is purged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/09/controls-over-equipment