The chairman of the Wallkill Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners was charged this morning with stealing nearly $240,000 in a scam that spanned three years, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright announced. Michael Denardo, 38, of Wallkill, is accused of conning a board member into signing blank checks which he later cashed for personal use. He was arraigned this morning in Shawangunk Town Court.

Staff from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office will attend community events around the state this month to help residents search for lost and forgotten money, also known as unclaimed funds. DiNapoli oversees 31 million unclaimed funds accounts until the money can be returned to its rightful owners.

“I encourage everyone to come out to the community events to search for money that may be waiting for you,” DiNapoli said. “We return more than a million dollars a day to residents across the state, but we want to do more. It’s your money, we want to give it back.”

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed an audit of the Hamlin Fire Department, Islip Terrace Fire District, Town of Minden and the Village of Owego.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of Thomas Capuano, the former Commissioner of the Department of Public Works (DPW) of the city of Rensselaer, for his role in teaming with two DPW employees to divert $46,000 from the city by pocketing the cash from scrap metals acquired as part of their jobs with the city.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office will conduct a training session in cooperation with Ulster County Executive Michael P. Hein, on financial safeguards for fire districts in Ulster County. 

“Fire district officials can benefit from this training to help them protect their assets by tightening their internal controls and strengthening checks and balances,” DiNapoli said. “Prevention is the best way to protect public funds.”

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the $183.5 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), on Wednesday sent letters to 14 companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., Hess Corp. and CSX Corp., seeking information about measures the businesses are taking in response to the increasing number of serious accidents involving trains shipping petroleum.

New York City is projecting a surplus of $3 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2015 and a balanced budget for FY 2016 with relatively small gaps in the following three years, according to a review of the city’s updated financial plan released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

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A Buffalo City School District technician was sentenced today for claiming simultaneous work hours at two public school districts, according to an audit and investigation released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The state’s Office for People with Developmental Disabilities’ Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Service Office (DDSO) skirted state procurement laws for more than 1,400 purchases worth more than $1 million, gave one vendor an unfair advantage in obtaining the state’s business and overpaid for hundreds of household items, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.