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Office of the State Comptroller

State audit faults Riverhead schools for weak financial oversight in 2022–2024

by Dec 16, 2025
Comptroller audit cites late and inaccurate reports, weak controls and millions moved without required review in Riverhead schools, 2022–24.

State auditors give clean report on handling of transfer tax funds by East End towns, but cite Riverhead for procedural deficiencies

by Mar 7, 2024
During 2021 and 2022, Riverhead failed to record the dates on which seven CPF collections totaling $5.3 million were received and failed to deposit $5.3 million in CPF collections — about ⅓ of its collections — within the 10-day period required by state law.