Reports

Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to more than 6 million New Yorkers and is projected to cost a total of $62 billion from federal, State and local sources in State Fiscal Year 2016.

New York’s Medicaid program is undergoing major changes, with ambitious plans for further modifications just ahead. The State’s efforts to slow spending growth are showing measurable progress, with average beneficiary costs declining while enrollment continues to grow.

Farms are an essential and diverse part of New York State’s economy, contributing significantly to employment, incomes and tax revenues across the Empire State.

As of December 2014, OSC has completed 40 audits of expenses submitted to SED by preschool and/or school age special education providers over the last decade. These audits have cumulatively identified almost $42 million in disallowances, or 7.6 percent of the total claimed expenses of $544 million for the audit period. 

Created in 1970, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is responsible for most of the State’s programs to protect wildlife, natural resources and environmental quality.

Access to a habitable and secure place to live is a basic human need, essential to good health and well‐being. Keeping New Yorkers housed is costly, however. Government spends billions of dollars annually to assist developers, owners, and renters.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund has a powerful, far-reaching impact on the economy of New York State.

In 1966, New York State voters approved an amendment to the New York State Constitution to authorize creation of the modern State Lottery. The Lottery now is an important contributor to State revenues, generating more than $3 billion last fiscal year.

The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) continues its efforts to promote sustainable government practices.

Asthma is a major public health problem in New York State and nationally.

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The percentage of New York State households with housing costs above the affordability threshold, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), rose for both homeowners and renters from 2000 to 2012, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

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This is the third report released by the Office of the State Comptroller on the State’s Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund.

More than a decade ago, New York became the fourth state in the nation to extend in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrant students. Today, approximately 8,300 such students attend public institutions of higher education throughout New York.

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School districts are facing a set of unique fiscal challenges that have left many tightening their belts even as the economic recovery has begun to improve New York State finances.

New York State’s economy, like that of the nation, has taken a roller coaster ride since the start of the 21st century. The national recession of 2001 and its aftermath hit the Empire State with job losses proportionally larger than those in most states. Following more than five years of steady recovery from the 2001 downturn, New York was again hit hard by the Great Recession – losing more than 300,000 jobs in 2008 and 2009.

The Office of the State Comptroller recommends that, before State agencies are authorized to use P3 financing, policy makers should first develop a better  understanding of the potential costs and benefits of this approach. This report identifies a number of the risks  associated with privately financed infrastructure agreements and suggests ways to reduce such risks.

More than a decade ago, New York became the fourth state in the nation to extend in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrant students. Today, approximately 8,300 such students attend public institutions of higher education throughout New York.

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The Executive Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2013-14 was released by the Executive on January 22, 2013. On February 21, the Executive submitted final amendments to the proposed budget, to supplement the 21-day amendments previously released.

Absent Congressional action, significant revisions to federal tax and spending policies are scheduled to take effect in January 2013.

Obesity rates in New York State and the nation have jumped sharply in recent decades. Childhood obesity, in particular, has become much more common – nearly tripling nationwide since 1980.