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Local Sales Tax Collections Up 19% in 2021
… to last year, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This was the … for goods and services and from brick and mortar to online,” DiNapoli said. “While local sales tax collections …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/local-sales-tax-collections-19-percent-2021Opinion 91-44
… LAW, §§160, 163(2),(4), 167(2); TOWN LAW, §174(3): A member of a board of fire commissioners of a fire district … plan at the expense of the district. You ask whether a member of the board of fire commissioners of a fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44State Public Authorities Dashboard
… through PARIS and does not reflect a common fiscal year or State fiscal year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/state-public-authorities-dashboardState Agencies Bulletin No. 2281
… Association of New York State, Inc. (PBANYS) provides for a Clothing Allowance. Effective Dates: The 2024 APSU Clothing Allowance will be processed in a separate check in Administration Pay Period 17L, paychecks … be submitted to the Payroll Reversal and Exchange mailbox at the same time as the stop payment request. If a Next of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2281-2024-clothing-allowance-certain-agency-police-service-unit-apsuDiNapoli Issues Preliminary Analysis of 2021-22 Executive Budget
… least $995 million in the coming fiscal year. Given this, it will be essential for the federal government to continue … grant and cut funding by $392.5 million, or 10.5 percent. It also proposes a recurring “local district funding … in the new fiscal year, as was first done in SFY 2020-21. It also suspends for SFY 2021-22 the 30-year maximum term …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-issues-preliminary-analysis-2021-22-executive-budgetState Agencies Bulletin No. 1000
… Code Narrative 410 Health Care Spending Account 420 NY Dependent Care Contribution 425 Repay State Loans/Debt 426 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1000-retroactive-april-1-2010-salary-increase-employees-represented-civilOpinion 89-39
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Insurance … coverage would have a prohibited conflict of interest in those contracts unless the exception contained in either … that the board member does not receive remuneration form the town's insurance premium payments to the agency and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-39Economic and Policy Insights: Food Insecurity Persists Post-Pandemic
Food insecurity is increasing in New York, with one-in-nine household unable to get enough food at some point during 2020 through 2022 because they lacked money or other resources.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/food-insecurity-persists-post-pandemic.pdfUser Access Controls Over Selected System Applications (Follow-Up) (2021-F-8)
To determine whether access controls over select State University of New York Upstate Medical University (Upstate) system applications are effective to prevent unnecessary or inappropriate access to those applications.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-21f8.pdfNew Yorkers in Need: Food Insecurity and Nutritional Assistance Programs
Approximately one in ten, or about 800,000, New York households experienced food insecurity from 2019 to 2021, and an increasing number say they face food insufficiency since summer 2021.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/new-yorkers-in-need-food-insecurity.pdfUser Access Controls Over Selected System Applications (2019-S-34) 180-Day Response
To determine whether access controls over select State University of New York Upstate Medical University (Upstate) system applications are effective to prevent unnecessary or inappropriate access to those applications.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s34-response.pdfOpinion 95-28
… any general law or the Constitution, relating to their property, affairs or government. In addition, except to the … certain enumerated subjects, whether or not they relate to property, affairs or government. One such enumerated subject …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-28Oversight of Dam Safety
… regulating dam owners across the State to ensure their compliance with safety requirements. This audit covered the … regulating dams in the State to help ensure dam owner compliance with Regulations so that they meet safety … and dam failure. Specific areas include increasing compliance and improving enforcement against those dam owners …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/21/oversight-dam-safetyOpinion 90-56
… absence) MILITARY LAW, §242(5); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §92(1); NY CONST, art VIII, §1; 38 USC §2024(d): A school district, by resolution, may … granted paid leaves pursuant to that section (see 24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 816). Accordingly, it is our opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-56DiNapoli: Stony Brook University Hospital Failed to Comply With Contracting and Hiring Rules
… center on Long Island. As part of Stony Brook University, it is governed by certain federal, state, and State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-stony-brook-university-hospital-failed-comply-contracting-and-hiring-rulesPublic Safety – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… (Burglary, Larceny and Motor Vehicle Theft), accounted for the majority of the overall increase (collectively rising …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/public-safetyOpinion 95-10
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10Opinion 94-25
… (service credit for attending meetings of groups within a fire department or fire company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §217(c)(v): Section … "meetings" of an emergency rescue and first aid squad, a fire police squad or the "executive board" of a fire company. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25DiNapoli Releases Profile of New York's Small Business Owners
… or struggled through the pandemic, entrepreneurs in New York continued to identify and pursue new opportunities, … P. DiNapoli. New York exceeds the nation in the share of businesses that are majority female and minority-owned; … that reflect the diversity of our state.” DiNapoli’s report found that for 9 out of 10 New York business owners, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-profile-new-yorks-small-business-ownersDiNapoli: New Law Makes It Easier for the Comptroller To Return Your Lost Money
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the … the Office of the State Comptroller to expedite certain unclaimed funds payments of $250 or less. Proposed by DiNapoli’s office, the measure amends the Abandoned Property Law to authorize the State Comptroller to administer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-new-law-makes-it-easier-comptroller-return-your-lost-money