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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… for DME rentals that exceeded established monthly caps. In addition, noting that Medicare imposes a 36-month cap on … SUVs, trailers, trucks, and vans – used by 26 departments in their day-to-day operations. It also maintains 43 pieces … TPHI was liable instead, identifying more $37.4 million in improper Medicaid payments that had not been pursued for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued. Department of Motor Vehicles – Language Access Services (2022-S-38) A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 88-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales … mayor would not have a prohibited conflict of interest in a purchase of real property from the village industrial … of interest would arise if the mayor of a village, in his private capacity, purchases a parcel of land from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-29XVI.3.B Fund Accounting – XVI. Financial Reporting
… Revenues and other financial sources are generated from bond proceeds, federal grants and General Fund contributions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3b-fund-accountingOpinion 91-10
… v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; Village Green Realty v Glen Cove Com. Dev. , 95 AD2d 259, 466 NYS2d 26; Gewirtz v City of Long …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-10Model Code of Ethics for Local Governments - Frequently Asked Questions
… ("Model Code"”) be adopted by municipalities within New York State? No. The Model Code is intended to be a guide for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/model-code-ethics-local-governments-frequently-asked-questionsDiNapoli: MTA'S Homeless Outreach Program Didn't Do Much Outreach
… services at Penn Station, Grand Central, and outlying Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North stations. The … Station, Grand Central and other MTA rail stations spent, on average, 2.2 hours per shift doing outreach. They spent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-mtas-homeless-outreach-program-didnt-do-much-outreachOpinion 90-37
… offer) VILLAGES -- Real Property (authority to sell for less than highest offer) VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(1): This … does not require either a public hearing or public sale for the sale of unneeded village real property. A village may not accept the lower of two offers for the sale of village real property based upon a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-37Opinion 97-26
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment … equipment purchased for use within a zone of assessment in other areas of fire district); (disposition of upon … fire district. (3) Unexpended moneys raised by taxation in a zone of assessment, and any property, the cost of which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26Opinion 88-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PARKING FACILITIES -- Conveyance of (to U.S. … for village purposes is a question of fact. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning the proposed conveyance … village purposes is a question of fact to be determined, in the first instance, by the village board. Accordingly, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1DiNapoli Examines Fiscal Hurdles Facing Key NYC-Supported Agencies
… New York City is financially accountable for numerous entities that are legally separate but can … of Education DOE is the largest public school system in the nation, serving roughly one million students in more than 1,800 schools (including charter schools) and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-examines-fiscal-hurdles-facing-key-nyc-supported-agenciesXII.4.D Certification of Internal Controls over the Payment Process – XII. Expenditures
… over authorized access to agency-controlled systems in the form of operator identification and passwords. Voucher … bulkload and mass approval payment streams and include a list of those payment streams with the certification form. … queries are available for online agencies to obtain a list of (i) users with roles that allow them to approve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii4d-certification-internal-controls-over-payment-processLife Changes: Getting Your Affairs in Order and A Guide for Survivors
… make important decisions should anything happen to you. But what information will they need, and what will be … guide you. The first section discusses what you can do now to ensure your loved ones will have the information they … deferred compensation, the name, number and address of the Retirement System, and documents for other pensions (TIAA, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/getting-your-affairs-order-and-guide-survivorsOpinion 91-40
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Military … employee for any and all periods of absence while engaged in the performance of ordered military duty, and while going … days or twenty-two working days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceeding thirty days or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-40Hiring Public Retirees – When Employees Retire
… (RSSL) Under Section 212, there is a calendar-year limit on a service retiree’s earnings from public employment. The … before retirement and the pension was based, in part, on that salary and/or service. Earnings from work for a … a waiver, you must prepare a detailed recruitment plan and show either that: There is an urgent need as the result of an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/when-employees-retire/hiring-public-retireesUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-149
… OSC’s automatic processing and to provide instructions for payments not processed automatically. Affected Employees … bargaining units in the Unified Court System and provides for General Salary and Location Pay Increases for non-judicial employees. Effective Date(s) 4/2/09, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-149-april-2009-general-salary-and-location-pay-increases-employeesUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-160
… Purpose To notify Unified Court System agencies of the April 2010 Salary and Location Pay Increases, to … Bargaining Units CT , 86 , and 88 Background Chapter 276 of the Laws of 2008 implements agreements between the State of New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-160-april-2010-general-salary-and-location-pay-increases-employeesOpinion 90-60
… in our opinion, subdivision two of section 109-b does not negate the authorization in section 120-w to enter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-60Opinion 88-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ABANDONED AND LOST PROPERTY -- County Sheriff … held by a sheriff for a county prisoner should be placed in the county's trust and agency fund for six years, subject … and held by a sheriff may be transferred to and held in a special account in the county's trust and agency fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-14XI.16 Vendor Responsibility – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… Buildings Law provides that all contracts for amounts in excess of five thousand dollars for the work of … the whole or any part of the work to be performed, and, in the discretion of the said department or other agency, … Comptroller. As a result, once a state contracting entity, in accordance with the applicable procurement statute, has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi16-vendor-responsibility