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Boquet Valley Central School District – Procurement (2021M-132)
… ] Audit Objective Determine whether Boquet Valley Central School District (District) officials procured goods and … contracts (47 percent) totaling $71,692, of 15 purchase or public works contracts totaling $127,746, in accordance with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/boquet-valley-central-school-district-procurement-2021m-132Audit Advisory Committee
… Director of Business and Finance East Greenbush Central School District Julie McDonnell Schenectady County Auditor … Alan Lubin (Retired) Paul Moore Past President Retired Public Employees Association, Inc. Ruben Cardona Emeritus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/resources/audit-advisory-committeeInvesting and Protecting Public Funds
This session is designed to help local officials understand procedures and policies used to control and account for cash. Presenters will discuss the following: principles and statutes, depositing public funds, securing deposits, investment policies, cash controls and reporting, and cash flow foreca
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/investing-and-protecting-public-funds-01-18-23.pdfPublic Information Specialist 1 (Digital Content)
Public Information Specialist 1 (Digital Content)
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/Jobs/docs/00594-public-information-specialist-1-digital-content-mq-template-september-2024.docxComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued. East Quogue Union Free School District – Claims Auditing (Suffolk County) Claims … state's 160,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Conferences — Actual and Necessary Expenses – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… General Municipal Law 5 authorizes local governments and school districts to pay for the actual and necessary expenses … A “conference” is defined as a convention, conference, or school conducted for the betterment of any local government … that are necessary and therefore not an appropriate use of public funds. Each local government and school district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/conferences-actual-and-necessary-expensesOpinion 88-15
… -- Insurance Transactions (village board member and school district attorney as comptroller of incorporated … Finally, we note that the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of conduct and, on … spirit and intent of the statute, are inconsistent with public policy, or suggest self-interest, partiality or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued. Copenhagen Central School District – Procurement (Jefferson County) A review of … state's 170,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0DiNapoli Appoints Nelson Sheingold as Counsel to the Comptroller
… State Comptroller and continue to lead efforts to fight public corruption. Since 2011, Sheingold was deputy … He spearheaded DiNapoli’s initiative to safeguard public funds by exposing fraud and corruption. Partnering … statewide. Sheingold is a 1994 graduate of Yale Law School. He will succeed current Counsel Nancy Groenwegen, who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/dinapoli-appoints-nelson-sheingold-counsel-comptrollerAdvisory Council for the Retirement System
… Association Robert Schneider Executive Director NYS School Boards Association Bryant Kolner President Alliance of Public Retiree Organizations of New York Diana Hinchcliff President Retired Public Employees' Association, Inc. Charles W. Murphy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/resources/advisory-council-retirement-systemState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… for special education services within the required 60 school days for 18 percent of the eligible students in school … at intersections, but did not address the concerns of the public and officials in a timely manner. Auditors reviewed … state's 180,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 88-76
… MUNICIPAL LAW, §11: Interest earned on the investment of public moneys appropriated by a village to a village public library must be credited to the library fund and not … annually with general taxes of the municipality or school district which established the library. Such section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76DiNapoli Releases Executive Budget Report
… to authorize the forfeiture of pension rights for public officials who are convicted of crimes related to his or her public office, and campaign finance reforms. These reforms … $608 million as of SFY 2019-20, excluding changes to the School Tax Relief program. Relies on more than $1 billion in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-releases-executive-budget-reportDiNapoli: State Budget Boosts Education Aid and Enacts Paid Family Leave but Falls Short on Ethics Reform and Transparency
… 2016-17 state budget includes a $1.4 billion increase in school aid, as well as increases to the minimum wage and … P. DiNapoli. The report also notes the budget sacrificed public transparency both in process and content. “The … budget came together at the last minute and with little public scrutiny. While the state’s financial footing is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/dinapoli-state-budget-boosts-education-aid-and-enacts-paid-family-leave-falls-short-ethics-reform-andOpinion 2008-1
… without consideration ( see e.g. McKenzie v Harrison , 120 NY 260: Lecci v Nickerson , 63 Misc 2d 756, 313 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued. Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School District – Network Access (Ontario County and Wayne … state's 180,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsOpinion 92-56
… on official business) LAWS OF 1972, CHAPTER 791; TOWN LAW, §§27, 116: A town whose town board is authorized by special act to appoint a town manager "upon such terms and conditions ... … necessarily incurred and paid by any town officer or employee in executing the duties of his office or position, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… work on diversions often started late and ended early. The public was not adequately informed about diversions, shuttle … does not completely report the timeliness of trains to the public. Sometimes trains were intentionally held beyond … State Education Department (SED): Sunshine Developmental School, Compliance with the Reimbursable Cost Manual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0Appendix B – Selected Legal References Pertaining to the Audit of Claims Function – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… School Districts – Education Law Sections 1604(35), … Section 64 and individual city charters Libraries – For public libraries – Education Law Section 259(1); …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/appendix-b-selected-legal-references-pertaining-audit-claims-functionOpinion 99-11
… recognition of long-time service - framed municipal bond) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Award Program (authority to … LAW, §§1709, 1804; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: A school district, as part of a personnel management program, … may present a framed, cancelled bond issued by the school district to retiring teachers as a token of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11