Thomas Dinapoli

Medicaid Waste Costs State $100 Million

ny1.com | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York


Audits conducted by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli show that New York State has lost nearly $100 million in billing errors and waste in Medicaid....

"Financial Football" Video Game Teaches Kids Money Skills

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — A new video game designed to help New York students learn to manage their money tries to make the dullness of balancing a checkbo...

Comptroller DiNapoli: New York Running $4.1 Billion Budget Deficit

nytimes.com | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York


Deteriorating economic factors have propelled New York State's projected budget deficit to $4.1 billion, according to the state's comptroller, who war...

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy

Dan Collins | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

It's hard to believe anyone with leadership and public spirit would be willing to hang around Albany. Cynicism and despair aren't going to get us anywhere, but there are days when you find it hard to feel anything else.

Hassan Nemazee, Democratic Fundraiser, Indicted For $292 Million Ponzi Scheme

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million P...

Charles Hynes, Brooklyn DA, To Lead ACORN Investigation

Newsday | James T. Madore | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


State officials are letting Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes take the lead on investigating ACORN, though state money going to the group has b...

Hassan Nemazee: Schumer, Gillibrand Among New York Democrats Who Received Money From Alleged Fraudster

AP | Valerie Bauman | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, freshman U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are among t...

Prisoners Collect Thousands Of Dollars In Unemployment Benefits

AP | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York auditors have identified 11 state prison inmates who collected about $30,000 in unemployment insurance benefits they wer...

New York State Pension Fund To Pull $86M From Companies Tied to Iran, Sudan

WNYC | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York


The New York State pension fund says it's divesting $86 million from companies conducting business in Iran and Sudan....

Wall Street Bonuses Down 44 Percent: NY State Report

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business


ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will lose nearly $1 billion in revenue because cash bonuses to Wall Street employees declined 44 percent last year...