N.Y. Executive Law Section 170
Audit of agencies by the state comptroller

  • reports of corrective action
Whenever the state comptroller shall conduct an audit of the activities and operations of any department, bureau, board, commission, authority or any other agency or instrumentality, he or she shall submit a tentative copy of a report of such audit to the head of the entity audited. The head of such entity may submit a written response to such tentative report within thirty days of the receipt thereof. The state comptroller shall thereafter submit a final report of such audit which shall contain a complete copy of the response, if any, submitted to the tentative report. If the final report makes recommendations for corrective action, the head of the entity audited shall report within one hundred eighty days after receipt thereof to the governor, the state comptroller, the president, president pro tem and minority leader of the senate, the speaker, majority and minority leaders of the assembly, and the chairman and ranking minority members of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committees of the state legislature what steps were taken to implement such recommendations, and, where recommendations were not implemented, the reasons therefor.

Source: Section 170 — Audit of agencies by the state comptroller; reports of corrective action, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EXC/170 (updated Nov. 22, 2019; accessed Jul. 11, 2026).

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Certain searches, the filing of papers, and certified copies, ordered by state officers to be gratuitous 162
Contracts for professional services of state and municipal employees 163
Contracts for services of state agencies 163–A
Contracts with Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated 164
Reports by and to the department 164–A
Report and publication economy regulations 164–B
State aid to rural areas: agency reports 164–C
Printing cost reduction notices 164–D
Availability of application forms 165
Commission on uniform state laws 166
Record of appearances 167
Advertising and publicizing summer camps cited as subversive 168
Notices to attorneys at law by state bodies or officers 168–A
Designation of days of commemoration 169
Salaries of certain state officers 170
Audit of agencies by the state comptroller 170–A
Celebration of Rosa Parks 170–B
Employee loans 170–B*2
Racial references contained in state and municipal forms 170–C
Regulatory penalties for small businesses 170–D
Disclosure of disabled tenants’ rights 170–E
Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective tenants 170–E*2
Collection of demographic information 170–F
Website accessibility 170–G
Collection of demographic information 170–H
Additional collection of demographic information 170–I
Gender-based violence and the workplace 170–J
Mental health references contained in state and municipal forms 170–K
Local cops, local crimes act 171
Discovery and disposition of human remains and funerary objects
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Verified:
Jul. 11, 2026

Last modified:
Nov. 22, 2019

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