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Selected Aspects of Supporting Small Businesses
… Objectives To determine whether the New York City Department of Small Business Services properly administered … Several years prior, in July 2014, New York City (City or NYC) launched Small Business First, a combined initiative … distributed by City agencies, such as updates on the law and renewal notices. Key Findings Despite expending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/10/20/selected-aspects-supporting-small-businessesDiNapoli: Three Arrested for Scheme to Steal Unclaimed Funds from New York State
… charges arising out of their scheme to fraudulently obtain unclaimed funds held by the New York State Comptroller’s … stole people’s identities to submit claims for money that did not belong to them, stealing from those who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-three-arrested-scheme-steal-unclaimed-funds-new-york-stateOpinion 97-6
… (911) Telephone System (use of surcharge revenues to construct housing for enhanced emergency telephone system) … (expenditure of revenues derived from surcharge imposed to establish and maintain E911 system) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- … by county of revenues derived from surcharge imposed to establish and maintain E911 system) WORDS AND PHRASES -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-6Treasurer of Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department Charged With Embezzling More Than $5.7 Million and Failing To Report The Income To The IRS
… elected treasurer of the MVFD in 2001. From in or about January 2002 to in or about September 2015, Klein embezzled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/treasurer-mahopac-volunteer-fire-department-charged-embezzling-more-57-million-and-failing-reportDiNapoli: DEC Needs to Improve Efforts to Control Invasive Species
… plants and animals and stop them from spreading. I urge DEC officials to follow our recommendations to protect … DiNapoli and his team for this work, and all they do to safeguard New York finances and preserve clean water, … Conservation: Management of Invasive Species Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-dec-needs-improve-efforts-control-invasive-speciesDiNapoli: MTA's Plan to Pull Trash Cans Didn't Make Stations Cleaner
… riders have a harder time finding a trash can." The MTA's NYC Transit launched its "Trash Can Free Stations Pilot … its intention to continue the program. See the report MTA: NYC Transit Trash Can Free Stations Pilot Program or go to: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-mtas-plan-pull-trash-cans-didnt-make-stations-cleanerDiNapoli Warns Federal Cuts to Health Care Could Hurt Millions of New Yorkers
… Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-warns-federal-cuts-health-care-could-hurt-millions-new-yorkersDiNapoli: MTA Financial Outlook Improved
… (MTA) budget has improved considerably over the past year thanks to the economic recovery as well as low … in 2020, an increase of 43 percent over 10 years. Debt service would exceed $3.1 billion by 2020, nearly one-third … of revenue during the financial plan period. In the past six months alone, the MTA has realized $1.6 billion in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-mta-financial-outlook-improvedOversight of Undistributed Child Support Funds
… Purpose To determine if the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s (OTDA) … Funds (OUF), which will then expand outreach efforts to find the appropriate party. Key Findings We found OTDA has … a process for doing so. Five districts had reached out to OTDA for guidance – they expressed confusion about the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/09/oversight-undistributed-child-support-fundsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… not eligible for the credits. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: New York Sending More Tax Dollars to Federal Government Than it Gets Back
… Individual income taxes made up over $1.5 trillion, or 50.3 percent, of all taxes paid to the federal government … category of federal expenditures is direct payments to or on behalf of individuals, which totaled nearly $2.3 trillion, or 63 percent, of federal spending allocated to the states in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-york-sending-more-tax-dollars-federal-government-it-gets-backDiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… identified in a March 2022 audit of the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes, according to a … underinvestment in public health over the past decade may have limited DOH’s ability to prepare and respond in the most … control for facilities prior to the pandemic, it could have helped facilities be better prepared. Auditors also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesDiNapoli: Report Warns of Growing State Debt
… such additional debt include bonds issued by the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. and certain bonds issued in recent years to pay for State University of New York dormitories. Total …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-report-warns-growing-state-debtOpinion 2001-1
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … corporation, by ordinance, local law, resolution, order or rule, to provide for the payment of overtime compensation to any or all public officers and employees, except elective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Risk Assessment and Implementation of Measures to Address Extreme Weather Conditions
… a sample of 23 of 221 capital projects intended to correct or prevent damage found that projects were often incomplete in scope of work, not finished on time or within budget, or insufficiently documented. Just two of six critical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/risk-assessment-and-implementation-measures-address-extreme-weather-conditionsState Comptroller DiNapoli, Steuben County District Attorney Baker and the New York State Police Announce Arrest of Former Village of Addison Official for Theft of More Than $1.1 Million
… village with no oversight or accountability. She prepared payroll, maintained manual leave records, and processed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-steuben-county-district-attorney-baker-and-new-york-state-police-announceOversight of the Early Intervention Program
… About the Program When a child has a developmental delay or disability, their early years provide a critical window of … Research shows that the earlier a developmental delay or disability is identified, and the sooner services begin, … If the evaluator determines a child has a disability or developmental delay, the municipality is responsible for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/28/oversight-early-intervention-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 2103
… for Institution Extra Lag paychecks dated 02/23/2023 or Administration Extra Lag paychecks dated 03/01/2023. … of Environmental Conservation (Department ID 09180) or the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation … Date: 03/31/2022 (Deptid 49xxx) 04/07/2022 (Deptid 09180) Or the date the employee returned to the payroll in an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2103-april-2022-csea-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2018
… letter contained in the 2019-2023 Agreements between the State of New York and the Public Employees Federation (PEF), … to receive the April 2022 Longevity Payment: Active on the appropriate payment effective date; and In BU05 … purposes, and is subject to employment and income taxes. Federal, State, and New York City income tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2018-april-2022-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1823
… Goal Balance: $500 (to prevent making another payment) Tax Information The Longevity Payment for Long-Term Seasonal … will be added to the employee’s taxable gross wages for tax withholding purposes, and is subject to employment and income taxes. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1823-april-2020-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employees