An audit report was filed on November 15, 2012 on Carnegie Hall Corporation's compliance with its City lease agreement. It was determined that the Corporation did not report $8,919,430 in Gross Commercial Rents of which percentage rent and itnerest totaling $363, 521 for fiscal year 2010 is due the City. There was also an issue with the subtenant, CHTL, for deductions in expenses. It was also found that DCAS did not adequately administer the lease to ensure that all the deductions from Gross Commercial Rents were properly reviewed and authorized by the City and that all revenue was properly collected and recorded to the City on time. Recommendations were made to tighten its operations and give in its payments.
An audit report was filed on October 19, 2012 on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development's (HPD) administration of its family self-sufficiency Escrow account. It was determined that HPD processed disbursements in accordance with its bank account procedures and performed the requisite bank reconciliations in a timely manner. However, HPD does not ensure that subaccounts are established and maintained for program participants, or that subaccounts reflect accurate and up-to-date totals. Recommendations were made to tighten its operations and accounts.
An audit report was filed on October 18, 2012 on the Department of Finance's (DOF) efforts to collect outstanding parking fines from participants in its stipulated fine and commercial abatement programs. It was determined that DOF did not effectively pursue collection of outstanding fines for parking summonses issued to vehicles owned by companies participating in its programs. In addition, DOF has no procedures on how to deal with non-compliant participants. Recommendations were made to tighten its control over its program's participants.
This letter report dated on October 9, 2012 addresses the provision of assistive technology (AT) devices by the Department of Education. Issues with consistency, documentation, and record keeping inhibited efforts to measure the effectiveness of AT devices in schools, thus conclusions could not be reliably made. It was concluded therefore that DOE could not ascertain with reasonable assurance that all students who should be receiving AT devices are in fact receiving them. Recommendations were made to rectify these issues.
This report details how policymakers have shifted their focus from high school graduation rates to post-secondary success. There is a lack of quality counseling, advising, and mentoring programs in New York City public high schools, impeding students from seeking access to and success in higher education. Schools must provide more focused support to help students navigate through the college application experience, with more counseling and mentoring services.
This report details how investment in education will lead to long-term fiscal balance, economic prosperity, and a high quality of urban life in the City of New York. The City's revenue will be enhanced, the level of education will be risen, and the City will generally benefit from this investment.
From an audit conducted on the City Clerk's Office, it was found that the Office maintained complete and accurate inventory records for all major office equipment. There was compliance with the Department of Investigation's Standards for Inventory Control and Management. However, there is a lack of segregation of duties that may weaken the Office's internal controls over safeguarding equipment and recommendations have been made to rectify these weaknesses.
This study provides a statistical snapshot of the current state of affordable housing in New York City. The main study data were drawn from the 2011 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey and the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Department of Transportation is responsible for administering the New York City Light Pole Banner Program, which fosters tourism and enhances the image of the City by allowing non-profit entities to display banners that promote the City's events. This audit determines if the Department adequately administered the Program in accordance with its rules and regulations.