An investigation was conducted to determine whether the Brooklyn Baseball Company LLC paid the City the rent due as said in its lease agreement and whether they had implemented the recommendations made in the Audit Report on the Compliance of Brooklyn Baseball Company LLC with Their Lease Agreement. The results of the investigation show that the Company maintained teh required insurance. Unfortunately, the Company still violated its lease agreement where they based their attendance on ticket count rather than turnstile count.
An investigation was held to determine whether the Queens County District Attorney's Office was following with certain procedures set by the Comptroller's Internal Control and Accountability Directives for payroll, timekeeping, purchasing, and inventory. The investigation found that the Office followed such procedures , though there were minor weaknesses, which are addressed in this report.
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.
An investigation was conducted to determine whether the Kings County District Attorney's Office was complying with City guidelines for payroll, personnel, timekeeping, purchasing, and inventory control. The results of the investigations proves that the Office had been compliant with the guidelines; however, there were several times in which the guidelines were not followed, which are addressed in this report.
The Comptroller's Office is required to invesitgate all rental credits claimed by the New York Yankees for the maintenance of Yankee Stadium. The results of the invesitgation finds that the rental credits for the fourth quarter of 2004 had been overstated by $163,860.18.
An audit report was filed on December 16, 2004 on the Highbridge Advisory Council's compliance with certain financial provisions of its contract with the Administration for Children's Services (ACS). It was determined that ACS did not take adequate measures to keep Highbridge in check. It was recommended that ACS expedite its reviews of Highbridge's financial actions, keep a closer watch on Highbridge audit reports, and establish a cost-allocation methodology for sponsors. (ME04-073A)
This audit was held in order to determine whether the Department of Finance, which administers and enforces tax laws, had adequate procedures to ensure that mixed-use properties in Staten Island listed in Class 1 were correctly classified. The results of this audit finds that the Department does not have adequate procedures for Class 1 but does have adequate procedures for Classes 2, 3, and 4.