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DiNapoli: Regional Land Banks Fighting Urban Blight
State Comptroller DiNapoli today released a report on the progress regional land banks are making in helping communities fight blight and address zombie properties
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/dinapoli-regional-land-banks-fighting-urban-blightDiNapoli Appoints Nelson Sheingold as Counsel to the Comptroller
… effect in early March. He will direct all legal affairs for the Office of the State Comptroller and continue to lead … Since 2011, Sheingold was deputy comptroller and counsel for Investigations. He spearheaded DiNapoli’s initiative to … Groenwegen, who is retiring. His salary is $188,000. A photo of Sheingold is available here …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/dinapoli-appoints-nelson-sheingold-counsel-comptrollerOpinion 88-35
… vendors, and the city would choose the vendor which came closest to meeting all of its needs. Presumably, price would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-35Opinion 90-64
… -- Procedural Requirements (referendum requirements) BONDS AND NOTES -- Referendum Requirements (bond resolution … district) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when issuing bonds to finance improvement to park district); (need for … referendum. A bond resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds to finance an improvement to a town park district is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-64Opinion 94-11
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (celebration of district fire department's anniversary) TOWN … may not expend district funds in connection with a celebration of the district fire department's anniversary. … funds pursuant to Town Law, §176-d if the anniversary celebration of the fire department consists of a dinner and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-11Opinion 90-44
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGE … §5-508: The compensation proposed to be paid to members of a village board of trustees which must be published in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44Opinion 2005-6
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- … -- Youth Programs (authority of town to provide a program on the prevention of teen “bullying”) POLICE AND POLICE … Crime Prevention (authority of town to provide a program on the prevention of teen “bullying”) TOWNS -- Powers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-6Opinion 90-13
… pipe for a village sewer project in conjunction with a DOT road reconstruction project. This is in reply to your … a planned New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) road renovation project. You have informed us that DOT would incorporate the work required for the sewer project …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-13Opinion 2006-8
… in Support of S. 6278/A. 9040 of 1996; Letter from Senator Hoblock to Michael C. Finnegan, Esq., Counsel to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 2008-2
… member has an interest in a contract between the town and the board member, as a sole proprietor, under which the board member picks up road salt and delivers the salt to a town storage facility. If the … exception in General Municipal Law § 802 (1) (h) applies and the interest is not prohibited. The board member would be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 2010-1
… , 1 NY3d 98, 769 NYS2d 445, cert denied 541 US 974, 158 L Ed 2d 469, 124 S Ct 1883; Bayswater v Planning Board of the … , 1 NY3d 98, 769 NYS2d 445, cert denied 541 US 974, 158 L Ed 2d 469, 124 S Ct 1883, [quoting this passage from the … 1 NY3d 98, 769 NYS2d 445, cert denied 541 US 974, 158 L Ed 2d 469, 124 S Ct 1883; see also Dolan v City of Tigard , …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-1Opinion 88-67
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Legal Services (law … Whether the appointment of the mayors law partner would result in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-67Opinion 92-28
… of proceeds to a public library); (payment of interest for notes issued for library taxes) LIBRARIES -- Finances (issuance and … notes) -- Investments (interest earned on) -- Taxes (time for payment over by school district) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- … school district public library in connection with moneys for the support of the library …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-28Opinion 97 - 12
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … 1997 Joseph A. Reinschmidt, Executive Secretary Town of Parma, Planning Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 98-6
… no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory … in a contract with a firm of which the supervisor's spouse is the sole proprietor if the contract was entered into prior … a county printing contract in 1997. You ask whether there would be a prohibited conflict of interest if the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-6DiNapoli Op-Ed: New York Should Opt Into Public Financing of Elections
… today, urging the state Legislature to pass comprehensive campaign finance reform in New York, including public funding … New York from considering and adopting real public campaign finance reform. I commend the state Board of … time for the state to get on board. We need comprehensive campaign finance reform in New York now, including public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-op-ed-new-york-should-opt-public-financing-electionsDiNapoli Urges New Yorkers to Spend Holiday Gift Cards
… gift cards they received this holiday season in a timely fashion. If not, the money could eventually get turned over … gift cards they received this holiday season in a timely fashion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-spend-holiday-gift-cardsConclusion – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… for questionable or possibly fraudulent expenses to occur and not be detected. The managers of each … Some of the more significant types of controls available to management have been discussed in this guide. They are: a travel and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/conclusionReporting Formats – Enhanced Reporting
… Employers can submit their report as a file or manually in Retirement Online Report types include regular reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/reporting-formatsDiNapoli Proposes Reforms to Bolster State's Rainy Day Reserves
… decade-long economic expansion in the country, New York still lags behind other states when it comes to its rainy day reserves, according to a report released … While that brought its total to $790 million, it was still more than $3 billion below its statutorily authorized …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/dinapoli-proposes-reforms-bolster-states-rainy-day-reserves