State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits were issued.
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New York State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Former Orange County IDA Officials Guilty Plea
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following statement on three former Orange County Industrial Development Agency(IDA) officials who pled guilty today to defrauding the IDA and were ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution:
Statewide Local Sales Tax Collections Surge Nearly 58 Percent in May
Local sales tax collections in May increased by 57.8 percent over the same month in 2020, the highest one month increase in recent history. Collections totaled $1.4 billion, up $530 million from May of last year.
April Local Sales Tax Collections Up Nearly 46 Percent From 2020, May 2021
Local government sales tax collections in April grew by 45.7 percent over the same month in 2020. Collections totaled $1.5 billion, up $464 million from April of last year.
Local Sales Tax Collections Down 3.9 Percent for First Quarter of 2021, April 2021
Sales tax revenue for local governments in New York State declined by 3.9 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year. Sales tax collections from January through March totaled $4.3 billion, which was $173 million less than the first quarter of 2020.
February Local Sales Tax Collections Down 4.2 Percent; Year Over Year Decline Narrows, March 2021
Overall sales tax collections for local governments declined by 4.2 percent in February compared to the same month in 2020. Collections totaled nearly $1.3 billion, down $55 million from February of last year. Collections are down $2.2 billion, or 12 percent, for the past 12 months (March 2020 – February 2021), compared to the same 12 months ending February 2020.
January Local Sales Tax Collections Down 5.9 Percent, February 2021
Local government sales tax collections statewide were down 5.9 percent in January compared to the same time last year, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced. Collections totaled $1.5 billion, down $95 million from January 2020.
DiNapoli: Statewide Local Sales Tax Collections Surge Nearly 58 Percent in May
Local sales tax collections in May increased by 57.8 percent over the same month in 2020, the highest one month increase in recent history, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. Collections totaled $1.4 billion, up $530 million from May of last year.
DiNapoli: Former Town Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of $240,000
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Cortland County District Attorney Patrick Perfetti today announced that former Pharsalia Town Supervisor Dennis Brown pleaded guilty to stealing $240,000 in public funds and must now pay full restitution. The thefts were discovered through their joint investigation.
State Comptroller Releases Municipal Audits
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits were issued.
Auditors conducted reviews of 20 adopted budgets of various counties, cities, towns and villages across the state to assess whether local officials adequately considered the impact of the pandemic on their financial operations while developing their 2021 fiscal year budgets. Below are the findings of some of the communities reviewed: