Local sales tax collections across New York grew 3.3 percent in the first six months of 2017, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Through June, local collections totaled $8 billion compared to $7.8 billion during the same period last year.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Morris-Eaton Central School District, Oriskany Central School District and the Vestal Central School District.
New York City projects a surplus of nearly $4.2 billion in FY 2017, the largest since FY 2008, but faces uncertainty with potential policy changes in Washington, as well as slowing growth in tax collections and job creation, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced agreements with several portfolio companies relating to lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and helping safeguard the New York Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) long-term investments. The agreements are part of DiNapoli’s broader strategy to protect and grow the Fund’s long-term value through sustainable investments and by seeking greater corporate efforts to meet the challenges of climate change.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued:
Upstate New York lags behind downstate New York and the nation in job growth since the Great Recession, according to a report examining upstate employment trends issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Since June 2009, total employment in upstate New York rose by 0.3 percent compared to 2.2 percent in the downstate region and 1.9 percent nationwide during the same time frame.
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), Eric Schneiderman, New York State Attorney General, and Thomas P. DiNapoli, the New York State Comptroller, today announced a $2,950,000 settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit against Beth Israel Medical Center d/b/a Mount Sinai Beth Israel (“Beth Israel”), St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center d/b/a Mount Sinai St.
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State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office approved 1,462 contracts valued at $1.72 billion and approved more than 1.7 million payments worth nearly $6.3 billion in July. His office also rejected 167 contracts and related transactions valued at $370 million and 1,183 payments valued at more than $5.1 million due to fraud, waste or other improprieties.
State tax collections totaled $24.2 billion over the first four months of the state fiscal year (SFY), a drop of $1.1 billion, or 4.4 percent, from the same period last year, according to the July state cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
Tax collections through July were $21.8 million over the Executive’s latest projections from earlier this month. However, collections are more than $500 million below initial projections, primarily due to lower than expected personal income tax (PIT) collections.
