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Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-355
… is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the retroactive change to the pensionability of the Uniform … Unified Court System of the State of New York, provides for a maintenance allowance to all eligible members in June … made pensionable as of April 1, 2021. Effective Dates: The retroactive Blazer Payment change in pensionability will be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-355-2025-ucs-blazer-pensionability-changeAdequacy of 2021 Budgets - Steuben County (S9-21-19)
… and temporarily or permanently reduce staff positions. In addition, some local officials have decided to delay capital projects, which could result in future delays to other projects to maintain and improve … their budgetary estimates accordingly, when warranted, during the course of their fiscal year. To assess whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/05/28/adequacy-2021-budgets-steuben-county-s9-21-19Adequacy of 2021 Budgets - Genesee County (S9-21-7)
… - pdf ] Purpose The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the County’s adopted … New York State. Some local governments have seen little to no impact on their financial operations, while others have … improve local government infrastructures. The pandemic has also created a difficult environment for officials to develop …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/05/14/adequacy-2021-budgets-genesee-county-s9-21-7Adequacy of 2021 Budgets - Essex County (S9-21-9)
… - pdf ] Purpose The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the County’s adopted … New York State. Some local governments have seen little to no impact on their financial operations, while others have … improve local government infrastructures. The pandemic has also created a difficult environment for officials to develop …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/05/07/adequacy-2021-budgets-essex-county-s9-21-9Adequacy of 2021 Budgets - Otsego County (S9-21-15)
… have seen more significant impacts due to reductions and/or increases to their revenues and/or expenditures. This has led to some local governments having to reduce or eliminate some services and temporarily or permanently reduce staff positions. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/05/21/adequacy-2021-budgets-otsego-county-s9-21-15Adequacy of 2021 Budgets - Jefferson County (S9-21-2)
… an independent evaluation of the County’s adopted budget for the 2021 fiscal year. Background The COVID-19 pandemic … seen more significant impacts due to reductions and/or increases to their revenues and/or expenditures. This has led … the unknowns of future financial impacts. The pandemic increases the need for local officials to more closely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2021/05/21/adequacy-2021-budgets-jefferson-county-s9-21-2Retirement System Membership – State Police Plan
… For police officers and paid firefighters working for New York State or … when their employment begins. This plan (Section 381-b of New York State Retirement and Social Security Law) covers every member and officer of the New York State Division of State Police, which falls …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/retirement-system-membershipRetirement System Membership – Regional State Park Police Plan
… Police officers and paid firefighters working for employers that participate in the New York State and … automatic. … Regional State Park Police Plan information for PFRS Tier 1 2 3 5 and 6 members covered by Section383a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1867/retirement-system-membershipOpinion 90-1
… for public purposes ( Comereski v City of Elmira , 308 NY 248). Towns are authorized to develop playgrounds for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-1DiNapoli: Wall St. Profits on Pace to Beat 2017
… profits has carried into 2018 and the industry is on track for another good year absent a setback later in the year," … income related to the securities business. The average salary (including bonuses) in New York City's securities … highest level in a decade. The growth resulted from large increases in profits, bonuses, and capital gains in calendar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-wall-st-profits-pace-beat-2017State Agencies Bulletin No. 1683
… the check is issued to) Invoice Information Payment Amount Voucher in SFS Vendor ID Vendor Description: Payroll Check … Officers (Garnishment Refunds) Payroll Reissued Checks (State Payroll Stop/Reissues) Payment Status: Paid (Check has … to OSC as undeliverable) Date Check Cashed or Stopped Voucher Creation Date (Date the reissued payment is submitted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1683-new-payroll-check-notification-reportOpinion 2005-6
… a parochial school) -- Gifts and Loans (gift of town money for private program); (contract for provision of services by private organization) MUNICIPAL … However, a town may contract with a parochial school for the conduct at the parochial school auditorium of a town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-6IV.3.B Miscellaneous Receipts – IV. Accounting Codes - Uses and Descriptions
… Investment Pool (STIP) represents a mechanism that allows for separate accounting for individual fund receipts and disbursements AND the … funds within the State’s General Checking Account (GCA) for the purposes of short-term investments. This permits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iv/iv3b-miscellaneous-receiptsConferences — Actual and Necessary Expenses – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… 5 authorizes local governments and school districts to pay for the actual and necessary expenses of travel, meals, … defined as a convention, conference, or school conducted for the betterment of any local government or school … unreturned surplus must be deducted from the employee’s salary or other money owed to the employee. If the cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/conferences-actual-and-necessary-expensesOpinion 91-12
… Law, §204-a belong to the fire company to be used for the lawful purposes of the fire company. You ask whether … engage in certain "fund raising activities" (see also, Not-For-Profit Corporation Law, §1402[e][4]). For purposes of section 204-a, the term "fire company" is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-12County of Orleans Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2014M-345)
… purpose of our audit was to review the Agency’s process for evaluating, approving and monitoring projects for the period January 1, 2013 through October 10, 2014. … management did not formally document and adopt procedures for calculations of cost-benefit ratios and the determination …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2015/04/28/county-orleans-industrial-development-agency-projectOneida County Department of Social Services – Contract Monitoring and Payments (2015M-244)
… were being met. Contracts were not always renegotiated in a timely manner. Key Recommendations Require that agencies … so there is sufficient time to renegotiate the contracts in advance of the contracts’ expiration dates. … Oneida …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2016/02/12/oneida-county-department-social-services-contract-monitoring-and-payments-2015mOrange County Department of Social Services – Contract Monitoring and Payments (2014M-80)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the County’s … approximately 374.500 within an 812 square-mile area and is governed by a 21-member Board of Legislators. The County’s … does not have evidence that proper contract monitoring is occurring. Documentation did not always support the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/06/06/orange-county-department-social-services-contract-monitoring-and-payments-2014m-80Reducing the Cost of Hospital Services Provided to County Inmates (2013-MS-4)
… inmate hospital costs and paying the appropriate rates for the services provided for the period January 1 through December 31, 2012. … can be a heavy burden on a county’s financial resources. For example, inmate hospital health care costs in the eight …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/09/19/reducing-cost-hospital-services-provided-county-inmates-2013-ms-4Former President of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $120,000
… DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney … Garcia has admitted brazenly writing checks to himself for $122,000 from the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department. … to cover his tracks. Now Garcia may be facing prison time for his crime." FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/former-president-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-pleads-guilty-embezzling-more-120000