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Thomas DiNapoli

Nov 26, 2018

Audit finds problems with use of New York state opioid monitoring system

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new audit from Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has found problems in how addiction treatment programs use New York’s opioid prescription monitoring system. The review finds instances where administrators failed to check the system to see if patients receiving treatment for addiction were getting opioids from another doctor. Failing to check the […]

Jul 12, 2018

Audit blames cashless tolling for millions in unpaid tolls

NEW YORK (AP) — A new state audit has found the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York has lost millions in unpaid tolls. The audit released by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Wednesday shows the majority of the unbilled tolls, worth at least $1.6 million, were lost when the MTA expanded the use of cashless tolling last […]

May 30, 2018

NY comptroller: Social media must curb harassment, fake news

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top financial official is warning Facebook, Google and Twitter that they must do more to protect users from fake news, sexual harassment and abuse on their social media platforms. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli called on the companies to publicly report on what steps they’re taking to address the problems. […]

May 11, 2018

Report: 200-plus NY waterways hit by untreated sewage spills

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new report says more than 200 waterways across New York were impacted last year by billions of gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says in a report released Thursday that the health of New Yorkers and their environment suffers when untreated wastewater spills into rivers, streams […]

Oct 4, 2017

Report: New York state not getting fair return on taxes paid to US

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A report from New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says that the state received 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016. DiNapoli says New York receives significantly less per tax dollar than the vast majority of states. The report estimates that New York […]

Apr 1, 2013

Comptroller says companies to push human rights

ALBANY — The state comptroller has withdrawn two corporate shareholder resolutions after Best Buy and Bed Bath & Beyond agreed to encourage their suppliers to take workplace safety, human rights and environmental compliance seriously. Thomas DiNapoli is the trustee of New York’s $152 billion pension fund for public workers. It owned 770,945 shares of Best […]

Oct 22, 2012

Comptroller: Problems at SUNY Foundation

New York’s state comptroller cites conflicts of interest, overpayments of contracts that weren’t competitively bid and misuse of credit cards that paid for world travel and even hockey tickets and groceries as proof that the State University of New York Research Foundation needs far more oversight. “For too long, SUNY Research Foundation employees took advantage […]

Jun 18, 2012

State agencies make nonprofits wait for $

Among the bills on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk awaiting his signature this week is legislation that would require state agencies to pay interest sooner for late contract payments to nonprofit agencies across the state. The State Comptroller’s Office released a 169-page report last week, breaking down by region nonprofit organizations’ contracts with state agencies, that […]

Feb 2, 2012

Comptroller: NY rebounding unevenly around state

ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Thursday that New York has recovered less than half the jobs lost during the recession and a weakening Wall Street and global economy make for a gloomy outlook. DiNapoli’s report on economic trends finds an uneven recovery from the recession that’s still hitting many areas hard three years […]

Oct 11, 2011

DiNapoli warns of weakness on Wall Street

NEW YORK CITY — Wall Street is again losing jobs because of global economic woes, threatening tax revenue for a city and state heavily reliant on the financial industry, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday.

Oct 4, 2011

DiNapoli seeks owners of $11B in unclaimed funds

ALBANY — Here’s a politician’s favorite job: Handing out checks. New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is trying to do just that in events across the state this month to find the owners of $11 billion in unclaimed funds.

Sep 14, 2011

Comptroller details fire co.’s $500K theft case

BALLSTON SPA — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the former treasurer of an upstate New York volunteer fire department stole as much as $500,000 from the organization and used the money to buy appliances, furniture, electronic equipment and more than 250 backyard patio stones.

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