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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1588
… to an ineligible position (including a position which results in a salary below the Job Rate of the grade of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1588-october-2016-and-april-2017-civil-service-employees-association-cseaState Agencies Bulletin No. 1301
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April … provide for payment of performance advances on April 1 to eligible M/C employees based on the 2011 Salary Schedule. … 603-667) and NS positions (Grade 600) which are equated to a grade (Grade 603-667) and whose annual salary is below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1301-april-2013-management-and-confidential-mc-performance-advancesDiNapoli: Financial Viability of OTBs in Jeopardy
… lotteries, nine racing tracks in the state offering video lottery terminals (VLTs), five Native American casinos …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-financial-viability-otbs-jeopardyDiNapoli: Comprehensive Planning Needed for Billions in State Infrastructure Spending
… However, five years does not provide an adequate planning window for assets that have significantly longer useful …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/dinapoli-comprehensive-planning-needed-billions-state-infrastructure-spendingOpinion 91-35
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … the chief's immediate subordinate within the department, a lieutenant. You state that the sergeant is a permanent … Whether the chief of police of the village police department may receive an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Opinion 90-35
… 76, 49 NYS 615; 1A Antieau, Municipal Corporation Law, §10.31; cf . Swift v Mayor , 83 NY 528; Jones v City of … through the Office of General Services. Section 103(3) contains a similar exception for purchases under county …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-35Opinion 90-2
… in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Contracts (with town library by village) -- Grants (by village to town library) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (contract for library services with, or grant to town library) EDUCATION … Whether a village may contract for library services with a town public library which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2DiNapoli: Wall Street Bonus Pool Reaches Record High of $47.5 Billion in 2024
… in Midtown and purchased another nearby building (250 Park Ave) to add to its portfolio. Twenty-one other major …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-wall-street-bonus-pool-reaches-record-high-475-billion-2024Opinion 89-57
… of New York , 74 NY2d 13, at pp 17-18, 544 NYS2d 119, at p 120). Therefore, we believe subdivision 4 of section 142-c, … Municipal Law, §103 (see also 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-12, p 20, in which we concluded that a contract for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-57Opinion 89-33
… paid to village officers and employees) VILLAGE LAW, §§5-524(2), (4), (5): The compensation of appointive … to officers who are compensated on an hourly basis. If payment may be made without prior audit by the board, you ask … whether board members could be held liable for a wrongful payment. Section 5-524 of the Village Law pertains to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33DiNapoli Calls For Stepped Up Enforcement of State's Bottle Bill
… The state Department of Taxation and Finance should increase monitoring and … DiNapoli said. "My auditors found the state Department of Taxation and Finance's oversight over the program can be … held by the deposit initiator, who must remit 80 percent of any unclaimed bottle deposits to the state on a quarterly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-calls-stepped-enforcement-states-bottle-billOpinion 96-20
… (abolishment in village) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when abolishing village police department) VILLAGE BOARD … thereafter. Since section 8-800 states that the procedure for abolishing a police department applies to departments … that a police department formed under section 188-a is, for purposes of the abolishment provisions of section 8-800, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 92-31
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … space in such a newsletter. You ask whether a village, at village expense, may publish a newsletter to be … Whether a village at village expense may publish a newsletter to be distributed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-31Opinion 96 - 11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … v Ambro , 41 NY2d 952, 394 NYS2d 636; Ross v Wilson , 308 NY 605; Davis v Board of Education , 125 AD2d 534, 509 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11Opinion 96-1
… capital notes or budget notes, and the fire district is situated wholly or partly within a town which is wholly or partly within the Adirondack Park and has within … You ask whether approval of the State Comptroller is required prior to the purchase of real property by a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 94-6
… and Employees (conflict of interest provisions applicable to) PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, §36: Pursuant to Public Housing Law, §36, when a public housing authority … contracts with a residential management corporation to operate a federally-funded recreation program, a tenant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 94-3
… (Town Law, §200[7]); a public hearing (Town Law, §200[7], [8]); the preparation of definite plans and specifications for the improvement (Town Law, §200[8], [10]); and, in the case of action by board motion, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3Opinion 94-26
… Establishment (by town within village) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (limitation on in BID) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of BID within village) GENERAL … ch 282 as amended) governs the establishment, operation and financing of business improvement districts. Pursuant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 95-14
… to public policy (see e.g., 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-16, p 34; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-88, p 130; 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-10, p 12; 1981 Opns St Comp Nos. 81-49 and 146, pp 51 and 151, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14The Survivor’s Benefit Program for Retired NYS Employees
… The Survivor’s Benefit Program is a financial protection plan that provides a minimum death benefit to the survivors of New York State retired employees. Your … Information about The Survivors Benefit Program which provides minimum death …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/survivors-benefit-program-retired-nys-employees