State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the arrest of Jordan Green after an investigation and audit found that she paid herself thousands of dollars in unauthorized payroll payments. Green also had the town pay back her loans from the state’s retirement system while employed as the clerk to the supervisor for the Town of Minerva. The arrest is the result of DiNapoli's partnership with the New York State Police and Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1,352 contracts valued at $950 million and approved nearly 2 million payments worth nearly $8 billion in October. His office also rejected 145 contracts and related transactions valued at $390 million and nearly 1,100 payments valued at more than $1.9 million due to fraud, waste or other improprieties.

Aim High Children’s Services and the Hebrew Institute for the Deaf and Exceptional Children, two Brooklyn preschool special education providers, claimed nearly $1.4 million in taxpayer reimbursements for ineligible costs, according to audits released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

A pattern of poor budgeting led the Brentwood Union Free School District to accumulate excessive fund balance as well as reserve funds that surpassed board-approved amounts and have gone unused, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The audit also identified several personnel actions that ignored district policy, most notably in the search for a new superintendent.

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State tax collections totaled nearly $41.6 billion through October, a drop of $764.1 million, or 1.8 percent, from the same period last year, largely due to lagging personal income tax receipts, according to the state cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. However, tax collections of $4.7 billion in October were 13.8 percent higher than those of October 2015 due to large audit payments made under the bank tax as well as increased sales tax collections.

Despite cost control efforts and increased state financial assistance, the New York State Thruway Authority will continue to face fiscal challenges, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The Comptroller recommended the authority develop and implement a long term capital plan given that its current revenue structure may not be sufficient to cover ongoing and future capital needs.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Town of Burke, Town of Deerpark, City of Newburgh and Rockland County.

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