DiNapoli Honors Hispanic Leaders
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Hispanic Heritage Month event this year recognized several individuals and an organization working to make a difference in the Hispanic and Latino communities:
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DiNapoli: Former Citizens Hose Fire Company Treasurer Arrested for Stealing More Than $100,000
A former treasurer of an Ontario County fire company was arrested for allegedly stealing over $100,000 from the company over a four-year period, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Ontario County District Attorney James Ritts, and Ontario County Sheriff David Cirencione announced today. The defendant, Jill Havens, who served in the Citizens Hose Company in Shortsville, was charged with Grand Larceny.
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 Up 3.8% in August, September 2024
Local sales tax collections in New York State increased by 3.8% in August compared to the same month in 2023. Overall, local collections totaled $1.85 billion for the month, up $68 million year over year.
DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 3.8% in August
Local sales tax collections in New York state increased by 3.8% in August compared to the same month in 2023, according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Overall, local collections totaled $1.85 billion for the month, up $68 million year over year.
Economic Impact: Higher Education
Higher education institutions provide tremendous value to New York’s local economies and the State’s overall economic health through employment, wages, student spending, and more. The sector employed over 296,000 people in 2023, paying wages of around $26.5 billion, but still has over 13,000 fewer jobs than in 2019. Maintaining a vibrant higher education system is critical to New York’s future.
DiNapoli: New York's Higher Education Sector Boosts State and Local Economies, but Job Recovery Lags
A new report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli highlights the higher education sector’s importance to New York’s local economies and to the state’s overall economic health. The state’s 290 degree-granting, postsecondary institutions employed over 296,000 people, paying wages of around $26.5 billion in 2023, but the sector still has over 13,000 fewer jobs since the pandemic.
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: 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.