The State Education Department (SED) needs to improve its efforts to ensure school districts are following state requirements for school safety planning, including whether those plans are shared with local first responders, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
New York’s health departments are not consistently enforcing the state health code for eateries and other establishments nor explaining why violators are not being punished, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued.
While DFS has worked to strengthen its oversight of the industry through the regulatory process, enforcement of the existing regulations has lagged.
In February, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,494 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $4.3 billion and approved more than 3.9 million payments worth more than $9.8 billion. The office rejected 145 contracts and related transactions valued at $190 million and nearly 3,600 payments valued at nearly $15.8 million. More information on these contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com.
Employment among New York’s small businesses has increased slightly faster than the national pace, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report, based on the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, examined the five-year trend from 2011 through 2016.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the details of the competitive sale scheduled for March 13 of tax-exempt New York State General Obligation bonds. The state expects to sell $115.7 million for new money transportation, education and environmental purposes.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits and examinations have been issued.
Mortgage foreclosure filings across New York dropped 46 percent between 2013 and 2018, from 46,696 to 25,334, according to a report issued today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today awarded $114.04 million of New York State Series 2019A Tax-Exempt General Obligation Bonds to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, which submitted the lowest true interest cost bid of 1.668079 percent in the competitive sale. The bonds are scheduled to be delivered on March 21, 2019.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that he has filed shareholder proposals at four portfolio companies — Gaming and Leisure Properties, New Residential Investment Corp., Sinclair Broadcast Group and Trip Advisor — seeking increased board diversity, inclusive of sex, race, ethnicity, age, gender identity and sexual orientation. The companies are among hundreds with no women directors that DiNapoli has contacted as trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund in recent months.
