New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued.

Akron Central School District – Financial Management (Erie County)

The district reported unrestricted fund balance that exceeded the statutory limit from 2014-15 through 2016-17 by an annual average of approximately $860,000. Unrestricted fund balance exceeded the statutory limit because the board and district officials consistently overestimated appropriations.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued.

In December, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,733 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $9.7 billion and approved more than 1.7 million payments worth more than $10.9 billion. The office rejected 147 contracts and related transactions valued at $190 million and nearly 2,200 payments valued at more than $9.4 million, primarily due to errors, improprieties or lack of documentation. More information on these contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com.

Local sales tax collections continued to climb in 2018, growing for the third year in a row, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Collections across the state of $17.5 billion grew by $872 million, or 5.3 percent.

Twenty-six school districts have been designated as fiscally stressed under New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. Although the same number of districts were designated in fiscal stress last year, many of the entities in this year’s list have changed. Only 12 were designated as stressed in both 2018 and 2017.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following municipal audits have been issued.

Town of Freetown – Records and Reports (Cortland County)

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school audits have been issued.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the following school audits have been issued.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the following local government audits have been completed.

Town of Amity – Town Clerk (Allegany County)

Auditors reviewed 184 tax payments totaling $237,500 and found they were recorded properly and deposited intact but were not always remitted to the appropriate parties in a timely manner.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that he has called on 49 of the largest U.S. companies, including Apple, McDonald’s, Nike and Twentieth Century Fox, to report on their inclusion of people with disabilities across the enterprise.