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Opinion 89-65
… a contract for additional legal services between the town and his or her law firm, if the town attorney has any of the … outside counsel, the board may act by simple resolution and a local law is not required. A contract between the town and the town attorney's law firm, however, raises the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Contract With Shorefront Mental Health Board – Compliance With Prevailing Wage Law
… prevailing wage law. OMH is required to monitor that its contractor’s employees are paid the prevailing wage by … which are required by the contract to be submitted by the contractor. Key Findings Shorefront did not pay its … Work with the Department of Labor to determine whether contractor employees are due back wages for the periods they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/10/28/contract-shorefront-mental-health-board-compliance-prevailing-wage-lawOpinion 92-39
… IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Establishment (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- … (eligibility to vote) TOWN LAW, §209-e: Persons who do not own taxable real property situate in a proposed water or … Whether persons who do not own taxable real property in a proposed district are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-39Opinion 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-2002-1XI.4.A Not-for-Profit Prompt Contracting – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… State agency does not timely notify a NFP of an intent to terminate the contract; require that any waivers of interest … a dated cover letter. If the State agency’s intent is to terminate the contract, notify the NFP in writing of intent … of Existing Contracts - Notices of intent to renew or terminate an existing contract must be provided to the NFP, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi4a-not-profit-prompt-contractingDiNapoli: Recent Federal Actions Will Have Significant Impact on Higher Education in NY
… the importance of the federal government’s historic partnership with America’s higher education institutions as a … students with restricted access, higher debt burdens and limited educational choices—hampering both individual … graduate students for whom loan options will become more limited. International Students In academic year 2023-24, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-recent-federal-actions-will-have-significant-impact-higher-education-nyOpinion 97-26
… Equipment (authority to allocate cost of equipment between zone of assessment and remainder of district); (authority to use equipment purchased for use within a zone of assessment in other areas of fire district); (disposition of upon dissolution of zone assessment) -- Dissolution (disposition of property upon …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26Opinion 91-36
… opinion that park land trust fund moneys may be expended only to acquire additional park land or to construct, … the view that, in general, trust fund moneys may be used only to develop park facilities on land owned by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-36Opinion 92-34
… AND PENALTIES -- Mandatory Surcharge (partial payment of parking fines and surcharges) -- Remission to State Comptroller (partial payment of parking fines and surcharges) PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Mandatory Surcharges … when a court or administrative tribunal has assessed a parking fine or penalty and surcharge but receives payment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-34Opinion 91-27
… public bidding) LOCAL LAWS -- Real Property (authority of county to supersede sale and lease provisions of County Law, §215) REAL PROPERTY -- Conveyances Generally … Whether the county may make the proposed conveyance in view of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-27State Contract and Payment Actions in May
… Comptroller approved 1,872 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $3.9 billion and approved nearly 2.2 million payments worth nearly $14.8 billion. The office rejected 164 contracts and related transactions valued at $310 million and more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/state-contract-and-payment-actions-mayState Contract and Payment Actions in January
… In January, the Office of the State Comptroller approved … replace heat exchangers at Upstate Correctional Facility in Franklin County. $2.6 million with Slade Industries Inc. … to rehabilitate elevators at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens County. $1.8 million with Awe Incorporated for roof …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-januaryDiNapoli: Jury Convicts Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… was instead redirected to a non-profit corporation called NY 4 Life, which Wills controlled. Wills withdrew the money … The $21,000 was part of a $33,000 grant provided to NY 4 Life from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), earmarked by former State Senator Shirley Huntley while Wills was serving as Huntley's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-jury-convicts-councilman-ruben-wills-public-corruption-schemeOpinion 2001-11
… An assistant chief of a fire district fire department who owns more than 5% of the stock of a corporation would not … an assistant chief of a fire district fire department who owns more than 5% of the stock of a corporation would … Whether an assistant chief of a fire department who owns more than 5 of the stock of a corporation would have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11DiNapoli: Millions in NYC Transit Fines and Fees Uncollected
… Two years later, during the week of Feb. 13, 2015, it only made 25 percent of possible calls. TAB stops trying to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-millions-nyc-transit-fines-and-fees-uncollectedOpinion 92-21
… for legal and administrative reasons to dismiss the cases en masse . With mass dismissals, there is no thoughtful … in situations when the dismissals are, as described, done en masse . July 29, 1992 Melvin I. Rosenblat, Director …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-21Opinion 89-7
… (additional compensation for the board of assessment review for extra meeting) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §523[1][g]; … board may not pay the members of the board of assessment review compensation in excess of their salaries for meeting twice in one year to hear complaints in relation to assessments. You ask whether a town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-7State Agencies Bulletin No. P-963/A-426
Federal Tax Law Changes Affecting Educational Assistance Payments
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/pdf/agencies-p-963-a-426.pdfPersonal Privacy Protection Law Release Form - AC 3216a
Personal Privacy Protection Law Release Form - AC 3216a
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll/pdf/ac3216a.pdfState Agencies Bulletin No. P-926/A-400
Federal Tax Law Changes Affecting Educational Assistance Payments
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/pdf/agencies-p-926-a400.pdf