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2022 Women’s History Month Celebration
… In honor of Women’s History Month, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins embodies this year’s Women’s History Month theme, “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Watch a replay of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/events/2022-womens-history-monthState Agencies Bulletin No. 683
… new Increment Codes have been created to reflect only one meaning for each Increment Code. Under the previous Increment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/683-revision-increment-code-system-security-employeesCity of Niagara Falls – Financial Management and Information Technology (2013M-47)
… the budgets using fund balance and an estimate for casino revenue that averaged $5.3 million annually. One cause of this structural deficit was that although casino moneys have not been received since 2008, the City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2013/06/04/city-niagara-falls-financial-management-and-information-technology-2013m-47DiNapoli: Outreach Failure Contributes to Rise in Subway Homeless Population
… had called in sick. March 20, 2019 at Crown Heights/Utica Ave. (3/4) station and Utica Ave. (A/C) station. Outreach workers didn’t show at these … Sq NQR” and “’I’M OKAY F Train Unknown’ at 14th Street-6th Ave FLM.” While some people may resist giving their names, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/dinapoli-outreach-failure-contributes-rise-subway-homeless-populationAm I Required to Have an Audit?
… firefighters are required each year by law to have an audit conducted by an external auditor. A local government that expends … awarded funds in its fiscal year is also required to have an audit, conducted by an external auditor, in accordance … Am I Required to Have an Audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/am-i-required-have-auditOpinion 89-40
… defendant, unless the commissioner is a member of a fire company and, in that capacity, eligible for reimbursement … position of employer and employee ( Graphic Arts Mutual Insurance Company v Monello , 41 Misc 2d 943, 246 NYS2d 645; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-40Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance - SSP Payments Made to Deceased Individuals
… appropriateness of New York State Supplemental Program (SSP) Payments the Office of Temporary and Disability … March 2016. Background OTDA administers the New York State SSP, which provides a supplemental benefit to Supplemental … qualifying New York State residents. To be eligible for SSP, individuals must be at least 65 years old, blind or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/01/09/office-temporary-and-disability-assistance-ssp-payments-made-deceased-individualsDiNapoli: Despite Progress, Pay Gap for Women Persists
… Median earnings for full-time working women in New York were 86 cents for every dollar earned by … was smaller than the national wage gap of $10,150, with women earning 81 cents for every dollar paid to men on … gap and 7 th best in terms of share, meaning New York’s women take home more dollars relative to men than in most …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-despite-progress-pay-gap-women-persistsEmpire BlueCross – Improper Payments for Intraocular Lens Claims Billed by Hospitals
… 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019. About the Program The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) provides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/20/empire-bluecross-improper-payments-intraocular-lens-claims-billed-hospitalsOpinion 92-7
… operation of a volunteer's business) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Relief" (meaning of for purposes of special acts … and that the expenditure will provide personal financial relief to the firefighter and his or her family. You ask … ... Such taxes shall only be used for the care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-7Accidental Death Benefit – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… or payable because of your death). By law, the following family beneficiaries would receive the benefit (even if they … to your designated beneficiary or your estate. Filing Your family or employer should notify us of your death as soon as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/accidental-death-benefitAccidental Death Benefit – State Police Plan
… or payable because of your death). By law, the following family beneficiaries would receive this benefit (even if they … to your designated beneficiary or your estate. Filing Your family or employer should notify us of your death as soon as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/accidental-death-benefitDiNapoli: New York City Man Charged with Stealing Over $50,000 in Pension Benefits Meant for Deceased Sister-in-Law
… launched. A forensic analysis was completed on the bank account where the pension payments were being deposited, which was a joint account in the name of the pensioner and Ray. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-new-york-city-man-charged-stealing-over-50000-pension-benefits-meant-deceased-sister-lawOpinion 90-44
… e.g., Taylor v McGuire , 100 Misc 2d 834, 420 NYS2d 248; Christian v County of Ontario , 92 Misc 2d 51, 399 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44Opinion 98-1
… of Medicaid clients) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§99-r, 103; SOCIAL SERVICE LAW, §365-a: Pursuant to General … L 1991, ch 637, Letter of July 10, 1991 to the Honorable Elizabeth D. Moore, Counsel to the Governor, from the New … of Counties, July 12, 1991; but see Letter to Honorable Elizabeth D. Moore, Counsel to the Governor from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-1Opinion 93-17
… cf . People v Kane , 43 App Div 472, 61 NYS 195 [ordinary signification of "expenditure" is "payment"]), we believe the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-17Opinion 97-21
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (filing of annual financial reports) … Duties (receipt of annual financial reports from public libraries) EDUCATION LAW, §263; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … of the Education Law does not operate to relieve public libraries from the requirement that annual financial reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-21State Police Accidental Disability (Section 363-bb) – State Police Plan
… your duties as the natural and proximate result of an accident sustained in service that was not caused by your own … service, voluntarily or involuntarily, subsequent to the accident, your application must be filed within two years … We determine whether an incident is an “accident” on a case-by-case basis, using court decisions for guidance. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/state-police-accidental-disability-section-363-bbDiNapoli Announces Improvements to College Savings Plan to Save Money for College
… Beginning in September, New York's 529 College Savings Program will offer more investment options, lower … of the improvements we're making to New York's 529 College Savings Program," DiNapoli said. "We're making it easier for … a college education continues to rise. NY's 529 College Savings Program can help offset some of those costs." Six new …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-announces-improvements-college-savings-plan-save-money-collegeOpinion 89-23
… REAL PROPERTY -- Lease (to State agency at less than fair and adequate consideration) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-h: A … month for nominal or no consideration. This is in reply to your letter asking whether a village may allow the New York … state of New York, or the government of the United States and any agency or department thereof, either without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-23