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DiNapoli: Tax Cap Remains at 2% for 2025
… decreased since the highs of 2022, but local governments are still facing higher prices for goods and services, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-remains-2-percent-2025Opinion 98-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-15DiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… The State Education Department (SED) has agreed to improve its enforcement of the … Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) after a state audit found schools failed to report numerous cases of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawOpinion 99-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … bear a reasonable relationship to average costs incurred by the local government (see, e.g., Jewish Reconstructionist … that determination should be made, in the first instance, by the local government. In making its determination here, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-13Opinion 92-30
… benefit accruing to a municipal officer or employee as the result of a contract with the municipality which such officer … contracts between the county and such agencies. October 9, 1992 Kenneth R. Ingenito, Chairman Rockland County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-30Life Changes: Getting Your Affairs in Order and A Guide for Survivors
… how many important papers and legal documents you can accumulate over a lifetime. Having everything in order … and other important information. Here is a checklist to get you started: Personal documents — passport, birth … friends and business associates who could be helpful. Also include names and numbers of your attorney, accountant, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/getting-your-affairs-order-and-guide-survivorsHow to Obtain Your Personal Records Under the Personal Privacy Protection Law
… State Personal Privacy Protection Law (PPPL), which is set forth in Article 6-A of the Public Officers Law (§§91-99), is intended to protect your privacy by regulating the manner in which … symbol, mark, or other identifier such as an address). How to Make a Request Requests for access and corrections …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/help/how-obtain-your-personal-records-under-personal-privacy-protection-lawOpinion 94-12
… opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (authority to negotiate lease of unneeded real property) REAL PROPERTY -- Leases (authority to negotiate lease of unneeded real property) TOWN LAW, … be in exchange for fair and adequate consideration. Prior to negotiating with any particular lessee, the fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-12Opinion 90-45
… contain a full explanation of the reasons for its adoption and should declare why, as a matter of fact and not mere opinion, efficiency or economy will be served. … 984, McKinney's Session Laws of 1957, p 2197). It is not a function of this Office to approve or disapprove particular …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45Opinion 95-23
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … CLAIMS -- Audit (officer's statement based on review of documentation) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (permitting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-23Oversight of Kendra’s Law (2022-S-43)
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) is effectively monitoring Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) to provide reasonable assurance that existing and potential AOT recipients receive their court-ordered treatment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22s43.pdfCompliance With Jonathan's Law (2017-S-67)
To determine whether the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities is complying with the requirements established under Jonathan’s Law.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-17s67.pdfCompliance With Navigation Law (2019-S-59)
To determine if the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is adequately monitoring and enforcing requirements to ensure boaters’ safety ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s59.pdfCompliance With Jonathan's Law (2018-S-22)
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health is complying with the requirements ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18s22.pdf“Piggybacking” Law - Exception to Competitive Bidding
Guidelines for the "Piggybacking" Exception to Competitive Bidding under General Municipal Law § 103 (16)
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/piggybacking-law.pdfDiNapoli: Chipotle Needs to Address Concerns Over Racial Equity and Inclusion
… Retirement Fund is one of the largest public pension funds in the United States with assets of approximately … annual meeting on May 18 seeking their support for the Funds shareholder proposal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-chipotle-needs-address-concerns-over-racial-equity-and-inclusionDiNapoli: Rechargeable Battery Use Rising Dramatically, But State Not Enforcing Recycling Law Requirements
… the agency responsible for making sure they get recycled has little knowledge of whether it’s actually … rechargeable batteries increases.” Rechargeable batteries can contain toxic metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, … there are no public costs or public collection sites. C2R also creates, and submits to the DEC, an annual report on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-rechargeable-battery-use-rising-dramatically-state-not-enforcing-recycling-law-requirementsOpinion 89-65
… INTEREST -- Legal Services (contract with town attorney's law firm) TOWN ATTORNEY -- Conflict of Interest (contract by town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 88-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24Opinion 89-7
… State Constitution prohibits gifts and loans of municipal funds to private individuals. This Office has expressed the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-7