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Becoming a Participating Employer – What Every Employer Should Know
… Being part of NYSLRS allows municipal employers to offer workers retirement benefits related to years of … your governing body must pass a resolution and submit it to us, along with an affidavit from your fiscal officer … fiscal year (April 1 – March 31), an initial valuation is performed. This valuation determines any deficiency in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/partnership/becoming-participating-employerOversight of Information Technology Consultants and Contract Staffing
… Objective To determine if the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) is adequately monitoring information technology (IT) services procured from consultants and contract staff to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/16/oversight-information-technology-consultants-and-contract-staffingDiNapoli: New York City's Government Workforce Expected to Increase for First Time Since Pandemic
… New York City’s full-time government workforce is expected to increase for the first-time year-over-year since the … which administers the city’s civil service system, reports it has reduced the median time from exam administration to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-new-york-citys-government-workforce-expected-increase-first-time-pandemicAbout the Retirement System – What Every Employer Should Know
… and Fire Retirement System (PFRS), created in 1966. NYSLRS is one of the largest public retirement systems in the world. … establishes the benefits and the overall methodology used to make sure System assets are available to pay these … … What every employer should know about NYSLRS and what it means to participate as an employer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/partnership/about-retirement-systemDiNapoli: NYC IDA Needs To Improve Its Administration of Business Tax Breaks and Monitoring of Job Creation
… tax breaks and other incentives for businesses even though it lacked required financial information and financial feasibility analyses, according to a new audit from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. … was a continuation of previous benefit awards. NYCIDA is supposed to conduct a feasibility analysis for businesses’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-nyc-ida-needs-improve-its-administration-business-tax-breaks-and-monitoring-job-creationResponse to Human Trafficking (2023-S-31)
To determine whether the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is overseeing contracted Providers (Providers) and Local Districts of Social Services (Local Districts) to ensure adequate services are being provided to victims of human trafficking (survivors).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2025-23s31.pdfDiNapoli: MTA Needs to Refocus Attention on Overdue Upgrades and Preparations for Extreme Weather
… its long-term capital needs that pays particular attention to the growing threat climate change poses to transit, and … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s latest report . “The MTA is getting a large infusion of federal infrastructure funds, but its long-term finances are still in trouble as it wrestles with an overdue list of repairs and upgrades and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-mta-needs-refocus-attention-overdue-upgrades-and-preparations-extreme-weatherOpinion 89-51
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … of a fire protection district, must specify a definite sum to be paid each year for all of the services to be rendered under the contract. There is no authority for the town to make additional payments to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-51Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School District – Network Access (2021M-35)
… Regularly review network user accounts and permissions to determine whether they were appropriate or needed to be disabled. As a result, we identified 139 unneeded user … records. In addition, sensitive information technology (IT) control weaknesses were communicated confidentially to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/06/25/phelps-clifton-springs-central-school-district-network-access-2021m-35DiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… A state agency’s failure to adequately monitor and inspect homeless shelters allowed … covered the period from April 1, 2013 to Aug. 5, 2015. “It is imperative that OTDA strengthen its oversight of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureOpinion 91-11
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … (curtailing powers of elective officers subject to mandatory referendum) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §23(2)(f): … a longer term than presently provided in the city charter is subject to mandatory referendum. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-11Efforts to Collect Delinquent Taxes (2019-S-61)
To determine if the Department of Taxation and Finance is making adequate efforts, in accordance with Department policy, to collect unpaid amounts—including taxes, interest, penalties, and fees—from delinquent individual and business taxpayers.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s61.pdfXII.9.D Refunds Owed to the State – XII. Expenditures
… This section provides Business Units with guidance on how to process monies owed to the State using the Statewide … Business Units should note that in the event that a refund is owed to the State and the State-issued check was combined … the Business Unit should use a credit memo only when it determines that the vendor will receive future payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii9d-refunds-owed-stateDiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths
… The New York State Department of Health (DOH) needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates … community resources to help support high-risk mothers. DOH is investing approximately $14 million between 2022 through … every 100,000 babies born. While DOH collects this data, it does little to utilize it. The audit found DOH needs to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsOvertime Limits for Tier 5
… calculation of your final average earnings (FAE) , which is used to determine your NYSLRS pension. If you earn more than the annual limit, it will not be factored into your pension and your employer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/overtime-limits-tier-5Compliance With Requirements to Maintain Systems at Vendor-Supported Levels
… was complying with requirements to maintain its systems at vendor-supported levels. The audit covered the period January … must follow to secure and protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. This includes … requirements for ensuring systems are maintained at vendor-supported levels (i.e., systems continue to be updated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/29/compliance-requirements-maintain-systems-vendor-supported-levelsDetermining the Ex-spouse's Share – Divorce and Your Benefits
… According to New York State law, pension benefits earned during a marriage are marital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/determining-ex-spouses-shareRochester Attorney Admits to Unlawfully Receiving Retirement Benefits
… M. Cecero, age 64, of Pittsford, New York, admitted today to unlawfully "double-dipping" and receiving state retirement … retirement benefits while remaining a public employee is informally known as "double-dipping," and is prohibited … Cecero. As part of the pretrial diversion agreement, it agreed that it would dismiss the charge if, within 18 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/rochester-attorney-admits-unlawfully-receiving-retirement-benefitsOpinion 90-44
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … §5-508[3]) VILLAGE LAW, §5-508: The compensation proposed to be paid to members of a village board of trustees which … exclusive of the cost or value of fringe benefits. This is in response to your inquiry concerning the notice of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44Annual Performance Report on New York State's Industrial Development Agencies - Fiscal Year Ending 2011
IDAs can assist ailing municipalities by encouraging the creation of new businesses or the retention of existing businesses. However, it is vitally important th
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/idaperformance2013.pdf