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Today, Shirley U. Emehelu was sworn in as New Jersey's Acting State Comptroller by the Hon. Zahid N. Quraishi, U.S.D.J., with her family by her side.
OSC is hosting a Medicaid compliance webinar for Allergy and Immunology providers to strengthen program integrity and enhance adherence to NJ Medicaid regulations.
📅 Feb 25 | 10–11:30 AM
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MOOqJs
📅 Feb 25 | 10–11:30 AM
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MOOqJs
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
OSC is hosting a Medicaid compliance webinar for Allergy and Immunology providers to strengthen program integrity and enhance adherence to NJ Medicaid regulations.
📅 Feb 25 | 10–11:30 AM
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MOOqJs
📅 Feb 25 | 10–11:30 AM
🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MOOqJs
Acting State Comptroller Shirley U. Emehelu recently attended a networking reception hosted by @cawp-ru.bsky.social, an organization that promotes knowledge about women's participation in American politics.
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Acting State Comptroller Shirley U. Emehelu recently attended a networking reception hosted by @cawp-ru.bsky.social, an organization that promotes knowledge about women's participation in American politics.
This Black History Month, OSC honors the legacy and memory of John Lewis, an icon of courage and justice whose commitment to civil rights and equality has inspired generations.
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This Black History Month, OSC honors the legacy and memory of John Lewis, an icon of courage and justice whose commitment to civil rights and equality has inspired generations.
Today, Shirley U. Emehelu was sworn in as New Jersey's Acting State Comptroller by the Hon. Zahid N. Quraishi, U.S.D.J., with her family by her side.
January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Today, Shirley U. Emehelu was sworn in as New Jersey's Acting State Comptroller by the Hon. Zahid N. Quraishi, U.S.D.J., with her family by her side.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his commitment to justice and equality.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his commitment to justice and equality.
Yesterday, OSC directed the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey (ESCNJ) not to proceed with proposed public contracts or extend current contracts.
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Yesterday, OSC directed the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey (ESCNJ) not to proceed with proposed public contracts or extend current contracts.
Grateful to the folks at The Asbury Park Press for the thoughtful conversation.
Appreciate the chance to look back on what OSC’s talented staff and I accomplished during my time as Comptroller.
https://bit.ly/4qnz90N
Appreciate the chance to look back on what OSC’s talented staff and I accomplished during my time as Comptroller.
https://bit.ly/4qnz90N
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Grateful to the folks at The Asbury Park Press for the thoughtful conversation.
Appreciate the chance to look back on what OSC’s talented staff and I accomplished during my time as Comptroller.
https://bit.ly/4qnz90N
Appreciate the chance to look back on what OSC’s talented staff and I accomplished during my time as Comptroller.
https://bit.ly/4qnz90N
NEW: An OSC investigation finds 21 members of PFRSNJ with histories of misconduct retired without required review to determine if they should forfeit part or all of their pension.
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
NEW: An OSC investigation finds 21 members of PFRSNJ with histories of misconduct retired without required review to determine if they should forfeit part or all of their pension.
🆕 OSC investigation finds a charter school gave sweeping control to its vendor, violated contracting laws, and mismanaged funds.
Our report also exposes a gap in DOE's review process.
Our report also exposes a gap in DOE's review process.
January 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
🆕 OSC investigation finds a charter school gave sweeping control to its vendor, violated contracting laws, and mismanaged funds.
Our report also exposes a gap in DOE's review process.
Our report also exposes a gap in DOE's review process.
Protecting taxpayer dollars. Promoting integrity.
In FY 2025, OSC:
✅ Recovered $132M in Medicaid funds
✅ Reviewed 1,096 proposed public contracts
✅ Followed up on audits that led to millions in recovered funds
Get the full report: https://bit.ly/49C5xGY
In FY 2025, OSC:
✅ Recovered $132M in Medicaid funds
✅ Reviewed 1,096 proposed public contracts
✅ Followed up on audits that led to millions in recovered funds
Get the full report: https://bit.ly/49C5xGY
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Protecting taxpayer dollars. Promoting integrity.
In FY 2025, OSC:
✅ Recovered $132M in Medicaid funds
✅ Reviewed 1,096 proposed public contracts
✅ Followed up on audits that led to millions in recovered funds
Get the full report: https://bit.ly/49C5xGY
In FY 2025, OSC:
✅ Recovered $132M in Medicaid funds
✅ Reviewed 1,096 proposed public contracts
✅ Followed up on audits that led to millions in recovered funds
Get the full report: https://bit.ly/49C5xGY
🎉 Happy New Year from the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller!
