New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang visited Buffalo to moderate a panel discussion Tuesday centered on 250 years of public service in honor of America’s semiquincentennial. Lang told BTPM News she wanted the panel, in large part, to
Office Received 927 Complaints, Advanced Criminal Cases Resulting in Arrests, Convictions, and Sentencings, and the Recovery of over $500,000 Managing Investigator Recognized With New York Welfare Fraud Investigators Association (NYWFIA) Bo…
Lucy Lang serves as New York State’s 11th Inspector General. An unaccountable concentration of political and private power is increasingly reshaping how America’s federal government operates, bending its political, legal, and economic syste…
ALBANY — A former high-ranking official in the state Office of Information Technology Services has admitted violating Public Officers Law and will pay a $5,500 fine to settle administrative charges that had been pursued by the Commission on…
Albany, NY (WRGB) — The New York State Inspector General's annual Workers Compensation Fraud Report was released this week, with 22 arrests, and $1.9 million identified ($1.7 million recovered) in fraudulent activity in 2025. The 22 arrests…
Not many people know about the 40-year-old office of the New York inspector general and the its role as a governmental watchdog. Changing that, says current Inspector General Lucy Lang, is critical to the office’s mission of ensuring govern…
A former New York state correction officer was sentenced after investigators found her workplace injury claims were contradicted by video evidence. Jennifer Bardin-Lapan, who worked at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, was sentenced in Wa…
CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y. — A 58-year-old man from Central Square pleads guilty to collecting workers' compensation benefits while concealing employment, following an investigation by the Office of New York State Worker's Compensation Fraud Insp…
A Central Square man has admitted to collecting thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation benefits while secretly working as a painter. 58-year-old Christopher Cronk pleaded guilty in Onondaga County Court to third-degree insurance frau…
A Central Square, NY man who claimed he could not work because of an ankle injury sustained in the course of his work as a painter, admitted in court today that he was, in fact, back on the job — painting properties — while collecting over
State Inspector General Lucy Lang’s office is marking 40 years since the role was created during Mario Cuomo’s administration — an anniversary that coincides with watchdogs being under fire at the federal level. “We’ve continued to serve as…
Albany, NY — Today marks the 40th anniversary of the New York State Inspector General’s Office (OIG), created by Executive Order under former Governor Mario M. Cuomo to investigate fraud and corruption in New York State government. OIG cele…