Reports

The Office of the State Comptroller received 20,867 contract transactions, including both new contracts and contract amendments, valued at $88.37 billion in the 2017 calendar year. The average time from submission to final sign-off was 7.5 days.

Recent actions at the federal level to undercut crucial environmental protections remind us once again that we can’t take our environmental quality and successes over the past decades for granted.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the legislation that created New York State’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) – a development well worth noting. The Fund is one of the State’s most important vehicles for making capital investments to preserve open space, protect water quality, and improve parks and waterfronts all across New York.

The federal government has long been a key partner in New York State’s efforts to deliver essential public services.

In 2017, OSC completed 23 audits of expenses submitted to SED by preschool special education providers. These audits have cumulatively identified over $12.5 million in recommended disallowances, or about 3 percent of the total claimed expenses of $454 million for the audit period. 

Across New York State, we hear calls for investment in essential public infrastructure.

Homelessness is a troubling, chronic problem nationally and in New York State. Veterans of U.S. military service have made up a disproportionate share of our nation’s homeless population.

This Report on Estimated Receipts and Disbursements for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2017-18 through SFY 2019-20, issued pursuant to Section 23 of the State Finance Law, is intended to enhance analysis and discussion of the State’s economic condition and the State Budget.

Receipts from All Governmental Funds (All Funds) totaled $76.6 billion through the first half of the fiscal year, an increase of $1.5 billion or 2 percent over the same period in SFY 2016- 17.

It’s been said that the only certain things in life are death and taxes. But when leaders in Washington make sweeping promises about the benefits of “tax reform,” we can be certain of at least one other thing – the need to look very carefully at the numbers.

As the President and Congress push for changes on both the spending and revenue sides of the federal budget, the stakes for New York State are high.

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The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the New York State and Local Retirement System (the System or NYSLRS) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.

New York State’s short-term financial condition has improved in recent years, but concerns are on the horizon. As the United States enters its ninth year of economic expansion, New York faces increasing fiscal challenges. The State’s latest financial projections contain projected budget gaps in the next three fiscal years that average more than $5.9 billion annually before potential gap-closing actions.

How is the economy treating New Yorkers? Monthly governmental reports on employment tell us how many jobs have been added or lost, and which industrial sectors are expanding or shrinking.

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of New York for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.

Data analytics involves collecting, organizing and analyzing large sets of data. It can be used for many purposes. At the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), it holds potential for building on the agency’s record of detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse in State government contracting and spending.

As our nation enters its ninth year of economic expansion, New York State faces some signs of increasing fiscal challenges.

The President and leading members of Congress are pushing to enact major changes in our federal tax code. Before any such measures become law, we need to make sure that taxpayers and policy makers understand the implications for New Yorkers.

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.

It’s easy to take clean, safe drinking water for granted. However, as incidents of contamination in our public water supplies in recent years have reminded us, strong regulatory oversight is essential to assure the quality and safety of our water.