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State Agencies Bulletin No. 2331
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2025 CSEA LLS payment, eligibility changes due to the implementation of the Longevity Service Payment and to provide instructions for payments not automatically processed. Affected Employees: Employees in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2331-april-2025-civil-service-employees-association-csea-longevity-lump-sumState Agencies Bulletin No. 2422
… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2026 PEF LLS payment, eligibility changes due to the … 190 of the Laws of 2023, which implemented the 2023-2026 Agreement between the State of New York and the PEF, … LLS eligibility criteria. Effective Dates: The April 2026 LLS Payment will be processed in separate paychecks on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2422-april-2026-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-lump-sum-llsDiNapoli Examines Faltering LinkNYC Program
… offering high-speed internet with touch-screen tablets, free phone service, and charging stations to all New Yorkers, … distribute them equitably, leaving large sections in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens without a single kiosk. Other … five Gigabit Centers, one per borough, that would provide free Wi-Fi and high-speed internet access to all New Yorkers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-examines-faltering-linknyc-programDiNapoli: Rechargeable Battery Use Rising Dramatically, But State Not Enforcing Recycling Law Requirements
… actually happening or whether they’re going out with the trash where they put New York’s environment, public health … waste stream and were the cause of a six-alarm fire on a trash barge in December 2021. DEC is responsible for … rechargeable batteries and three did not have a collection bin. There are at least 1,248 more retailers that may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-rechargeable-battery-use-rising-dramatically-state-not-enforcing-recycling-law-requirementsDiNapoli: New York Drug Overdose Deaths Surged During Pandemic
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The surge is largely due to a sharp increase in deaths from opioids … from the misuse of drugs, but the jump in these numbers is alarming. It is a tragedy that devastates families and impacts our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-new-york-drug-overdose-deaths-surged-during-pandemicDiNapoli: Better Reporting and Monitoring of NYC Capital Projects Needed
… capital projects are over their initial budgets and behind schedule, suggesting better monitoring and reporting could … certain types of projects are more likely to be behind schedule or over budget than others. Courts, waterway … public documentation about what is fueling these cost and schedule overruns. DiNapoli recommended the city shift all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-better-reporting-and-monitoring-nyc-capital-projects-neededDiNapoli: State Agency Mishandled Housing Discrimination Complaints
… Investigated DHR’s complicated and poorly managed intake system for housing discrimination complaints resulted … Conducting ongoing reconciliations of DHR’s various intake logs with case management system records. Providing … adequate training for all staff involved in the complaint intake, processing and investigation process. Actively …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-state-agency-mishandled-housing-discrimination-complaintsDiNapoli Releases Report on Casinos' Impact on Upstate Local Tax Revenues
… casinos brought $176 million in gaming tax revenue to host and regional local governments, but only the three smaller … such revenues. It’s my hope that this report gives state and local officials a clearer perspective that can help … showed that all four current casinos — del Lago Resort and Casino, Rivers Casino and Resort, Resorts World …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-releases-report-casinos-impact-upstate-local-tax-revenuesDiNapoli: Shift in MTA's Paratransit Program Generates Cost Savings
… Costs for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) program to … disabilities have declined in recent years, in part due to the MTA’s move to alternative transit services that provided … satisfaction initially deteriorated as a result of the move to “broker services” and must be monitored to ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-shift-mtas-paratransit-program-generates-cost-savingsDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Total $18.2 Billion Through September 2025, Up Over 4.3% Over Prior Year
… totaled $18.2 billion from January to September 2025, an increase of 4.3% ($747 million) compared to the same period last year, according to the quarterly sales tax report released … report on sales tax collections from January to September 2025 include: Each of the 10 regions in the state, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-total-182-billion-through-september-2025-over-43-over-prior-yearReal Property Portfolio
… economies. ESD centrally oversees real estate development, subsidiaries, design and construction, and environmental … for seven properties, disposed of by one of ESD’s subsidiaries, did not include sufficient information as to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/08/21/real-property-portfolioShield of David – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… program, and sufficiently documented pursuant to the State Education Department’s (SED) Reimbursable Cost Manual … program and sufficiently documented pursuant to the State Education Departments SED …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2026/06/26/shield-david-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Jump for Third Year
Local sales tax collections continued to climb in 2018 growing for the third year in a row according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-jump-third-yearComptroller DiNapoli Statement on Earth Day 2015
… economy. Environmental protections go hand in hand with smart, sustainable business. Finding solutions to climate … As trustee of the $176.8 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, DiNapoli has taken a leading investor role …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-statement-earth-day-2015Opinion 2006-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … in villages situated within the town, unless there is a State statute that requires or permits any given expenditure … article, each city, incorporated village and town in the state shall constitute a separate primary registration …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-10Opinion 2006-2
… 2006 David J. Wukitsch, Esq., Town Attorney Town of New Baltimore 1 The State Comptroller’s approval is required for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-2Opinion 2007-2
… towns using any method the county reasonably determines is equitable. Although a county may not turn over the care, … control of voting machines to towns and cities, the county is permitted to enter into leases with towns and cities to … addressed by this Office in 1992 Opns St Comp No. 92-26, p 64. In Opn No. 92-26, supra , we concluded that, based …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-2Opinion 88-70
… REFERENDUM -- Advisory (fluoridation of water) GENERAL CITY LAW, §20(2), (7); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-c(8): LOCAL … §34.00: In the absence of express statutory authority, a city may not conduct an advisory referendum on whether to fluoridate city water or whether to improve the city water or sewer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-70Opinion 97-11
… to establish financial disclosure requirements for housing authorities) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Financial Disclosure (applicability to housing authorities) -- Public Housing Authorities (applicability of city financial … 18 of the Gen Municipal Law authorizes a city to require housing authority members to file an annual financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-11Opinion 91-8
… NYS 930; see also 15 McQuillin, Municipal Corporations [3rd Ed, Rev.], §43.56). Finally, although the treasurer's … Zagoreos v Conklin , 109 AD2d 281, 491 NYS2d 358 [2nd Dept 1985]; Matter of Tuxedo Conservation Taxpayers Ass'n v … of the Town of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638 [2nd Dept 1979]; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8