This report identifies the number of late payments, the number of days to process late payments, the amount of interest paid and the reasons for the delays.

In order to ensure contractors doing business with New York State are paid timely, Article 11-A of State Finance Law prescribes timeframes for agencies to prepare and submit vouchers to the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) for review and approval before payment.

An era of tight budgets has sparked renewed interest in reducing government costs and identifying ways for State agencies to function more cost effectively. To help identify opportunities to achieve more efficient State operations, the Office of the State Comptroller has prepared this statistical overview of overtime use by State agencies over the past five years.

This is the second annual report by the Office of the State Comptroller on overtime use by New York State agencies. This statistical overview covers the past six years and expands the types of information presented in our first report.

This is the third annual report by the Office of the State Comptroller on overtime use by New York State agencies. It covers overtime patterns over the past seven years.

This report by the Office of the State Comptroller on overtime use by New York State agencies examines overtime patterns over the past eight calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2014 was more than $661 million for over 15.9 million overtime hours worked.

This report by the Office of the State Comptroller on use of overtime by New York State agencies examines patterns over the past nine calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2015 was more than $716 million covering roughly 16.8 million overtime hours worked.

This report on the use of overtime by New York State agencies examines patterns over the past ten calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2016 was more than $694 million, covering roughly 16.2 million overtime hours worked.

This report on the use of overtime by New York State agencies examines patterns over the past ten calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2017 was more than $761 million, covering roughly 17.5 million overtime hours worked.

This report on the use of overtime by New York State agencies examines patterns over the past ten calendar years. The total cost of overtime in calendar year 2018 was almost $787 million, covering roughly 18.1 million overtime hours worked.