In May, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 2,216 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $193.9 billion and approved more than 2 million payments worth nearly $15.6 billion. The office rejected 288 contracts and related transactions valued at $517.9 million and more than 1,700 payments valued at nearly $9.1 million, primarily for mistakes, insufficient support for charges, and improper payments. More information on these contracts and payments is available at Open Book New York.

Major Contracts Approved

Agriculture and Markets

• $18.5 million with Farm and Food Growth Fund Inc. to administer the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program.
• $2.5 million with Green Velvet Tree Inc. tree removal services related to controlling the Asian long-horned Beetle.
• $1.2 million with CNY Centro Inc. for New York State Fair transit services.

Office of General Services - Design & Construction

• $10 million with CHA Consulting Inc. for design and consulting services related to a new Department of Transportation testing laboratory building in Albany County.
• $5 million with Minhas General Contractor Co LLC to provide masonry repairs at the Empire State Plaza in Albany County.
• $2.9 million with Gudabri Inc. to provide salt storage buildings at a Department of Transportation facility in Nassau County.
• $2.2 million with Intricate Tech Solutions LTD to replace a freezer and various condensing units at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County.
• $1.9 million with CTS Construction Corp. to replace the roof at the New York State Police Troop L headquarters in Nassau County.

Department of Health

• $88.9 million with KPMG LLP for technical advisory services related to the Medicaid program.
• $5.7 million with Revvity Health Sciences Inc. for newborn screening reagents and test kits. 
• $1.8 million with New York State Industries for the Disabled for janitorial services at the David Axelrod Institute and Griffin Laboratory. 

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

• $4.3 million with B&B Contracting Group LLC to rehabilitate the pool filter room at the Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park in New York County.

State University Construction Fund

• $6.6 million with Triton Construction Company LLC for construction management services related to the rehabilitation of Sinclair Hall and the Center for Computer Science at SUNY Farmingdale in Nassau County.
• $4.9 million with Fahs Construction Group Inc. to replace pavers and provide other site work at Binghamton University in Broome County. 
• $3.5 million with United Paving Corp. for road reconstruction at SUNY Old Westbury in Nassau County. 
• $1.3 million with Lake Shore Paving Inc. to replace a turf field at SUNY Fredonia in Chautauqua County. 

State University of New York

• $1.6 million with Apogee Telecom Inc. to provide internet services at SUNY Potsdam. 
• $1.4 million with Suit-Kote Corp. for parking lot repairs at SUNY Cortland. 

Department of Transportation

• $634.8 million with Skanska Koch Lab JV to replace the Livingston Avenue Bridge over the Hudson River in Albany County.
• $517.5 million with Yonkers Contracting Co. to replace two bridges on the Bronx River Parkway in Bronx County. 
• $28 million with Creamer-Ruberton, A Joint Venture for guiderail replacements at various locations in Westchester County. 
• $24 million with ECCO III Enterprises Inc. for highway reconstruction on Route 6 in Westchester County. 
• $13.7 million with Bove Industries Inc. for pavement preservation work in Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties. 
• $8.7 million with A Colarusso & Son Inc. to rehabilitate culverts at various locations in Columbia, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties. 

Major Payments Approved

Tax Refunds and Credits                                                      

• $672.9 million for 381,987 personal income tax refunds.
• $233.5 million for 36,576 corporate and other tax refunds.
• $2.3 million for 2,720 property tax credits.

Department of Civil Service

• $415.8 million to CaremarkPCS Health LLC to provide pharmacy benefit services for the Empire, Excelsior, and Student Employee Health plans.
• $52 million to Carelon Behavioral Health for the administration of the Empire Plan’s mental health and substance use disorder program. 

State Education Department

• $4.8 billion in general aid to 547 school districts. 
• $344.1 million in BOCES aid to 37 organizations. 

Gaming Commission

• $13.9 million for tribal-state compact payments to the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, and Otsego.
• $10.4 million to 26 localities for gaming revenue distributions for the del Lago Resort and Casino, Rivers Casino and Resort, Tioga Downs Casino, and Resorts World Catskills.

Office of General Services

• $10.9 million for hourly-based IT services, including $2.7 million to Knowledge Builders Inc., $1.4 million to Panha Solutions Inc., and $6.8 million to 22 other vendors.

Department of Health

• $55 million to Maximus Inc. for assistance with the Health Benefit Exchange, including insurance enrollment and call center operations.
• $27 million to Maximus US Services Inc. for enrollment broker services for the Office of Health Insurance Programs.
• $8.4 million to One Brooklyn Health System Inc. for the Health Care Facility Transformation Program in Kings County. 
• $5.9 million to Currier McCabe & Associates Inc. for the development, implementation, and operation of the Medicaid data warehouse and the Office of Health Insurance Programs Data Mart.

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services

• $48.6 million to New York City for the Urban Area Security Initiative Program.

Department of Labor

• $222.5 million for payments under the Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation programs.

Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

• $21.8 million for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
• $1.9 million for the Landlord Rental Assistance Program.

Department of Transportation

• $12.8 million to El Sol Contracting/ES II Enterprises JV for bridge repairs and painting on the Gowanus Viaduct Expressway in Kings County.

Unified Court System

• $2.5 million to The Children’s Law Center for the Law Guardian Program.

Other Payment Rejections and Other Cost Recoveries

DiNapoli’s office rejected tax refunds and credits valued at nearly $3.5 million. Auditors also recovered more than $388,000 from vendors owing debts to the state and held more than $841,000 in payments pending resolution of disputes between subcontractors and prime contractors. 

Cumulatively through May for calendar year 2024, DiNapoli’s office approved 8,787 contracts valued at $277.8 billion and approved more than 15.5 million payments worth more than $89.5 billion. The office rejected 1,085 contracts and related transactions valued at nearly $11.5 million and more than 21,400 payments valued at more than ;$101.1 million primarily due to errors, improprieties, or lack of documentation.