Local sales tax collections in New York state increased by 9.2% in January compared to the same month in 2022, according to an analysis released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overall, local collections totaled $1.89 billion, up $159 million compared to the same time last year.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced a series of shareholder proposals and other initiatives as part of the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (Fund) ongoing efforts to increase corporate accountability for progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General (SSA OIG), the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced the arrest and guilty plea of Timothy Gritman, a Pennsylvania resident, on wire fraud and Social Security fraud charges for stealing over $200,000 of retirement benefits paid to his deceased father.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released a review of recent federal data about how the pandemic negatively affected student performance in New York. In response, he urged New York school districts to assess their plans for spending federal pandemic funds and to target funds towards children most in need.
The New York Daily News today published an op-ed from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Citizen Action of New York’s Democracy Coalition Coordinator Karen Wharton and State Senator Zellnor Myrie, Chair of the Committee on Elections.
The full op-ed is below:
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the estimated value of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) was $242.3 billion at the end of the third quarter of state fiscal year 2022-23. For the three-month period ending Dec. 31, 2022, Fund investments returned an estimated 4.51%.
Approximately one in ten, or about 800,000, New York households experienced food insecurity at some point between 2019-21, according to a report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report found that the number of households facing food insecurity declined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to federal relief programs and the expansion of federal food assistance programs. DiNapoli raised the concern that food insecurity may grow as federal benefits lapse.
New York City lacks needed guidelines and policies for agencies’ use of artificial intelligence (AI), leaving it vulnerable to misguided, inaccurate or biased outcomes in several programs that can directly impact New Yorkers’ lives, an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued.
