Selected reports and information published by New York State's Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli

Selected reports and information published by New York State's Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli For the week of November 12 - 18, 2012 [Click on the caption to access the full report] DiNapoli: Improvements Needed At Saratoga Housing Authority Auditors found lax spending controls at the Saratoga Housing Authority, according to an audit released Friday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. DiNapoli: Schenectady’s Fiscal Condition Improving The City of Schenectady faces an unstable financial future, but increased economic development and better long–term financial planning point to signs of progress, according to an audit issued Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. DiNapoli: Dunkirk Mishandled Federal HUD Grant Funding The City of Dunkirk spent more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant program on unauthorized or questionable activities, according to an audit issued Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The findings have been referred to HUD for further review. Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli last Friday announced his office completed the following audits:  Department of Health;  Division of Housing and Community Renewal;  Office of Mental Health,  Quality of Internal Control Certification;  Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation;  Department of Health Overpayments for Hospital Readmissions; and,  Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and volunteers from the Comptroller’s Office, along with family and friends, will deliver a semi–trailer truckload of supplies to residents of Long Beach at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 17, at the Long Beach Ice Arena as part of the Comptroller’s Office’s Hurricane Sandy relief campaign. The Comptroller and staff volunteers will unload the truck and assist the relief center with sorting and distribution of the household and cleaning supplies. The Comptroller’s Office continues to work with our partners in government to expedite the approval of all storm related contracts and expenditures. Additional items:

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