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Opinion 96-7
… agreement. You ask whether several fire districts may join together in an advertising campaign for the purpose of … advertise to recruit volunteers, they may join together and perform this function cooperatively pursuant to … Whether fire districts may join together in an ad campaign for the purpose of recruiting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-7DiNapoli: Local Law Enforcement Agencies Agree to Improve Sex Offender Monitoring
… information such as the offender’s name, age, exact address, employment address, photograph and physical … Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Steuben and Warren counties; city police departments in Buffalo, Mount Vernon, Ogdensburg, … examined (53 percent). Auditors found that the city of Mount Vernon did not investigate why a level 3 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-local-law-enforcement-agencies-agree-improve-sex-offender-monitoringOpinion 94-11
… discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (celebration of district fire department's … celebration of the fire department consists of a dinner and coincides with the annual inspection dinner for the fire … of this Office (1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-196, p 209) and ask if that opinion still reflects our views. In the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-11Opinion 92-1
… the contractor for receiving, handling and disbursing the obligations, funds and coupons. (5) Municipal officials … the amount of retainage withdrawn. (6) Before registered obligations are accepted in substitution for retained percentages, ownership of the obligations should be transferred to the municipality, or the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-1Opinion 2002-15
… discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (street lighting and maintenance of town hall as townwide … and Duties (maintenance of town hall as townwide charge); (street lighting as townwide charge) TOWN LAW §§64(3), (19), … HIGHWAY LAW §327: Real property taxes for the cost of street lighting within a town pursuant to Town Law §64(19) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0II.4 Overview – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… New York State Financial Accounting standards are used in the … New York State Financial Accounting standards are used in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4-overviewContract With Shorefront Mental Health Board – Compliance With Prevailing Wage Law
… Purpose To determine whether the Shorefront Mental Health Board (Shorefront) complied with the prevailing … its janitorial contract with the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). The audit covered the period from … To determine whether the Shorefront Mental Health Board Shorefront complied with the prevailing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/10/28/contract-shorefront-mental-health-board-compliance-prevailing-wage-lawMotor Vehicle Financial Security and Safety Responsibility Acts – Assessable Expenses for the Two Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013
… of Motor Vehicles (Department) has adequate procedures in place to accurately report its assessable expenses incurred in connection with the administration of Article VI and … our audit pursuant to legislative mandates included in these statutes, which direct that the Comptroller and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/03/19/motor-vehicle-financial-security-and-safety-responsibility-acts-assessable-expenses-twoState Contract and Payment Actions in December
… Civil Service $6 billion for HMO Health Benefits for the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) including … Physician’s Health Plan Inc., $1.4 billion with HealthNow New York Inc., $1 billion with Independent Health Association … of Environmental Conservation $16.2 million with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-decemberOpinion 92-15
… pursuant to Retirement and Social Security Law, §363-c does not mandate benefits under General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-15Opinion 88-59
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … justice to serve." [Emphasis added] Although your inquiry does not detail the circumstances under which the village was … After the public hearing on the tentative budget and any revision of the budget, the wages and salaries become …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59DiNapoli: Former Hempstead School Official and Local Restauranteur Indicted in Kickback Scheme
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli; Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, … New York State Comptroller DiNapoli announced the arrest and … of Sharon Gardner the former Director of Food Services for the Hempstead Union Free School District for conspiracy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-former-hempstead-school-official-and-local-restauranteur-indicted-kickback-schemeOpinion 90-51
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (use of … and may not be paid for with surcharge funds. This is in reply to your letter inquiring about the use of … County Law (§300, et seq .), to fund certain activities in relation to the county's proposed installation and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51Opinion 90-15
Whether a town board of a town which has established a police department and has appointed the town supervisor as commissioner pursuant to Town Law 150 may appoint a deputy police commissioner to act in the absence or inability of the commissioner
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15Opinion 90-21
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … Those claims must be available for public inspection at all times during office hours. Town Law, §119(1) further …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21Enforcement of Article 19-A of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (Follow-Up) (2020-F-6) 30-Day Response
To determine the extent of implementation of the five recommendations made in our initial audit report, Enforcement of Article 19-A of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (2018-S-7).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-20f6-response.pdfAttorney General James and Comptroller DiNapoli Announce Guilty Verdict of Former Mount Vernon Government Official in $365,000 Corruption Scheme
… taxpayers, commit fraud, or violate the public trust have no place in the state of New York, and will be prosecuted to … Porcari guilty of: Corrupting the Government in the First Degree (B felony) Grand Larceny in the Second Degree as a Crime of Public Corruption (B felony) Defrauding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/attorney-general-james-and-comptroller-dinapoli-announce-guilty-verdict-former-mount-vernonLanguage Access Services (Follow-Up)
… that the use of a family member, friend, or minor as an interpreter is limited to emergencies or routine matters such … County DMVs and where customers are permitted to use an interpreter of their choice in these limited circumstances, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/04/10/language-access-services-followOpinion 99-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Defense and Indemnification (indemnification of custodial bank) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and … Concerning the propriety of an indemnification provision in a proposed custodial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-16Opinion 90-40
… to vote as deputy and as trustee) VILLAGE LAW, §4-400(1)(a): A village trustee who is also deputy mayor does not … court stated that: The underscored portion ... was added by Chapter 280 of the Laws of 1947. In view of that amendment … Comp, 1958, p 210; 21 Opns St Comp, 1965, p 486; 1969 Atty Gen [Inf Opns] 124). October 16, 1990 Helen N. Petruccione, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-40