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Bohemia Fire District – Purchasing and Employee Overtime Costs (2017M-158)
… audit was to examine the District’s purchasing procedures and employee overtime for the period January 1, 2015 through … District is a district corporation of the State, distinct and separate from the Town of Islip, in Suffolk County. The District, which provides fire protection and other emergency services to approximately 10,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/11/03/bohemia-fire-district-purchasing-and-employee-overtime-costs-2017m-158Opinion 96-3
… prohibited interest in a contract for environmental review and planning services between the village and either the trustee individually, or the firm of which the … the primary stockholder, to provide environmental review and planning services, if the contract is entered into after …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 98 - 22
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … law, created a publicity fund "in an amount not exceeding $5,000 in a fiscal year". The village board is considering …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-22DiNapoli: Audits Find More Than $1 Million of Waste in New York's Medicaid Program
… The state Department of Health (DOH) inappropriately paid more … nearly $1 million over a 27-month period for thousands of Medicaid recipients whose benefits were already covered by … The state Department of Health inappropriately paid more than 29000 pharmacy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audits-find-more-1-million-waste-new-yorks-medicaid-programArticle 18 General Municipal Law
Conflicts of Interest: Municipal Officers and Employees The Fundamentals of Article 18 of the General Municipal Law
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/resources/pdf/Article18GeneralMunicipalLaw.pdfThe Prompt Contracting Law - Background
Chapter 166 of the Laws of 1991 added Article XI-B (the Prompt Contracting Law) to the State Finance Law to promote prompt contracting with not-for-profit organ
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/contracts/pdf/pcl-background.pdfGENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW - SECTION 35
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW - SECTION 35
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/GML-clerk.pdfDiscretionary Thresholds - State Finance Law
This chart summarizes discretionary thresholds, Contract Reporter requirements, and the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) pre-approval requirements
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/guidance/pdf/XI2-A-state-finance-law-thresholds.pdfUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-288
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions for manual payment of the April 2020 UCS Security and Law Enforcement Differential Payment (“SLED”). … The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions for manual payment of the April 2020 UCS Security and Law Enforcement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-288-april-2020-unified-court-system-ucs-security-and-lawOpinion 92-33
… also Coconato v Town of Esopus , 152 AD2d 39, 547 NYS2d 953, lv den 76 NY2d 701, 558 NYS2d 891; Municipal Home Rule … 429 NYS2d 487; Hurd v Erie County , 34 AD2d 289, 310 NYS2d 953; see also 1988 Opns St Comp, No. 88-35, p 65). The courts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-33Location Service Providers
… view is that the rightful owners should claim their abandoned funds without charge, strongly encourages everyone … or returning funds. If you are interested in becoming an “Abandoned Property Location Service Provider” in New York … Office, please read the Requirements and Procedures for “ Abandoned Property Location Service Providers. ” Location …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/resources/location-service-providersDiNapoli: Former Treasurer Arrested in Village of Millport Theft
… Former Village of Millport Treasurer Dawn Haverley was arrested for felony grand larceny Monday after an investigation and … Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Ms. Haverley took advantage of her position and abused the public's trust by pocketing … Former Village of Millport Treasurer Dawn Haverley was arrested for felony …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-former-treasurer-arrested-village-millport-theftValhalla Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2015M-333)
… the Towns of Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant and North Castle in Westchester County. The District, which operates four … and had not been used for their established purposes since being established in 2011. Key Recommendations Develop … funds to unrestricted fund balance, where allowed by law, or to other, necessary reserves established and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/03/25/valhalla-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2015m-333Legalities of Purchasing and Competitive Bidding Presentation
Please print out presentation to follow along with webinar being held on June 23, 2021
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/legalities-of-competitive-bidding-06-23-2021.pdfOpinion 88-20
… in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Courts (authority to relocate family court) -- County Seat (effect of relocation of family court) COUNTY LAW, §216; NY CONST, ART III, §17: A county, by resolution, may relocate its family court from the unincorporated area of a town to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-20Opinion 96-5
… St Comp, 1946, p 290; see also People v Brooklyn Garden Apartments , Inc. , 283 NY 373, 381 [1940]). We have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5DiNapoli: Audit Recommends Stronger Oversight of NYC’s Artificial Intelligence Programs
… and policies for agencies’ use of artificial intelligence (AI), leaving it vulnerable to misguided, inaccurate or biased … acts on my office’s recommendations to help ensure the AI being used by the city is not at risk of bias or … with responsibility for the oversight and governance of AI, which in the previous administration had been under an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-audit-recommends-stronger-oversight-nycs-artificial-intelligence-programsOpinion 88-16
… balance method ( see Shepard v. City of New York , 216 NY 251, 110 NE 435; Haffey v. Lynch , 193 NY 67, 85 NE 817; Equitable Lumber Corp. v. Staton … or spouses which equal or exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the judgment debtors disposable income, no further …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16Opinion 2000-21
… This conclusion is further supported by subdivision 4 of Town Law §189-a, which establishes a procedure for … into a city. We note also that Town Law §189-a[4][e] provides that the provisions of Town Law, article 11, … notwithstanding the specific reference in section 189-a(4)(e) to "extension," but not to the "diminution," the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21Participation in the Program – Contribution Stabilization Program
… Joining the Program Employers are eligible to participate in the CSP during a fiscal year in which their graded rate falls below their average rate. … Services 110 State Street Albany, NY 12244-0001 If you are both an Employees’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/csp/participation-program