New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has fended off fiscal disaster brought on by the COVID-pandemic, but it is not out of the woods yet, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Cortland County District Attorney Patrick Perfetti and the New York State Police today announced that former Pharsalia Town Supervisor Dennis Brown was sentenced to serve one to three years in a state prison. In June, Brown pleaded guilty to stealing $240,000 in public funds after his thefts were revealed through a joint investigation.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka, and the New York State Police announced that Barbara Henry, the Village of Chatham’s former clerk-treasurer, has pleaded guilty to attempted official misconduct for unlawfully waiving her own health insurance premiums at the town’s expense.

The Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. (OTB) spent at least $121,000 on tickets to sporting events, concerts, food and alcohol for board members, employees and other individuals without the oversight required by state rules, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

Thirty local governments in New York State ended 2020 in some form of fiscal stress, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. The communities were identified by the Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System (FSMS).

Federal COVID-19 relief funds distributed during the pandemic provided critical financial support to New York City Health and Hospitals (H+H), but reliable funding and timely payments from all government sources is needed to keep the largest municipal health system in the country in good fiscal health, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The New York Daily News published an op-ed from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today warning New York City’s leaders to safeguard the city’s finances against the challenges that lie ahead. The full op-ed is below: