New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Town of Geneseo, Monticello Joint Fire District and the Town of Orchard Park.

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Over the past three years, Governor Cuomo and the Legislature have done much to put New York state on better fiscal footing, reduce the structural budget imbalance and hold the line on spending. With today’s budget proposal, Governor Cuomo has provided a good starting point to continue the progress made.

Still, there is much work to be done. The challenge for the state is to align spending with revenue while still meeting the critical needs of New Yorkers and local communities. Funding for these initiatives is contingent on the strength of the economy and federal assistance.

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

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli along with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the jury conviction of New York City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Queens) following an eleven-day trial that resulted in a guilty verdict on five of six counts related to Will's theft of approximately $30,000 in public campaign funds and state grant money. The jury found Wills guilty of one count of a scheme to defraud in the 1st degree, two counts of grand larceny in the 3rd degree, and two counts of filing a false instrument in the 1st degree.

The state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) could not show that caseworkers contacted children in foster care within the first 30 days of their placement and lacked documentation proving children were placed in foster homes that met program certifications, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced today that, John Aber, 49, of Staten Island, pleaded guilty before Orange County Court Judge Robert H. Freehill, to grand larceny in the fourth degree, for having stolen money while he was the comptroller of the city of Newburgh. At the time he pleaded guilty, Aber admitted that between August 2013 and December 2016, he used his position as city comptroller to steal money collected from boat-launch fees in the city of Newburgh.

New York state's Medicaid system could have saved up to $13.6 million it spent on patients with severe kidney disease whose expenses could have been covered by the federal Medicare program, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors also found another $3 million in cost savings. About $1.8 million of the overpayments were recovered before the close of the audit as a result of actions taken by DiNapoli's auditors.

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State tax collections totaled $18.6 billion in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, $1.2 billion less than the same period last year and $315.7 million below projections, according to the state cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.