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Opinion 95-9
… commissioners); (service credit for attending meetings of committees of a fire company); (pro rating the number of … to active volunteer firefighters for attending meetings of committees of a fire company. (3) A service award program may … pursuant to section 217(c)(v) for attending meetings of committees of the fire company (but see Opn No. 94-25, supra …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9XI-A.6 Auto-Sourcing Purchase Orders – XI-A. Purchasing
… a purchase order (PO) from an approved contract release or purchase requisition. This section does not apply to … intervals at which the SFS will automatically create, or stage, POs for contracts. The process is known as “staging … contract releases” and can be used to schedule one or more POs for a given duration. This saves time because …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a6-auto-sourcing-purchase-ordersState Police Bulletin No. SP-211
… retirement purposes for employees in BU07, BU17, and BU62. Tax information The 2020 State Police Education Payments … and income taxes. Federal, State, and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the Aggregate method, based on the employee’s current Tax Marital Status and Withholding Allowances on the Employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-211-2020-state-police-education-paymentState Agencies Bulletin No. 1940
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … based on the 04/01/2020 Salary Schedule (currently in effect). Effective Dates The October 2021 CSEA Performance … Eligibility Criteria Performance Advance Employees in graded positions (Grade 001-025) and NS positions (Grade …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1940-october-2021-civil-service-employees-association-csea-performanceDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-122
… Community Renewal of OSC’s automatic processing of October 2022 DC 37 Rent Regulation Services Unit (RRSU) Performance … are affected. Background Chapter 60 of the Laws of 2022, which implemented the 2021-2023 Agreement between the … on October 1 to eligible DC 37 RRSU employees based on the 2022 Salary Schedule (currently in effect). Effective Dates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-122-october-2022-district-council-37-dc-37-performanceDiNapoli: State Agency Mishandled Housing Discrimination Complaints
… system for housing discrimination complaints resulted in lost, unprocessed or mislabeled claims. Officials could … management system. Some complaints that were not recorded in the system were found by DHR officials in a filing cabinet labeled the “Twilight Zone,” where some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-state-agency-mishandled-housing-discrimination-complaintsDiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths
… rates have increased since a taskforce was established in 2018 to address maternal health and racial disparities. … or ethnicity, have access to the highest level of care.” In 2010, New York launched the Maternal Mortality Review … Initiative to reduce maternal deaths and morbidities. In 2018, the state created the Taskforce on Maternal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… are reasonable. The village's proposed budget includes a tax levy which exceeds the allowable property tax levy limit. Therefore, to comply with the law, the board must adopt a local law overriding the tax levy limit before they adopt the proposed budget. Hoags …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Opinion 91-5
… opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no … obligations ... and bonds of [the] town or of any district therein" issued for certain enumerated purposes … and the principal upon posterity" ( McCabe v Gross , 274 NY 39, 46). Article 8, §5 provides for the exclusion of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-5State Agencies Bulletin No. 2220
… Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … BU05 Background: Pursuant to a side letter contained in the 2021-2026 Agreements between the State of New York and … the fiscal year to employees who have at least 1,500 hours in pay status in seasonal positions during each of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2220-april-2024-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesHousing Trust Fund Corporation – Internal Controls Over and Maximization of Federal Funding for Various Section 8 Housing Programs and the COVID Rent Relief Program
… HCR is obtaining federal reimbursements on time and in a manner that recovers all eligible costs. This audit … by the COVID-19 pandemic. HCR received about $9.5 billion in federal funding, including about $78.9 million through the … Act, for the three programs, as follows: $2.6 billion in standard HCV funds with an additional $31.7 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/03/16/housing-trust-fund-corporation-internal-controls-over-and-maximization-federal-fundingState Agencies Bulletin No. 2110
… Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … BU05 Background: Pursuant to a side letter contained in the 2021-2026 Agreements between the State of New York and … the fiscal year to employees who have at least 1,500 hours in pay status in seasonal positions during each of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2110-april-2023-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesPlainedge Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2017M-189)
… The Plainedge Union Free School District is located in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County. The District … because the District had a total of $2.5 million in operating surpluses in two of the three subsequent fiscal years. The central …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/01/12/plainedge-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-extraCampbell-Savona Central School District -- Budget Review (B2-14-11)
… the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the District’s tentative budget for the 2014-15 fiscal … totaling $3,250,000 to liquidate the accumulated deficit in the District’s general fund as of June 30, 2006. Local … projection. District officials underestimated State aid in the 2014-15 tentative budget by almost $680,000. We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/04/24/campbell-savona-central-school-district-budget-review-b2-14-11Otego-Unadilla Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-84)
… The Otego-Unadilla Central School District is located in the Towns of Otego, Unadilla, Laurens, Oneonta, Butternuts, Sidney, and Franklin in Otsego and Delaware Counties. The District is governed by … year, the cumulative effect of these variances resulted in a 52 percent increase in the District’s fund balance. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/06/14/otego-unadilla-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-84Horseheads Central School District – Financial Condition (2016M-138)
… The Horseheads Central School District is located in the Towns of Baldwin, Big Flats, Catlin, Erin, Horseheads and Veteran in Chemung County and the Town of Cayuta in Schuyler County. The District, which operates seven …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/19/horseheads-central-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-138Trumansburg Central School District – School Lunch Operations (2015M-171)
… that meals offered to students are nutritious and prepared in the most economical and productive manner possible for the … The Trumansburg Central School District is located in the Towns of Enfield and Ulysses in Tompkins County; the Town of Covert in Seneca County; and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/08/21/trumansburg-central-school-district-school-lunch-operations-2015m-171Niskayuna Central School District – Financial Condition (2012M-218)
… The Niskayuna Central School District is located in the Town of Niskayuna, in Schenectady County. The District is governed by the Board … Findings District officials’ appropriation of fund balance in excess of the amount actually available to fund operations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/03/01/niskayuna-central-school-district-financial-condition-2012m-218Town of DeWitt – Planning and Zoning and Recreation Departments' Collections (2024M-6)
… Department fees reviewed totaling $73,732, 18 were not in accordance with the Board’s fee structure, and 16 were not deposited in a timely manner. Of the 463 Recreation Department fees reviewed totaling $56,262, 176 were not in accordance with the fee structure used. Of the 177 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/04/26/town-dewitt-planning-and-zoning-and-recreation-departments-collections-2024m-6State Agencies Bulletin No. 2136
… a tax balance adjustment due to having a Q22 overpayment in paycheck dated January 4, 2023, are affected. Background: … dated January 4, 2023, reduced the employees taxable gross in error. To correct the employees taxable gross, a one-time … all employees who have had their taxable gross lowered in error in the paycheck dated January 4, 2023. That amount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2136-new-earn-code-tba-tax-balance-adjustment-correct-q22-overpayments