NYS 529 Program, Scholarships and Grants – S.9700 (Stavisky) – Authorizes the State to open 529 accounts to support scholarships and grant programs.
Protest Procedures – A.7405/S.6942 (McDonald/Cooney) – Provides for bid protest procedures for state agencies and public authorities.
Examination of Sealed Records – S.9729 (Hoylman-Sigal) – Relates to the examination of certain sealed records by the New York State Comptroller.
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.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government and school audits were issued.
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.
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New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Moses K. Johnson, 63, of Huntington and a former employee of the Town of Huntington, pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree for stealing more than $56,000 of his mother’s public pension payments following her death in April of 2021.
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced employer contributions rates for the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26. Employers’ average contribution rates will increase from 15.2% to 16.5% of payroll for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and from 31.2% to 33.7% of payroll for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS).
