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Opinion 2010-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS: Fire Protection Contracts (cost of debt service of fire company as part of "definite sum"); …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Opinion 2005-5
… POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to increase in compensation when employer contribution to retirement system for the next subordinate officer is … of employment. In the instant situation, there has been no change in the retirement benefit accruing to the sergeant. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 89-65
… which has established the office of town attorney to fix a salary for that office. Town Law, §27(1) states that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 89-64
… spaces and areas to be a public purpose for which public funds may be expended. That section authorizes any county, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-64Opinion 88-26
… do not state whether the bonds will mature before the ten year lease between the State and the town expires. Also, you … to provide police services in the town during the ten year period would serve the same purpose, this approach would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-26Opinion 88-23
… of construction company) -- Exceptions (no exception for emergency situations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801(1)(b), … interest provisions of General Municipal Law, article 18 for contracts entered into in emergency situations. This is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-23Opinion 88-1
… authorizes villages to "take, purchase, hold lease, sell and convey such real and personal property as the purposes of the corporation may … the opinion that village property, having been acquired and used for a village purpose, may not be sold or conveyed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Opinion 90-27
… places in the village not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing. Also, notice must be mailed to members …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-27Opinion 89-21
… the center line of which forms the boundary between two towns in different counties, must be borne equally by the affected towns. The highway superintendent of one town may maintain and repair a portion of the road … the center line of which forms the boundary between two towns in different counties: (1) whether one town may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-21Opinion 88-66
… you ask: May a school district obtain a copyright for computer programs developed by school district employees? … seq .) recognizes that copyright protection is available for computer programs, the extent of this protection for certain types of programs is not entirely settled (17 USC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-66Opinion 88-15
… officer or employee has an interest in any contract with his municipality if he receives a direct or indirect … district officials, you may wish to contact that agency with regard to whether, as school district attorney, you have … in the contract would still be required in accordance with General Municipal Law, §803. General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15State Contract and Payment Actions in December
… contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com . The Governor’s Executive Order 202 suspended the Office … of contracts related to the COVID-19 crisis until Feb. 26, 2021. At the administration's request, OSC has been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-decemberOpinion 89-34
Whether a town board is authorized to make inquiry into the activities of town highway department laborers suspected of using town vehicles for private purposes and after such inquiry recommend to the highway superintendent that he censure the employees for such actions
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-34DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for July 2017
… LLP for design services, Officers Training Academy, Kings County. $2 million with Gilbane Building Company for … County for airport improvements. $39.8 million grant to Monroe County for airport improvements. $38 million grant to … ENtrepreneurs & Innovators in UpState New York (GENIUS NY) business competition. $269,000 to Genesee County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-july-2017Approved State Contracts and Payments
… million. More information on these contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com . Major Contracts … Leverage Program. $993,000 with GTI Tourism to market New York tourism in Australia. Department of Environmental …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/approved-state-contracts-and-paymentsXII.5.I Prompt Payment Interest – XII. Expenditures
… of the payment due. vendors receive as pass-through state funds. Entities Federal government State agencies and their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5i-prompt-payment-interestOpinion 99-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … and/or cooperative library systems" (Memorandum of the New York Library Association to the Governor, May 8, 1972). Given …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-5Opinion 98-9
… 25 Opns St Comp, 1969, p 90; 19 Opns St Comp, 1963, p 24; 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 478). These opinions also indicate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9Opinion 92-54
Whether a prospective appointee for a vacancy in the office of town supervisor would have a prohibited COI if a bank in which the appointee is an officer and stockholder is a depository of town funds and an occasional purchaser of bonds and notes issued by the town
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-54Opinion 91-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … protection within the second fire protection district. You state that this fire company does not operate an ambulance. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7