State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued.
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DiNapoli: Audit Finds Counties Are Not Checking Prices and Scales at Retailers
An audit of 10 counties found that some did not adequately test the accuracy of retail prices or test scanners, scales and devices used to price, weigh or measure goods at grocery stores, gas stations and other retail locations to make sure that consumers were paying the correct price, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said today.
DiNapoli: Owner and Employee of Medical Transport Company Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert M. Carney, and Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino announced the arrest of Muhammad Adnan Saeed, owner of Sublime Medical Transportation and Heather Smith an employee/driver for the company, for the alleged theft of over $700,000 from the state’s Medicaid program. Saeed and Smith are alleged to have inflated bills by falsely claiming that group rides were separate, individual rides and thereby unlawfully received mileage payments for each individual in the group.
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued.
Local Sales Tax Collections Nearly Flat in July, August 2024
Local sales tax collections in New York State increased by 0.2% in July compared to July 2023. Overall, local collections totaled $1.82 billion for the month, up $3.1 million from the same time last year.
DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Nearly Flat in July
Local sales tax collections in New York state increased by 0.2% in July compared to July 2023, according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overall, local collections totaled $1.82 billion for the month, up $3.1 million from the same time last year.
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal and School Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued.
DiNapoli: Former West Carthage Housing Authority Executive Director Sentenced in Embezzlement Scheme; Over $48,000 in Restitution Recovered
Former West Carthage Housing Authority Executive Director Jan Hoffman was sentenced yesterday for a scheme that allowed her to steal over $48,000 in WCHA funds, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Jefferson County District Attorney Kristyna S. Mills, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General (HUD OIG) and the New York State Police announced. Hoffman was sentenced to serve five years’ probation.
Local Sales Tax Collections Increase by 2.2 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2024
Local government sales tax collections in New York State totaled $5.83 billion in the second calendar quarter of 2024, up 2.2 percent (or $127 million) compared to the same quarter last year. While year-over-year growth in the second quarter was slightly stronger than the 1.6 percent increase seen in the first quarter, it still lagged growth rates realized after the first quarter in 2021. However, it was not unusual to see collections increase around (or under) 2 percent, year over year, in the decade before the pandemic.