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Opinion 90-44
… for municipal law purposes, generally has been held to mean the total consideration to which a municipal officer or … however, with the terms "salary" or "wages" to mean simply the fixed cash consideration periodically paid, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44MTA-NYC Transit Medical Assessment Centers
To determine whether the MTANYC Transit Medical Assessment Centers performed medical examinations for NYC Transit and MTA Bus employees in an economical manner
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/11/10/mta-nyc-transit-medical-assessment-centersSelected Aspects of Railcar Fleet Maintenance (Follow-Up)
… for the newest classes of cars. Key Findings MTA – NYC Transit and Railway officials have made some progress in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/13/selected-aspects-railcar-fleet-maintenance-followSelected Aspects of Bus Fleet Maintenance Report (Follow-Up)
… 23, 2010, examined whether the MTA (1) has standards and procedures for the maintenance of its bus fleet, (2) performs bus … procedures, and (3) has a comprehensive maintenance plan for its bus fleet. We found that a number of improvements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/07/11/selected-aspects-bus-fleet-maintenance-report-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 336
… of D (Deceased), L (Leave without Pay), R (Retired), or T (Terminated) who have not received a paycheck for three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/336-reveal-report-nben739-direct-deposit-cancelled-reportOpinion 2006-8
Whether a central school district may use monies in an employee benefit fund to pay for awards paid upon retirement under collective bargaining agreements
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 2008-2
… General Municipal Law § 802 (1) (h) provides an exception for a contract in which a municipal officer or employee has … involved an expenditure below the monetary threshold for competitive bidding under General Municipal Law § 103. In … proposals or quotations will be secured by requests for proposals, written or verbal quotations, or other methods …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 2010-1
… population growth to which the particular subdivision plat will contribute (Village Law § 7-730 [4] [b]). If the … in 1988 Ops St Comp No. 88-21, supra . The village here will use park trust fund monies to pay only for that portion … of the remaining part of the parcel. Further, the village will take steps to ensure that no trust monies are used to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-1Opinion 88-35
… services exception. (2) The services of a programmer to develop computer software which is customized to meet the … services (see, e.g., People ex rel. Smith v Flagg , 17 NY 584). Generally, professional services which fall within … requires an item for which there is no reasonable equivalent and which is available from only one source so …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-35Opinion 90-13
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Utilities (municipal … pipe for a village sewer project in conjunction with a DOT road reconstruction project. This is in reply to your letter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-13Opinion 2005-6
… not undertaken for profit and serves a laudable purpose (see, e.g., 2002 Opns St Comp No. 2002-16, p 35; 1986 Opns St … be an incidental benefit accruing to the private entity (see, e.g., Antonopoulou v Beame , 32 NY2d 126, 343 NYS2d 346; … schools to loan textbooks to all children in grades seven through twelve, including parochial school students, was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-6State Agencies Bulletin No. 415
… Purpose To provide an overview of overpayment processing and … under Section 200.3 of the State Finance Law. The Earn Code OVP (Overpayment Recovery), set up on the … must be entered, as usual, explaining the overpayment and how all portions of the overpayment are to be recovered. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/415-automatic-processing-overpayments-inactive-employeesFood Safety Monitoring
To determine whether the Department of Agriculture and Markets Department adequately monitors the processing distribution and sale of food products in New Yo
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/01/30/food-safety-monitoringEfforts to Collect Delinquent Taxes (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our … and the taxpayer has exhausted all applicable protest rights, or protest rights have expired, the tax is considered … the Department may initiate collection actions through its Civil Enforcement Division. Not all debts include a tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/03/01/efforts-collect-delinquent-taxes-followMedicaid Program – Medicaid Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2013 Through September 30, 2013
To determine whether the Department of Healths eMedNY system reasonably ensured that Medicaid claims were submitted by approved providers were processed in ac
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/05/medicaid-program-medicaid-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2013-through-september-30-2013Medicaid Program – Medicaid Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2013 Through March 31, 2014
… for which eMedNY did not correctly deduct the recipients’ Net Available Monthly Income (NAMI); and Claims with improper …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/05/21/medicaid-program-medicaid-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2013-through-march-31-2014Opinion 88-67
… in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Legal Services (law partner of village mayor hired as village attorney) … that it is not contemplated that the partner or the law firm would be retained as an independent contractor, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-67Medicaid Program – Medicaid Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2011 Through September 30, 2011
… 178 million claims resulting in payments to providers of about $25 billion. The claims are processed and paid in weekly cycles which averaged about 6.8 million claims and $954 million in payments to providers. Key Findings Auditors identified about $7.8 million in overpayments resulting from: Claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/01/10/medicaid-program-medicaid-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2011-through-september-30-2011Purchasing and Procurement Practices (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Purchasing and Procurement Practices (Report 2020-S-67 ). About the … bidding and the purchasing of goods and services at various dollar thresholds. The Manual was last approved by … FOB in 2010. The objective of our initial audit, issued on March 16, 2022, was to determine whether NYRA procured …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/18/purchasing-and-procurement-practices-followDiNapoli: As State Tax Check-Off Options Increase, Spending Lags for Most
… New York state has the highest number of personal income tax (PIT) check-offs in … by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found that even as the number of check-offs have grown over the last decade, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-state-tax-check-off-options-increase-spending-lags-most