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2016-NY-1006-001-B
Status
Open
Date Issued
March 29, 2016
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs direct State officials to provide adequate documentation to justify $152,703 in CDBG-DR funds disbursed to six businesses. If any amount cannot be adequately supported, it should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds to the State’s line of credit.
Program Office
Community Planning and Development
Questioned Costs
$152,703.00
Better Funds Use
$0.00
Publication Report Number
2016-NY-1006
Publication Report
New York State Did Not Always Disburse Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds in Accordance With Federal and State Regulations

Related Recommendations

Recomendation Status Date Issued Summary
2016-NY-1006-001-A Open March 29, 2016 We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs direct State officials to reimburse the line of credit for $272,459 in CDBG-DR funds disbursed to four businesses for ineligible costs from non-Federal funds.
2016-NY-1006-002-C Open March 29, 2016 We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct State officials to immediately recapture more than $300,000 in CDBG-DR funds disbursed to 35 businesses that was subject to full or partial recapture, thus ensuring that these funds will be put to their intended use.