DePeyster Town Clerk Michelle Sheppard resigned her two public jobs and agreed to pay $4,303 in restitution for dodging her personal town and county tax payments over several years.

Sheppard pleaded guilty today to two counts of attempted tampering with public records, an E felony, in St. Lawrence County Court, after an audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli with St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain and the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s office.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Niskayuna No. 2 Fire District, Northville Public Library, Town of North Norwich and the Town of Phelps.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Bethpage Union Free School District, Commack Union Free School District and the Plainview-Bethpage Central School District.

New York City’s budget is balanced for fiscal year (FY) 2016 and the out-year budget gaps are manageable under current economic conditions, according to an analysis released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli at the annual meeting of the Financial Control Board.

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State agencies spent more than $316 million on overtime in the first six months of 2014, a jump of $22 million over the same period in 2013, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today.  State employees worked more than 7.8 million overtime hours, up 7.6 percent over the same period in 2013.

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Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest and indictment of Bruce C. Tanski of Clifton Park, Katina M. Fogarty of Latham, and Nicholas M. DiNova, Jr. of Halfmoon for their roles in an alleged scheme to circumvent campaign finance laws.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest and unsealing of a one-count indictment charging Graycelia Cizik, 64, a resident of Polk County, Florida, with the crime of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony, in Albany County Court.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today his office reviewed 2,035 contracts valued at $1.6 billion and approved more than 1.3 million payments worth more than $7.6 billion during the month of July. His office also rejected 256 contracts and related transactions valued at $304.6 million and more than 1,250 payments valued at $3.1 million due to fraud, waste or other improprieties.