State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.
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ABLE Residency
Comptroller DiNapoli's Legislative Program
Legislative Session 2021-2022:
ABLE Residency – Signed into law on July 26, 2022 as Chapter 478 of the Laws of 2022 - A.7652/S.9335 (Gunther/Brouk) - Eliminates the New York State residency requirement for designated beneficiaries in the New York ABLE program.
Data Breach
Comptroller DiNapoli's Legislative Program
Legislative Session 2021-2022:
Data Breach – Signed into law on December 22, 2021 as Chapter 796 of the Laws of 2021 – A.7612 (Otis) - Requires the Office of Information Technology Services to notify, within 24 hours following the discovery of a data breach or receiving notice of a data breach or network security breach, the chief information officer or, where appropriate, the chief information security officer of a state entity with which the office shares data of such br
Ordinary Death Benefit
Comptroller DiNapoli's Legislative Program
Legislative Session 2021-2022:
Ordinary Death Benefit – Signed into law on December 16, 2022 as Chapter 720 of the laws of 2022 – A.7730/S.6619-A (Abbate/Gounardes) - Increases the age at which the ordinary death benefit commences to be reduced while a member of the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) and the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) is in service to the full retirement age.
DiNapoli: Former School District Treasurer Sentenced for Stealing Funds
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced Kristina Hand was sentenced in federal court for stealing $34,000 from the Morris Central School District in Otsego County.
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Collections totaled $1.5 billion, up $464 million from April 2020 when first wave of pandemic hit.
DiNapoli: April Local Sales Tax Collections Up Nearly 46 Percent From 2020
Local government sales tax collections in April grew by 45.7 percent over the same month in 2020, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. Collections totaled $1.5 billion, up $464 million from April of last year.
State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.
DiNapoli: Former Mechanics at State Police Garage Charged With Public Corruption and Grand Larceny
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and New York State Police Acting Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen announced the arrests of former state police mechanics Jeffrey Rapasadi and David Relyea in the theft of nearly $30,000 in auto parts and supplies from the state.
The Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
Identity theft cases surged in New York State in 2020, inflicting financial losses on individuals and threatening disruption to government programs as well as private financial institutions. Identity theft complaints surpassed 67,000 statewide last year, more than four times the annual total from a decade earlier, according to Federal Trade Commission data.