New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Town of Lockport, Town of Ontario, Town of Preston and Town of Thompson.

New York's Mohawk Valley region faces economic challenges and population losses, but job increases in health care and some manufacturing sectors, and efforts to revitalize downtown districts are positive developments, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced the arrest of Rochelle Rose for grand larceny in the second degree after she allegedly pocketed her deceased mother's pension totaling $60,285 to pay cellphone bills, a car loan, insurance and utility bills.

Property tax levy growth for local governments with fiscal years that close on Dec. 31 will be capped at 2 percent for the 2019 fiscal year, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This figure affects the tax cap calculations for all counties, towns, fire districts, 44 cities and 10 villages.

The amount of unpaid tolls has risen since the expansion of cashless tolling by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) and it is likely to increase. Even when uncollected tolls can be billed, law firms hired to collect outstanding tolls and fees have not been effective, an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced a tentative schedule for the planned bond sales for the state, New York City and their major public authorities during the third quarter of 2018.

The planned sales of $9.05 billion include $5.45 billion of new money and $3.6 billion of refundings as follows:

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced that ROBERT M. GARCIA, the former president and chief of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department in Briarcliff Manor, New York (BMFD), pled guilty to embezzlement of more than $120,000 from the BMFD. GARCIA pled guilty in White Plains federal court before U.S.

A former New York state corrections officer and his wife were arrested Friday for allegedly giving false pay stubs to "boost" their family income to qualify for mortgage loans from KeyBank and Citizens Bank, according to an investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the New York State Police and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's Office of Special Investigations (DOCCS).

The state's fiscal year (SFY) 2018-19 Enacted Budget Financial Plan projects that spending will outpace revenues over the next three years with potential cumulative gaps totaling $17.9 billion, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released the following statement today after the United State Supreme Court ruled on the Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees case.

"Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision overriding 40 years of legal precedent is just plain wrong.