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Delaware County – Court and Trust Funds (2022-C&T-2)
… [read complete report - pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to determine whether … the whereabouts of any person entitled to payment from the estate is unknown … The purpose of our review was to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2022/07/22/delaware-county-court-and-trust-funds-2022-ct-2Lewis County – Court and Trust Funds (2024-C&T-1)
… deposited as required by court order. Pursuant to New York State Finance Law, county treasurers are required to submit a report on an annual basis to the State Comptroller accounting for all money, securities and … custody that should have been turned over to the State Comptroller as abandoned property. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/03/22/lewis-county-court-and-trust-funds-2024-ct-1Westchester County – Court and Trust Funds (2024-C&T-3)
… controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the period January 1, 2022 through February 29, … any person entitled to payment from the estate is unknown, funds from estates are entrusted to the Commissioner for … of internal controls to account for and safeguard these funds. Key Findings The Commissioner generally established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/court-and-trust/2024/08/23/westchester-county-court-and-trust-funds-2024-ct-3Steuben County – Court and Trust Funds (2024-C&T-4)
… controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the period January 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. … by court order. Additionally, in certain circumstances, 2 funds from estates are entrusted to the Commissioner for … of internal controls to account for and safeguard these funds. Key Findings The Commissioner or her confidential …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2024/09/13/steuben-county-court-and-trust-funds-2024-ct-4State Agencies Bulletin No. 655
… which implements the Arbitration Award between New York State and the New York State Correction Officers Police Benevolent Association … and Department ID will be the same as the original payment on Time Entry. The paycheck for all payments will be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/655-retroactive-increases-uniform-allowance-security-enforcementSUNY Bulletin No. SU-342.1
… agencies of the implementation of Paid Parental Leave for certain State University of New York (SUNY) employees and provide guidance for entering the leave transactions in PayServ. Affected … of the New York State Paid Parental Leave program for Management/Confidential employees in the professional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-3421-suny-paid-parental-leave-fullXII.6.Q Paying and Reconciling State Credit Card Charges – XII. Expenditures
… This Section provides Business Units with guidance on how pay and reconcile charges to the State Procurement, Travel … to use this format in the invoice field may prevent the credit card supplier from properly applying the payment to … for the PCard. Process and Transaction Preparation for Online Agencies Prior to payment, the agency should review …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6q-paying-and-reconciling-state-credit-card-chargesDiNapoli: MTA's Plan to Pull Trash Cans Didn't Make Stations Cleaner
… from subway stations saved work and possibly some money for the MTA," DiNapoli said. "It's not clear that it met … about this experiment is that it's inconclusive, except for the fact that riders have a harder time finding a trash … meant no overflowing trash or full trash bags lying around for customers to see or smell or attract rats. DiNapoli's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mtas-plan-pull-trash-cans-didnt-make-stations-cleanerSUNY Bulletin No. SU-181
… provides for a 3% stipend increase effective 10/4/07 for employees in Bargaining Unit 28. To be eligible for … Data page of employees receiving the increases if the new salary is greater than the Approved Salary Rate on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-181-october-1-2007-and-october-1-2008-stipend-increasesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1945.1
… is to notify agencies of several process changes to Workers’ Compensation Leave in PayServ, including entering … leave rows. Agencies must enter the WCR with a sequence number of 9 and include the following information in all Data …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19451-process-changes-workers-compensation-leave-payservOpinion 2000-9
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9Former Treasurer of Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Pleads Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Arising From His Embezzlement of More Than $1.1 Million
… including the costs of family vacations. MELIN failed to report this income on his personal tax return for 2014 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/former-treasurer-patterson-volunteer-fire-department-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges-arising-hisXI-A.6 Auto-Sourcing Purchase Orders – XI-A. Purchasing
… process by systematically creating a purchase order (PO) from an approved contract release or purchase … there are three situations in which the SFS auto-sources a PO, which are: Sourcing POs from staged contract releases on … in the Procurement Contracts Module. This creates a PO in an approved status. Sourcing POs from approved purchase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a6-auto-sourcing-purchase-ordersDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Some Cities
… are statutorily required to file an Annual Financial Report (AFR) with the Office of the State Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-some-citiesIX.7.E Disaster Assistance – IX. Federal Grants
… project in the first instance. In this case, they can code transactions to track the disaster activity and later …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7e-disaster-assistanceDiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… three shelters provided between 81 and 116 square feet of space for two people, as opposed to the minimum of 120 square feet required by law; A rooftop-access door removed from its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureState Falls Short in Verifying if Companies Qualify for Tax Breaks Under Excelsior Program
Empire State Development Corp could not verify that many of the companies participating in the Excelsior Jobs Program met their obligations or even justify giving the businesses tax breaks in the first place according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-falls-short-verifying-if-companies-qualify-tax-breaks-under-excelsior-programRefunding Local Debt
… Simplified Procedures for Local Governments Seeking the Comptroller's Approval of … following procedures. I. COVER LETTER . An application for approval of a present value savings certificate should … should include each of the documents listed below (except for item f, which should be filed in accordance with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/debt/refunding-local-debtX.5.A Assigned Single Payment Vendor IDs – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… AND POLICIES Payments in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) are typically processed using regular vendor IDs. To make payments to entities and individuals with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x5a-assigned-single-payment-vendor-idsDiNapoli: Corporate America Must Show Progress on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
… efforts to increase corporate accountability for progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues. DiNapoli’s … more companies do the right thing and make real progress on diversity, equity and inclusion, but there’s so much more … Board Director Votes Voting on director nominees is a key tool that provides the most direct means for shareholders …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-corporate-america-must-show-progress-diversity-equity-inclusion