Wishing a wonderful 2026 to New Jersey and beyond.
Wishing a wonderful 2026 to New Jersey and beyond.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🎉 Happy New Year from the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller!
Wishing a wonderful 2026 to New Jersey and beyond.
Wishing a wonderful 2026 to New Jersey and beyond.
In 2025, OSC exposed:
🩺 $124M Medicaid fraud
🔍 $600K opioid fund misuse
⚠️ Conflicts in health insurance funds
🚔 $1M wasted on unconstitutional police training
Accountability matters. Transparency matters.
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🩺 $124M Medicaid fraud
🔍 $600K opioid fund misuse
⚠️ Conflicts in health insurance funds
🚔 $1M wasted on unconstitutional police training
Accountability matters. Transparency matters.
nj.gov/comptroller
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In 2025, OSC exposed:
🩺 $124M Medicaid fraud
🔍 $600K opioid fund misuse
⚠️ Conflicts in health insurance funds
🚔 $1M wasted on unconstitutional police training
Accountability matters. Transparency matters.
nj.gov/comptroller
🩺 $124M Medicaid fraud
🔍 $600K opioid fund misuse
⚠️ Conflicts in health insurance funds
🚔 $1M wasted on unconstitutional police training
Accountability matters. Transparency matters.
nj.gov/comptroller
This again. OSC IS the State’s Inspector General. This sounds like a backdoor attempt to do what Sen. Scutari was blocked from doing because of the public outcry.
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NJ Senate president says he won't try again to limit comptroller's power • New Jersey Monitor
Sen. Nicholas Scutari said he hasn't abandoned his plan to create a NJ inspector general to probe complaints against law enforcement.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This again. OSC IS the State’s Inspector General. This sounds like a backdoor attempt to do what Sen. Scutari was blocked from doing because of the public outcry.
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🚌 In August, OSC found 109 NJ school bus companies failed to submit driver safety documentation before the start of the school year Sept. 7, 2023.
Today’s follow-up shows 16 companies in 8 counties missed the deadline again.
The list of companies is here: https://bit.ly/4oXWch2
Today’s follow-up shows 16 companies in 8 counties missed the deadline again.
The list of companies is here: https://bit.ly/4oXWch2
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🚌 In August, OSC found 109 NJ school bus companies failed to submit driver safety documentation before the start of the school year Sept. 7, 2023.
Today’s follow-up shows 16 companies in 8 counties missed the deadline again.
The list of companies is here: https://bit.ly/4oXWch2
Today’s follow-up shows 16 companies in 8 counties missed the deadline again.
The list of companies is here: https://bit.ly/4oXWch2
Headline after headline makes it clear: Medicaid-funded nursing homes face deep, systemic issues.
Exploitative nursing-home owners have built sophisticated systems that extract wealth from taxpayers through related party schemes that enrich themselves while hollowing out care.
Exploitative nursing-home owners have built sophisticated systems that extract wealth from taxpayers through related party schemes that enrich themselves while hollowing out care.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Headline after headline makes it clear: Medicaid-funded nursing homes face deep, systemic issues.
Exploitative nursing-home owners have built sophisticated systems that extract wealth from taxpayers through related party schemes that enrich themselves while hollowing out care.
Exploitative nursing-home owners have built sophisticated systems that extract wealth from taxpayers through related party schemes that enrich themselves while hollowing out care.
Too many of NJ’s Medicaid funded nursing homes are failing residents and wasting taxpayer dollars.
Our residents deserve to live in safe environments.
It’s time for the state to treat this as the urgent crisis it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Our residents deserve to live in safe environments.
It’s time for the state to treat this as the urgent crisis it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Nursing Home Owners Pocketed Millions as Patients Suffered, Report Says
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Too many of NJ’s Medicaid funded nursing homes are failing residents and wasting taxpayer dollars.
Our residents deserve to live in safe environments.
It’s time for the state to treat this as the urgent crisis it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Our residents deserve to live in safe environments.
It’s time for the state to treat this as the urgent crisis it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
NEW: An investigation by OSC finds that owners and associates of two Hammonton and Deptford nursing homes diverted tens of millions in Medicaid funds for personal gain. Residents were left to suffer.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: An investigation by OSC finds that owners and associates of two Hammonton and Deptford nursing homes diverted tens of millions in Medicaid funds for personal gain. Residents were left to suffer.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
Another example of a major OSC investigation that simply couldn't have happened if Senator Scutari's bill S4924 were law.
OSC's Street Cop Training investigation: 1/5
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OSC's Street Cop Training investigation: 1/5
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December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another example of a major OSC investigation that simply couldn't have happened if Senator Scutari's bill S4924 were law.
