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DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Grew by Nearly 17% in May
… $242 million from May of last year. “Sales tax collections for most local governments were quite strong in May, as consumers continued to face higher prices for goods and services in the state,” DiNapoli said. … tax, the City of Oneida came in at the highest at 30.9%. Monthly sales tax distributions made to counties and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-grew-nearly-17-mayOpinion 90-23
… in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Limit (exclusion from - cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse) STATE … The cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse may exclude from their constitutional debt limitations indebtedness … 8 6 of the State Constitution which provides an exclusion from the debt limitation imposed upon the cities of Buffalo …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-23State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… $99,308 were paid prior to audit and approval by the claims auditor, 166 charges totaling $35,927 did not have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsReducing the Cost of Hospital Services Provided to County Inmates (2013-MS-4)
… audit was to determine if counties are controlling inmate hospital costs and paying the appropriate rates for the … on a county’s financial resources. For example, inmate hospital health care costs in the eight counties audited … about $1.4 million, or 50 percent, was for inpatient hospital services while $1.4 million, or 50 percent, was for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/09/19/reducing-cost-hospital-services-provided-county-inmates-2013-ms-4Conflicts of Interest of Municipal Officers and Employees
… contracts with the municipality for which they serve, but only under certain circumstances. In order for a municipal … your municipality, the interest may be prohibited, but only if you have certain official powers or duties with … is applicable. There is also an additional rule applicable only to chief fiscal officers, treasurers and their deputies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/conflicts-interest-municipal-officers-and-employeesControls and Accountability of Court, Trust and Bail Funds
… 1, 2011 through March 7, 2013. Background Section 2601 of the New York State Civil Practice Law and Rules requires that all moneys paid into the New York City courts be forwarded to the City's … postings made on behalf of defendants, trust funds from estates controlled by Public Administrators (such estates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/16/controls-and-accountability-court-trust-and-bail-fundsApproved State Contracts and Payments
… In October, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,722 contracts for state … with The Nature Conservancy to purchase vacant land in Wilton, Saratoga County. Gaming Commission $1.3 million … In October the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1722 contracts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/approved-state-contracts-and-paymentsProgress Report on the Capital Security Program of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority - October 2006
The MTA operates the largest and most diverse transportation system in the nation, and keeping it secure entails significant challenges.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-8-2007.pdfReport on Estimated Receipts and Disbursements State Fiscal Years 2019-20 through 2021-22, November 2019
The Office of the State Comptroller estimates that the State’s tax revenues will grow by 7.6 percent in SFY 2019-20.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/budget/pdf/budget-receipts-disbursements-2019-22.pdfOpinion 98-21
… corporation may participate in a cooperation agreement only for the performance of those functions which it is … to provide (see Public Health Law, §3008[7]). There are only limited circumstances, however, in which the board of … enter into a contract for the provision of those services only with a city, town, village or fire district which has in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21DiNapoli: Majority of Cities and Villages Statewide Below Fiscal Stress Threshold
… (Steuben), Fultonville (Montgomery) and Sackets Harbor (Jefferson) were designated as “susceptible to fiscal stress.” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/dinapoli-majority-cities-and-villages-statewide-below-fiscal-stress-thresholdOpinion 91-7
… into such a contract with an emergency rescue and first aid squad of a fire department or fire company. GENERAL … of which does not have an emergency rescue and first aid squad, may contract with any city, town, village or fire … has in its fire department an emergency rescue and first aid squad duly authorized to render emergency ambulance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7Debt Impact Study, March 2010
New York State has relied far too heavily on debt for far too long.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/debt-impact-2010.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2023
2023 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2023.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2017
2017 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2017.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2015
2015 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2015.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2014
2014 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2014.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2016
2016 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2016.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2013
2013 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2013.pdfActuarial Assumptions - 2012
2012 annual report to the New York State Comptroller on actuarial assumptions and recommendations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/resources/pdf/actuarial-assumptions-2012.pdf