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Opinion 2002-2
… 219(b), 219-a(2)(b): A service award program may provide for a participant to earn service credit after attaining the … To implement that feature, a service award program may permit a participant to waive voluntarily the right to begin … Teachers' Retirement Board , 282 App Div 216, 218, 122 NYS 2d 485, 487, affirmed 306 NY 625), such as rights …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2-0Small Businesses and the Economic Recovery: Work in Progress
… in the rest of the nation, and the negative impacts on small businesses with less than 500 employees persist. In … began collecting and reporting data through the Small Business Pulse Survey , New York’s small businesses have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/small-businesses-and-economic-recovery-work-progressOpinion 88-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ABANDONED AND LOST PROPERTY -- County Sheriff (disposition of unclaimed county prisoners' property) … involving infancy and insanity), this possibility does not require that the funds be treated in a manner other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-14Opinion 2002-2
… receiving such payment. January 31, 2002 Bruce A. Bates, Secretary Springs Fire District … Whether a service award …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2DiNapoli: Economic Snapshot Shows The Bronx Making Impressive Gains in Addressing Challenges
… The Bronx is setting records for population, business and job growth, according to an economic report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The Bronx … in learning more about The Bronx, our borough’s needs and where our future lies, and appreciate the comptroller’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-economic-snapshot-shows-bronx-making-impressive-gains-addressing-challengesOpinion 96-8
… for by General Municipal Law, §99-l(1)(a) for each case handled by their justice courts involving a violation, … town or village court with respect to certain enumerated criminal actions and other proceedings. As it applies to your … v NYRAC , Yonkers City Court, April 26, 1995, Doran, J., motion to reargue pending, the court raised sua sponte the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-8Opinion 91-25
… pursuant to General Municipal Law, §207-a(2) is entitled under the statute to holiday pay and to salary increments or … pay to a paid firefighter who is disabled as a result of injury or sickness incurred or resulting from the performance … continue to pay the difference between the amount received under such allowance or pension and the amount of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-25DiNapoli: Nourish NY Needs Better Oversight to Connect More Food Banks and In-State Farms to Funding
… enable them to get the funds needed to buy New York-made farm products and should help increase the number of … community-based organizations to purchase New York grown farm products. DOH reviews and approves all claims for … by DOH. Ag&Mkts could not always verify the source of the farm products purchased despite this being their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-nourish-ny-needs-better-oversight-connect-more-food-banks-and-state-farms-fundingOpinion 90-53
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS -- Consultants (authority to contract out functions of village assessor); (authority to … of their police powers and discretionary functions. (2) An independent contractor may not be compensated for services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-53Opinion 96-4
… sale of village real property may not authorize payment of an amount equal to the purchase price to a third party for … a thirty year period for general village purposes. This is in reply to your request for our opinion concerning the … however, that a municipality may not do indirectly what it cannot do directly (see, e.g., Commco v Amelkin , 62 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-4Opinion 88-49
… MAYOR -- Powers and Duties (authority to make motions at board meetings) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §23: Generally, the … make motions in the same manner as any other member of the board of trustees. This is in reply to your letter concerning … question, you ask whether the mayor may make a motion at a meeting of the board of trustees. You indicate that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-49VendRep System Guide for Vendors
… Welcome to the New York State VendRep System The VendRep System is a … the System are meant to reflect the role a user plays in an organization and only allows the user to complete tasks … to save responses When all sections are complete, click “Send Certifier Notifications” to send emails to Certifier(s) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/vendrep-system-guide-vendorsOpinion 89-25
… Contracts (for use of excess capacity of sewage treatment plant) -- Financing of (permissible means of financing … for the needs of the village or its inhabitants. This is in reference to your inquiry concerning the expansion of a … or type of capital improvement (GML, §6-c[2],[4],[8]). Where a village establishes a capital reserve fund to finance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25New Yorkers in Need: A Look at Poverty Trends in New York State for the Last Decade
… the Comptroller The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating health, economic and social consequences. In New York, the … heads of household; Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Pacific Islanders; people with disabilities; and those with … are experimental and excluded from the single-year series. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-look-poverty-trends-new-york-state-last-decadeOpinion 2024-1
… to fund replacement of all public and privately owned lead water service lines in the City without violating Section 1 … conversations with City and State Environmental Facilities Corporation (“EFC”) officials and a review of public records, … as follows: No county, city, town, village or school district shall give or loan any money or property to or in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2024-1New York’s Balance of Payments in the Federal Budget: Federal Fiscal Year 2019
… Message from the Comptroller November 2020 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Yorkers have seen how the … 1 NEW YORK ($23,707) ($1,219) ($3,645) (150.2%) 49 North Carolina $37,872 $3,611 $1,185 48.8% 21 North Dakota $1,006 … $711 29.3% 23 Rhode Island $3,306 $3,121 $695 28.6% 24 South Carolina $28,285 $5,494 $3,067 126.4% 11 South Dakota …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-balance-payments-federal-budget-federal-fiscal-year-2019New York State’s Aging Prison Population: Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… fact, the number of incarcerated individuals in March 2021 was just one-half the level of March 2008. Nonetheless, the … admitted to DOCCS prisons for a new offense or for parole violations increased by an annual average of 3.5 … options, and shorter periods for re-incarceration, when necessary.” The efficacy of these measures in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-york-states-aging-prison-population-share-older-adults-keeps-risingThe Concerning Growth of Hate Crime in New York State
… Introduction New York State has seen a concerning surge in reported hate crimes … Definition, Data and Reporting A hate crime is an offense that is motivated by a perception or belief about the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/concerning-growth-hate-crime-new-york-stateNew York’s Balance of Payments in the Federal Budget: Federal Fiscal Year 2020
… Message from the Comptroller March 2022 Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Yorkers have seen how the … the most per capita spending—North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota, Vermont and Alaska ranked at the top—and middle-size states received the least, with South Carolina, North Carolina, Arizona, Arkansas and Kentucky …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-balance-payments-federal-budget-federal-fiscal-year-2020Arts, Entertainment and Recreation in New York City: Recent Trends and Impact of COVID-19
… such iconic establishments as the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and New York City’s professional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/arts-entertainment-and-recreation-new-york-city-recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19