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Opinion 95-3
… a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy, amusement admissions or any combination … a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy and amusement admissions. In view of the … a limited sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy, amusement admissions, or any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-3DiNapoli: Construction Jobs in NYC Not Fully Recovered From Pandemic Amid Lower Demand for Nonresidential Projects
… sector. For example, federal policy on tariffs and immigration may impact construction costs and the labor pool. … notes that the composition of the labor force and recent immigration enforcement actions by the federal government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-construction-jobs-nyc-not-fully-recovered-pandemic-amid-lower-demand-nonresidential-projectsOpinion 92-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Exceptions (contracts for rental of room owned … tax collector clerk justice and supervisor for the use of a portion of their homes as offices from which they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16Opinion 97-21
… the trustees of public libraries to demand that library funds be paid over to the library treasurer who would then be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-21Opinion 91-51
… a county chief fiscal officer may temporarily utilize for general county purposes moneys collected as user fees and … parcel of land at the time and in the manner ..." provided for the levy of county taxes (County Law, §271[1]). Section … in the same manner and at the same time as taxes levied for general county purposes. The county treasurer, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-51DiNapoli: MTA Faces Worst Financial Crisis in History
… or New York City, the MTA desperately needs an influx of federal funds or unheard of service cuts and workforce reductions will happen. Failure … 2024. The 2021 budget gap is more than half (53 percent) of the MTA’s annual projected revenue. The gaps in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-mta-faces-worst-financial-crisis-historyDiNapoli: State Should Recoup $11.7 Million from Special Education Contractors
… across New York to approximately 79,000 preschool children with physical, developmental and emotional … in the special education programs and $766,955 in fringe benefit costs. Auditors also found Hebrew Academy improperly … the Preschool Integrated Special Class program. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-state-should-recoup-117-million-special-education-contractorsDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Executive Budget
… With a budget deadline soon approaching, more than a third of the Executive’s proposed nearly $7 billion gap-closing … statutory changes that could distort the reporting of revenue and spending in the state’s financial statements … needs to identify long-term solutions for the millions of New Yorkers that rely on Medicaid and the taxpayers who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-releases-analysis-executive-budgetWest Seneca Fire District #1 – Purchasing (2017M-272)
… January 1, 2016 through September 1, 2017. Background The West Seneca Fire District #1 is a district corporation of the State, distinct and separate from the Town of West Seneca in Erie County. The District is governed by an … West Seneca Fire District 1 Purchasing 2017M272 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2018/03/02/west-seneca-fire-district-1-purchasing-2017m-272Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-45
… Purpose To explain the use of deduction code 380 AFLAC Voluntary Supplemental Insurance … to OSC. Questions Employees may contact the administrator of this insurance program, AFLAC, toll free at (800) 366-3436. … To explain the use of deduction code 380 AFLAC Voluntary Supplemental Insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-45-voluntary-insurance-program-certain-employees-unified-courtIndian Lake Central School District – Claims Auditing (2016M-15)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the District’s claims auditing … Indian Lake Central School District is located in the Town of Indian Lake in Hamilton County. The District, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/04/01/indian-lake-central-school-district-claims-auditing-2016m-15Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Procurement of School Food (2015M-358)
DelawareChenangoMadisonOtsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services Procurement of School Food 2015M358
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/04/01/delaware-chenango-madison-otsego-board-cooperative-educational-services-procurementVacating Orders – Divorce and Your Benefits
… If the ex-spouse waives their interest in a member’s pension benefit after a DRO has been filed with … Order. A signed agreement or a notarized letter signed by the parties is not sufficient to vacate a DRO. NYSLRS … was signed and language specifically vacating that DRO. In addition, a Vacating Order served after retirement cannot …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/vacating-ordersPayments Not Requiring Pre-Audit – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… regularly engaged at agreed-upon wages by the hour, day, week, month, year, or other authorized period, including any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/payments-not-requiring-pre-auditCortland County Industrial Development Agency – Project Management (2015M-303)
… of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Agency’s project management practices for the period January … Background The Cortland County Industrial Development Agency is an independent public benefit corporation created … to benefit Cortland County and its residents. The Agency is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2016/01/22/cortland-county-industrial-development-agency-projectAudit Committee Charter Guidance and Template
… districts to establish an audit committee to oversee and report to the board on the annual independent audit of the … districts to establish an internal audit function and for the audit committee to assist the board in the oversight … and Requisite Skills This section should describe the number of members on the audit committee (Education Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/audit-committee-charter-guidance-and-templateComptroller DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney: Former Croton-On-Hudson Village Fire Department Treasurer Pleads Guilty in Theft of Fire Department Funds
… department treasurer, has pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree as a crime of Public Corruption, a class … the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department. Munson, 64, appeared in Westchester County Court Wednesday before Judge Michael … Martinelli. At the time of his plea, he also paid $124,383 in restitution, added to the $25,000 he paid upon …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/comptroller-dinapoli-and-westchester-county-district-attorney-former-croton-hudson-village-fireOpinion 91-35
… AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (amount of salary increases for heads of police departments) POLICEMEN AND POLICE … The permanent full-time head of the police department who is not a member of a negotiating unit is entitled to a salary … St Comp No. 86-23, p 39; 1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-20, p 26). It is clear from the statutory language cited above that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35DiNapoli Report Looks at New York City Metro Area's Import and Export Economies
… make up more than 12% of total exports from the area. Hong Kong, Mexico and the United Kingdom round out the top five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-report-looks-new-york-city-metro-areas-import-and-export-economiesOpinion 93-21
… for sale of) REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for to sell fire truck in fire district) -- Permissive (need for to sell fire truck in fire district) PERSONAL PROPERTY -- … price or maximum financial benefits, it may resolve to sell by negotiated sale subject to applicable referendum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21