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Audit of RUPCO Affordable Rental Upgrade Program (ARUP)
When the County awards public funds through a contractor, it takes on the responsibility to ensure those funds are used in accordance with contractual requirements approved by the County Legislature. The audit found that the program was not implemented in accordance with key contract requirements. Rather than using the U.S. …
Fraud Prevention Through Good Accounts Payable Processes
The Comptroller's Office approves claims for payment, contracts and employee reimbursements. We work directly with the finance and accounts payable staff of every Ulster County department to assist them in meeting the requirements of current Ulster County policies and procedures.
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Comptroller’s Office Releases Audit Report of Ulster County’s Affordable Rental Upgrade Program Administered by RUPCO
(Kingston, NY, May 11, 2026) – The Ulster County Comptroller’s Office today released an audit of the Affordable Rental Upgrade Program (ARUP), a $1.5 million County-funded initiative administered by RUPCO, a Kingston-based nonprofit. First contracted in 2023, ARUP funds repaired privately owned rental properties serving income-eligible tenants. The County contracts …
Ulster County Wins Momentous Broadband Fiber Award
After years of planning and work behind the scenes, Ulster County has received news this week that broadband fiber will be run to all 1,293 unserved locations in the County under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program through a grant of $17.3 million to Verizon and an …
Ulster County Comptroller Reports on Former IBM Campus Redevelopment: $9.5 Million in Public Obligations Unpaid, Foreclosure Proceedings Underway
The report shows that the developer, two single-purpose LLCs created by Connecticut-based National Resources operating as iPark, owes $6.56 million in unpaid mortgage payments and $2.93 million in delinquent property taxes, for a combined public-sector obligation of approximately $9.5 million. The Ulster County Economic Development Alliance (UCEDA), which managed the …
in taxpayer funds saved and earned since 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller!
$19 BILLION in Lost Money
Every day New York State returns $1.5 million to those who file claims here. Is any yours?