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Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Diversions for Maintenance and Capital Projects (2014-F-10) An initial report issued in July 2011 determined that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Newark Housing Authority , City of Olean , Town of Sharon and Westchester County . "In today's fiscal climate, budget transparency and accountability for our local communities is a top … priority," said DiNapoli. "By auditing municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1852.1
… of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the procedures and provide instructions for reporting the taxable value of … ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Notice 2021-07 provides temporary relief for employers and … October, 31, 2020 under certain circumstances, per IRS Notice 21-7. If an agency wishes to revise calculations per …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/18521-procedures-reporting-taxable-value-personal-use-employer-providedOpinion 99-8
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES - Imposition of (for a subscription to … of Information Law, for copies of the minutes. This is in response to your inquiry concerning the authority for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-8Opinion 92-56
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … by the town and county officers training school of the state of New York, or in attending a convention, conference … for purposes of the New York State and Local Employees Retirement Systems. October 20, 1992 Bernard Silverman, Esq., …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56Opinion 97-25
… a sign maker who has been found to have drawn sketches of signs for applicants to annex to their applications to the … applications, the board member constructs and installs the signs for the clients under the approved application. We … compensated for the construction and installation of the signs. Under these circumstances, you ask whether the town's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Opinion 2000-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … district) -- Maintenance Contracts (fire commissioner who is secretary/treasurer and stockholder of company performing … of section 802 provides an exception in those instances where an interest is prohibited solely by reason of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-7State Agencies Bulletin No. 1039
… Purpose To inform the Senate and Assembly payroll offices of OSC’s automatic processing and to provide … In addition, if a Member on the Assembly Special Allowance payroll has an allowance change during the year, the total … salary. 04320 Members on the Assembly Special Allowance payroll who serve all or part of the year and are active on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1039-2010-year-end-adjustment-members-nys-legislatureState Agencies Bulletin No. 1212
… Purpose To inform the Senate and Assembly payroll offices of OSC’s automatic processing and to provide … In addition, if a Member on the Assembly Special Allowance payroll has an allowance change during the year, the total … salary. 04320 Members of the Assembly Special Allowance payroll who serve all or part of the year and are active on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1212-2012-year-end-adjustment-members-nys-legislatureState Agencies Bulletin No. 945
… Purpose To inform the Senate and Assembly payroll offices of OSC’s automatic processing and to provide … In addition, if a Member on the Assembly Special Allowance payroll has an allowance change during the year, the total … salary. 04320 Members on the Assembly Special Allowance payroll who serve all or part of the year and are active on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/945-2009-year-end-adjustment-members-nys-legislatureState Agencies Bulletin No. 1116
… Purpose To inform the Senate and Assembly payroll offices of OSC’s automatic processing and to provide … In addition, if a Member on the Assembly Special Allowance payroll has an allowance change during the year, the total … salary. 04320 Members of the Assembly Special Allowance payroll who serve all or part of the year and are active on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1116-2011-year-end-adjustment-members-nys-legislatureComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… County) Auditors found that four employees in 2013 and six employees in 2014 did not receive the correct gross pay. … the court clerk properly accounted for all issued parking tickets. Town of Sand Lake – Justice Court (Rensselaer … ensure the clerk is pursuing collections of unpaid traffic tickets. As a result, the court had 17 unpaid tickets during …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Opinion 2003-3
… Award Programs (maximum benefit under defined benefit plan) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§217, 219: The maximum benefit that may be provided under a defined benefit plan service award program cannot exceed a monthly payment … A fire district may not establish a defined benefit plan service award program that provides a service award …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-3Opinion 2003-5
… Retirement and Social Security Law §363-d does not apply to death benefits provided pursuant to General Municipal Law §208-b. You ask whether the … Law §363-d applies in the case of death benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law §208-b, for a firefighter who died …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 2007-6
… in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to one-time payment made to next ranking … unit and is the highest ranking subordinate to the police chief in a village police department receives a one-time … amount for performing additional duties as “acting chief” for a period of one year, the police chief is entitled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6DiNapoli Examines Fiscal Hurdles Facing Key NYC-Supported Agencies
… facing DOE include: Asylum Seeker and Migrant Student Enrollment : The city estimates that approximately 30,000 … price escalation. Maintenance Issues : NYCHA’s backlog of open repair requests is significant and has grown in recent years, with 604,645 open work orders as of June 2023. NYCHA attributes a portion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-examines-fiscal-hurdles-facing-key-nyc-supported-agenciesIndependent Oversight: OSC's Contract Review Safeguards Public Funds
… Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23 allowed at least $11 billion in spending without a competitive process or the benefit of … an OSC review. These actions build on exclusions adopted in prior budgets that have significantly eroded the Comptroller’s vital role in independent review and approval of contracts. OSC’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/independent-oversight-osc-contract-review-safeguards-public-fundsOpinion 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-88-16State Agencies Bulletin No. 2038
… 2022 increases to Command Payment (Earnings Code COM), and Premium Overtime (Earnings Code PRO), OSC’s manual … to the Memorandum of Agreement between the State of New York and the Police Benevolent Association of New York, Inc. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2038-agency-police-services-unit-apsu-retroactive-increases-command-paymentState Agencies Bulletin No. 2257
… implemented the 2023-2026 Agreement between the State of New York and PBANYS, provides for April 2023 and April 2024 … the employee remains eligible. Command Pay (Earnings Code COM) Earnings Code: COM Effective Date 2023 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2257-april-2023-and-april-2024-retroactive-increases-premium-overtime