New York State

DiNapoli Finds Medicaid Billing Errors of Nearly $1 Billion

The state Department of Health (DOH) made $965 million in payments to providers, including facilities, for services ordered, prescribed, referred, and attended by practitioners who were not enrolled in the health care program, including those who had been barred due to misconduct, according to

State Contract and Payment Actions in February

In February, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,465 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $1.4 billion and approved more than 2.9 million payments worth nearly $10 billion.

DiNapoli Orders Divestment of Russia Holdings

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, sole trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), today announced that he has directed divestment from Russian companies and continued his prohibition of any further investments in them.

Despite Progress, Pay Gap for Women Persists, March 2022

Median earnings for full-time working women in New York were 86 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2019, an annual wage gap of $8,821, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. While New York women earn more dollars relative to men than in most other states, women's median earnings continue to lag across occupational groups and other categories.