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DiNapoli: Millions in NYC Transit Fines and Fees Uncollected
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced … of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s New York City Transit division found it did not collect more than $13 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-millions-nyc-transit-fines-and-fees-uncollectedOpinion 92-34
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FINES AND PENALTIES -- Mandatory Surcharge … of parking fines and surcharges) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §1809-a: When a city receives partial payment of a … and remit the surcharge payments to the Justice Court Fund in the State Comptroller's Office. You have inquired with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-34Opinion 91-36
… or recreational facilities on land owned by another local government (see also 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-207, p 268). We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-36Opinion 90-60
… dollar amounts and for multi-year terms. Similarly, we now conclude that the requirements of General Municipal Law, … in conflict with the provisions of section 120-w(4)(e) which requires contracts entered into between a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-60Opinion 91-27
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … §§2(b), 215(5), (6); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i): A non-charter county may not supersede section 215 of the … towns or all villages" (Municipal Home Rule Law, §2[5]; NY Const, art IX, §3). In our prior opinions, we concluded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-27Opinion 94-29
… as a "poor person", and if the court, after a proper application, should grant such a status to a spouse being …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-29Opinion 2001-11
… 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-2001-11Town of Chemung – Conflict of Interest (2022M-176)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether any Town of Chemung (Town) officials had prohibited interests in Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/12/16/town-chemung-conflict-interest-2022m-176DiNapoli: Texas Woman Charged with Stealing Over $65,000 in NYS Pension Payments
… for allegedly stealing more than $65,000 in New York state pension payments meant for a deceased acquaintance. Christy … Walsh died in December 2012 and at the time of death the pension payments should have stopped. Instead, her death was … information indicating that Walsh may have died, and pension payments were halted. In June of that year, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-texas-woman-charged-stealing-over-65000-nys-pension-paymentsOpinion 89-7
… Tax Law, §525[3]), deliver to the assessor a verified statement showing the changes in assessments determined by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-7Opinion 98-24
… -- Appropriations and Expenditures (for Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law coverage for a firefighter of a … fire company providing on-going services) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Disability Benefits (liability for when fire district accepts on-going services of firefighters of a bordering fire company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-24Oversight of Student Immunization in Schools
… 2016. Background SED provides guidelines to assist schools in developing policies to prevent and prepare for outbreaks … out the enforcement and monitoring of immunizations in schools across the State and performs between 100 and 150 … of at-risk populations that are more likely to have low immunization rates. This is particularly evident at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/08/16/oversight-student-immunization-schoolsOpinion 2008-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … there are no capital projects contemplated for either the long or short term "to which the money [in the fund] may be … (General Municipal Law § 6-p [3][b]); and (4) a retirement contribution reserve fund, subject to public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-3Opinion 92-24
… 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-92-24DiNapoli: State Needs To Do More for Growing Mental Health Crisis in Schools
… these districts were, or were not, providing students in terms of mental health education. Without some level of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-state-needs-do-more-growing-mental-health-crisis-schoolsExamination of Unemployment Insurance Willful Overpayments
… was to determine whether NYDOL properly assessed penalties in accordance with Federal and State law for unemployment insurance (UI) overpayments that … An overpayment occurs when a claimant receives benefits in excess of the amount entitled. Overpayments are considered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/25/examination-unemployment-insurance-willful-overpaymentsOpinion 2010-1
Whether monies held in a park land trust fund pursuant to village law may be expended to pay that part of the purchase price
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-1Opinion 88-35
… (see People ex rel. Smith , supra ; Trane v Broome County , 76 AD2d 1015, 429 NYS2d 487; Hurd v Erie County , 34 AD2d 289, 310 NYS2d 953; 1A Antieau, Mun Corp …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-35Opinion 95-18
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CEMETERIES -- Fees … §§15-1502, 15-1506; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(e)(3): A village may, by local law, impose a one-time … of such a local law (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][ii][e][3]). A local government's home rule power, however, is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-18DiNapoli: Local Law Enforcement Agencies Agree to Improve Sex Offender Monitoring
… to ensure compliance with the notification requirements of New York’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) and report … – county sheriff’s offices in Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Steuben and Warren counties; … that the city of Mount Vernon did not investigate why a level 3 offender, the highest risk level under SORA, failed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-local-law-enforcement-agencies-agree-improve-sex-offender-monitoring