Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips said she will begin an audit of the Department of Assessment on Feb. 15. Joined by County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who campaigned on transparency and change for the reassessment, Phillips reiterated her own promise to independently investigate the reassessment process and how to improve it.
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By Tom Carrozza
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2/15/22
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Disagreements within the Hempstead Town council on how to effectively revitalize the town’s troubled Building Department — a subject of myriad complaints from residents — came to a standstill when the Republican majority shot down Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposed audit from an outside consultant in July. Gillen, renewing a hard-line stance, stood with State Sen. John Brooks on Monday as they called on the Department of State to audit the Building Department.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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8/15/19
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The Hempstead Town Board voted on Feb. 5 to table the hiring of an outside consultant to audit the Town Building Department. The roughly $155,000 measure was intended to offer recommendations on how …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/13/19
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Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Jan. 16 that she was seeking to hire an outside consultant to audit the town Building Department and offer recommendations on how to streamline its building …
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By Peter Belfiore
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1/24/19
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The state comptroller has found that Medicaid patients in treatment for opioid addiction are being prescribed opioids outside of the programs, because of lax monitoring by health officials and prescribers.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit of state opioid treatment programs on Nov. 26, and shared his concerns with the Department of Health.
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By Frank Luisi
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12/13/18
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First steps were taken last week in a county audit of the Hempstead Animal Shelter in Wantagh.
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By Erik Hawkins
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2/22/18
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To prevent the misappropriation of funds, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is recommending several changes in the way that the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District adopts their budget. Such changes could also potentially lead to a decrease in residential property taxes.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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12/2/16
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An audit of Nassau County Police Departmentovertime expenditures revealed systemic issues of under-budgeting, reliance on overly optimistic savings from management initiatives, complex precinct overtime rules and inadequate recordkeeping technology, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos’s office announced Monday.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/26/16
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The state comptroller’s office reviewed 2,969 checks the North Merrick School District wrote and 123 wire transfers it made between 2011 and 2013 and found wrong names on all of them.
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By Brian Racow
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4/17/14
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Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages has called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to audit county Police Department crime statistics in light of a commander’s recent demotion for …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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8/29/12
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