Paterson
- 01Reported 186,928.33 more on hand than it ever received186,928.33
- 02Received 1,508,824.88, spent nothing, then filed no report1,508,824.88
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Paterson has received $1,508,824.88 in opioid settlement funds. No ledger has been produced.
The money, four ways.
Four figures describe the same settlement money. Each one comes from a different document.
Certified against the books,
every report year.
Every year this jurisdiction has filed, and the year it has not. The match on each row is computed from the rows, not judged.
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $391,628.14
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $1,219,434.34
- Received to date
- $1,219,434.34
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $1,695,753.21
- Received to date
- $1,508,824.88
2 findings.
Every finding is verified to the documents in its own row. An inference is labelled as one.
Red with the marker: a certified figure the books contradict.
The FY2025 report certifies 242,148.38 received between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025, 47,242.16 of interest in the same period, and 1,508,824.88 received since the distribution commenced in 2022, interest included (p1, questions 1 to 3).
That is the 1,219,434.34 the FY2024 report certifies as received since 2022 plus the year's receipts and interest, to the cent. The report certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expense. It certifies 1,695,753.21 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (p1, question 9). That is 186,928.33 more than every dollar the City says it ever received. The FY2024 report had put the balance at 1,219,434.34, equal to everything received. The FY2025 balance rose 476,318.87 in a year in which receipts and interest came to 289,390.54. The City has produced no ledger.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The City's first three reports certify no spending of its opioid settlement money.
The FY2023 report certifies 391,628.14 received and 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023. The FY2024 report certifies 1,219,434.34 received since 2022 and 0.00 expended, encumbered or spent on administration, and answers No to funding any program. It says RealFix, a medication assisted treatment program then paid for by a 1,000,000.00 grant, would be the main recipient of the settlement money and that spending would likely begin in 2025. The FY2025 report certifies 1,508,824.88 received since 2022 and again 0.00 expended, encumbered or spent on administration, and answers No to funding any new program. The State's FY2026 page for the City, published 10/01/2026, reads "No Report Received." The City has produced no ledger, so none of these figures can be tested against the books.
funds-unspent · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The ledger, as printed.
The opioid account as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
No ledger line is published for this jurisdiction yet.
Vendors, and what paid them before.
What fund carried each payee before the opioid account, and how large the opioid slice is against the whole relationship. Bars share one scale.
No payee is published for this jurisdiction yet.
All documents are public records produced by the jurisdiction. Titles are the documents' own.
No dated event is published for this jurisdiction yet.
No correction received from this jurisdiction. If a figure on this page is wrong, send the record that shows it. The response is published here word for word.
Correct the recordCan opioid settlement money be spent on police cars or license plate readers?
No. Exhibit E of the national settlement lists the approved uses: treatment, recovery, prevention, harm reduction and related supports. Vehicles and surveillance hardware are not among the uses it lists, and state law bars using the funds to replace money a town would otherwise have spent.The approved uses
What did Paterson tell the State it spent the money on?
No certified program is published for this jurisdiction yet. When a report is captured, each program appears here beside the payments in the account.See the reports
How was this grade computed?
By code, from a published rubric: reporting integrity 50 percent, spending conformity 40 percent, transparency 10 percent, with hard caps for a certified program that has no payee in the books, for an uncertified transfer out, and for a records refusal.The rubric
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Paterson City, Passaic County
Paterson City reported receiving 1,508,824.88 in opioid settlement money and spending none of it, certified 186,928.33 more on hand than it ever received, filed no FY2026 report, and has produced no ledger of its settlement account.