New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced the arrest of Rochelle Rose for grand larceny in the second degree after she allegedly pocketed her deceased mother's pension totaling $60,285 to pay cellphone bills, a car loan, insurance and utility bills.
The amount of unpaid tolls has risen since the expansion of cashless tolling by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) and it is likely to increase. Even when uncollected tolls can be billed, law firms hired to collect outstanding tolls and fees have not been effective, an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found.
The state's fiscal year (SFY) 2018-19 Enacted Budget Financial Plan projects that spending will outpace revenues over the next three years with potential cumulative gaps totaling $17.9 billion, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
In May, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,717 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $12.6 billion and approved nearly 2.2 million payments worth more than $12.3 billion. The office rejected 163 contracts and related transactions valued at $230 million and more than 3,000 payments valued at nearly $4.8 million. More information on these contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com.
The state Department of Health (DOH) billed drug companies for $425.9 million in Medicaid drug rebates after auditors alerted the department to rebates it missed out on, according to a report 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
The state Department of Health (DOH) paid $1.28 billion in unnecessary Medicaid managed care premiums over a nearly six-year period for enrollees who already had private insurance, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
"Glitches in the state Department of Health's payment system and other problems led to over a billion dollars in unnecessary spending," DiNapoli said. "The department needs to improve its procedures and stop this waste of taxpayer money."
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced he has begun audits of the State Education Department (SED) and the New York City Department of Education (DoE) to determine if they are doing enough to ensure schools have adequate and up-to-date safety plans in the event of a school shooting or major emergency.
In April, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,260 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $3.8 billion and approved more than 4.3 million payments worth nearly $12.6 billion. The office rejected 117 contracts and related transactions valued at $190 million and more than 3,200 payments valued at nearly $5.7 million. More information on these contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), today called on Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet to publicly report what they are doing to enforce the terms of service by which all of their platform users must abide.
