Audit faults NY tourism promotion after damaging storms

"State officials did not always establish and maintain financial and administrative controls to ensure efficient and effective program administration," the audit concluded.

A spokesman for the state's economic development agency, which oversaw the promotional campaign, said it will work with federal officials to clear up what he said amount to a misunderstanding.

Two earlier reports from Democratic state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli raised concerns about the handling of a job creation tax credit as well as a program that awards low-cost power to companies who promise to retain or create jobs.