In November, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 2,063 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $32.5 billion and approved nearly 2 million payments worth more than $13.3 billion. The office rejected 189 contracts and related transactions valued at $401 million and nearly 1,100 payments valued at more than $38.6 million, primarily for mistakes, insufficient support for charges, and improper payments. More information on these contracts and payments is available at Open Book New York.

Major Contracts Approved

Office of General Services (OGS) – Design & Construction

• $2.5 million with Sweet Group LLC to construct the Civil Admissions Suite at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center in New York County.
• $2 million with Gramercy Group Inc. to demolish buildings 42 and 43 at the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Suffolk County.
• $1.7 million with Con-Tech Building Systems Inc. to rehabilitate the playground area at the Dulles State Office Building in Jefferson County.
• $1.5 million with Alvion Group Inc. to repair and replace roofs at the Nathan Kline Research Institute in Rockland County.
• $1.3 million with SAI Services Inc. to repair the stair towers in Building 40 at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens County.
• $1 million with Grant Street Construction Inc. to stabilize the Dairy Building at the New York State Fairgrounds in Onondaga County.

Office of Information Technology Services

• $3 million with cb20 for the purchase of wireless access points, support and maintenance.
• $2.3 million with NEC Corporation of America for support and maintenance of the NEC Telephone System.

Division of State Police

• $3.5 million with Carahsoft Technology Corp. for forensics hardware and licenses.
• $1.3 million with Websmart Chevrolet LLC for the purchase of Chevy Malibu’s.

State University of New York

• $5.2 million with Resetarits Construction Corporation for Student Union Building lobby and stairs renovation at the University at Buffalo.
• $2.8 million with Oneida Sales and Service for asbestos abatement services at the University at Buffalo.
• $2.4 million with AOW Construction LLC for renovation of the eSports Computing Center at the University at Albany.
• $1.8 million with Bison Elevator Service Inc. for elevator maintenance, testing and repair at SUNY Oswego.
• $1.7 million with Garrison Protective Services Inc. for Security Guard Services at Stony Brook University.
• $1.5 million with Residential Fences Corp. for chain link fencing repair at Stony Brook University Hospital.
• $1.1 million with JNS Heating Service Inc. for a boiler replacement at SUNY Old Westbury.

State University Construction Fund

• $5.4 million with MLB Construction Services LLC for renovation of the Warehouse, shop and pole barn at SUNY Cobleskill in Schoharie County.
• $5.3 million with AOW Construction LLC for renovation of the Lecture Center at the University of Albany in Albany County.
• $2.5 million with Frey Electric Construction Co Inc. for emergency generator replacements at SUNY Fredonia in Chautauqua County.

Department of Transportation

• $12 million with Luck Brothers Inc. for a bridge replacement over the black river in Lewis and Jefferson Counties.
• $11.3 million with Concrete Applied Technologies Corp. for pavement rehabilitation in the towns of Cheektowaga and West Seneca in Erie County.
• $3.1 million with LC Whitford Co Inc. for a bridge replacement in the Town of Willow Grove in Yates County.
• $2.5 million with Bette & Cring LLC for construction of the Adirondak Maintenance Shed in the Village of Tupper Lake in Franklin County.
• $1.7 million with Mohegan Associates Inc. for guiderail replacement on Interstate 84 in the towns of Montgomery and Wallkill in Orange County.
• $1.1 million with Solar Technology Inc. for portable and stationary variable messaging signs.

Major Payments Approved

Tax Refunds and Credits

• $962.5 million for 85,932 personal income tax refunds.
• $171.2 million for 23,475 corporate and other tax refunds.
• $21.4 million for 24,056 property tax credits.

Department of Civil Service

• $409.3 million to CaremarkPCS Health LLC to provide pharmacy benefit services for the Empire, Excelsior, and Student Employee Health plans.
• $44.7 million to Carelon Behavioral Health for benefit services for the Mental Health & Substance Abuse Program of the Empire Plan.

State Education Department

• $1.2 billion in general aid to 444 school districts.

Gaming Commission

• $13.2 million for tribal-state compact payments to the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, and Warren.
• $3.2 million to 5 localities for gaming revenue distributions for the del Lago Resort and Casino, Rivers Casino and Resort, Tioga Downs Casino, and Resorts World Catskills.

Office of General Services

• $10.8 million for hourly-based IT services, including $2.5 million to Knowledge Builders Inc., and $8.3 million to 26 other vendors.

Department of Health

• $45.9 million to Maximus US Services Inc. for enrollment broker services for the Office of Health Insurance Programs.
• $26.8 million to Maximus Inc. for assistance with the Health Benefit Exchange, including insurance enrollment and call center operations.
• $8.5 million to Currier McCabe & Associates Inc. for the development, implementation, and operation of the Medicaid data warehouse and the Office of Health Insurance Programs Data Mart.

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services

• $14.2 million to New York City for the Urban Area Security Initiative Program.
• $2.2 million to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the Urban Area Security Initiative Program.
• $1.6 million to New York City for the Homeland Security Grant Program.

Department of Labor

• $232.3 million for payments under the Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation programs.

Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

• $28.8 million for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

Department of Transportation

• $3.6 million to New York City for operational support of the Traffic Management Center.

Other Contract and Payment Rejections and Other Cost Recoveries

DiNapoli’s office rejected tax refunds and credits valued at nearly $29.3 million. Auditors also recovered nearly $124,000 from vendors owing debts to the state and held nearly $211,000 in payments pending resolution of disputes between subcontractors and prime contractors.

Cumulatively through November for calendar year 2023 DiNapoli’s office approved 21,683 contracts valued at $65.2 billion and approved more than 27.2 million payments worth more than $170.4 billion. The office rejected 1,901 contracts and related transactions valued at nearly $7.5 billion and more than 37,500 payments valued at more than $212 million primarily due to errors, improprieties, or lack of documentation.