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Introduction – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… travel as part of their official duties, whether it is to attend conferences, training sessions or to perform other job-related duties. While travel and … A long line of audit findings have emphasized the need to provide guidance regarding the management of travel and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/introductionDiNapoli: Feds Must Step Up or NYC Metro Region Faces End of Public Transit As We Know It
… it. It’s too late for federal help to assist the MTA this year, forcing it to borrow almost $3 billion to get through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/dinapoli-feds-must-step-or-nyc-metro-region-faces-end-public-transit-we-know-itCity of Long Beach - Payments for Unused Leave Accruals (2019M-68)
… whether payments to certain City officers and employees for unused leave accruals were authorized and accurately … agreements (CBAs). The City approved drawdown payments for unused leave accruals, totaling $229,494 to eight City … from service. In the absence of specific authorization for such payments, we question the appropriateness of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2019/12/11/city-long-beach-payments-unused-leave-accruals-2019m-68State Agencies Bulletin No. 1789
… Employees Employees represented by CSEA Local 1000 in Bargaining Units 02, 03, 04, 41, 42, 47, 79, 87, and 97 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1789-civil-service-employees-association-csea-local-1000-dues-increaseFormer Perry Ambulance Service Manager Pleads Guilty To Larceny
… Service Business Manager Darcy J. Conaway pled guilty to petit larceny for stealing more than $5,000 from ambulance … Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at investigations@osc.ny.gov , or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/former-perry-ambulance-service-manager-pleads-guilty-larcenyTown of Genesee Falls – Fiscal Stress (2013M-146)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Town’s financial condition for the period … of revenue shortfalls, and the Board allowed budgets to be over-expended. Specifically, the highway fund … fund balance declined from $83,179 at January 1, 2011 to a deficit of $38,059 at December 31, 2012. The general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/06/12/town-genesee-falls-fiscal-stress-2013m-146DiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Sentenced to Jail for $50K Theft
… Former Riverside clerk-treasurer Kristina Johnson was sentenced to jail time for repeatedly stealing … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. Johnson was sentenced to 60 days in jail, five years …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-sentenced-jail-50k-theftVillage of Lyons Falls – Financial Management (2013M-393)
… the Board’s management of the level of unexpended surplus funds for the period June 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013. … $352,000. Key Findings The unexpended surplus funds in the Village’s general fund increased nearly $200,000 … 2013. As a result, the general fund’s unexpended surplus funds in 2012-13 reached 182 percent of next year’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2014/03/28/village-lyons-falls-financial-management-2013m-393SUNY Bulletin No. SU-329
… Affected Employees: Employees enrolled or who may enroll in SUNY 403(b) before-tax and after-tax savings plans may be … must review their Deductions Not Taken report, NPAY722, in Control-D to obtain a list of employees at their agency … been taken and inform employees that they may see changes in their paycheck due to the allowance of partial 403(b) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-329-partial-deductions-suny-403b-plansUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-349
… increment or longevity increment. OSC Actions: OSC will process the April 2025 UCS Increments, Longevity Increments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-349-april-2025-state-new-york-unified-court-system-ucs-incrementsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-256
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2018 UCS Increments and Longevity Increments and … Background Pursuant to Article 2, Section 37.4(a) of the Judiciary Law and the following Chapter Laws, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-256-april-2018-state-new-york-unified-court-system-ucs-incrementsOpinion 91-48
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Contracts (planning … board review of shopping center expansion) -- Interest in Contract (planning board review of shopping center … PLANNING -- Planning Boards (board member participating in review of project when applicant represented by board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-48Opinion 2005-3
… 109-b: A union free school district is not authorized to construct, or enter into a lease for the construction of, a parking garage to be used primarily for commercial purposes. In addition, a … a building currently in use for school district purposes, to be reacquired by lease-purchase agreement. This is in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-3Opinion 88-28
… Tonawanda v Price , 171 NY 415, 64 NE 191; Loos v City of New York , 257 AD 219, 13 NYS2d 119, reversing 170 Misc 14, 9 … a newspaper, ultimately circulated throughout the City of New York, was "published" in the Borough of Manhattan, rather …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-28Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-214
… Unrepresented Non-Judicial Employees Bargaining Units 86, 88, CT Civil Service Employees Association Bargaining Unit 87 … and Unrepresented employees in Bargaining Units 86, 88 and CT. Chapter 400 of the Laws of 2014 - implemented the … Schedule BU’s F8, DR, G9, S9, SR, SY 04/01/10 BU’s 86, 87, 88, CT, SA, SD, SG, SK, SN 10/01/14 Increment Code Update …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-214-april-2015-state-new-york-unified-court-system-ucs-incrementsCost-Saving Ideas: A Guide to Justice Court Consolidation in Villages and Towns
… and The local share of the mandatory surcharge collected on handicapped parking violations (currently $15). The … 3 Email: [email protected] [1] For more specifics on the functions of Town and Village Courts, please see the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-guide-justice-court-consolidation-villages-and-townsOpinion 2003-2
… opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Joint District (authority to form in coterminous town/village) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Fire Protection (authority to form joint fire district in coterminous town village) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to form joint fire district in coterminous town/village) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2Opinion 92-27
… No. 79-31, p 5; see also Diehl v Sheehan , 233 AD 258, 251 NYS 254 affd 258 NY 624; Sacks v Neptune Meter Co. , 144 Misc 70, 258 NYS 254 affd 238 AD 82, 263 NYS 462, discussing public policy considerations with respect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Far Rockaway Pre-School Provider "Investor" Pleads Guilty in Theft of Education Funds Intended for Special Needs Students
… Thomas P. DiNapoli and Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown today announced that a self-described investor in … Thomas P. DiNapoli said. "I thank District Attorney Brown for this fourth and final guilty plea in the $12.4 … and his three co-defendants," said District Attorney Brown. "The public funds provided to Island Child Development …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/far-rockaway-pre-school-provider-investor-pleads-guilty-theft-education-funds-intended-special-needsFormer Assistant Director of Queens Pre-School Provider Pleads Guilty to Stealing $5 Million Intended for Special Needs Students
… with disabilities, pleaded guilty to stealing $5 million in city and state funding between 2005 and 2012 — money that … that is now defunct, was located at 1854 Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens, and primarily provided services to … will forfeit approximately $1 million in seized assets, sign a confession of judgment for $3 million, pay an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/former-assistant-director-queens-pre-school-provider-pleads-guilty-stealing-5-million-intended