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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… placed constraints on the audit, including delays in and denial of access to records needed to evaluate the … (2017-F-28) (Follow-up) An initial audit released in September 2016 found OGS had made substantial progress … comprehensive statewide plan for implementing the program. In a follow up, auditors found the agency had addressed the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsSelected Aspects of Leasing Practices for Real Estate Services Department and Port Commerce
… (PANYNJ) was established in 1921 and was the first bi-state agency ever created under a clause of the Constitution … by private enterprise or would not be attempted by either state alone. These include the development of major …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/selected-aspects-leasing-practices-real-estate-services-department-and-port-commerceDiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… been meeting the needs of all the vulnerable New Yorkers it was created to serve, according to a new audit released today by New York … should act to ensure the supportive housing it oversees is safe and offers individuals access to the services they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellDiNapoli Warns of ‘Triple Threat’ of Fiscal Risks
… than anticipated in the Financial Plan Update released in February 2017. Over the first six months of the current …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-warns-triple-threat-fiscal-risksDiNapoli: NYC Retail Sector Battered by Pandemic
… to help these stores survive into next year and beyond.” In 2019, the city’s retail sector had 32,600 businesses that provided 344,600 jobs, paid $16 billion in total wages citywide, and contributed $55 billion in taxable sales to the city’s economy, according to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-retail-sector-battered-pandemicDiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… contract agreements. DiNapoli’s office audited the IDAs in Cattaraugus County , Orleans County , Oswego County , … and Schuyler County . The IDAs responses are included in the audit reports. “These audits highlighted what is both right and wrong with IDAs in our state,” said DiNapoli. “Too many communities are left …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataOpinion 2000-12
… Municipal Law §806 requires the governing board of each county, city, town, village and school district to adopt a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 90-24
… (see, e.g., Town Law, §64[6]; Village Law, §1-102[5]; County Law, §215[2]). In prior opinions, this Office has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24Opinion 89-5
… manner dependant upon the number of entries that may be required to be made in the clerk's records. It is our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5State Agencies Bulletin No. 1161
… BU21 Deficit Reduction Plan Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining Unit 21 – Security Services Unit (SSU). The … SSU BU21 Deficit Reduction Plans will be processed in Administration Pay Period 5L, checks dated 06/20/2012 and … on 03/07/2012 (Institution) or 03/14/2012 (Administration) In Institution and Administration Pay Period 5L, OSC will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1161-2011-2012-and-2012-2013-deficit-reduction-plan-non-arbitration-eligibleTown of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and Valley Stream Union Free School District 30 – Green Acres Mall PILOT Payments (2017M-233)
… 30 appropriately budgeted for the Green Acres payments-in-lieu of taxes (PILOTs) and the 2016-17 tax levy and for … (TOHIDA) is a public benefit corporation established in 1971 for the benefit of the Town of Hempstead and is … The Valley Stream Union Free School District 30 is located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County and is governed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2017/12/19/town-hempstead-industrial-development-agency-and-valleyCortland County – Public Water Supplies (2016M-318)
… the County’s oversight of public water supplies (PWS) for the period January 1, 2015 through May 13, 2016. … are performed in compliance with NYS DOH guidelines for frequency, sanitarians document that violations observed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2017/01/06/cortland-county-public-water-supplies-2016m-318Westchester County - Financial Condition (2018M-151)
… last five years. Financial condition continued to decline in 2017 when it experienced an operating deficit of $32.2 million in the general fund. Cash balances that have declined by 54 percent during the audit period, from $180.2 million in 2013 to $83.7 million in 2017. A debt service obligation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2018/10/23/westchester-county-financial-condition-2018m-151Spencer Volunteer Fire Company – Apparent Misappropriation of Funds (2015M-114)
… to determine if the Treasurer properly deposited receipts and if disbursements were for proper Company purposes for the period March 1, 2006 through January 31, 2015. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2015/10/09/spencer-volunteer-fire-company-apparent-misappropriation-fundsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1526
… paid through the New York State Payroll System Background In November of 2012, OSC created a new employee identifier in the payroll system to eliminate the use of social security … Do not publish the NYS EmplID on training rosters or sign in sheets that others can see Do not use the NYS EmplID …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1526-use-new-york-state-employee-id-new-york-state-payroll-systemTown of Stony Point – Budget Review (B6-13-15)
… the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the Town’s tentative budget for the 2014 fiscal year are … reasonable. Background The Town of Stony Point, located in Rockland County, issued debt totaling $1,500,000 to liquidate the accumulated deficit in the Town’s general, highway and enterprise funds as of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/10/15/town-stony-point-budget-review-b6-13-15Town of Guilford – Budgeting (2023M-144)
… and appropriated fund balance was not used, resulting in unrestricted fund balance in the general and highway funds that exceeded the Town’s … estimated revenues by an average of $210,000 (42 percent) in the general fund and $180,000 (17 percent) in the highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/03/08/town-guilford-budgeting-2023m-144State Agencies Bulletin No. 1972
… An additional deferment is available to employees age 50 and over remains unchanged at $6,500.00. Employees in this age bracket can defer up to $6,500.00 in addition to their … in each of the last three years prior to normal retirement age, increases from $19,500.00 to $20,500.00, for a combined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1972-deferred-compensation-maximum-contribution-limits-calendar-year-2022Otego-Unadilla Central School District - School District Website (S9-19-26)
… financial information was not posted, resulting in a lack of transparency. Information that was posted was limited in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/03/23/otego-unadilla-central-school-district-school-district-website-s9-19-26Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… that the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the tentative budget are reasonable. The town’s 2020 … that the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the proposed budget appear reasonable, however, the city … did not appropriate any fund balance as a financing source in the 2020 general, water and sewer or refuse fund budgets. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits