This Report, which is prepared by the Comptroller’s Office and reviewed by the Proxy Committee of each system, serves as the annual Proxy Committee Postseason Report (“Postseason Report”) to each system’s Board of Trustees
The Identifying Information Law requires City agencies to submit comprehensive biennial agency reports (Form 3). This document is related to the City Comptroller's collection, disclosure, and retention of identifying information and privacy protection practices.
This report compares traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans with 401(k)-type defined contribution (DC) retirement savings plans. DB plans are generally secure, predictable and efficient, but may prove to be a bigger economic burden than DC plans.
Committed to making substantial reforms early on in their administrations and working collaboratively to address these challenges, Mayor Adams and Comptroller Lander announced the establishment of the Task Force on Nonprofit Contracting (“Task Force”) convened as a part of the transition process.
New York City’s current property tax system is notoriously opaque, unfair, and regressive. For the past four decades, rather than dealing with its structural flaws, New York State has layered on a patchwork of exemptions and abatements to lower tax rates for various owners.
This policy brief, by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, provides support for legislation that would mandate for the first time that landlords include a clear and concise “Tenant Bill of Rights” in every lease packet.
Various audit reports were compiled of the Minority And Women-Owned Business Enterprises Program and filed on December 22, 2010. The audits of the Program found a common issue in the administration of the program: the lack of compliance with key provisions of Local Law 129 concerning agency monitoring of M/WBE participation goals of vendors to ensure that subcontractor utilization goals are achieved. Recommendations were made to rectify the lack of effective monitoring of the program at the agency and oversight level.
This audit reviewed the results of audit reports for three CIty agencies that examined the recoupment of change order costs that were necessitated by design errors and omissions.
An audit report was filed on March 12, 2013 as a compilation of audits of the City's oversight of construction management consultants. It was determined that deficiencies and problems with overseeing the work of construction management consultants and failing to complete projects on time resulted in the expenditure of $22.13 million in additional construction management consultant costs. Furthermore, deficient oversight led to $3.3 million in inappropriate and questionable payments to a consultant, and $8.25 million in monetary penalties for failure to complete certain projects on-time. Recommendations were made to rectify these issues.
The City's Comptroller Office conducted a series of audits on the administration and controls of overtime by City agencies. From the audits, it was found that there is a general lack of compliance with the rules, procedures, regulations, and policies governing overtime. There is a threat of overtime abuse due to inadequate management. Recommendations have been made to all agencies to try to solve these problems.
This report, filed on May 13, 2010 is a compilation of systems development audits and an assessment of Citywide Systems-Development Strategy. This compilation report revisited lessons learned from the audit reports when viewed in total. It was concluded that, while improvements have been made in the process of developing IT system projects, up to $190.7 million of IT system-development projects examined may have been poorly spent. In general, it was determined that the City has not created a successful unified City-wide strategy for developing IT systems. As a consequence, the resources invested in these projects are at risk. Recommendations were made to rectify these issues.
The objectives of this audit were to determine if all owners report cell site income on the RPIE statement, if additional property tax would be due from unreported cell site income, and if penalties
are assessed for not reporting cell antenna income.
At more than $110 billion annually, New York City’s operating budget is the largest municipal budget in the country by far, and is larger than the budgets of all but four states
This IT audit and research report is a study on the compliance of New York City Agencies with Executive Order 120 and makes recommendations for enhancing citywide language access. It was determined that the agencies reviewed (CCRB, CCHR, DCP, DOT, and TLC) were generally in compliance with EO 120 and have taken reasonable measures to promote compliance and to expand language access to limited english proficiency (LEP) customers. General recommendations were made regarding consistency of services, improvement of public outreach, and formalization of language access training.
An audit report in which an analysis was conducted to provide data on the overall financial activities of 97 union-administered funds that received City contributions during Fiscal Year 2003.
The New York City Housing Authority's Department of Resident Employment Services is responsible for implementing the resident employment training programs, such as the Pre-Apprenticeship Program, the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Program, and the Resident Employment Program. This follow-up audit determines whether the NYCHA has implemented the six recommendations made in a previous audit, Audit Report on the Administration of the Resident Employment Program by the New York City Housing Authority.
The office of the comptroller has conducted an audit to determine whether the payments by the Administration for Children's Services for children with disabilities in residential facilities were accurate,
documented, and legitimate.
This audit evaluated the Department of the Aging's oversight of the delivery of frozen meals under its contracts with Regional Aid for Interim Needs and Mid-Bronx Senior Citizen Center.
The Department of Youth and Community Development initiates and coordinates programs to meet the needs and foster the development of the youth, families, and communities. The Beacon Program Contract Management Unit oversees 80 Beacon community centers. This audit determines whether the DYCD has adequate oversight and monitoring of Beacon Program contractors to ensure that they are following with the contract.
The audit determined whether all student activity fees collected by the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College were turned over to the Hostos Association; the internal controls over the
expenditures of student activity fees were adequate; and the expenses incurred by the Association were reasonable, appropriate, and in compliance with prescribed guidelines and bylaws.
An investigation was conducted to determine whether the New York County District Attorney's Office had control over its Other Than Personal Services expenditures to ensure that they were valid and that payments were executed. The results of this investigation claims that the Office has adequate control, though there were some weaknesses in its controls, which were identified in this report.
Little Flower Children and Family Services is a social service agency that delivers services to children, families, and disabled adults. This audit determines whether LFCFS followed with the major programmatic provisions of its foster care contract with the Administration for Children's Services.
The objective of this audit was to identify NYC pensioners who may be reemployed as a consultant and illegally collecting a pension from a NYC retirement system - known as "double dippers or disability violators".
The objective of this audit was to identify NYC pensioners who may be reemployed by a City agency and illegally colecting a pension from the NYC Board of Education Retirement System known as
double dippers or disability violators.
The objective of this audit was to identify NYC pensioners who may be reemployed by NYS and illegally collecting a pension from a NYC reitrement system - known as "double dippers or diability violators".
An audit report determining whether the Department of Education's procurement policies were followed by schools in Region 3 and District 75 when they purchase something.