State tax collections totaled $67.3 billion through Feb. 28, a decline of $481 million or 0.7 percent from the same period last year, according to the state cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Year to date tax collections were $103 million higher than the latest projections included in the Third Quarter Update to the Financial Plan released with the Executive Budget on Feb. 23.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1,558 contracts valued at $4.44 billion and approved nearly 4 million payments worth more than $10.5 billion in February. His office also rejected 168 contracts and related transactions valued at $1.85 billion and nearly 3,000 payments valued at more than $6 million due to fraud, waste or other improprieties.
"Martin McGuinness was a hero of the peace process and the cause for reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants. It was through his transformative leadership, and through the efforts of the men and women of Northern Ireland, that peace was realized at long last. Northern Ireland today is a symbol of hope for people in conflict throughout the world, hope for the peace and justice that can be achieved when people decide to work together. That hope is Martin McGuinness’ legacy."
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Ballston Lake Fire District, Town of Barker, Town of Genesee, Town of Hempstead Sanitary District No.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1,739 contracts valued at $3.25 billion and approved 4.3 million payments worth $10.4 billion in February. His office also rejected 232 contracts and related transactions valued at $2.65 billion and approximately 6,500 payments valued at $11.9 million due to fraud, waste or other improprieties.
Officials with the Village of Fairport Industrial Development Agency (FIDA) made a series of financial and accounting transactions outside their legal authority, including granting $1 million worth of inappropriate gifts and commercial loans, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. An audit of the Fairport Urban Renewal Agency (FURA) was also released today citing similar issues.
New York state is on target to reach year-end revenue projections with collections of $67.8 billion in taxes through the first 11 months of the fiscal year, an increase of 6.3 percent, or $4 billion, from the same period a year ago, according to the monthly state cash report issued today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
March tax collections only have to grow less than one-percent to $7.3 billion for receipts to hit the Division of the Budget’s (DOB) projections, which is expected.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Alexandria Central School District, Lyons Central School District, Pearl River Union Free School District and the Valhalla Union Free School District.
"The President’s budget blueprint threatens funding for vital services including housing assistance, environmental protection, anti-poverty programs and more. It provides little specific information regarding the impact of broadly proposed cuts, but it is clear this budget will hurt New Yorkers. I urge the Administration to provide the details as soon as possible so New Yorkers and all Americans can have a clear understanding of the ramifications if these proposals become law."
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the unsealing of a one-count indictment charging Jimmie Buie, a resident of Brooklyn, with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony. Jimmie Buie is alleged to have stolen over $23,000 in pension benefits issued by the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System to his deceased mother, Sandra Buie, between May 2011 and December 2012.
