Thomas DiNapoli

New York State was able to recover $46 million in over payments to nursing homes after an audit by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found the Department of Health’s computer system failed to deduct payments some nursing home residents are required to pay for their care.

According to an audit released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the state Department of Health made as much as $31 million in excessive Medicaid payments for patients who died within 24 hours of being admitted to a hospital after a new method of calculating hospital payments went into effect.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says a record amount of unclaimed funds, totaling $347 million, were paid out to individuals and organizations in the state’s last fiscal year. This new record surpasses the previous year by $33 million. Currently, there is $12.5 billion in lost or forgotten money that is still waiting to be claimed.

State tax collections of $12.6 billion through May rose 25.8 percent from collections during the same period last year primarily due to non-recurring estimated Personal Income Tax (PIT) payments made in April, according to the May Cash Report released Thursday by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will examine payments made by the state in response to Superstorm Sandy to make sure state agencies received goods and services at the appropriate price.

An audit by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office shows that the State Department of Labor’s failure to maintain records on building boilers and asbestos remediation projects needing inspection may jeopardize public health and safety.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is encouraging parents to enroll in New York’s 529 College Savings Program to help offset college costs.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund has reached a milestone. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday that the fund was valued at an estimated $160.4 billion, an all-time high.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's sixth annual report examining the performance of the state's IDAs found improved reporting of data but recommended that IDAs do more to objectively weigh incentives against economic benefits to communities and evaluate projects receiving tax and other breaks.

New Yorkers can find out if they are owed some of the state's $12 billion in unclaimed funds at events across the state in May.