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November 26, 2016

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the following audits and reports were issued during the week ending November 26, 2016


New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the following audits and reports were issued during the week ending November 26, 2016 
Source: Office of the State Comptroller

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Pre-school education providers claimed over one million dollars of unallowed expenses
Aim High Children’s Services and the Hebrew Institute for the Deaf and Exceptional Children, two Brooklyn preschool special education providers, claimed nearly $1.4 million in taxpayer reimbursements for ineligible costs, according to audits released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.


Hiring and Budgeting problems at the Brentwood Union Free School District
A pattern of poor budgeting led the Brentwood Union Free School District to accumulate excessive fund balance as well as reserve funds that surpassed board-approved amounts and have gone unused, according to an audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.


Former TownClerk padded her pay with town funds
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the arrest of Jordan Green after an investigation and audit found that she paid herself thousands of dollars in unauthorized payroll payments. Green also had the town pay back her loans from the state’s retirement system while employed as the clerk to the supervisor for the Town of Minerva. The arrest is the result of DiNapoli's partnership with the New York State Police and Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague. Details are posted on the Internet at:
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/nov16/112316a.htm?utm_source=weekly+news&utm_medium=email&utm_term=corruption&utm_content=20161127&utm_campaign=fiscal+oversight


School DistrictAudits

Bellmore-MerrickCentral High School District – Financial Condition

GouverneurCentral School District – Financial Management

IrvingtonUnion Free School District – Information Technology

NewarkCentral School District – Financial Condition and Claims Processing

Port Jervis City School District – Financial Condition


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