The state Department of Financial Services is investigating complaints by taxpayers about tax collection letters that appear to be government notices but are actually scam solicitations from private entities. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning New Yorkers not to be deceived by the scam. The notices typically are being sent to… Read More →
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced this afternoon that he has reached monetary settlements with five more service stations for violating the state price gouging statute in the wake of Superstorm Sandy last fall. Two stations are in Suffolk County and three are in Westchester. Schneiderman’s office has an ongoing probe… Read More →
The state Department of Taxation and Finance lacked adequate controls over sting operations, in one case resulting in the loss of and failure to account for about $160,000 in cash proceeds in an operation in Westchester County, according to a new report from New York Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott…. Read More →
Two Lower Hudson Valley roll-your-own tobacco shops were among 12 in the Capital District and Hudson Valley that were raided by the state Department of Taxation and Finance, which led to 10 arrests on charges of illegally possessing untaxed cigarettes and tobacco. The local shops are Tobacco House of C… Read More →
Rockland County has arrested 14 people on felony charges of social services fraud, alleging they stole $229,000 in subsidized child care tax credit funds, authorities said today, The Journal News/lohud.com reports. The people who were arrested range in age from 25 to 42. They are accused of falsifying records with… Read More →
Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret, Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran, a Queens Republican, and two other New York City GOP officials pleaded not guilty today to a wide-ranging federal indictment on corruption charges, The Journal News/lohud.com reports. The charges stem from… Read More →
Nine out of 10 New York voters think corruption is a serious problem in New York and eight out of 10 believe more state legislators will be arrested, according to a new poll released today by the Siena Research Institute. Thirty-five percent said their own Assembly member could be arrested,... Read More →
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced today that his office has stopped $21.2 million in questionable personal income-tax refunds this year after finding 6,353 improper filings. His office has audited and approved 3.9 million refund requests totaling $3.3 billion in 2013. There are an additional 271,000 refund requests totaling $303 million that are… Read More →
New York employers will save $1.2 billion as a result of changes to the state workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance systems that were included in the recently adopted 2013-14 state budget, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The workers’ compensation reforms will save $800 million for businesses while increasing benefits for… Read More →
Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret took $1,000 from a cooperative witness in a matter that’s unrelated to last Tuesday’s FBI arrests, according to the federal complaint released last week, The Journal News/lohud.com reports today. The complaint refers to the alleged payoff as a “prior corrupt agreement,” but it does… Read More →
