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Life Changes: Applying for Disability Retirement
… perform the duties of your position, it will be important for you to learn about the benefits you could receive and how to apply for those benefits. This booklet describes how to file for a disability retirement benefit and the steps we take to … How NYSLRS members should file for a disability retirement benefit and the steps we take to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/life-changes-applying-disability-retirementLife Changes: How Do I Prepare to Retire?
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli We are living longer. With many of us now spending a third of our lives in retirement, it’s important to consider how you can enjoy financial security in your retirement. By … on pre-retirement planning and changes in legislation for Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and Police and Fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/life-changes-how-do-i-prepare-retireOpinion 88-33
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … the cost of constructing laterals intended to be installed at the time of a district's establishment may be authorized …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-33Opinion 91-20
… contract with an ambulance service to provide service to supplement those services provided by the emergency rescue … contract with an ambulance service to provide service to supplement those services provided by the emergency rescue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-20Hiring Public Retirees – When Employees Retire
… July 26, 1995, the Section 212 limit applies to earnings only until age 65. Reporting Retirees Legacy Reporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/when-employees-retire/hiring-public-retireesOpinion 2002-5
… for the preservation of open spaces and areas may be made only after due notice and a public hearing. You ask whether a … for the preservation of open spaces and areas may be made only after due notice and a public hearing. May 15, 2002 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-5Opinion 90-10
… OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (trimming or removal of trees) LOCAL LAWS -- Streets and Highways (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) -- Transfer of Functions (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) TOWN BOARDS -- Powers and Duties (conservation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10Opinion 2005-7
… and approvals. You ask whether a town may contract with a bank to collect, either by payment in person or payment by … Whether a town may contract with a bank to collect water rents imposed on behalf of a water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-7Opinion 89-24
… opinion request. Therefore, inasmuch as you represent only the school district of which this individual is a board … member, we will discuss the issue of conflicts of interest only as it relates to this individual's status as a member of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-24Opinion 92-15
… Benefits (payment for partial disability attributable only in part to line-of-duty injury); (effect of workers' … 207-c benefits, the municipality is required to pay only the difference between the police officer's full regular … for section 207-c benefits, the county remains responsible only for its share of the workers' compensation medical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-15Opinion 92-54
… (see People v Speach , 49 AD2d 210, 374 NYS2d 210), but only if the remuneration from such private employment will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-54Opinion 91-55
… of any municipal corporation operating an electric public utility service shall establish solely by appropriations from … in the depreciation reserve account of the electric utility service as the depreciation accruals for that period. … do not require contributions to depreciation reserve accounts. It follows that the revenues of a municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-55Opinion 91-53
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … duties in their capacities as board members, the board may fix their salaries at an amount greater than other board … Town Law, §27(1) provides that the town board shall fix, from time to time, the salaries of all town officers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53Opinion 91-7
… into such a contract with an emergency rescue and first aid squad of a fire department or fire company. GENERAL … of which does not have an emergency rescue and first aid squad, may contract with any city, town, village or fire … has in its fire department an emergency rescue and first aid squad duly authorized to render emergency ambulance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7Opinion 98-9
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … on a town-wide basis or in an ambulance district, may fix a schedule of municipal fees or charges to be paid by … use of those services. Absent action by the town board to fix such a schedule of fees or charges for the services to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9Opinion 2002-1
… program, the program's entitlement age, or the coverage and amount of any life insurance utilized in the program. … service credit; maximum service credit; entitlement age; and life insurance coverage and amount; whether an amendment to a service award program …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-1Opinion 99-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Contracts (by school district … of the cooperative library system. The amount stated in the contract and approved as an appropriation for library … p 387, superseded to the extent inconsistent. This is in response to your inquiry concerning a proposed contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-5XI.18.B Procurement Lobbying Act – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… whose contracts are subject to the State Comptroller’s approval, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) will … material change in a procurement contract resulting in a financial benefit to the offerer is covered by the provisions … to a governmental entity. ( Note: To satisfy the requirement regarding offerers’ disclosure, the governmental …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18b-procurement-lobbying-actXVI.3.C State Funds Included in the ACFR – XVI. Financial Reporting
Article 6 of the State Finance Law requires the Comptroller to classify each fund not classified by law into a fund type for financial reporting purposes in conformance with GAAP
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3c-state-funds-included-cafrOpinion 90-60
… purchase contract to finance recycling center under General Municipal Law, §120-w) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … (to finance construction of recycling center under General Municipal Law, §120-w) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§109-b, 120-w: A county may enter … Whether an agreement would violate General Municipal Law 109b …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-60