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Government-Wide Financial Data – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… is most notably related to increased tax revenue resulting from a decline in unemployment, continued economic recovery from COVID-19, and the effects of inflation on consumption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/government-wide-financial-dataOverpayments of Certain Medicare Crossover Claims
… period. The actual overpayments totaled about $10 million (from 414,081 crossover claims). The overpayments occurred … limits. The potential overpayments totaled $16.4 million (from 451,906 crossover claims) where providers submitted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/01/10/overpayments-certain-medicare-crossover-claimsComptroller DiNapoli and Mayor Brown Return Over $100,000 in Unclaimed Funds to Buffalo Residents
… to see if there were funds owed to them. Representatives from DiNapoli's office were also at City Hall helping local … million. The majority of unclaimed funds accounts stem from old bank accounts but also include stocks, life …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/comptroller-dinapoli-and-mayor-brown-return-over-100000-unclaimed-funds-buffalo-residentsCyber Incident Response Team (Follow-Up)
… often used to deliver ransomware increased by 162%, from 114,702 in 2019 to 300,497 in 2022. These attacks can … protect against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorism and other man-made and natural disasters, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/07/20/cyber-incident-response-team-followDiNapoli: Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft and Must Pay Back $459K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… until retiring in 2005. To be closer to family, she moved from Brooklyn to Georgia afterward and passed away there on … death to enable the theft of continued payments from the New York state pension system and Social Security. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-woman-pleads-guilty-theft-and-must-pay-back-459k-nys-pension-and-social-security-paymentsDowntown Ithaca Business Improvement District (DIBID) – Disbursements (2012M-252)
… non-voting members. In 2011, the DIBID received $347,875 from special assessments on approximately 200 taxable parcels, generated an additional $176,901 from promotional events, and received $91,000 in government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2013/04/05/downtown-ithaca-business-improvement-district-dibid-disbursements-2012m-252X.1 Overview – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… to, have an ongoing relationship with, and receive payment from New York State. The file identifies vendors by a New … reporting requirements to report the total funds received from one entity. OSC created the Centralized Customer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x1-overviewDiNapoli: Former Tax Collector Accused of Pocketing $88,000 for Car Loans, Amazon Purchases, Food and Other Expenses
… Kevin P. Bruen. “This former tax collector took money from taxpayers for her own personal gain and benefit. We will … at Amazon, Stitch Fix, and Chewy.com, and order deliveries from Gobble Meals. She also used taxpayers’ funds to make car …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-former-tax-collector-accused-pocketing-88000-car-loans-amazon-purchases-food-and-otherDiNapoli: State Tax Revenues $3 Billion Below Last Year
… Year 2021 Mid-Year Update, issued Oct. 30. Tax receipts from the start of the state’s fiscal year in April through … same time. The higher balance is driven partly by receipts from short-term borrowing that DOB anticipates repaying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-state-tax-revenues-3-billion-below-last-yearMaximizing Drug Rebates for Health and Recovery Plans (Follow-Up)
… Medicaid prescription drug costs by requesting rebates from drug manufacturers. The Affordable Care Act, enacted in … rebate function and that all HARP rebates are collected from drug manufacturers. Key Finding Department officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/17/maximizing-drug-rebates-health-and-recovery-plans-followTown of Monroe – Water System Accountability and Electricity Cost Savings (2012M-227)
… the water processed by its water system and purchased from the Village with the water billed to its customers. The … estimated that the Town lost $64,787 in water rent revenue from unbilled water if the lost water was due to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/02/15/town-monroe-water-system-accountability-and-electricity-cost-savings-2012m-227Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… overestimated appropriations by a total of $2.7 million from 2016-17 through 2018-19 and annually appropriated … or verbal quotes for the purchase of goods and services from five vendors that were paid $267,306. Auditors also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsMedicaid Overpayments for Inpatient Care Involving Mechanical Ventilation Services (Follow-Up)
… Groups) inpatient claims. The audit covered the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. We identified … weaknesses that prevented the claims processing system from identifying claims where 96 consecutive hours or more of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/medicaid-overpayments-inpatient-care-involving-mechanical-ventilation-services-followDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Drop 8.2 Percent in July
… boosted year-over-year growth. County decreases ranged from 2.1 percent in Essex to 19.7 percent in Schuyler. New … 27.1 percent in the April-June quarter , down $1.2 billion from collections in the same quarter of 2019. Over the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-drop-82-percent-julyRochester City School District – Budget Review (B20-2-5)
… [read complete report - pdf] Purpose of Budget Review The objective of this review was to provide an independent evaluation of the Rochester City School District’s (District) proposed budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/06/05/rochester-city-school-district-budget-review-b20-2-5DiNapoli: Tennessee Woman Sentenced for Stealing Deceased Mother's NYS Pension Checks
… death in order to collect her pension checks and steal from New York state's retirement system,” DiNapoli said. … to receive. Schwinzer did not stop withdrawing the money from the account until a bank representative contacted her on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-tennessee-woman-sentenced-stealing-deceased-mothers-nys-pension-checksTown of LaGrange – Selected Financial Activities (2013M-107)
… identical. Also, we identified 36 cases that were deleted from the Court’s system; the reasons for the deletions were … that user access rights were terminated upon separation from service, and users did not log off the system when they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/07/12/town-lagrange-selected-financial-activities-2013m-107NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Pension Fund's Ranking as Top U.S. Investor Battling Climate Risk
… low emissions index that shifts stock holdings away from the biggest carbon emitters to cleaner companies. It’s … retirement security of more than one million New Yorkers from climate risk has been recognized and appreciated." AODP …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-pension-funds-ranking-top-us-investor-battling-climate-riskDiNapoli: Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slowed in 2024
… Local government sales tax collections in New York state totaled $23.4 billion in calendar year 2024, an increase of 1.6% or $376 million … annual growth seen since the COVID-19 pandemic decline in 2020, and was less than half of the average pre-pandemic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-slowed-2024State Agencies Bulletin No. 1552
… from 0001 to 2017. The agency must evaluate the employee’s Payroll Status beginning from the time of reallocation … to determine if the increment code must be updated. If the Payroll Status remained Active, Leave With Pay or Leave of … the increment code of the lower grade reinstated. If the Payroll Status was Leave of Absence not related to a Workers’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1552-april-2017-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-lump-sum-lls