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State Health Department Should Improve Enforcement of Nursing Home Violations
… and delays with how it is assessing fines to nursing homes after violations are found, according to an audit … P. DiNapoli. While DOH is frequently inspecting nursing homes and acting quickly on serious complaints, auditors … deserve credit for their timely inspection of nursing homes but more must be done. Families need to know their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/state-health-department-should-improve-enforcement-nursing-home-violationsOpinion 88-31
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Refund (refund by county treasurer of … bail fee) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-m: A county treasurer is not required to refund the fee prescribed in section 99-m of the General Municipal Law, where the defendant in a criminal action is convicted of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-31Opinion 91-26
… to prepare plans and designs for the construction of a new library building. You have informed us that both the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-26Opinion 90-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … (establishment of position of deputy town police commissioner) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (establishment … Whether a town board of a town which has established a police department and has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15Opinion 89-41
… program (see General Municipal Law, §§215[7],[8], 217[h]). All forms of benefit payments, however, must be actuarially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-41Opinion 88-60
… (to operate golf course); (as distinguished from lease) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Not Requiring Bidding … or concession, but which, in substance, constitutes a lease, contravenes the common law restriction against … to operate a facility at a village park would constitute a lease of park property. You also ask whether such a license …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 88-48
… 2740 of the Public Authorities Law provides as follows: "All contracts or orders for work, material or supplies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-48Opinion 88-39
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … action is still pending in the town court, is the property of the town. You ask whether a county, a town in the county, … within the town is entitled to receive distribution of cash bail forfeited in a town court in connection with a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-39Opinion 92-52
… §§1197-e(22), 1197-j: The Water Authority of Great Neck North may not enter into a cooperative agreement for the … You ask whether the Water Authority of Great Neck North may participate in a cooperative plan for the joint … and municipalities. The Water Authority of Great Neck North ("Authority") was created by title 8-B of article 5 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-52Opinion 97-11
… Whether art 18 of the Gen Municipal Law authorizes a city to require …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-11Opinion 92-36
… to finance the implementation of an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system in an area encompassing less than the entire … and maintaining the telecommunication equipment and telephone services needed t o provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system to serve such municipality . (emphasis …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-36Opinion 2002-17
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … Coordination of Work (by construction manager who is also a prime contractor) -- Separate Specification Requirement … firm to also submit a bid and, if the lowest responsible bidder, to be awarded a prime contract for a portion of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-17Security Self-Assessment: Questions – Information Technology Governance
… and specifically in schools, those with access to student, teacher or principal PII, been provided with data privacy and … 4b Does any contract that involves sharing student, teacher or principal PII with the third-party contractor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/security-self-assessment-questionsVendRep System Contract Search
… of results. It is advised to use this option to avoid spelling errors or uncertainties in the exact spelling of a name. Vendor TIN Search for contracts by Vendor … of results. It is advised to use this option to avoid spelling errors or uncertainties in the exact spelling of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/vendrep-system-contract-searchSubway Recovery Tracker
… of closures for station track work. These include 181 Street (1) in 2021, Clark Street (2,3) in 2022 and Beach 25 … better, with Jackson Heights/ 74th Street and Flushing-Main Street in Queens ranking among or near the top five hubs … 2025, when weekend closures for trackwork at Flushing-Main Street station led to a ridership decline at this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/osdc/subway-recovery-trackerOpinion 92-57
… based upon section 179-p of the State Finance Law ("the Prompt Payment Law"). Although we do not believe that the Prompt Payment Law has any application in this instance, it … the late charges sought to be imposed by the Village. The Prompt Payment Law does not apply to water or sewer rents due …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-57DiNapoli Report Analyzes Increases in NYC's Unsheltered Population and Spending
… and 3) the average number of clients in low-barrier beds. All three indicators have been on the rise, but each has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/03/dinapoli-report-analyzes-increases-nycs-unsheltered-population-and-spendingDiNapoli Releases Report on NYS Executive Budget
… have stabilized, and the Division of Budget (DOB) is now forecasting reduced budget gaps. In his annual report … funds in recent years, including statutory reserves which now total $6.3 billion and $13.2 billion set aside in an … category of debt classification. Even though this debt now requires an appropriation in the SFY 2024-25 debt service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-releases-report-nys-executive-budgetUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-327
The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSCs automatic processing of the April 2021 April 2022 and April 2023 Senior Officer Series Differential Increases
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-327-april-2021-april-2022-and-april-2023-state-new-york-unifiedComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… employees’ leave was not properly approved and documented on the time records or the central leave record. Lewiston …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits