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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  The New York State Inspector General cleared the Onondaga County Crime Lab after serious allegations were made by the Syracuse Police Department in the fall of last year. The Inspector General found no evidence to support the allegations, but included criticism of the Syracuse Police Department. On Tuesday, Mayor Stephanie Miner tells CNY Central that she is standing by the Police Department.

Monday, April 22, 2013  A New York state report wants the Syracuse Police Department to undergo training to better understand Crime Lab operations and procedures.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Just two weeks after the former State Fair director was quietly removed from his job and given a new position in Albany, a scathing report was issued by the state inspector general.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A new report says dozens of weight loss and immune-boosting supplements on store shelved are making illegal claims that they cure or treat disease.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  It's the kind of stuff that gives moms nightmares: a machete near a play area, household chemicals accessible to preschoolers, and instructors teaching without a criminal background check.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  The prison contraband scandal at a Tompkins County youth detention facility south of Ithaca is growing with today's arrests of three inmates.

Friday, November 11, 2011  A New York State Corrections Officer is accused of assaulting an inmate.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  A social worker hit the gym instead of caring for developmentally disabled patients while collecting $8,626 in pay from the state, New York Inspector General Ellen Biben said Tuesday.

Friday, July 08, 2011  New York Inspector General Ellen Biben says a former deputy agriculture commissioner coerced subordinates into helping a land trust his wife consulted for win a $100,000 state grant.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  New York Inspector General Ellen Biben says a review of 12 state agencies shows inadequate controls over state-operated gas pumps and inconsistent policies on using state credit cards, showing fuel systems ripe for theft and abuse.

Thursday, April 21, 2011  The New York inspector general says a state building construction manager who routinely spent workday afternoons in downtown Albany taverns faces larceny and fraud charges.

Friday, October 22, 2010  Inspector General Joseph Fisch describes a lobbyist-driven and chaotic back-room review of proposals from firms eager to run video lottery terminals at Aqueduct.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  Investigators say a prison supervisor at the Oneida Correctional Facility took Fridays off for 17 years as part of a half million dollar scheme to defraud the taxpayers.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  The mother of a local murder victim says her daughter's case is caught in an Albany scandal.

Friday, January 22, 2010  The state has ordered a Syracuse based company to change the way it does business and return $80-thousand dollars in questionable medicaid reimbursements.