OSC's Street Cop Training investigation: 1/5
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OSC's Street Cop Training investigation: 1/5
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I am spending as much time as possible these days working to defeat Senator Scutari's bill that would undermine the Office of the State Comptroller.
I am outraged at what I heard a week ago.
Sens. Beach and Burzichelli baselessly attacked OSC even after their own witnesses praised our work.
I am outraged at what I heard a week ago.
Sens. Beach and Burzichelli baselessly attacked OSC even after their own witnesses praised our work.
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am spending as much time as possible these days working to defeat Senator Scutari's bill that would undermine the Office of the State Comptroller.
I am outraged at what I heard a week ago.
Sens. Beach and Burzichelli baselessly attacked OSC even after their own witnesses praised our work.
I am outraged at what I heard a week ago.
Sens. Beach and Burzichelli baselessly attacked OSC even after their own witnesses praised our work.
This is the sick leave abuse report that @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social referenced on News12 NJ.
Senate Bill S4924 would prevent OSC investigations like this.
It's a bad bill for NJ.
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Senate Bill S4924 would prevent OSC investigations like this.
It's a bad bill for NJ.
nj.gov/comptroller/...
nj.gov
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is the sick leave abuse report that @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social referenced on News12 NJ.
Senate Bill S4924 would prevent OSC investigations like this.
It's a bad bill for NJ.
nj.gov/comptroller/...
Senate Bill S4924 would prevent OSC investigations like this.
It's a bad bill for NJ.
nj.gov/comptroller/...
Thank you @newjerseyoag.bsky.social for making this win possible. A strong outcome for the taxpayers of Hudson County.
An important win for @njcomptroller.bsky.social, which plays an invaluable role in protecting NJ taxpayers.
Proud of their work to hold public officials accountable when they violate the law and waste taxpayer dollars.
Proud of their work to hold public officials accountable when they violate the law and waste taxpayer dollars.
In March 2024, we found Hudson County violated state law by contracting with a preferred vendor to provide healthcare.
The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thank you @newjerseyoag.bsky.social for making this win possible. A strong outcome for the taxpayers of Hudson County.
Sincere question: What will it take for public schools and local governments to recognize insurance brokers' conflicts of interest?
For the Legislature to take steps to stop the hemorrhaging of public funds wasted because of conflicts of interest?
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1/5
For the Legislature to take steps to stop the hemorrhaging of public funds wasted because of conflicts of interest?
pub.njleg.state.nj.us/publications...
1/5
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December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sincere question: What will it take for public schools and local governments to recognize insurance brokers' conflicts of interest?
For the Legislature to take steps to stop the hemorrhaging of public funds wasted because of conflicts of interest?
pub.njleg.state.nj.us/publications...
1/5
For the Legislature to take steps to stop the hemorrhaging of public funds wasted because of conflicts of interest?
pub.njleg.state.nj.us/publications...
1/5
In March 2024, we found Hudson County violated state law by contracting with a preferred vendor to provide healthcare.
The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In March 2024, we found Hudson County violated state law by contracting with a preferred vendor to provide healthcare.
The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
Two of my takeaways from Monday’s disgraceful NJ Senate hearing on Bill S4924:
Why the Trenton hearing to overhaul NJ watchdogs was so important
An all-day hearing on a proposed law to consolidate, and some say weaken, oversight of powerful state leaders and business interests stunned many.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Two of my takeaways from Monday’s disgraceful NJ Senate hearing on Bill S4924:
When watchdogs lose subpoena power, taxpayers lose transparency and accountability.
A bill to strip OSC's investigatory powers isn’t “streamlining”—it’s an attack on oversight in a state with a long history of political waste and backroom deals.
🎁 🔗
https://nyti.ms/4it4mwk
A bill to strip OSC's investigatory powers isn’t “streamlining”—it’s an attack on oversight in a state with a long history of political waste and backroom deals.
🎁 🔗
https://nyti.ms/4it4mwk
Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog (Gift Article)
A State Senate committee moved to weaken an office that investigates police misconduct and government waste. Senator Andy Kim spoke in opposition but was cut off after three minutes.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When watchdogs lose subpoena power, taxpayers lose transparency and accountability.
A bill to strip OSC's investigatory powers isn’t “streamlining”—it’s an attack on oversight in a state with a long history of political waste and backroom deals.
🎁 🔗
https://nyti.ms/4it4mwk
A bill to strip OSC's investigatory powers isn’t “streamlining”—it’s an attack on oversight in a state with a long history of political waste and backroom deals.
🎁 🔗
https://nyti.ms/4it4mwk