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DiNapoli: Help for Vulnerable Adults in NYC Falls Short
… eligibility decisions and late service plans. The Office of Children and Family Services needs to strengthen its … Administration (HRA) and overseen by the state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). APS caseworkers help … who cannot care for themselves or who may be at risk of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation or other harm and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-help-vulnerable-adults-nyc-falls-shortOpinion 90-62
… LAW, §32: An elected town superintendent of highways who is physically unable to perform the duties of his office is entitled to continue in office and receive his salary, … in office and receive the salary fixed by the town board for his office for the balance of his term of office. Public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 90-55
… We reached this conclusion based, in part, on the case of Pease v Colucci , 59 AD2d 233, 399 NYS2d 519, in … wages upon obtaining mandatory retirement age. As is the case with firefighters under section 207-a, it has been held … in Opn No. 88-27, supra , applies equally in the case of village police officers and that a village which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55DiNapoli: NYC's Finances Benefiting From Better Than Expected Revenues
… in the current fiscal year, and updates to the outyears of the plan are reasonable based on current conditions. … a shift away from the city’s more conservative budgeting of revenues in recent years. DiNapoli’s report anticipates … gaps as they have in the recent past. One key source of savings that increased in May is spending on asylum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/dinapoli-nycs-finances-benefiting-better-expected-revenuesDiNapoli and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Op-Ed: New York Mothers Should Not Be Dying in Childbirth in 2025
… The death rate here is more than 2.5 times the rates of France and Canada and 3.5 times that of the United Kingdom. This crisis has also deeply affected … women in New York City are dying at six times the rate of white women, and Hispanic women are dying at three times …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-and-brooklyn-borough-president-antonio-reynoso-op-ed-new-york-mothers-should-not-be-dyingOpinion 2007-4
… services agreement) VILLAGE LAW §§5-506, 5-532; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW §10(1)(ii)(e)(3): A village may not hold the … fund). Moreover, a village may not, pursuant to its home rule power, provide for the proposed reserve fund by … a mandatory reserve fund, upon the cash sale of a capital improvement, which was financed with the proceeds of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 89-5
… issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for notice of pendency affecting more than one parcel) ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS -- Notice of Pendency (filing fee when affecting more than one … A county clerk may not charge additional fees for filing a notice of pendency if the notice affects more than one parcel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5Opinion 89-62
… nominating petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A qualified voter is not … petitions for fire district office but is silent as to the nature of these requirements, we believe that they could include, among other things, a prohibition against the signing by a qualified voter of multiple …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 96-3
… the firm of which the trustee is the primary stockholder, to provide environmental review and planning services, if the … of the cost of the review and planning is charged as a fee to applicants appearing before the village board. General … article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions relative to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 98-20
… the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE … of minimum service requirement for appointment to fire police squad) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §209-c; TOWN LAW, … otherwise qualified individual may be assigned to a fire police squad immediately upon becoming a member of a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 2002-13
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding fire department … expenses of fire departments' annual fund-raising drive) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by … fire department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to make reasonable expenditures to fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Non-Revenue Service Vehicles and On-Rail Equipment (Follow-Up)
… To determine the extent of implementation, as of April 17, 2025, of the 13 recommendations included in our initial audit … repairs on the on-rail equipment. As of January 1, 2025, the MofW Parts Inventory listing consisted of 10,839 … to assess the extent of implementation, as of April 17, 2025, of the 13 recommendations included in our initial audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/07/25/non-revenue-service-vehicles-and-rail-equipment-followDiNapoli Audit: Growing Number of Youth in Juvenile Justice Centers at Risk Due to Staff Shortages
… in the facilities rose nearly 74% from 2018 through 2022. It was during this period New York’s Raise the Age … for physical or mental health issues that youth may have when admitted, including substance abuse problems. Youth … for one youth to undergo a medical assessment, which is required to be done within seven days of admission. From …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-audit-growing-number-youth-juvenile-justice-centers-risk-due-staff-shortagesState Comptroller DiNapoli, Steuben County District Attorney Baker and the New York State Police Announce Arrest of Former Village of Addison Official for Theft of More Than $1.1 Million
… was charged with one count each of Grand Larceny in the 1st degree, Money Laundering in the 2nd degree, Corrupting the Government in the 1st degree, Public Corruption, Attempted Grand Larceny in the … and 185 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the 1st degree, all felonies. She was arraigned before Judge …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-steuben-county-district-attorney-baker-and-new-york-state-police-announceNYS Comptroller DiNapoli Writes to President Biden in Support of His Planned Veto of Anti-ESG Resolution
… P. DiNapoli today wrote to President Biden in support of his planned veto of a resolution that would undo a U.S. Labor Department (DOL) rule that allows managers of retirement funds that are subject to the Employee … DiNapoli today wrote to President Biden in support of his planned veto of a resolution that would undo a US …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-writes-president-biden-support-his-planned-veto-anti-esg-resolutionDiNapoli: Medicaid Audits Find More Than $700 Million in Unnecessary Costs and Overpayments
… or questionable payments and made several recommendations for improving the program. “The state is facing budget gaps … disadvantaged or have special health care needs. For the State Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2019, New York’s … Care DOH uses two methods to pay health care providers for Medicaid pharmacy services: fee-for-service (FFS), where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/dinapoli-medicaid-audits-find-more-700-million-unnecessary-costs-and-overpaymentsDiNapoli: NYC Department of Education is Not Doing Enough to Prepare Students for Higher Education
The NYC Department of Education DOE needs to step up its efforts to prepare students for their next steps after high school according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-nyc-department-education-not-doing-enough-prepare-students-higher-educationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act requires the screening of children within the child welfare system for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsApplying for Reclassification – World Trade Center Presumption
… To apply for a reclassification of your service or disability retirement benefit to an … disabled in the future. Note: Your employer, at the time of your retirement, will be given an opportunity to make a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/world-trade-center/applying-reclassificationOperational Advisory No. 7
… Update SFS – Agency Contact Data Guidance: The purpose of this advisory is to request each Business Unit review the … Code (DC). The information in SFS was created at the time of conversion or as BUs were established in the system. This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/operational-advisory/7-agency-contact-update